Australia's conservative prime minister rejected growing calls to adopt more ambitious emissions targets, insisting the country was doing enough to tackle climate change.

Olympic gold medallist Kellie Harrington will return to Ireland today after victory in the lightweight division at the Tokyo games.

Britain's Prince Andrew was sued on Monday for having allegedly on three occasions sexually abused a woman who has claimed she was trafficked for sex by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The United States said it was up to Afghan security forces to defend the country after Taliban militants captured a sixth provincial capital, along with border towns and trade routes.

A group of volunteers in Dublin are cataloging items of 'retro rubbish' to highlight how some waste "never disappears".

China's coronavirus cases hit a seven-month high, after a cluster at a test site drove up numbers as the Delta variant challenges Beijing's grip on the pandemic.

Dozens of small island states most vulnerable to the effects of climate change have called on the world to save "our very future" after a landmark UN report said accelerating global warming and rising sea levels threaten their existence.

Former President Mary Robinson has said that it is still possible to limit global warming to 1.5C degrees, if drastic action is taken now.

Two people have been charged over the death of a two-year-old girl in Co Tyrone.

A new report by the Health Information and Quality Authority says that longstanding issues remain in the health service, like capacity and resourcing deficits, long waiting lists and overcrowding.

There are multiple possible explanations for the Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan at this time

Officials in Guinea have confirmed the first case of a virus disease called Marburg. It is the first case of the deadly illness in West Africa, the World Health Organization said.

Accused murderer Robert Durst denied he killed his longtime confidante Susan Berman as he testified in his own defence at Los Angeles Superior Court.

The number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 has fallen slightly, with 206 being treated for the virus, down 11 on yesterday's figures.

Average rents for residential properties rose by 5.6% nationally between April and June, according to the latest quarterly rental report from the website Daft.ie.

Height loss in middle-aged women is linked to a greater risk of early death, researchers have suggested.

US officials have vowed to review classified documents related to the 11 September 2001 terror attacks to see which could be made public - a recurring demand of some victims' relatives.

A Chinese court has upheld a Canadian man's death sentence for drug smuggling a day before another court is due to rule on the case of another Canadian accused of spying.

London's Tower Bridge reopened to traffic this morning, after a "technical failure" left the 19th-century landmark's arms pointing skyward for almost 12 hours.

Questions are being raised about China's role in the development of the new Leaving Certificate Mandarin Chinese syllabus after it emerged an agreement between the Irish and Chinese education authorities was signed in 2019.