US President Joe Biden will deliver an address today on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending its 20-year-long deployment in the country.

Two men, aged in their 40s and 70s, have died in separate road crashes in counties Kildare and Tipperary.

Ireland's Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have won gold at the Fuji International Speedway in Tokyo.

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution requiring the Taliban to honor its commitment to let people freely leave Afghanistan.

The Cabinet will meet today to consider a proposal which would end almost all Covid-19 restrictions by 22 October.

Ruadhán Gormally, 16, from Co Galway, dreams of becoming a puppeteer on Sesame Street.

Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as a huge wildfire loomed over the major US tourist spot of Lake Tahoe in California, filling the air with choking smoke.

Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal powered to Paralympic gold in their time trial final in Tokyo.

The Taliban joyously fired guns into the air and offered words of reconciliation, as they celebrated defeating the United States and returning to power after two decades of war that devastated Afghanistan.

With the Taliban in possession of Kabul's airport after the United States completed its withdrawal, the focus will now shift from the mammoth Western evacuation operation seen in the past two weeks to the group's plans for the transport hub.

The Taliban have won the war - now they have to govern Afghanistan.

A professor of bacteriology at NUI Galway's school of medicine and co-ordinator of the EU-wide future pandemic defence system, PANDEM, says the risk of another emerging disease is higher now than at any point in history.

Three people have been killed in a rampage that saw the armed robbery of two banks and hostages strapped to cars in Brazil, police have said.

Ryanair, Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers, expects a "very strong recovery" in the coming months, group chief executive Michael O'Leary said today.

The Government has reduced its stake in Bank of Ireland by a percentage point.

As America prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 11 September attacks next week, many will be wondering if the world has become a more dangerous place now that the Taliban is back in power, writes Brian O'Donovan.

Dogs can predict epileptic seizures, offering a warning sign to owners that has the potential to save lives, new research carried out at Queen's University Belfast has found.

New Zealand's government has reported that new Covid-19 cases fell for a second day, down to 49, amid the tight lockdown the country undertook during the latest outbreak this month.

Almost 500 claims by members of the public have been taken against Tusla in the last five years, according to the Child and Family Agency, which furnished the information to Aontú.

The Chief Medical Officer had advised parents to exercise caution in relation to after-school activities as children return to classrooms across the country this week.