Russian forces pressed on with their offensive across several Ukrainian regions, while President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of the potential for more serious attacks ahead of Ukraine's 31st anniversary of independence from Soviet rule.

A woman believed to be a family member of two children whose remains were found in suitcases in New Zealand is in South Korea, police in Seoul have said.

Loan applications to do with back-to-school costs at Roscommon Credit Union have risen dramatically, according to CEO Bernie Moran.

Millions of children in the Philippines returned to school this morning as the academic year started, with many taking their seats in classrooms for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

Opposition leaders in Pakistan have warned that authorities would cross a "red line" if they arrested former prime minister Imran Khan, after he was reported under the anti-terrorism act for comments he made about the judiciary.

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Members of the Defence Forces along with members of the Collins family will attend an event to mark the centenary of the death of Michael Collins in Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin later today.

China's scorched southwestern regions extended curbs on power consumption as they deal with dwindling hydropower output and surging household electricity demand during a long drought and heatwave.

Reduced oil prices and increased refinery capacity will see drivers pay less for fuel at the pumps

Firefighters have managed to stabilise a wildfire that has ravaged vast swathes of land in eastern Spain, allowing officials to lift all remaining evacuation orders.

Mark English has won a bronze medal in the final of the 800m at the European Athletics Championships in Munich.

The death of Michael Collins in 1922 deprived Ireland of one its greatest hopes of reconciliation, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

A man in his 20s is understood to be in a critical condition following an incident in Monasterevin, Co Kildare.

Tributes were paid today to Thomas O'Halloran, the 87-year-old Irishman who died after he was stabbed to death on his mobility scooter in west London last Tuesday.

Russian authorities have opened a murder investigation after the daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue was killed in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow.

Ukrainian refugees who were being housed in student accommodation have begun to vacate campuses to make way for students ahead of the start of the new academic year.

Hundreds of people gathered this afternoon in Killarney to pay their last respects Miriam Burns, whose body was found with multiple injuries in her home on Monday.

Russia fired five missiles from the Black Sea overnight and two of them were shot down by air defences over the Odesa region of Ukraine, the regional administration said.

One of Ireland's oldest men, Michael O'Connor, has died at the age of 108.

The CEO of the autism charity AsIAm has warned that dozens of children still do not know where they will be going to school in September.