Tributes have been paid to Sex And The City actor Willie Garson following his death aged 57. ...

Carlos the Jackal, who was behind some of the biggest terror attacks of the 1970s and 1980s, will attempt to have one of his three life sentences cut at a trial in Paris. ...

A rare earthquake has rattled southeastern Australia, shaking buildings, knocking down walls and sending panicked Melbourne residents running into the streets. ...

Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 after attending the UN General Assembly in New York that was inaugurated by his president, Jair Bolsonaro ...

Northern Ireland's biggest agricultural show gets underway later today, with visitors required to show their Covid status before entering. ...

Ireland had the fourth lowest employment rate among people with disabilities of working age in 2018, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute. ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has taken part in a building dedication ceremony at the Irish Arts Centre (IAC) in New York. ...

The FBI has confirmed a body found in Wyoming is missing woman Gabrielle 'Gabby' Petito, whose recent disappearance gripped the United States, with the local coroner saying she ...

The FBI has confirmed a body found in Wyoming is missing woman Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, whose recent disappearance gripped the United States, with the local coroner saying her ...

US President Joe Biden has said that he does not want a change to the "Irish accords" resulting in "a closed border". ...

US President Joe Biden has said that he does not want a change to the "Irish accords" resulting in "a closed border". ...

US President Joe Biden has said that he feels "very strongly" that he does not want a change to the "Irish accords" resulting in "a closed border". ...

The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's UN ambassad ...

Several retailers have already warned that Christmas supplies could be constrained. Covid-19, Brexit and the small matter of the Ever Given are to blame, explains Louise Byrne. ...

China will stop funding coal projects overseas, President Xi Jinping said today, ending a major source of support for a dirty energy contributing to climate change. ...

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has told the Dáil that he will raise the issue of banks contributing to a mica redress scheme "in the coming weeks". ...

Ground operations staff at Aer Lingus, who are members of SIPTU, have overwhelmingly rejected a cost-cutting plan. ...

Ireland has been assured by the Netherlands there is no basis to reports that Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte would intervene in the Northern Ireland Protocol dispute at the bi ...

Wildfires in Siberia, North America and around the Mediterranean caused record levels of planet-warming CO2 emissions this summer, the EU's Earth monitoring service said. ...

Department of Education inspectors will look at bullying matters through unannounced inspections to be carried out in schools, Minister for Education Norma Foley has told an Oi ...

Minister for Education Norma Foley has rejected a suggestion that there is confusion as to when a child should be kept at home or sent in to school, in relation to Covid-19. ...