Panama's president Jose Raul Mulino has dismissed recent threats made by US president-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal over complaints of "unfair" treatment of American ships.
Police have arrested a man they say set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train yesterday morning, killing her.
The Roskilmanor Wren Boys in north Leitrim will bring the age-old Irish tradition of the mummers to the border villages of the northwest this Christmas.
At least 2,700 cyclists had to be admitted to hospital from emergency departments or attend for medical treatment after an accident over a two-year period.
Israel has ordered the closure and evacuation of one of the last hospitals still partly functioning in northern Gaza, forcing medics to search for a way to bring hundreds of patients and staff to safety.
A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an attack that killed five people and injured scores faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, police have said.
The National Meals on Wheels Network has highlighted gaps in the service across the country, which are leaving some elderly and vulnerable people without a hot meal.
The US president-elect Donald Trump slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened control of the waterway be returned to Washington.
Tyson Fury's mission to avenge his only professional defeat ended in crushing disappointment as he lost on a unanimous points decision to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh.
