More than 1,000 homes were damaged in the barren and sparsely populated region, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Mr Carter, who died December 29 at the age of 100, will then lie in state on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday. He receives a state funeral on Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. President ...

Conor Murphy has urged the UK government to offer an exemption to international visitors travelling across the Irish border into Northern Ireland.

A woman who left 35 puppies and a dog in a dilapidated caravan covered in faeces and without food or water has been spared jail over a string of animal welfare offences. One dachshund puppy died days ...

The actor wrote and co-stars in comedy horror film Get Away, alongside Irish comedian Aisling Bea, Maisie Ayres and Sebastian Croft.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party, died on Tuesday at the age of 96, but the anti-immigration and nationalist ideas that propelled his decades of popularity remain ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead welcomed a new law, known as Martyn’s Law, that aims to help prevent and reduce the harm of terror attacks at ...

A primary school maths teacher who hacked into a colleague’s phone and found an intimate video of her before trying to send it to himself on WhatsApp has been banned from teaching.

It comes after a number of NHS trusts declared critical incidents due to “exceptionally high demands” in emergency departments, with a patient at one hospital forced to wait 50 hours to be admitted to ...

The Liberal Party must find a new leader while dealing with US President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to impose steep tariffs ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared US control of both to be vital to American ...

In a one-sentence ruling following an emergency hearing, Judge Ellen Gesmer denied Mr Trump’s request for an immediate order that would spare him from being sentenced while he appeals against Judge ...