http://www.independent.ie/world-news/ http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/heathrow-shut-down-as-plane-makes-emergency-landing-with-flames-pouring-from-engine-29293219.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/heathrow-shut-down-as-plane-makes-emergency-landing-with-flames-pouring-from-engine-29293219.html BOTH runways at Heathrow airport were shut down this morning after a British Airways plane had to make an emergency landing. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:24 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/charles-and-camillas-helicopter-in-emergency-landing-scare-29292820.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/charles-and-camillas-helicopter-in-emergency-landing-scare-29292820.html PRINCE Charles and his wife Camilla sat through a "hairy" mid-air drama when an in-flight emergency forced them to land minutes after take-off. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/boy-scouts-still-deeply-divided-after-vote-ends-centuryold-ban-on-gay-members-29293173.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/boy-scouts-still-deeply-divided-after-vote-ends-centuryold-ban-on-gay-members-29293173.html THE Boy Scouts of America have voted to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists. Americas Fri, 24 May 2013 09:09:40 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/irish-storm-chaser-leads-tornado-recovery-efforts-29292803.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/irish-storm-chaser-leads-tornado-recovery-efforts-29292803.html AN Irish storm chaser is leading the Oklahoma community into recovery by delivering supplies to those affected by the devastating tornado. Americas Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/obama-defends-legal-drone-killings-29292799.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/obama-defends-legal-drone-killings-29292799.html President Barack Obama has defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving US counter terrorism policy Americas Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/exsex-slaves-condemn-japan-mayor-29293439.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/exsex-slaves-condemn-japan-mayor-29293439.html Two Korean former sex slaves have demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and cancelled a meeting with him for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing tens of thousands of Asian women into prostitution for its troops. World News Fri, 24 May 2013 11:17:39 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/woolwich-attack-why-was-suspect-michael-adebolajo-free-to-kill-29293229.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/woolwich-attack-why-was-suspect-michael-adebolajo-free-to-kill-29293229.html One of the two suspected Islamist terrorists who allegedly butchered a British soldier on a London street had been known to the security services and police for a decade. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 09:39:06 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/man-kills-girl-after-building-fall-29293205.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/man-kills-girl-after-building-fall-29293205.html A man jumping to his death killed a five-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building, South Korean police have said. World News Fri, 24 May 2013 09:22:36 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/obama-backs-effective-drone-hits-29293203.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/obama-backs-effective-drone-hits-29293203.html Barack Obama has offered his most vigorous public defence of drone strikes, describing them as legal, effective and necessary. World News Fri, 24 May 2013 09:22:34 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/two-men-arrested-for-mocking-gruesome-murder-of-soldier-on-twitter-29293147.html http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/two-men-arrested-for-mocking-gruesome-murder-of-soldier-on-twitter-29293147.html TWO men have been arrested for making alleged offensive comments on Twitter about the murder of a British soldier. Technology Fri, 24 May 2013 08:47:10 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/brown-gets-a-griller-in-manila-29293070.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/brown-gets-a-griller-in-manila-29293070.html Novelist Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" has officials in the Philippine capital seeing red. World News Fri, 24 May 2013 05:37:15 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/river-drama-as-bridge-collapses-29292828.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/river-drama-as-bridge-collapses-29292828.html The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into a river. World News Fri, 24 May 2013 04:12:04 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/tributes-to-a-loving-dad-hacked-to-death-in-street-29292513.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/tributes-to-a-loving-dad-hacked-to-death-in-street-29292513.html Tributes have been paid to Lee Rigby (25) of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers – the 'loving father and husband' butchered on the streets of south-east London in a shocking daylight attack. It has emerged his killers had been under MI5 surveillance – one of them for 10 years. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/i-tried-to-keep-bloodied-attackers-calm-29292815.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/i-tried-to-keep-bloodied-attackers-calm-29292815.html Ingrid Loyau-Kennett has described how she confronted two terrorists who, just minutes previously, had brutally murdered a British soldier outside Woolwich Barracks in south-east London. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/pussy-riot-girls-hunger-strike-over-parole-denial-29292822.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/pussy-riot-girls-hunger-strike-over-parole-denial-29292822.html A Russian court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/plea-for-calm-in-wave-of-swedish-rioting-29292824.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/plea-for-calm-in-wave-of-swedish-rioting-29292824.html STOCKHOLM was braced for a fifth night of riots yesterday, as violent unrest that began almost a week ago in the northern suburbs of the Swedish capital, continued to spread to other corners of the city. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/80yearold-man-is-oldest-to-climb-everest-29292808.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/80yearold-man-is-oldest-to-climb-everest-29292808.html An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation has become the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest, a feat he called "the world's best feeling", even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him. Asia-Pacific Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/oklahoma-faces-2bn-disaster-damage-bill-29292807.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/oklahoma-faces-2bn-disaster-damage-bill-29292807.html The cost of the massive Oklahoma tornado could top $2bn (€1.5bn), according to early estimates. Americas Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/tigers-hairy-moment-29292794.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/tigers-hairy-moment-29292794.html It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400lb tiger needed help from vets when he could not cough up a football-sized fur lump. World News Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/radical-suspect-known-to-the-police-for-years-29292813.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/radical-suspect-known-to-the-police-for-years-29292813.html ONE of the men who took part in the beheading of a British soldier was a known extremist with an open MI5 file. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/all-he-ever-wanted-was-to-be-in-the-army-to-live-life-and-enjoy-himself-29292817.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/all-he-ever-wanted-was-to-be-in-the-army-to-live-life-and-enjoy-himself-29292817.html Drummer Lee Rigby was a loving father who only ever wanted to be a soldier and "live life and enjoy himself", his family said. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/appeal-for-calm-at-defence-league-rally-29292816.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/appeal-for-calm-at-defence-league-rally-29292816.html Police expect an English Defence League (EDL) march and a counter-demonstration to pass off peacefully despite admitting the shocking Woolwich murder "may have heightened community concerns" about the events. Europe Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/jailed-gp-used-bondstyle-watch-to-film-sex-assaults-29292531.html http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/jailed-gp-used-bondstyle-watch-to-film-sex-assaults-29292531.html A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his James Bond-style wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients was jailed for 12 years after admitting a string of sex charges. Courts Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/man-shot-by-fbi-linked-boston-bomber-to-triple-murder-29292806.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/man-shot-by-fbi-linked-boston-bomber-to-triple-murder-29292806.html A Chechen man reportedly implicated the older Boston Marathon bomber in a 2011 triple murder moments before he lashed out at an FBI agent and was gunned down. Americas Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/jfk-was-a-fan-of-hitler-and-nazi-germany-diaries-reveal-29292797.html http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/jfk-was-a-fan-of-hitler-and-nazi-germany-diaries-reveal-29292797.html FORMER US president John F Kennedy openly admired Nazi Germany when he toured the country as a young man, according to a new book marking the 50th anniversary of his historic 1963 visit to Cold War West Berlin. Americas Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100