Polls have opened across Germany in one of the most unpredictable elections in the country's recent history, with Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats in a tight race for her crown as she prepares to leave the political ...

The Chief Medical Adviser to the President of the United States, Dr Anthony Fauci, has said he believes it will be safe for Irish people to visit the United States when travel resumes between the countries in November.

Global markets wobbled this week, as the debt woes of a single Chinese property company sparked fears of a new financial crisis, writes Adam Maguire.

At least three people were killed and dozens more injured when a US train derailed in northern Montana, with rescuers rushing to safely evacuate everyone on board.

Detectives investigating the murder of school teacher Sabina Nessa in south-east London have arrested a 38-year-old man in East Sussex.

Iceland's government was poised to win a clear majority in yesterday's election, partial results showed, though it remained to be seen if Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir's left-right coalition would agree to continue in power together.

The Mandatory Hotel Quarantine system has officially ended with the last 50 people released with immediate effect.

It is a measure of the influence of Angela Merkel that the German election campaign may be decided on which candidate can appear most like her.

There was surprise, relief and delight among those leaving Mandatory Hotel Quarantine this evening at their unexpected early checkout.

Lengthy queues of vehicles snaked their way to petrol stations in Britain today where an acute shortage of truck drivers has led to fuel rationing and some pumps running dry, and prompted the government to consider issuing temporary work visas.

Rivers of lava raced down the Cumbre Vieja volcano and exploded high into the air overnight on the Spanish island of La Palma as an eruption intensified.

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 1,335 new cases of Covid-19.

The Taliban hung the bodies of four kidnappers from cranes after killing them during a shootout in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, a senior official said.

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has rejected a call by DUP chief Jeffrey Donaldson for a unionist pact.

We stopped and took stock and wondered, 'What's it all about?'. The Covid-19 pandemic made us reassess our lives and question what matters to us most.

Hundreds of mourners gathered in London last night for an emotional candlelit vigil in memory of the "amazing, caring, beautiful" primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, as the police hunt for her killer entered its second week.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Germans to give her would-be successor Armin Laschet their vote to shape Germany's future, in a last-ditch push to shore up his beleaguered campaign 24 hours before Germans vote.

Two Canadians imprisoned in what China's Western critics criticised as "hostage diplomacy" have returned home after being released.

A man who left a Donegal hospital against medical advice while suffering with severe symptoms of Covid-19 has died.

A security firm hired by Britney Spears' father monitored the pop singer's phone calls and text messages during the court-sanctioned conservatorship she has lived under since 2008, according to a New York Times documentary released on Friday.