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A second fire in Greece's notoriously overcrowded Moria migrant camp destroyed nearly everything that had been spared in the original blaze, Greece's migration ministry said Thursday, leaving thousands more people...

Bikram Bhadel saw from his pharmacy outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu what happened when coronavirus lockdowns closed the hospital's canteen and nearby cafes.

A 101-year-old retired nurse has raised thousands of pounds for the NHS as she aims to walk 102 laps of her local park before she turns 102.

Three people have died in a California wildfire which has forced thousands of people to flee their homes.

Tiger King's Carole Baskin has revealed her first Dancing With The Stars appearance will see her showing off her best moves to Eye Of The Tiger.

Thousands of migrants were left without shelter yesterday after fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.

People in Dublin are being urged to stop entertaining friends and wider family in their homes - even for occasions like christenings - as the capital is on course to...

The fog of war can blind soldiers to what is going on around them. The fog of the coronavirus makes it hard to understand what's happening to our world.

People in Dublin are being urged to stop entertaining friends and wider family in their homes - even for occasions like christenings - as the capital is on course to...

June was a month of liberation, low levels of Covid-19 and a national lifting of spirits. It will be remembered as not only the month that hairdressers, restaurants and some...

Greater enforcement powers are needed to hold nursing home providers not in compliance with national patient safety standards to account, the health watchdog has told the Health Minister.

A new graded Covid-19 alert system will allow the Government to introduce local lockdowns based on the level of coronavirus in a county or region.

Belarusian authorities have detained one of the two last leading members of an opposition council who remained free, moving methodically to end a month of protests against authoritarian President Alexander...

A far-right Norwegian lawmaker said he has nominated US president Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East.

An expectant mother has added her voice to calls for the Government to consider easing restrictions in maternity hospitals.

The Justice Department has intervened in the defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says Donald Trump raped her years ago, moving the matter to federal court and signalling it...

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar was forced to slap down one of his own junior ministers who complained about local lockdowns being announced on RTÉ.

An investment of €7.8m will be announced today to help clear the huge backlog of thousands of children with conditions like autism on waiting lists for an assessment of need.

Democrat Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 12 percentage points nationally among likely US voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll that also showed the number of persuadable voters had...

June was a month of liberation, low levels of Covid-19 and a national lifting of spirits. It will be remembered as not only the month that hairdressers, restaurants and some...

Usually, travel agents are the ones sending holidaymakers off with suitcases in tow. Covid-19 has decimated their business, however, and yesterday it was agents themselves wheeling suitcases - in a...

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has rejected former EU commissioner Phil Hogan's claim that he had been subjected to a "full-scale attack" by the coalition with a lack of natural justice to...

Global warming could hit critical levels within five years, the world's leading science organisations said as they warned that climate change had not stopped for Covid.

Ireland has bluntly told Britain that its proposed breach of international law on the Northern Ireland protocol is utterly unacceptable.

A group of international scientists have questioned results from a study of Russia's fast-moving coronavirus vaccine that were published in The Lancet medical journal, saying some of the findings appeared...

Covid-19 is going fugitive in Dublin - making it more difficult to hunt down as it surges in a major outbreak.

A dog has been credited with saving an Alabama family's lives after his bark awakened them to a fire that was sweeping through their rental home.

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has warned against holding gatherings, parties, christenings and other family events in Dublin over the next few weeks as it was disclosed Dublin's...

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has warned against holding gatherings, parties, christenings and other family events in Dublin over the next few weeks with Covid-19 cases on course...

Winds gusting as high as 50 mph fanned dozens of catastrophic wildfires across a large swath of Washington state and Oregon that rarely experiences such intense fire activity because of...

A volunteer lifeboat worker has been been commemorated for his 40 years of service with a giant mural of his face on the side of a building.

President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the US government had it totally under control, according to...

Three bear cubs trapped in a skip climbed to freedom after being given a ladder to aid their escape.

Greek firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft are battling a string of wildfires near Athens and in other parts of the country.

Wildfires are raging unchecked across parts of western United States amid gusty and dry conditions.

London's FTSE 100 Index jumped higher as Wall Street rebounded after its recent tech sell-off, but sterling dropped in another painful session over no-deal Brexit concerns.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted by the United States because he is a "political enemy" of President Donald Trump, his London extradition hearing was told on Wednesday.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted by the United States because he is a "political enemy" of President Donald Trump, his London extradition hearing was told on Wednesday.

Thousands of migrants were left without shelter on Wednesday after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, and authorities warned that some asylum seekers who...

Thousands of migrants were left without shelter on Wednesday after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, and authorities warned that some asylum seekers who...