Russian president Vladimir Putin dismissed new information linking Russian secret services to the near-fatal poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, saying if Russia had wanted to kill the politician it would have succeeded.
A police investigation into potential breaches of coronavirus regulations at the funeral of veteran republican Bobby Storey in west Belfast has concluded.
Northern Ireland will enter a hard lockdown on St Stephen's Day for six weeks as the situation there was described as “quite dire”.
A Lousiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 of marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless has been freed from prison.
The suspect in the Lockerbie bombing set to face new US charges should stand trial in Scotland or the International Criminal Court, not in America, says relatives of the terror attack's victims.
Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia has declined to rule out a formal protest against Democrat Joe Biden's victory when Congress convenes next month to certify the presidential election results.
Christmas and New Year festivities will be curtailed as pubs, restaurants and home visits face an earlier clampdown due to alarm over rising levels of Covid-19.
