The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns. (read more)

Radical cleric Abu Qatada is granted bail following a hearing at the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission. (read more)

The Daily Mail's editor was aware the paper was using private detectives but not of the extent to which it was doing so, the Leveson Inquiry hears. (read more)

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace. (read more)

Network Rail bosses, including chief executive Sir David Higgins, say they will not accept bonuses this year amid growing political pressure. (read more)

President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%. (read more)

The Queen visits a school in Norfolk and there are gun salutes around the UK as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. (read more)

The former first minister and leader of the DUP, Ian Paisley, has been admitted to hospital. (read more)

US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018. (read more)

A five-year-old girl was "happily playing" in a shop when she was hit by gang gunfire and left permanently paralysed, a jury hears. (read more)

The ex-wife of TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson says she was "terrified" when he gained an injunction preventing her from mentioning their alleged affair. (read more)

Explosions have hit a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, scene of deadly attacks last month, and a market in Maiduguri to the west. (read more)

Toddler table tennis player Jamie Myska-Buddell is proving a smash on YouTube. (read more)

An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind. (read more)

Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers' Association, calls Fabio Capello's criticism of the FA's decision to oust John Terry as England captain "bizarre and disappointing". (read more)

1.5 million football tickets remain available for London 2012 after the sport is identified as the only discipline which has not sold out its allocation (read more)

Luis Suarez returns after a lengthy ban but cannot inspire Liverpool to victory as they share a goalless draw with Tottenham. (read more)

The number of empty shops on the UK's High Streets is set to increase this year, a survey says, as economic conditions get tougher. (read more)

Greece holds further talks with its international lenders, as the debate on more austerity measures continues. (read more)

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses China and Russia of "betraying the Syrian people" by vetoing a UN resolution condemning violence there. (read more)