Government has slammed the "cowardly" suicide bombing in Yemen that killed almost 100 soldiers and urged leaders to make sure it did not hold back plans for political reform.

Military is to take charge of London's airspace for the first time since 1945 as part of the huge security operation set up to police the Olympic Games, according to The Times.

A bus carrying university students on a pre-graduation trip toppled off a mountain cliff in southern Albania on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring another 21, authorities said.