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The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said he has been taken out of an induced coma and is responsive.

Britain may be posturing or sabre-rattling on Brexit, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said, adding “no domestic law can trump an international treaty.”

Britain may be posturing or sabre-rattling on Brexit, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said, adding “no domestic law can trump an international treaty.”

EUROPEAN commission president Ursula von der Leyen's has begun her deliberations on who will replace Phil Hogan in Brussels.

Tesco has said that Charles Wilson, the boss of its Booker wholesale business, is to leave the retail giant – following its two top executives out the door.

A teacher from a public school in Nigeria is helping students across the country, and internationally, learn maths virtually during coronavirus restrictions that have prevented many children from returning to...

A teacher from a public school in Nigeria is helping students across the country, and internationally, learn maths virtually during coronavirus restrictions that have prevented many children from returning to...

The Brexit process has been thrown into fresh turmoil by reports of UK government moves to bring in new laws which would override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement from the...

Chancellor Angela Merkel's office has indicated she might be willing to rethink the fate of a German-Russian gas pipeline project in a sign of Berlin's growing frustration at Moscow's stonewalling...

Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety over the weekend after an explosive wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California's Sierra National Forest.

A powerful typhoon has damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea after battering islands in southern Japan, killing one person and injuring...

Pension providers are having to stand by and watch as customers transfer their life savings to potential scammers, a report claims.

The Leaving Cert class of 2020 is celebrating the best results day ever, with average grade inflation of 4.4pc after teachers assessed their own pupils when the exams were cancelled...

The Leaving Cert class of 2020 is celebrating the best results day ever, with average grade inflation of 4.4pc after teachers assessed their own pupils when the exams were cancelled...

The number of people leaving donations to charities in their wills has jumped by 56% in the past 12 months compared with a year earlier, according to a legal services...

Activists have set up thousands of chairs outside the German parliament in Berlin to underline their calls to take in migrants from an overcrowded camp on a Greek island.

More than 1,000 low-deposit mortgage deals have vanished from the market in the past six months, in a blow to first-time buyers.

More than 1,000 low-deposit mortgage deals have vanished from the market in the past six months, in a blow to first-time buyers.

Almost 300 Rohingya Muslims have landed on a beach in Indonesia's Aceh province, and were evacuated by military, police and Red Cross volunteers, authorities said.

Media group Future has said its digital business has been buoyed by soaring visitor numbers in recent months, meaning it now expects full-year profits to be ahead of market forecasts.

When it comes to raising money, nothing is off limits for airlines mired in their worst-ever crisis. From fresh vegetables to peanuts and pyjamas, they're selling almost anything to make...

The average price of a property has tipped over £245,000 for the first time on record, according to an index.

Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety over the weekend after an explosive wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California's Sierra National Forest.

Australia has struck supply and production agreements with pharmaceutical companies worth 1.7 billion Australian dollars (£930 million) over two potential Covid-19 vaccines, one developed in the UK.

India has overtaken Brazil to become the second worst-hit country by the pandemic with more than 4.2 million people infected.

India has overtaken Brazil to become the second worst-hit country by the pandemic with more than 4.2 million people infected.

The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week damaged buildings, caused blackouts in nearly half a million homes and injured 20 people on southern Japanese islands before heading...

At the end of James Michener's Korean War novel, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, an admiral notes the bravery of aviators who are flying missions against the enemy. "Where do we...

Think of James Bond and immediately the wacky tricks and gadgets of Ian Fleming's fictionalised MI6 come to mind: a bagpipe flamethrower, ticker-tape watches, X-ray glasses and a helicopter in...

A newly discovered orangutan species is being driven to extinction by a UK firm's Indonesian gold mine, a wildlife charity has claimed.

Germany could drop the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as punishment for the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched yesterday to the outskirts of the presidential residence in the capital of Belarus, calling for the country's authoritarian leader to resign as protests against...

Lungs can repair themselves after a serious bout of coronavirus in just three months, a new study has revealed, raising hope patients will not be living with debilitating symptoms for...

Detectives have released CCTV footage of a man they want to trace as the hunt for a knifeman who killed one person in Birmingham, and injured seven others, continues.

Most Irish firms still aren't ready for the extra customs costs and workload of Brexit trade, according to Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Covid-19 kills in different ways. Our own immune system sometimes overreacts - and this overreaction ends up killing the patient.

Thousands of small businesses, including farmers and fishers, will be able to borrow more cheaply under the €2bn Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme finally being launched after a four-month wait.

Timber providers are hiking prices amid a domestic supply crisis and surging costs for imports.

US President Donald Trump yesterday again defended his support for American troops while others in his administration rallied around him after reports he had disparaged fallen US soldiers in Europe...