US intelligence expects the reduced tempo in fighting in Ukraine to continue in the next several months and sees no evidence of a reduced Ukrainian will to resist.

Australian police have charged a high-profile Islamic State suspect with six terrorism-related offences, two days after he was extradited from Turkey, officials said.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Sandra Collins are renewing their appeal for information on the 22nd anniversary of her disappearance.

The sheer scale of drug use and the prevalence of drugs in every community in the country has prompted calls from the opposition for a rethink of current policy and the decriminalisation of drug users, writes Sinead Spain.

Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, local media has reported.

After years of disruption to the hospital system as medical professionals turned their attention to the Covid pandemic, healthcare is returning to some semblance of its previous self. With claims costs rising and inflation impacting, premiums are exp...

Indonesian authorities have raised the warning on Semeru volcano to the highest level, Kompas TV reported, after an eruption spewed a column of ashhigh into the air.

Iran has executed four people it accused of working with Israel's intelligence service, the judiciary said.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has said protests against the arrival of applicants for asylum and international protection in places like East Wall in Dublin and Fermoy in Co Cork threaten to cause division within communities.

The Israeli air force said it carried out overnight air strikes against sites of the Islamist movement, Hamas, in Gaza, after a rocket was fired towards Israeli territory.

Consultants from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda have warned that "patients may die" if updated ambulance protocols go ahead.

Iran has said it is reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as it struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the dress code.

Pele has said that he is "calm and positive" after reports suggested that his health had deteriorated while the hospital caring from him has said that the Brazilian football legend is stable and responding to treatment.

Several venues across Ireland lit up this evening to to mark the UN International Day for People with Disabilities.

Lionel Messi scored on his 1,000th career appearance in Argentina's 2-1 win over Australia at the World Cup on Saturday to surpass his great predecessor Diego Maradona's tournament total and set up a quarter-final clash with the Netherlands.

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited New Orleans, a city emblematic of historic Franco-American ties, to promote the French language and conclude his state visit to the United States.

All European Union governments have completed the written approval of a $60 a barrel price cap on Russian seaborne oil, the European Commission has announced, paving the way for its publication in the EU's Official Journal and entry into force on 5 D...

Beijing residents have cheered the removal of Covid-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel, as an easing of China's virus curbs gathered pace.

A project which offers a nature-based solution to urban water problems is expanding in Dublin.

Twice as many people from Northern Ireland would vote to remain in the UK as would vote for Irish unity, according to a new survey.