The Russian Defence Ministry said that 11 people were shot dead and 15 injured at a military training camp in the Belgorod area that borders Ukraine.

The UK's home secretary Suella Braverman has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on the kinds of protests favoured by climate activists - as she pledged to stop demonstrators holding the public "to ransom".

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that China would "never commit to abandoning the use of force" when it comes to the issue of Taiwan.

When he visited Ireland in 2012, Xi Jinping was China's vice-president. This weekend, he looks set to win an unprecedented third term as president, giving him another five years and potentially beyond.

It is exactly two weeks until Brazilians vote in a Presidential runoff that is now set to be tighter than ever.

While the funerals of the 10 Creeslough explosion victims have now taken place, the empty spaces left by their deaths remain, President Michael D Higgins has said.

The lives of prisoners are at grave risk in Evin prison in Tehran, rights groups warned today, after a fire erupted at the notorious jail as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death entered a fifth week.

The price of your grocery bill might be frightening, but are you also horrified at the sight of Christmas selection boxes in the supermarket long before you have even thought of buying a pumpkin for Halloween?

The laws of gravity dictate that what goes up, must come down, but when it comes to the property market, the same rules don't have to necessarily apply.

An Irish-trained horse which was bought for just €800 has won the American Grand National.

A ban on evictions from rental properties this winter is back on the Government agenda and it will be discussed by the three coalition party leaders on Monday night.

A significant change to the accommodation system for those seeking refuge in Ireland is being considered by the Government as it grapples with an increasing number of people arriving from Ukraine and other countries.

An art project to commemorate the thousands of people who died from Covid-19 has opened in Dublin.

Fire and gunshots have erupted at Tehran's notorious Evin prison tonight, an Oslo-based rights group has reported, as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody enters its fifth week.

Ukrainian troops are still holding the strategic eastern town of Bakhmut, despite repeated Russian attacks, while the situation in the Donbas region remains very difficult, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault.

UK's new Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said today that the Liz Truss administration had made "mistakes" as he promised "difficult decisions ahead".

A recent episode has highlighted the sort of pressure that the system is now under and raises questions about the State's ability to cope with what it is now acknowledged will be a longer-term humanitarian crisis.

A support fund set up by the Irish Red Cross for the community in Creeslough has reached more than €1m since its launch five days ago.