A New York policeman charged with plotting to kill and eat women hinted in an online chat that his wife might have been on the menu.

THE Martin Jol era at Fulham got off to an encouraging start last night as Fulham secured a comfortable 3-0 win over Faroese minnows NSI Runavik in the Europa League first qualifying round first leg at Craven Cottage.

A tornado-spewing storm system that killed at least 45 people across half the US unleashed its worst fury on North Carolina, where residents mourned the dead, marvelled at their survival and began to clean up devastated neighbourhoods.

Four judges have spoken out to defend awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to US president Barack Obama.

A top aide to Honduras’ ousted president accused the United States of involvement in the coup, saying that the plane that flew Manuel Zelaya into exile stopped to refuel at an airfield where hundreds of US troops are based.

A Mexican priest has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for killing a son he did not want his superiors to discover, prosecutors said today.

IRISH people buying a dream home in the sun could find their overseas properties seized in Spain’s biggest money laundering investigation.