McBusted are to support One Direction on their upcoming stadium tour.

Kian Egan thinks One Direction could split up because they don't appear to have a close bond anymore.

Fatherhood. These guys are doing it right.

The High Court has ruled that a fresh inquest be held into the death of a Dublin man who died while undergoing cosmetic surgery in Colombia.

NEW YORK has beaten Chicago as the world’s best city to live in 2010 if you’re a man, coming up trumps in both professional and personal fields, according to a survey.

From the man in Colombia who was named after the King of Pop, to Malaysians who named a soya drink for him, to a generation of people around the world who have tried to moonwalk, the news stunned the world.

The children of rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt have embraced their mother for the first time in six years.

Former President George Bush Snr was in good spirits as he gave a speech last night, a day after being overcome by the sweltering desert heat and staying overnight at a Southern California hospital.

Former US President George Bush Snr was treated at a California hospital for dehydration and released today after collapsing during a golf game in Palm Springs.

SHORTLY after boarding a plane, passengers say they saw a man bolt from his seat and run down the aisle, with his screaming wife and man in a Hawaiian shirt behind.

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of seven hit northern Peru early today, cutting power and phone services.

BRAZIL has granted asylum to former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez, who took refuge in the Brazilian Embassy yesterday after being removed from office by Congress amid street protests calling for his ouster for abuse of power.

Around 150 people were forced to spend the night wrapped in blankets at Gatwick after a security alert closed the North Terminal.

Susanna A Nesmith, Bogota, Colombia

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said he is absolutely sure Iraq still possesses weapons of mass destruction, and he said the White House expects President Saddam Hussein to try to deceive them.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair discussed the IRA’s latest statement by telephone today.

Three suspected Provisional IRA men from Northern Ireland have been detained after a surveillance operation by police in south America.

Routine inspection of an express courier package that reached Miami airport uncovered gifts for toddlers and 38lbs (17 kilos) of heroin worth an estimated £1m, Customs officials said.