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A massive tornado has swept through the US state of Oklahoma claiming the lives of around 91 people - including 20 children.

More holidaymakers from Northern Ireland have been hit by the infectious tropical disease dengue fever, according to health officials.

A man from Londonderry has died in what is understood to be a "tragic accident" in the Netherlands.

Arguably the world's favourite astronaut, Commander Chris Hadfield - who shot to fame on Twitter with his impressive snaps from space of a host of cities and landmarks, including Belfast and Dublin - has made what is thought to be the first ever music video shot in space.

US President Barack Obama will begin his trip to Northern Ireland for the G8 summit in Belfast, the White House has confirmed.

A man has died in a diving accident while on holiday in Lanzarote.

The global campaign to save death row inmate Troy Davis - executed in the US in 2011, while still protesting his innocence - has been documented in a photo exhibition to be staged in Belfast.

In a hilarious skit posted by the White House on YouTube, filmmaker Steven Spielberg has revealed the one actor capable of playing US President Barack Obama - Daniel Day-Lewis.

Seventy new jobs are being created in Belfast by a Boston-based company, it has been announced.

A former UTV employee has described the scenes of celebration in Boston, Massachusetts which followed news that the surviving marathon bombing suspect had been captured.

A former UTV employee spoke out about his experience living in lockdown in Boston, Massachusetts, before SWAT teams captured the surviving terror suspect of the Marathon bombings after an intense day-long manhunt on Friday.

A woman, originally from Co Cavan, has been remanded in custody in America charged with murdering the one-year-old girl she was caring for, authorities have confirmed.

The moment a huge explosion rocked a fertiliser plant in Texas, killing up to 15 people and levelling buildings for blocks in every direction, has been caught on camera.

Four rhino heads and eight horns, estimated to be worth €500,000, have been stolen from the National Museum Archives in Co Dublin.

Boston police have denied that a suspect has been taken into custody over the terror attack, which killed three people and injured more than 170.

Scenes of carnage in the wake of explosions at the Boston Marathon have a particular resonance with people in Northern Ireland, bringing back painful memories of incidents including the 1998 Omagh bomb.

A surgeon originally from Coleraine, Co Londonderry, has told UTV about the moment he heard the sirens signalling the arrival of the first victims of the Boston blasts at the hospital where he works.

Two people have been killed in two explosions close to the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

A Taiwanese news channel has apologised after mistakenly using footage of the Queen's recent visit to Northern Ireland in a report on Baroness Thatcher's death.

The man accused of murdering Co Louth woman Jill Meagher in Australia has pleaded guilty in court.

Prime Minister David Cameron has issued a stark warning against any move to abandon the UK's nuclear deterrent, amid the escalating threat from North Korea - whose military is said to have been cleared to attack the US using nuclear weapons.

A Co Armagh charity, which has been empowering East African communities living in extreme poverty for 20 years, has put on display images of their work at Belfast City Hall.

The centre of the Catholic Church in Derry has never had such an appropriate location, with Saint Eugene's Cathedral situated on the city's Francis Street - which shares its name with the new pope.

The new leader of the Catholic Church, 76-year-old Argentinan Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Buenos Aires, has addressed jubilant crowds in Rome.

A Canadian astronaut, with family in the Republic of Ireland, has seen the number of followers on his Twitter account rocket past 500,000 - just as he takes charge of the International Space Station.

A Welshman who wrestled with a shark in Australia, to stop it reaching youngsters paddling nearby, has been sacked by trustees of the children's charity he founded - because he was on sick leave at the time.

Black smoke appeared from the specially erected chimney at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Tuesday evening, signalling that no new pope has been elected in the first round of the secret conclave vote.

First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness are in Brazil for a five day visit to develop links between Northern Ireland and one of the world's fastest growing economies.

Vatican employees have erected a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in preparation for the conclave of cardinals that will elect Pope Benedict XVI's successor.

Actor and humanitarian Sean Penn was among the mourners at the state funeral for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday as he paid his final respects to his unlikely pal.

The solicitor of a Northern Ireland man reported to have been arrested during anti-mafia raids in Italy has denied the arrest or that his client has any connection to the police operation.

More than 30 medics from Northern Ireland are working on the frontline at a warzone hospital in Afghanistan which, with a 98% survival rate, is the world's best trauma centre.

Back in 2009, Australia launched a global recruitment drive to fill what it billed as "the best job in the world" - now the hunt is on again and, this time, there are six amazing jobs up for grabs.

TA soldiers from Northern Ireland are among those deployed to Afghanistan to man the military hospital in Camp Bastion, with UTV's Paul Clark having spent the last week filming with them.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has finally been evacuated from Antarctica after bad weather hampered efforts to rescue the famed explorer.