British Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have, in a dramatic U-turn, abandoned a plan to abolish the top rate of income tax for the highest earners.

Brazil's bitterly divisive presidential election will go to a runoff on 30 October, as incumbent Jair Bolsonaro beat expectations to finish a relatively close second to frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The trial is due to get under way today of Gerry Hutch for the murder of David Byrne, who was shot dead during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in 2016.

Thousands of Russians mobilised for military service in Ukraine have been sent home for being unfit for military duty in the latest setback to President Vladimir Putin's chaotic conscription of 300,000 servicemen.

New regulations giving the basking shark 'protected wild animal' status under the Wildlife Act come into effect from today.

Ireland's most feted press photographer is preparing for his first exhibition - on a subject close to his heart.

People seeking information about their birth, early life, medical information or who wish to trace their origins will be able to do so from today.

Minister of State in Britain's Northern Ireland Office Steve Baker, an arch Brexiteer and one of the Conservative party's fiercest campaigners to get the UK out of the EU, has said problems with the Northern Ireland protocol can be resolved by negoti...

An expert team searching for the Disappeared victims of the Troubles has begun a sixth dig for the remains of teenager Columba McVeigh, from Donaghmore in Co Tyrone, who was murdered by the IRA in November 1975.

Indonesia's government has called on the country's police to identify and punish whoever was responsible for a stadium stampede that left 125 people dead, including 32 children.

Four male juveniles have been arrested as part of the investigation into an incident in Dublin last month in which a garda vehicle was rammed.

Legislation allowing for a complaints procedure to deal with alleged misconduct by judges comes into effect today.

Classes were suspended and moved online at Iran's leading scientific university after clashes erupted overnight on a Tehran campus between students and security forces, local media said.

A 34-year-old man charged with the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool in August is set to appear in court later today.

The rate of increase in asking prices for houses slowed during the third quarter, new data from property listings website MyHome.ie shows.

A Northern Ireland minister who was previously a strident Brexit supporter has apologised for his former "ferocious" stance on negotiations with the EU.

The euro is getting weaker against the dollar but stronger against the pound, which is having a strange impact on the global buying power of Irish consumers and businesses, writes Adam Maguire.

A man has been shot dead at the social club of Donegal Celtic FC on the Suffolk Road in west Belfast this afternoon.

Brazilians have voted in the first round of their country's most polarised election in decades, with thousands queuing in Dublin to cast their votes.

The death toll from a stampede at an Indonesian football stadium has been revised down to 125 due to double counting, officials said.