A Louth man told a close friend that he had cut another man's throat, a jury in the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A forensic witness in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Co Louth man accused of stabbing another man in the neck with a shard of glass has said that blood-stained clothing belonging to the accused could have been consistent with him checking the victim's pulse.

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a retired white farmer for suspected involvement in the deaths of two ruling party militants in eastern Zimbabwe, the farmer’s relatives said today.