Three men blew themselves up outside a rural police station in southern Russia after trying to gain entry to the building as part of an unsuccessful attack.

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FlyDubai’s top executive said yesterday that conditions for landing were appropriate when one of its flights crashed at a windy airport in southern Russia, even though three other carriers rerouted flights to other destinations.

A European air trade body has been asked to review its sampling procedures to include Cork Airport after its latest report showed Dublin was one of the fastest growing airports in Europe.

The recent deaths of three Russian servicemen have raised serious questions about the Kremlin's claim that its military is not operating in Ukraine.

For the rebel fighters who seized control of the strategic town Ukraine of Debaltseve, it was a day of jubilation and bragging of victory.

Tens of thousands have marched through the Chechen capital to protest the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which again put a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on its cover.

Russian punk group Pussy Riot showed a new video, filmed in the centre of Winter Olympics host Sochi, savaging President Putin over the hosting of the Games and the rights climate in Russia.

Ever since the Winter Olympics were awarded to Russia, fears were raised about potential terrorist attacks, which have plagued the country since the collapse of the Soviet Union, writes Dmitri Trenin.

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics were at 81% capacity on day one, according to Games organisers.

Police detained dozens of people yesterday in sweeps through the Russian city of Volgograd after two deadly attacks in less than 24 hours raised security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics.

IOC President Thomas Bach expressed full confidence yesterday that Russian authorities will deliver a “safe and secure” Winter Olympics in Sochi despite the two deadly suicide bombings in southern Russia that heightened concerns about the terrorist threat to the Games.

A blast that tore through an electric bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd during Monday’s morning rush hour, killing 14, was probably carried out by suicide bombers from the same organisation behind a railway explosion a day earlier, officials said.

A suicide bomber struck a busy railway station in southern Russia yesterday, killing herself and at least 15 others and wounding scores more, officials said, in a stark reminder of the threat Russia is facing as it prepares to host February’s Olympics in Sochi.

Fifteen people died and scores were wounded when a female suicide bomber struck at a railway station in southern Russia.

A female suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and wounded scores more at a railway station in southern Russia.

Two of the world’s superpowers are to battle it out on Irish soil — for the coveted ancient title of High King of Ireland.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in an undisclosed location outside the city of Worcester, police said after a frustrating week-long search for a community willing to take the body.

Boston’s mayor does not want marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried in the city, an aide said.

The uncle of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has arrived in Massachusetts to arrange for his burial.

The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects insists that her sons are innocent and that she is not a terrorist.

US intelligence agencies added the mother of the Boston bombing suspects to a government terrorism database 18 months before the bombings, two officials said.

The CIA has confirmed it wanted one of the Boston bombing suspects placed on a terrorist database 18 months ago.

New details have emerged about how the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects may have been swayed by a radical, anti-American strain of Islam.

Federal authorities have asked to speak to the wife of Boston Marathon bomb suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a young American woman from a comfortable middle-class background who converted to Islam after she met him.

Boston plans to mark the traumatic week since the marathon bombings with a mournful silence as the city returns to its bustling commute.

As the lone surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing lay in hospital under heavy guard, the American Civil Liberties Union and a federal public defender raised concerns about investigators’ plan to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev without reading him his rights.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was still in hospital this morning, in a serious condition and under heavy guard.

The hunt for the bombers behind the deadly Boston Marathon attacks didn’t take place only on the streets with professional police officers and Swat teams. In an era of digital interactivity, it also unfolded around the country from the desks of ordinary people.

The enhanced police presence for tomorrow’s London Marathon will remain in place despite the death and capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Scotland Yard said today.

The 19-year-old college student wanted over the Boston Marathon bombings is seriously ill in hospital and unable to be questioned after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralysed and his older brother and accomplice dead.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been captured alive and is in police custody, it has been confirmed.

State Police have warned residents that they will do a controlled explosion of items found in Norfolk Street in Cambridge where the Boston bombing suspects lived.

Russian authorities have reportedly sent a 20,000-strong team to the Ural Mountains to help with the rescue and clean-up operation after a meteor struck the area.

One of Russia’s top crime bosses has been murdered in Moscow in a war between two mobs over lucrative construction projects.

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral for a policeman in southern Russia, killing at least seven other policemen and badly wounding 12 others.

Russia’s president moved quickly to address anger over the deaths of at least 171 people in severe flooding in the Black Sea region.

Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered investigators to find out if enough was done to prevent 150 people being killed in floods in southern Russia after flying to the region to deal with the first big disaster of his new presidency.

The death toll rose to at least 150 today from severe flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia that turned streets into rivers, swept away bridges and inundated thousands of homes as many residents were sleeping.

More than 100 people have been killed after intense flooding struck in the Black Sea region of southern Russia.

More than 100 people have been killed after intense flooding struck in the Black Sea region of southern Russia.

At least six people were killed and 12 others injured when part of a nine-storey apartment building in southern Russia collapsed following a natural gas explosion, officials said today.

Authorities are scrambling to save hundreds of starving and endangered Dalmatian pelicans after the Caspian Sea froze for the first time in years.