A murder investigation is launched after a man is found dead at a flat in Lurgan, County Armagh.

Motorists are being warned to drive with extreme care as the icy conditions around England look set to continue overnight and into Monday.

A 38-year-old man is arrested in connection with a stabbing outside a primary school in Glasgow two weeks ago.

Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's violent crackdown on protesters.

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos meets his coalition party leaders to try seek backing for a crucial 130bn euros EU rescue plan.

Motorists are urged to take extra care in icy conditions as Heathrow Airport cancels half of its flights.

Wales stage a thrilling late comeback to launch their Six Nations campaign with a stunning victory over Ireland in Dublin.

Heathrow Airport says only half of Sunday's scheduled flights are likely to leave but services should return to normal on Monday.

A police officer is stabbed while responding to an emergency call in the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan.

Suspected militants say they have attacked an oil pipeline in Nigeria, in what would be the first such attack since 2010.

Forecasters are warning of widespread ice on Sunday as the worst of the wintry weather begins to ease across Wales.

All the action from the quarter-finals at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

The death toll from freezing weather across Europe continues to climb, with transport links also badly affected.

Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.

More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.

Egypt says it is to try at least 40 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations.

At least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon their homes because of rising floodwaters.

Prince William's deployment to the Falkland Islands, along with that of a warship, is "entirely routine", the UK foreign secretary says.