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Joe Biden on Thursday went after President Donald Trump again and again over his handling of Covid-19, calling the president's downplaying of the pandemic “criminal”.

One week after fire razed Europe's largest migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, few countries have offered to take in the 12,500 people who became homeless.

The nerve agent used to poison Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detected on an empty water bottle from his hotel room in the city of Tomsk - suggesting he...

The Dublin Gaelic football team's training schedule in pursuit of their six-in-a-row will not be interrupted, at least. However, for others in the capital many of the freedoms restored in...

'Millions' of migratory birds have been dropping dead across the south-western United States, in a mass event that scientists say is unprecedented.

This year's Nobel Peace Prize could go to green campaigner Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement - to highlight the link between environmental damage and the threat to...

US President Donald Trump's re-election campaign yesterday denied a report in The Guardian newspaper in which a former model accused him of sexually assaulting and groping her at the US...

US President Donald Trump took exception to comments from the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who said a vaccine for the coronavirus could be...

A four-star hotel has closed its doors temporarily after an outbreak of Covid-19, with up to 20 guests who had stayed there late last week testing positive.

Ukraine and the United States launched joint military exercises yesterday, two days after Russia began joint military drills with forces in neighbouring Belarus.

Schools are facing "severe disruption" and possible closures due to delays in Covid testing, a teachers' union has warned.

Restaurants and pubs may only be permitted to offer takeaway service and outdoor dining when new Covid-19 restrictions are introduced in Dublin.

The bursting of the property bubble, Brexit and low interest rates have combined to kick the legs out from under one of Ireland's oldest and biggest financial institutions.

The quintessential 'Dub' of the 1950s and 1960s, Brendan Behan, liked to say: "A 'culchie' is a Dubliner's father."

Restaurants and pubs may only be permitted to offer takeaway service and outdoor dining when new Covid-19 restrictions are introduced in Dublin.

Growing numbers of older people who are vulnerable to Covid-19 are again being struck by the virus as the spread of the potential killer disease increases its grip, it emerged...

Restaurants and pubs may only be permitted to offer takeaway service and outdoor dining when new Covid-19 restrictions are introduced in Dublin.

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, beleaguered by six weeks of mass protests demanding his resignation, on Thursday announced he was putting troops on high alert and closing the country's borders with...

Rescuers on the Gulf Coast used high-water vehicles to reach people cut off by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as a second round of flooding took shape...

Sports chiefs will today deliver stark warnings about the survival of their organisations and the huge threat posed by ongoing Covid-19 limits on match attendances.

Restaurants and pubs may only be permitted to offer takeaway service and outdoor dining when new Covid-19 restrictions are introduced in Dublin.

Jerry Harris, the star of the Netflix documentary series Cheer, has been arrested on charges concerning the production of child pornography.

A US judge has blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November...

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has defended his deputy leader's right to have a “personal view” on wearing face masks during Covid-19 pandemic.

It's a perfect Indian summer morning in the Phoenix Park. Squint into the sunlight and cast a gaze over the lush parkland and all seems well with the world.

“The very existence of professional rugby on the island would be under significant threat in 2021” if projected major financial losses materialise.

The Department of Health has been notified of 240 additional confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ireland, and one further death.

The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has recommended moving Dublin into level three restrictions under the Government's new plan for living with Covid-19.

The UK's biggest high street lenders pulled markets lower on Thursday after they were hit by talk of possible negative interest rates.

Dublin pubs could be open “in a couple of weeks' time,” the Tánaiste has told the Dáil.

US Attorney General William Barr has drawn sharp condemnation for comparing lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery.

Smoke from dozens of wildfires in the western US is stretching clear across the country and even pushing into Mexico, Canada and Europe.

Four countries have been added to the Government's green list of countries people can visit without having to restrict their movements upon return to Ireland.

Four countries have been added to the Government's green list of countries people can visit without having to restrict their movements upon return to Ireland.

A playful four-month-old rescue kitten and a 21-year-old veteran moggy are among the felines who have been recognised in the Alternative Cat Awards.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko should no longer be recognised as president from November when his term expires, the European Parliament said on Thursday, calling for European Union economic sanctions to...

Mandatory temperature checks are on the way for everyone entering onto the Leinster House campus.

Fianna Fáil TD Jim O'Callaghan said he is concerned that further restrictions would prolong the country's struggle with coronavirus.

Joe Biden is to join Democrat senators for an online lunch, during which he will field questions from allies on the race for the White House and the effort to...

The first volume of former US president Barack Obama's memoir will be released on November 17, two weeks after the country's election.