One of Ireland’s best-known businessmen has said a hard border after Brexit would severely undermine the “excellent social and commercial relations that have been so carefully constructed” in recent years.

Guards at New York City's massive Rikers Island jail complex are taking unusual precautions to make sure IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn does not come to any harm behind bars.

Explosions today ripped through central London, with scores feared dead and the city plunged into chaos.

A bus was ripped apart in an explosion in central London today and several blasts rocked the Tube network leaving dozens of people injured.

NEW YORK City prison governors fear inmates will erupt when one of their few privileges is taken away — smoking.