Iraqi special forces have entered the outskirts of Mosul, taking the state television building and advancing despite fierce resistance by Islamic State (IS) fighters who hold the city.

A group of online hackers have say they have donated over a million dollars to charity, after stealing credit card details from America's Department of Defence and dozens of other major organisations.

Nato helicopter attacked a Pakistani security post near the Afghan border today, killing three troops, officials in Pakistan said.

Lisa Dorrian, a fun-loving 25-year-old, vanished after a party earlier this year. Detectives believe she was another victim of loyalist gang warfare and drug dealing, writes John Breslin

There is still no breakthrough in the search for the body of a woman missing for over two weeks in the North.