Syrian detainee deaths amount to 'extermination', says UN

A United Nations report says detainees held by the Syrian government are dying on a massive scale in what amounts to a state policy of extermination and a crime against humanity.

New research out of the US suggests exposing sleepers to flashes of light might help reset body clocks that are out of sync.

A man's been shot dead in the Irish capital, Dublin, in an incident that police suspect is linked to a killing at a boxing weigh-in on Friday which has been linked to a gangland feud.