Pakistan's flooded southern Sindh province is bracing for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north, as the death toll from this year's monsoon topped 1,000.

Two United States warships have sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the American navy has said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island.

Britain's defence ministry has said it is not yet clear how Russia will achieve an announced large increase in its armed forces, and that the boost is unlikely to substantially increase its combat power in Ukraine.

Households and businesses are being warned that they are likely to see their electricity and gas bills rise further, as the soaring wholesale cost of gas hit an all-time European high yesterday.

As energy prices soar, energy majors - as well as utility providers - have been reporting substantial profits, while householders and businesses take more pain. Should energy companies be forced to pay a windfall tax on their profits to fund cost-of-...

Raids by Israel's security forces on Palestinian civil society groups have triggered a clamour from global human rights activists for an international response to protect the human rights organisations.

After a summer of heatwaves and threats of industrial action, both sides in talks over public sector pay will be hoping to lower the temperature at the negotiating table in the coming days, writes Brian O'Donovan.

Three Dutch commandos in the United States for training exercises were wounded in a shooting outside their hotel in Indianapolis, the Dutch Defense Ministry has said.

Police investigating the murder of a nine-year-old girl shot dead in her home in Liverpool are urging people to come forward with information so they can "bring those responsible to justice", as two suspects were released on bail.

More than 1,000 Ukrainian refugees have been moved from student accommodation this week in Galway, Sligo, Dublin and Waterford.

A car used by Princess Diana has sold for £650,000 (€765,000) at an auction in the UK.

The threat to Ireland's democracy has "not fully dissipated", the Garda Commissioner has said.

Two men have been taken from the water after a small boat sank off Carrickfergus in Co Antrim.

There is a risk of a radioactive leak at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russian troops, the Ukrainian state energy operator has said.

Pope Francis has inducted 20 cardinals from around the world, choosing men who mostly agree with his vision of a more progressive and inclusive Catholic Church and influencing their choice of his eventual successor.

The residents of Albert Square will say their final farewells to Dot Branning in a special episode honouring the death of EastEnders stalwart June Brown, the BBC has said.

Rival factions have battled across Libya's capital in the worst fighting there for two years as an eyewitness said forces aligned with a parliament-backed administration moved on the city to try to take power.

In Poland's late summer heat, dozens of cars and trucks line up at the Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka coal mine, as householders fearful of winter shortages wait for days and nights to stock up on heating fuel in queues reminiscent of communist times.

The workplace has gone through many changes during the Covid-19 pandemic, chief among them remote working which emptied offices and forced people to work from home during lockdowns.

The release of this heavily redacted FBI affidavit will not quiet down the controversy surrounding the "raid" on Donald Trump's Florida home. Far from it.