The largest lottery jackpot in US history — a whopping $656mn (€492m) — will be shared by the buyers of three winning Mega Millions tickets in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland, but their identities remained a mystery, lottery officials said on Saturday.

A tearful nurse told the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor that her efforts to save the singer from the drug he craved for sleep were rebuffed by the star, who insisted he needed the powerful anaesthetic that eventually killed him.

Authorities investigating Michael Jackson's death referred to him as an "addict" and were seeking evidence related to the powerful anaesthetic propofol, according to search warrants released last night.

A man who held cocaine valued at more than €250,000 in his disabled mother’s home because he owed €5,000 to a criminal drugs lord has had his sentence adjourned for a year by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A Dublin man who had cocaine valued at over €25,000 hidden in his bedroom in the home he shares with his disabled mother will be sentenced later by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Pope Benedict XVI today called on Christians and Jews to respect each other and work together for world peace.

Attorney General Meni Mazuz recommended today that one of Israel’s chief rabbis, Yona Metzger, resign for receiving improper gifts, according to the Justice Ministry.