At least 50 people, including 15 children, are confirmed to have died following flash floods in central Texas, authorities have said, as rescuers continued a frantic search for people who were still missing.

BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy.

Irish consumers are used to paying more than their European counterparts for electricity, writes Consumer Affairs Correspondent Aengus Cox.

When the US warplane dropped a 4,400kg atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and 43 seconds later it detonated 600 metres above the city, eight-year-old Teruko Yahata was playing in her garden on what was a sunny August morning in 1945.

More than 600 Palestinians have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded attempting to access aid from the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to international NGOs, writes Yvonne Murray.

Student Ghada Ashour has lived her whole life in Gaza, but she dreams of living and studying somewhere else, somewhere safer.

The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, has turned 90 after a week of celebrations by followers during which he riled China again and spoke about his hope to live beyond 130 and reincarnate after dying.

A man suspected of setting fire to an Australian synagogue as worshippers ate dinner inside has been arrested and charged, police said.

The sixth chapter of All Together Now returns to the beautiful Curraghmore Estate in Waterford on the August bank holiday weekend and it's shaping up to be a good one.

Once frequent rivals Kilkenny and Tipperary meet in the championship for the first time in six years, with a place in the All-Ireland hurling final at stake.

Interpol's director of organised and emerging crime has said they have been successful in identifying criminal connections to South America and the Middle East as the investigation into those behind the attempted importation of €157 million worth o...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is sending a negotiating team to Qatar for talks on a truce in Gaza, but rejected Hamas's earlier truce proposals.

The funeral of Brother Kevin Crowley, the founder of the Capuchin Day Centre who died earlier this week at the age of 90, has taken place.

Former RTÉ broadcaster Joe Duffy has confirmed that he will not seek a nomination to run for the presidency.

Cork made it back-to-back All-Ireland finals with a seven-goal, 7-26 to 2-21 demolition of Dublin in front of a full house on Jones' Road.

Diogo Jota's wife and family have been joined by Liverpool players for the funeral of the footballer and his brother, André Silva, in Portugal, following their death in a car crash in Spain.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public appearance since the outbreak of his country's recent 12-day war with Israel, state media reported.

Around 2,000 people are marching in Dublin city centre in protest against the Government's housing policies.

Cork strolled into the All-Ireland SHC final with a ruthless scoring display against Dublin at Croke Park. Here's how it happened.

Elon Musk, a former ally of US President Donald Trump, said he has launched a new political party in the United States to challenge what the tech billionaire described as the country's "one-party system".