The conjoined twins born at Dublin's National Maternity Hospital on Monday morning have lost their fight for life.

Two-year-old twin boys from Egypt who had been joined at the head spent their first night apart after 34-hour separation surgery and a doctor said today they were “in good shape.”

Two-year-old Egyptian twins joined at the top of their heads were successfully separated by doctors in the US, but face a long recovery after a marathon surgery lasting 26 hours.

A hospital in New Delhi is attempting to convince the parents of two conjoined 35-day-old boys to take them home instead of abandoning them, a news report said today.

Neurosurgeons finished separating two 29-year-old Iranian twins joined at the head today, but the women were left in a critical condition by the dangerous procedure, a hospital spokesman said.

Surgeons performing a groundbreaking marathon operation to separate Iranian twin sisters joined at the head today completed one of the most dangerous steps.

Neurosurgeons performing a dangerous operation to separate Iranian sisters joined at the head grappled today with rerouting a vein as thick as a finger that helps blood flow through the twins’ brains.

Relatives of Siamese twins from Nepal are celebrating, after an operation to separate the girls succeeded.

Siamese twins from Nepal who were born joined at the head have been separated in an operation lasting almost four days.