Counting has resumed this morning as the final seats are decided in a Stormont election that has so far proven to be a very good one for Sinn Féin.

Northern Ireland is awakening to a drastically changing political landscape, writes Northern Editor Vincent Kearney.

A deadly explosion has hit a well-known hotel in downtown Havana, tearing a gash several floors high in the side of the building, killing at least 22 people and injuring upwards of 70, witnesses and state media said.

Counting of votes in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections resumes this morning, after yesterday's start appeared to show that Sinn Féin is poised to take the First Minister's position.

The plan to relocate the National Maternity Hospital was announced in May 2013 - but even now in May 2022, there is debate about whether it should proceed, due to some concerns expressed about the nature of guarantees in the legal agreements over the...

Afghanistan's supreme leader and Taliban chief has today ordered the country's women to wear the all-covering burqa in public.

250,388 first preference votes were cast for Sinn Féin candidates, compared with 184,002 for the DUP.

All the latest developments as counting in the Northern Ireland Stormont Assembly election continues.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said diplomatic efforts were under way to save the remaining fighters holed up inside the Azovstal steelworks in the city of Mariupol, as more civilians were evacuated from the bombed-out plant.

Businesses are passing on rising costs to their customers, according to a slew of data published this week, but is there a limit to consumers' spending power?

Once again Boris Johnson is planning a clash with the EU over the protocol, which he negotiated and signed, and once again a weary EU is preparing not to overreact.

The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted its first declaration on Ukraine since Russia invaded in February, backing Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' efforts to find a "peaceful solution" to the war.

An Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe worth an estimated $200 million (€190m) is the main attraction at this year's spring art sales in New York.

North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, Seoul said, its second missile launch in three days after the United States warned Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test.

President Emmanuel Macron is to be inaugurated for a new term after his election victory over the far right made him the first French head of state for 20 years to win a second mandate.

The Italian authorities have impounded a mega yacht at the centre of a mystery over its ownership as speculation swirled it might even belong to the Russian president.

Follow all the latest developments as counting continues, after Sinn Féin garnered the largest ever share of first preference votes in Northern Ireland.

As counting continues in Northern Ireland, look back on the highs and lows of the day in pictures.

Mike Hagerty, who played building superintendent Mr Treeger on US sitcom Friends, has died at the age of 67.

Stormont Election: Results so far across Northern Ireland