A total of 12 people have been killed in and around the airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, since Sunday, Taliban and NATO officials have said.

New Zealand has reported a breakthrough in tracing the source of a Covid-19 outbreak that plunged the nation into lockdown, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying it should help "stamp out" the virus.

Representatives of the entertainment and events industry were "deeply disappointed" with the outcome of a meeting with Minister for Arts Catherine Martin yesterday.

70% of Irish consumers expect house prices to rise over the next three years, according to a new survey by KBC Bank Ireland.

The European Union's foreign policy chief has branded developments in Afghanistan "a catastrophe and a nightmare", and said there had been a failure of intelligence to anticipate the Taliban's return to power there.

With the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games now less than a week away, the 29 athletes representing Team Ireland are making their final preparations.

A British public health study has found that protection from either of the two most commonly used Covid-19 vaccines against the now prevalent Delta variant of the coronavirus weakens within three months.

Australian authorities began delivering emergency Covid-19 vaccine supplies in the Sydney suburbs worst hit by an outbreak of the fast-moving Delta strain, as the country reported its biggest one-day rise in Covid-19 infections.

Smiling and waving at journalists, posing for selfies in the streets and even sitting down for a TV interview with a woman journalist, the Taliban appear to have launched a public relations blitz, telling Afghans - and the world - that life under the...

The death toll from a devastating earthquake that struck Haiti over the weekend has risen by almost 250 to 2,189, the Caribbean nation's civil protection agency said.

Legal restrictions that prevent employers from finding out the coronavirus vaccine status of employees risk delaying the re-opening of offices and are costing businesses money, new research has found.

A wildfire that erupted outside California's state capital just a few days ago has exploded to cover 54,000 acres, an eight-fold increase over a short period of time.

Dublin City Councillor Anthony Flynn, who was also the founder of the Inner City Helping Homeless organisation, has died.

There have been 15 further deaths related to Covid-19 notified in Ireland in the past week, according to NPHET, bringing the number of Covid-related deaths to 5,074.

Current data does not indicate that Covid-19 booster shots are needed, the World Health Organization has said.

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that "chaos" was inevitable once the United States decided to leave Afghanistan after two decades of war.

The Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland has expressed deep disappointment following a virtual meeting with Minister for Arts Catherine Martin this afternoon, after no date was set for the return of live concerts and cultural events.

British comedian Sean Lock has died of cancer at the age of 58, his agent has announced.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said it is a priority for the Government to "to get Irish people out of Afghanistan who want to leave" and it was "working night and day" on the exit plan.

US President Joe Biden has said that he will make Covid-19 booster shots available to all American adults beginning next month, as his administration warned that vaccines are showing a declining effectiveness against infection.