Heavy snow and winds caused overnight chaos in parts of the North with up to 300 people rescued from a mountain road after conditions overwhelmed vehicles.

The number of people missing and feared dead after their ferry capsized and sank off Tonga reached 93 as divers continued their bid to locate the sunken vessel in deep waters off the South Pacific nation.

A bomb exploded today in the North, but there was no damage or injuries, police said.

A man suffered a serious head injury following disturbances linked to an anti-internment bonfire in Co Derry, it was revealed today.

An explosion ripped through a passenger bus inside a terminal in a southern Philippine city today, slightly injuring at least 22 people.

At least two people were killed and 30 others were wounded when an unidentified man tossed two hand grenades inside a southern Philippine mosque packed with worshippers.

A man was knifed in the back up to eight times in an attempted abduction in Northern Ireland, the PSNI revealed today.