Armed gardaí providing back-up at Co Louth checkpoints
Armed gardaí have begun providing back-up to uniformed gardaí in Co Louth as they do checkpoints along the border to counteract criminality in the wake of the murder of garda Tony Golden nearly two weeks ago.
In recent days members of the armed Regional Support Unit (RSU) have been present while unarmed gardaí in have operated regular checkpoints in the region.
A number of checkpoints where armed gardaí were clearly visible took place in the north of the county, including Dundalk, today.
It comes just days after additional gardaí were sent on temporary transfer to Dundalk Garda Station.
Garda Golden was stationed in Omeath and had been helping Siobhan Phillips as she prepared to leave her partner Adrian Crevan Mackin when Mr Mackin shot her and Garda Golden. Ms Philips remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian knife attacker
Israeli forces have shot and wounded a Palestinian assailant who stabbed and wounded a soldier in the occupied West Bank, the army said.
"An assailant stabbed an Israeli soldier during operational activity adjacent to the security fence in Gush Etzion," a Jewish settlement bloc south of Jerusalem, an army statement said.
"The force responded, firing towards the assailant," the statement added.
Medics said the soldier was lightly wounded. There was no immediate word on the assailant's condition.
There has been a spate of stabbings this month - mostly by young Palestinians - against soldiers, police or Israeli civilians.
Since 1 October, at least 49 Palestinians and one Israeli Arab have been killed, including alleged attackers. Eight Israelis have been killed in attacks.
One Israeli Jew and one Eritrean have also been killed after being mistaken for attackers.
One killed, three wounded in US college shooting
One person has been killed and two others wounded in a shooting in the US on the campus of Tennessee State University in Nashville.
The shootings, which happened just before 11pm local time, appeared to have stemmed from a dispute over a dice game in an outdoor courtyard, police said.
The three people who were injured were taken to hospital and their conditions were not immediately known, a spokeswoman added.
The incident comes amid a string of US gun violence in October, including deadly incidents on the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and adjacent to Texas Southern University in Houston.
On 1 October, a gunman killed nine people at a college in Oregon, ranking it among the deadliest of dozens of US mass shootings in the past two years.
Obama urges Pakistan to stop nuclear developments
At a time of heightened tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, US President Barack Obama has urged Pakistan to avoid further developments in its nuclear programme.
In talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the White House, Mr Obama also sought help in getting the Afghan Taliban back to peace talks.
President Obama "stressed the importance of avoiding any developments that might invite increased risk to nuclear safety, security, or strategic stability", a White House statement said.
Pakistani officials say Washington is demanding unreasonable limits on its nuclear weapons while not offering much in.
