A neurosurgeon whose family died in a suspected arson attack said the evil deed was part of God’s plan and he was not supposed to be angry with him for allowing it to happen.

A neurosurgeon has spoken of his grief after his family was killed in a suspected arson attack as police continue to question five people over the fatal house fire.

A Dublin neurosurgeon has spoken of his grief after his family was killed in a suspected arson attack as police continue to question five people over the fatal house fire.

Police in England have arrested five people in connection with the fatal house fire which killed the wife and three children of a Dublin-based surgeon.

The four family members of a Dublin surgeon killed in a recent house fire had no connections to a street attack in which a man was murdered, police have confirmed today.

A family murdered in a suspected revenge attack may have been the victims of mistaken identity, a neighbour has said.

British detectives are investigating after the wife and children of a Dublin-based surgeon were killed in a house fire in England.

Men have to gain less weight than women to develop type 2 diabetes, new research shows.

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Three loud explosions rocked the Iraqi capital tonight, including a suicide car bomb which was detonated near a police checkpoint, killing one policeman and wounding two, and a roadside bomb that injured four Iraqis, authorities said.

Pakistan’s President Gen Pervez Musharraf met his top politicians today, assuring them that the armed forces are capable of countering any Indian aggression.

Pakistan has urged the United States to hold back its attack on frontline Taliban forces to prevent Afghanistan’s opposition northern alliance from storming into the capital.

The Taliban has denounced Saudi Arabia for severing links with the Afghan rulers, saying the move was "intolerable to all Muslims".

A delegation of senior Pakistani officials will go to Afghanistan tomorrow to demand that the ruling Taliban militia hand over Osama bin Laden to the US, a top Government official said.

Pakistan today responded ‘‘in a positive spirit’’ to India’s offer for peace talks, but at the same time denounced its neighbour for ending a ceasefire in the disputed Kashmir region.

A Yemeni man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for last month's hijacking of a plane carrying 91 people, including the US ambassador to Yemen.

Yemeni authorities are questioning six airport inspectors about how a hijacker boarded a flight carrying 91 people, including a US diplomat.