An informer who infiltrated the IRA for the British intelligence agency MI5 has been found dead in his flat in England, a report said yesterday.

Firefighters battled a huge fire at a 250-year-old hotel in south-western England for a second day yesterday after part of the building collapsed and the interior was destroyed.

Nepalese women collect marigold flowers for the festival of Tihar in Ichangu Narayan village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, yesterday.

Bangladesh’s national airliner Biman has decided to induct two Boeing 737-800s from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to its fleet for 60 months on dry lease.

Bangladesh has reiterated its commitment to remain one of the first responders to the UN’s call for troops and police.

Protesters have set up a sofa and are serving tea in a blockade outside a busy bank branch in Piccadilly Circus.

Lily Allen claimed a black cab driver refused to let her in his taxi yesterday, telling the singer: “Find an immigrant to drive you, you stupid tart”. The pop star has suffered a fierce backlash online after apologising on behalf of Britain to a young refugee in Calais.

Heathrow’s third runway faces its first legal challenge only days after the government gave it the green light.

Chief minister launches paddy cultivation in land set apart for Aranmula airport

A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field near the Wagah border, about 35km from Amritsar yesterday.

A deal for 200 single-engine planes produced in India could be worth anything from $13-$15bn, experts say

People light lamps arranged to form a tribute to fallen soldiers of the Indian Army, on the eve of Diwali, the festival of lights, in Chandigarh, yesterday.