‘Diplomat detained’ on US plane

A man has been detained after he tried to set fire to his shoes on a US flight, reports say.

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Blasts kill at least 28 in Iraq

A series of large explosions has hit the centre of Baghdad killing at least five people, reports say.

Second Moscow bomber identified

Russian officials have confirmed the identity of the second suicide bomber to attack the Moscow metro, a 28-year-old woman from Dagestan.

Prisoners’ jail protest goes on

A security alert at Maghaberry Prison is under way after dissident republican inmates barricaded themselves into a dining room. A suspicious object was thrown from the room, where up to 30 prisoners gathered on Sunday morning after attending Mass. Visits at the high-security prison have been suspended

Limb loss rises among UK troops

Rising numbers of UK service personnel are losing limbs as a result of serving in Afghanistan, official figures show. Some 54 lost part or all of a limb in 2009, including 26 who lost more than one, the Ministry of Defence says. That compares with 30 amputees in 2008 and 12 the year before

Attack on Pakistan US consulate

A series of explosions has been reported in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar.

‘Suicide bomb’ at Pakistan rally

At least 10 people have been killed in an explosion at a political party rally in north-west Pakistan, police say. A police official told Reuters news agency the blast had been caused by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at the gates of the venue

Frozen figures

24 August, AD79. The day one volcanic mountain came to life and two cities met their deaths. Pompeii and the nearby settlement of Herculaneum were consumed by a mixture of heat, falling pumice stone and ash

Car bomb defused at PSNI station

Army bomb experts are dealing with a suspicious vehicle outside a south Armagh police station. The red Peugeot was abandoned at the gates of Crossmaglen station late on Saturday night.

‘No delay’ for Sudanese elections

Sudan’s National Electoral Commission has said this month’s national polls will not be delayed, despite a boycott threat by a major opposition party. The Umma party’s conditions for participating included a delay of four weeks for the creation of a new body to supervise the electoral commission

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