US President Donald Trump doubled down on the United States decision to withdraw 5,000 US troops from Germany, as a rift in transatlantic ties deepens over the Middle East war.

Israel's military has issued new evacuation warnings in southern Lebanon for villages beyond the area it occupies, despite a truce with Lebanon intended to halt fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The European Union is looking to upend some of its rules to try to encourage companies to make more products in Europe, but China isn't happy about the plan, writes Adam Maguire.

Over 1,700 motorists have been detected speeding during a garda road traffic operation.

With wars, protests, crises and cuts dominating the news cycle, there's no shortage of issues for people to be concerned about.

Mark Allen missed a simple black to book his place in his first World Snooker Championship final before falling 17-16 to Wu Yize in one of the most dramatic last-four finishes in Crucible history.

A week of fires in upland areas of Northern Ireland has left an "incinerated landscape" affecting wildlife and walkers, conservationists say.

Police in Australia's Northern Territory have said they had charged a man with murdering an Indigenous girl, days after the five-year-old's ⁠death sparked violent clashes in an outback town.

Last Tuesday the Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut was released by Belarus as part of a prisoner exchange with Poland. A fierce critic of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's regime, Mr Poczobut was sentenced to eight years in a pe...

Two activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation have appeared before an Israeli court, a rights group defending them has said.

The premier Munster hurling rivalry of the early 2020s resumes - after an effective year's hiatus - with Limerick shorn of two of their X-factor players

Wildfires that scorched forests in northern Japan, reportedly the second biggest in over 30 years, have been brought under control after 11 days, officials have said.

In a time when too many traditional Ulster rivalries are running cold, neighbours Armagh and Down can inject some much-needed spice when they meet on Sunday.

Three people who were arrested, as part of an investigation into the deaths of a four-year-old boy and his grand-aunt in Co Offaly last year, have been released without charge.

An unflappable Rory Beggan said it was "nice" to be entrusted with the pressure of nailing the winning two-pointer at the end of Monaghan's epic extra-time Ulster semi-final win over Derry.

A 66-year-old has appeared in court charged with attempted murder linked to a bomb attack on a Belfast police station.

A humpback whale that had been struggling to survive after beaching near the German coast has been released into the North Sea off Denmark, after being transported in a barge in a last-ditch rescue operation.

British Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has apologised for footage from Bloody Sunday being used in a social media clip to criticise a bill on legacy issues in Northern Ireland.

Unidentified attackers hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden and directed it towards Somalia, the Yemeni coast guard said.

A new opinion poll suggests a rise in support for Independent Ireland and Aontú.