Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have shelled villages and towns to try to take control of the high ground in a western mountain range.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi taunted Nato, saying he was alive despite a series of air strikes and “in a place where you can’t get to and kill me”.

A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park's 'Strawberry Fields' and sang lyrics from Imagine to honour Beatles legend John Lennon on his 70th birthday.

Jessica Kurten made it three-in-a-row for the Irish when winning the Young Horse Final at Balve, Germany this afternoon, on the seven year-old Cosima Shiva.

While the case of Madeleine McCann remains in the spotlight, many others around Europe have been forgotten by the public — along with 82 who disappeared in Ireland, writes Dan Buckley.

World Cup-winning soccer legend Diego Maradona was told yesterday he owes €31m in unpaid Italian taxes.

Three fishermen were reported missing today after a tanker and a fishing boat collided off Naples, Italy.

DJ supremo Fatboy Slim was robbed at gunpoint by a vicious Mafia gangster during a gig in Naples, Italy.

Nato’s entire Mediterranean naval fleet will be assigned to protect the Olympics as part of the alliance’s unprecedented role in bolstering security for the games, the commander said today.

An advance party of British troops was today setting out for Macedonia to begin Nato’s reconnaissance mission in the troubled Balkan state.