Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says.

Thousands of Greek workers are expected to bring the country to a halt with a second strike in a month over austerity measures.

Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.

Former rebels in DR Congo, now in the army, are running mafia-style extortion rackets in mines, campaigners say.

The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.

Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera will be sworn in as president, with a major post-earthquake rebuilding effort ahead of him.

A boy (12) who fell off a cliff near Balbriggan this evening, is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.

A man (33) is due to appear in front of Belfast Magistrate Court tomorrow morning charged with membership of the UVF, amongst other offences.

Green Party Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan today fuelled speculation that there is an internal party agreement on the rotation of ministerial positions.

The Catholic Bishop of Elphin, Christopher Jones, has accused the media of being ?unfair and unjust? to his Church through a concentration on the handling by Church authorities of the clerical child sex abuse issue.

The Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, Dr Zion Evrony, has declined a request to attend a meeting of an Oireachtas committee to discuss the use of forged Irish passports by a team allegedly responsible for the assassination of a senior Hamas operative.

Bus Éireann tonight announced the latest stage of its massive cost-cutting drive with the axing of one service and the curtailment of 18 others.