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A US judge has temporarily blocked an order which would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from smartphone app stores in the country.

A US judge has temporarily blocked an order which would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from smartphone app stores in the country.

Ireland's 'Green List' of countries that people can travel to without restricting their movements on return has been cut further.

Ireland's 'Green List' of countries that people can travel to without restricting their movements on return has been cut further.

The bombshell revelation that US President Donald Trump paid just 750 dollars (£578) in federal income tax the year he ran for office threatens to undercut a pillar of his...

The bombshell revelation that US President Donald Trump paid just 750 dollars (£578) in federal income tax the year he ran for office threatens to undercut a pillar of his...

India's confirmed coronavirus tally has reached six million cases.

India's confirmed coronavirus tally has reached six million cases.

Acting chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn has warned there is absolutely no room for complacency as 430 new cases of Covid-19 were reported yesterday.

On January 3 of this year, Cork man Shane Garrett, his Australian wife Danika and son Hugo were halfway through the 20-hour drive back to their home in Canberra. They...

People have been warned there is "absolutely no room for complacency" as 430 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday.

People have been warned there is "absolutely no room for complacency" as 430 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday.

Pope Francis has reportedly refused to meet Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, to discuss a controversial accord between the Vatican and China.

Now is not the time to party, students are being told as the college year gets under way amid a surge in Covid-19 infections.

Weekly use of a nasal spray could give 96pc protection from coronavirus, research from Public Health England (PHE) shows.

About 100,000 protesters marched in the Belarusian capital calling for the ousting of the president as the rallies that have rocked the country rolled into their 50th consecutive day.

Children suffer less than adults from coronavirus because their immune systems are built to protect them from diseases they have not encountered before, research has shown.

Fears are growing that a rise in the spread of Covid-19, combined with a tendency to stay indoors more during winter, will lead to a "wave of frailty" among cocooners,...

Thousands of Israelis protested outside Benjamin Netanyahu's official home at the weekend, demanding the prime minister's resignation over his administration's mishandling of the pandemic.

Lebanon's prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib has resigned after almost a month of trying to form a government to end decades of corruption.

Weekly use of a nasal spray could give 96pc protection from coronavirus, research from Public Health England (PHE) shows.

Pope Francis has reportedly refused to meet Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, to discuss a controversial accord between the Vatican and China.

Swiss voters yesterday overwhelmingly rejected a Eurosceptic party's attempt to restrict immigration from the EU in a referendum seen as a key test of attitudes towards foreigners.

Micheál Martin has vowed strategic support will be provided for airports and airlines once the EU 'traffic light' travel system for the Covid-19 pandemic is operational.

Donald Trump paid just $750 (€650) in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to an investigation by...

A US judge has temporarily blocked an order which would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from smartphone app stores in the country.

President Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years, according to a report in The New York Times.

A third wave of coronavirus is “entirely possible”, with lockdowns only deferring the problem, an expert has warned.

Lawyers for TikTok have pleaded with a US federal judge to delay the Trump administration's ban of the popular video sharing program from app stores set to take effect later...

The police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times last month has told investigators he thought Mr Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children...

The police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times last month has told investigators he thought Mr Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children...

There have been no further deaths and 430 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the state today.

Some 53,000 small Spanish flags have been planted in a Madrid park to honour the dead of the pandemic, an association of families of coronavirus victims have said.

An artist who creates large-scale designs in sand and snow has produced his 500th work on a Somerset beach.

Sixteen people have been killed and more than 100 wounded after fighting erupted anew between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces on Sunday, according to officials.

Sixteen people have been killed and more than 100 wounded after fighting erupted anew between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces on Sunday, according to officials.

Fighting erupted anew between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Sixteen people have been killed and more than 100 wounded after fighting erupted anew between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces on Sunday, according to officials.

Australia's second largest city, Melbourne, has further eased lockdown restrictions imposed after a surge in coronavirus cases, allowing most children to return to school from next month and sending more...

Voters in Switzerland have strongly rejected a nationalist party's proposal to limit the number of European Union citizens allowed to live and work in the country.