Five men have been arrested in an operation against organised crime.

Detectives said two firearms were also seized when they stopped the men in two cars in Kill, Co Kildare.The Garda's Organised Crime Unit was backed up by the armed Emergency Response Unit during the stop and search around 1am on Sunday.The five men, all in their 30s, have been taken to Clondalkin and Ballyfermot Garda stations and are being detained under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.The firearms have been sent for ballistics...

Russia tries to make sense of Chechnya colonel murder

The brazen killing of a Russian army colonel who murdered a 18-year-old Chechen girl in 2000, prompted Saturday a bout of soul-searching, with some mourning the Caucasus war veteran and others fearing fresh ethnic clashes.Budanov, convicted of the murder of Elza Kungayeva, was shot dead in broad daylight Friday in central Moscow in a contract-style killing.Even after his death he remains such a polarising figure that the Kremlin and Chechen strongman...