A well known gangland figure has been shot dead in Dublin.
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man in south London.
The killer of a 48-year-old teacher in 1995 is to be released from jail, the independent Parole Board have confirmed.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has been arrested by police in Northern Ireland over the murder of Jean McConville in 1972.
The Italian judges who reinstated the guilty verdict against Amanda Knox in January say that she was the one who delivered the fatal blow that killed British student Meredith Kercher in 2007.