A young woman who went back into her burning home after an arson attack to rescue her younger brothers and sister last week said the family has lost everything and are now homeless.

Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out on the bodies of a father and son who are believed to have died in a suspected murder-suicide in Dublin yesterday.

A "massive" Russian night-time attack on Ukraine damaged 20 residential buildings in Kyiv and its suburbs, as well as Qatar's embassy, President Volodymyr Zelensky said today.

Iranians staged their biggest protests yet of an almost two-week movement sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, chanting slogans including "death to the dictator" and setting fire to official buildings, videos showed today.

European Union sources have expressed disappointment at the Government's rejection of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, given what they described as Ireland's traditional image as an export-oriented economy.

Irish consumers have faced soaring food costs in recent years, with prices for dairy and beef surging at some of the fastest rates across Europe. Could Mercosur be good for Irish shoppers in the long-term?

A "serious ⁠medical condition" with a crew member on board the ISS has led NASA to bring the astronaut and three crewmates back to Earth months earlier than planned.

US President Donald Trump's threats have brought fear, not defiance, to Greenland. A cultural instinct to avoid confrontation is colliding with a moment demanding the opposite, writes Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy from the country's capital, Nu...

The US Senate has voted to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action ⁠against Venezuela without congressional authorisation, even as Mr Trump said US oversight of the troubled nation could last y...

Jessie Buckley is outstanding in this tender and sorrowful tale of William and Agnes Shakespeare's lost son

A US immigration agent shot and wounded a man and a woman ⁠in Portland, Oregon, authorities said, leading city and state officials to call for calm following public outrage over the ICE shooting death of a Minnesota woman on Wednesday.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has written to Donald Trump seeking a presidential pardon, but the US president has said he is not considering clemency for the hip-hop star.

A trial is due to begin in Germany of a man, using the pseudonym 'White Tiger', who is accused of multiple online crimes, including coercing a 13-year-old to die by suicide.

The family of a woman who was killed by her partner has spoken out to warn about the early red flags they recall from their daughter's relationship and the impact of her death on her teenage son.

Switzerland will mark a national day of mourning today for the dozens of mostly teenagers killed when fire ravaged a ski resort bar crammed with New Year revellers.

Follow developments as EU member states are set to vote on the ratification of the Mercosur trade deal.

Chief Executive of daa Kenny Jacobs has begun legal proceedings against his employer aimed at allowing him to return to work.

The US Senate has taken a major step toward passing a resolution to rein in President Donald Trump's military actions in Venezuela - a rare bipartisan rebuke following alarm over the secretive capture of leader Nicolas Maduro.

Officials in the US state of Minnesota have been blocked from taking part in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an immigration agent.

U2 frontman and activist Bono has backed a campaign calling for the release of imprisoned Palestinian politician Marwan Barghouti from an Israeli jail.