Syria's new government has formed a committee to investigate reported mass revenge killings of a minority group - after the United Nations human rights chief called for "swift actions".
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney will become the new prime minister of Canada after winning the Liberal Party leadership race in a landslide victory.
Labour are aiming to get hundreds of thousands of people off welfare and back into work as part of plans to save money from the public purse, a minister has...