Russia attacked Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight, ahead of what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said would be a key meeting with US President Donald Trump to work out a ⁠deal to end nearly four years of wa...

Thailand and Cambodia ⁠agreed to halt weeks of fierce border clashes, the worst fighting in years between the southeast Asian countries ‍that has included fighter jets sorties, exchange of rocket fire and artillery barrages.

Then British prime minister Tony Blair's chief of staff Jonathan Powell told Irish officials he believed the "top man" involved in the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery would be "clever enough to avoid getting arrested" weeks after the raid took place.

Irish officials privately believed British government plans to introduce national ID cards in 2005 could lead to discrimination against Irish citizens in Northern Ireland and the UK.

The State Papers include letters, communications, private briefing notes, secret government documents, fax messages and e-mails relating to stories from the past.

Shannon Airport has had many eye-catching visitors over the years. But the prospect of a NASA space shuttle hurtling towards it in a potential crash landing scenario understandably surprised even the most world-weary of officials.

Some other stories from the State Papers include concerns over concert safety, Irish files about the abdication of King Edward VIII, VIP disruption at Dublin Airport, CSO relocation to Cork, a UN future for Northern Ireland, outsourcing cervical smea...

As a political figure, losing the 2020 presidential election was the best thing that happened to Donald Trump. It gave him something that most presidents never get - time.

The 2026 football season is nearly upon us with the return of the pre-season competitions, as well as the start of the National League, due in January. Peter Branigan takes a look at some of the big talking points ahead of the new campaign.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has highlighted how his nation and Russia had shared "blood, life and death" in the Ukraine war, as he sent President Vladimir Putin new year's greetings.

Legendary Irish folk singer Christy Moore was at the centre of a previously unknown diplomatic incident in 2004 when he was locked in a room and questioned over why he was travelling to England by boat by UK officials.

White House officials were reluctant for then US president Bill Clinton to be photographed shaking hands with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams during a key cross-party event in Belfast when he visited in winter 1995.

A year went by faster than ever, but these films will stand the test of time.

The now King of England Prince Charles's visit to Ireland in May 1995 was widely acknowledged to have been an important sign of the warming relations between Ireland and England during the peace process in Northern Ireland.

French police arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro, prosecutors said.

Fifteen people have been injured in a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan, during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, officials said.

A court in Malaysia has sentenced former prime minister Najib Razak to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of abuse of power and money laundering.

A personal recollection from Tony O'Donoghue on those November days when the Republic of Ireland men's team made some magic moments, with Troy Parrott putting his name in lights.

The United States has carried out a strike against militants of the so-called Islamic State in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government.

The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte has died aged 65, the band have said.