United Airlines will not be punished over an infamous incident in which a passenger was dragged off an overcrowded plane, officials have said.

After crashing, the plane went down a steep, wooded hill.

United Airlines chief executive Oscar Munoz has apologised in a congressional hearing in Washington for an incident in which a passenger was forcibly removed from a flight.

A doctor who was dragged off a United flight after he refused to give up his seat to crew members has reached a settlement with the airline for an undisclosed amount.

A doctor who was dragged off a United flight after he refused to give up his seat to crew members has reached a settlement with the airline for undisclosed amount.

Reputation blow as production of flagship smartphones abandoned over fire fears

Jennifer Peltz in New York hears from 9/11 volunteers, police officers, and bereaved who mourn the loss of national unity along with the dead.

The preacher obviously wasn't quick enough for him.

Actor Will Smith and former world heavyweight boxing champion, Lennox Lewis, will be pallbearers at legendary boxer Muhammad Ali’s funeral.

Some of the stanger stories from around the world

A powerful photo of a police officer helping a woman cross the finish line of the Rodes City Run in Louisville, Kentucky has gone viral after being shared on Reddit.

Robot wars clicked, blinked, and whirred into the lives of 500 Cork schoolchildren this week, their months of hard work culminating in 19 of their specially-created robots doing battle on the grounds of Cork Institute of Technology.

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has been hospitalised with pneumonia and is expected to recover because the illness was caught early.

Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali has been admitted to hospital with a mild case of pneumonia.

EVERYONE needs a shower buddy, right? Fresh from escaping the clutches of their despicable employers in Horrible Bosses (2011), Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Arbus) set up their own company in Horrible Bosses 2 (15A). 

Button Factory, Dublin

After recently reluctantly agreeing to be photographed with the Claret Jug in France, Graeme McDowell will turn down a request to pose with the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy, the prize in capturing next week’s USPGA Championship.

It will be back to work for Open champion Rory McIlroy this week as he gets on with the business of being a multiple Major winner.

American shopping chain sells customers pints which they can drink while doing their weekly shop.

Fota Island Resort chief executive Jonathan Woods has called for more international sporting and music events to be staged in Munster following the overwhelming success of the Irish Open in Cork at the weekend.

A knock on the champ's door turns into a birthday party invite for Donegal plumber working in US.

An Irish plumber helped boxing legend Muhammad Ali celebrate his 72nd birthday after he knocked on his door just to say hello.

Nelson Mandela worked his magic once more yesterday, uniting friends and foes alike in a global outpouring of grief as they mourned the death of the anti-apartheid icon.

As European golf chiefs battle to retain sponsors and a healthy schedule their compatriots across the Atlantic are basking in the game’s high profile stateside.

A probe is under way after a UPS cargo plane crashed into a field near a US airport, killing two pilots and scattering wreckage over a rural area.

A private jet that had former US president George W. Bush on board made an emergency landing last night.

A homeless man's been put in the clink for feasting on 6 steaks, copious amounts of beer and a birthday cake in a closed supermarket.

IN Louisville, Kentucky last Friday morning, four Pakistani-American doctors dressed in business suits and medical scrubs sat in one of this city’s most popular breakfast spots and fretted.

Actor Tom Cruise has met with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore for the presentation of a certificate of Irishness.

Lance Armstrong has claimed he has been made a fall guy for cycling's doping problems and labelled International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid "pathetic".

Long before he embraced Scientology, Cruise studied for the priesthood. Michael Daly talks to the priests who instructed the star about his surprising religious leap

The West Cork stable lad who scooped £1m (€1.24m) on a bet at Cheltenham in March has followed his childhood dream of setting up his own stable.

A string of violent storms demolished small towns in Indiana and cut off rural communities in Kentucky as an early-season tornado outbreak killed at least 37 people in four states.

Powerful storms stretching from the US Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns and killed at least 28 people as the system tore roofs off schools and homes and damaged a maximum-security prison. It was the second deadly tornado outbreak this week.

Will Oldham has achieved success on his own terms, performing under the alias Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. He tells Ed Power about his love of Irish trad

As Muhammad Ali turns 70 today, a nation honours a sporting hero that has come to define what it means to be American, writes John Riordan

THIS afternoon, in Louisville, Kentucky, the bell will ring for a week-long birthday party in Muhammad Ali’s honour.

In an explosive allegation, a woman said that she and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair that lasted nearly until the former businessman announced his candidacy for the White House several months ago.

A YEAR ago last weekend, tremors of excitement reverberated through America’s midwest.

An Australian teenager who spent 10 hours with a fake bomb chained to her neck said today that she is relieved the FBI has arrested a man accused of breaking into her home and tethering the device to her as part of an elaborate extortion plot.

An Australian man accused of attaching a fake bomb to a teenager’s neck as part of an extortion plot once worked for a company with ties to the victim’s family, according to federal court documents released today.