The US military has said it has carried out a drone strike against a "planner" of the so-called Islamic State-Khorasan, the group which claimed credit for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport.

Joe Biden vowed to bring US troops home and end a conflict that has claimed so many lives, but as America's longest war enters its final days, the danger faced by those on the frontlines has never been greater.

Cyclists Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have claimed a silver medal for Ireland in the B 3,000m individual pursuit at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

New Zealand's response to the Covid-19 pandemic has drawn much attention in recent times. The country has the slowest vaccination rate among developed nations and is experiencing the economic pressure of prolonged isolation. But many believe eliminat...

Anticipation of a return to the classroom is tempered with some anxiety and many questions for both parents and children.

The Health Service Executive is continuing to operate walk-in vaccination clinics across Ireland this weekend for anyone aged 12 or older.

An award-winning Afghan photographer has predicted the Taliban will shut down Afghanistan's media and says they are fooling the West by promising to allow journalists to operate freely.

There has already been a medal for Ireland on Day 4 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, with the possibility of more in the pool and on the track.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,875 new cases of Covid-19.

The Taliban has taken control of parts of Kabul airport, a spokesman announced, as a 31 August deadline for the United States and its allies to complete evacuations looms.

A review for the HSE into how Covid-19 vaccines were given to a group of private school teachers by the Beacon Hospital in Dublin has found the hospital did not consider alternative options.

The Government is considering proposals to incentivise promoters to limit outdoor events to vaccinated people by offering them an increased capacity.

A man whose wife and 16-year-old son managed to escape conflict-hit Kabul last night has said that he is relieved to have them back in Limerick.

US President Joe Biden has said China was withholding "critical information" on the origins of Covid-19 after the US intelligence community said it did not believe the virus was a bioweapon - but remained split on whether it escaped from a lab.

Manchester United have agreed a deal for Cristiano Ronaldo to return to the club from Juventus.

The United Nations has said it is bracing for a possible exodus from violence-ravaged Afghanistan of up to half a million more refugees by the end of 2021.

The man convicted of shooting dead Robert F. Kennedy in a 1968 assassination that rocked the United States was granted parole today.

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of the body of a man at a house in Enfield, Co Meath.

A total of 23 countries have been removed from the Government's list of designated States for mandatory quarantine, the Minister for Health has said.

Boris Johnson has said he will "shift heaven and earth" to get people out of Afghanistan after 31 August as he confirmed British deaths in the "contemptible" attack at Kabul airport.