Concentrations of major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continued to increase last year and during the first half of this year, and the pandemic did not slow the relentless advance of climate change, the World Meteorological Organization said.

The sentence handed down to an Irishman in the US over child abuse images is a significant one that reflects the harm done to children, according to the head of the Garda National Protective Services Bureau.

An allegation made in the Dáil yesterday by Sinn Féin politician Matt Carthy about Minister Simon Harris was "appalling" and "an abuse of Dáil privilege", a Fine Gael TD has said.

A billionaire e-commerce executive is among four amateur astronauts who have blasted off from Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket ship, to be the first all-civilian crew to orbit the Earth.

Payments company Stripe is to create "hundreds" of additional engineering jobs in Dublin over the next three years.

Opposition to a British government plan to ban future prosecutions related to the Troubles in Northern Ireland is to be raised with the UN Human Rights Council.

Afghanistan needs urgent and sustained support from the international community to prevent a larger humanitarian crisis, the head of the UN refugee agency has said.

The United States has announced a new alliance with Australia and Britain to strengthen military capabilities in the face of growing rivalry with China, including a new Australian nuclear submarine fleet and cruise missiles.

A prominent South Carolina lawyer whose wife and son were murdered in June and who allegedly conspired with a man to have himself shot dead so a surviving son could collect a $10 million insurance payout will surrender to authorities, local media has...

Australia's Victoria state reported its biggest one-day rise in Covid cases of the year as a surge in vaccinations nationwide raised hope for easing restrictions with almost 70% of the adult population having had a first dose.

The White House is willing to set up a call for rapper Nicki Minaj about the safety and effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccine after she said she wanted to do more research on vaccines before getting one.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court's probe into the country's drug war, his lawyer has said, after its judges found the crackdown could be a crime against humanity.

More than 30,000 women in the UK have reported disruption to their periods after Covid-19 vaccination, but the changes are "short-lived", according to an article in a leading medical journal.

A British woman convicted of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus is said to be "anxious but upbeat" ahead of her appeal at the country's Supreme Court.

Ryanair shares jumped over 6% today after it raised its long-term traffic forecast and said it expects to fly 225 million passengers a year by 2026, up from 200 million previously as it eyes a strong recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

An Irish man, who was described as the world's largest facilitator of child abuse images, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison by a US court.

The Government has won its confidence motion in Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney by 92 votes to 59.

Fianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry has resigned from the parliamentary party and voted no confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney.

Ireland is on track to proceed with the full lifting of Covid-19 restrictions next month, the Chief Medical Officer has told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health.

President Michael D Higgins has declined an invitation to attend a church service with Britain's Queen Elizabeth next month to mark Northern Ireland's centenary.