At least eight people died and more than a dozen are missing after a ferry packed with more than 120 passengers collided with a tugboat and sank south of Hong Kong last night.

At least 38 soldiers were killed and dozens of others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade drill in the Yemeni capital Sanaa today.

At least 20 soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up during a rehearsal for a military parade near Yemen’s capital today.

The strength of Dublin’s business and tourist sectors will be promoted in Russia during a weekend of St Patrick’s Day celebrations, it emerged tonight.

A power cut blacked out parts of peninsular Malaysia today and disrupted operations at the country’s main airport.