The Ukrainian military has said that it had killed scores of Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition dumps in fighting in the Kherson region, the focus of Kyiv's counter-offensive in the south and a key link in Moscow's supply lines.

Pope Francis has said the treatment of Indigenous people in Canada amounted to a genocide, after a six-day trip where he apologised to survivors of abuse at Catholic-run schools.

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The death toll in eastern Kentucky has risen to at least 16 as flooding unleashed by "epic" torrential rainfall swept through homes, washed out roads and pushed rivers over their banks, state authorities said, warning that more fatalities were expect...

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A Brazilian woman and her two adult children, all suffering from dehydration and malnutrition, were freed by police following 17 years of captivity by her husband, authorities have said.

Elon Musk has filed claims against Twitter as he fights back against the tech firm's lawsuit demanding he be held to his $44 billion buyout deal.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has asked his ministers, public officials and private sector employees to stop wearing ties and stay cool, as heatwaves sweeping parts of Europe stoke demand for energy-guzzling air-conditioning.

The number of homeless people increased in June to 10,492 - a rise of 167 compared to March this year - according to the latest figures from the Department of Housing.

A young woman who was driven to a beach and gang raped in a car by three teenagers has described how she had to go through two trials and several days of "cruel" cross-examination in her fight for justice.

A Cork man who was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting his then partner and her son has been handed a 12-year prison sentence.

It is now incumbent on the Minister for Agriculture to outline the additional measures that will deliver the agreed 25% reduction in agricultural emissions by 2030, Sinn Féin's agriculture spokesperson has said.

Ukraine's president has visited a Black Sea port to show his country is ready to start exporting grain under a United Nations-brokered deal aimed at easing global food shortages, and said his country was awaiting the signal for the first shipment.

Dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war were reported to have been killed in a missile strike, with Russia and Ukraine accusing each other of carrying out the attack.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by one of two boys convicted of the murder of schoolgirl Ana Kriégel to introduce fresh evidence at his appeal against his conviction.

An energy expert has predicted that there is an "increased risk" of electricity blackouts in Ireland this winter, although there is no short-term risk.

A 35-year-old gang member has been jailed for eight years and four months for helping the Kinahan organised crime group to murder one man and attempt to murder another as part of the ongoing Hutch/Kinahan feud.

Rebekah Vardy has lost the 'Wagatha Christie' libel battle against Coleen Rooney over a viral social media post, after a High Court judge in London found it was "substantially true".

A 41-year-old man in Brazil has died of monkeypox, making him the first person outside of Africa to have been killed by the disease, local authorities have said.