At least 39 die in twin suicide attacks targeting Pakistani security forces in the eastern city of Lahore, police say.

British Airways cabin crew will go on strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March.

Eleven rare Siberian tigers die at a zoo in north-eastern China, raising fears over treatment of captive animals in the country.

Former US President George W Bush's advisor, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding as he believes it prevented attacks.

New York City is to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to rescue workers who say their health was damaged by dust at Ground Zero.

The UN's top humanitarian official strongly criticises Israel's Gaza blockade and its expanding settlements.

A public inquiry into the Robert Hamill murder in Northern Ireland called today for the authorities to reconsider their decision not to prosecute a police officer accused of protecting one of the killers.

The organisation that oversees Northern Ireland?s water supply, which saw half of its board sacked today after an internal inquiry, is set for further independent investigation.

Failure by public service unions and the Government to reach an agreement in renewed talks over pay cuts would be ?catastrophic? for the country, the head of Ictu said today.

A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of another man in Dublin last month.

Arcade Fire and Fatboy Slim have joined the list of acts to play this year?s Oxegen musical festival.

The chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, Donal O?Connor, has decided to step down and will be replaced by former Fine Gael politician Alan Dukes. Mr O?Connor, a former managing partner of accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, plans to leave the role in July.