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It is 230 days since the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed. By day 28, the virus had gone global. Cases were reported throughout Asia, Europe, the United States and...

Deep in the Belarusian countryside, burly men with sun-burned cheeks stood outside their quarry with home-made posters reading "We stand for free and fair elections" mounted on top of the...

Sumner Redstone, who has died aged 97, was an indefatigable US media tycoon who coined the phrase "content is king" and maintained iron control of a business empire that encompassed...

As the coronavirus pandemic spread unchecked in Britain in March, Boris Johnson issued a panicky "call to arms" to 100 of the country's top industrialists. The UK prime minister said...

As scientists in the US and Europe are doing their best to find a safe and efficacious vaccine, the Russians are claiming to have won the race. In a scenario...

Israel's historic peace deal with the United Arab Emirates could be the first step in forging a bold, Nato-like alliance against the Iranian regime, according to the Jewish state's former...

A busy hum of staycationers means the only quiet street in Killarney this summer is New Road, but all will change once children are back at school in the next...

Israel said its aircraft bombed several sites belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

An ice hockey player proposed to his figure skater girlfriend on the ice of the rink where they first met, on the day leisure venues reopened in England.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to provide protest-engulfed Belarus with security assistance to counter protests if the country requests it, the president of Belarus said Saturday, after more people...

The grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil near protected areas off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has split apart, officials said, with remaining fuel spreading into...

Pope Francis has urged Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to continue talks to resolve their years-long dispute over a massive dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile that has led...

Thousands of demonstrators in Belarus gathered at the spot in the capital where a protester died in clashes with police, calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign after 26...

Joe Biden's candidacy and lockdown-enforced curbs on traditional campaigning have put the small state of Delaware centre stage in the former vice-president's bid to wrest the keys to the White...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has offered talks with Japan to resolve a bitter feud over wartime grievances as the nation celebrated the 75th anniversary of its liberation from Japanese...

A spike in new coronavirus cases in South Korea has prompted authorities to reimpose tighter social distancing curbs in Seoul, but that didn't stop thousands of demonstrators from protesting against...

South Korea has announced stronger social distancing restrictions for its greater capital area where a surge in Covid-19 cases has threatened to erase the hard-won gains against the virus.

Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in the Second World War, with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remorse” over his country's wartime actions at a sombre annual...

Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in the Second World War, with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remorse” over his country's wartime actions at a sombre annual...

Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in the Second World War, with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remorse” over his country's wartime actions at a sombre annual...

Tens of thousands of people flooded the heart of the Belarus capital Minsk on Friday in a show of anger over a brutal police crackdown this week on peaceful protesters...

The Duchess of Sussex said that it was “devastating” to return to the United States and see the “state of affairs” it was in.

US President Donald Trump has given Chinese company ByteDance 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to support TikTok in the United States.

A mushroom plant has been hit by a Covid-19 outbreak while meat processors in the midlands have begun to reopen.

The popular game Fortnite has been booted off Google's app store after creators added their own payment system into the game instead of Google's.

Pub opening hours could be extended under plans being considered by the Government.

A section of the defunct nuclear plant at Sellafield has been evacuated after a routine inspection uncovered hazardous chemicals.

For nearly 200 years, the annual pilgrimage to Lough Derg in Co Donegal remained unbroken. Even in penal times, when structures on Station Island were levelled, it could not be...

New research into a childhood disease linked with Covid-19 has found that it causes changes in white blood cells.

What's that sound? The death knell of the age of promiscuity. We had a good run, in fairness. The era of casual sex lasted a generation - mine. It was...

The head of the country's tourism promotion board has travelled to Italy on holiday, the Irish Independent can reveal.

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, has released a foreword to his new book in which he calls the US president "a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator,...

Marks awarded by teachers in the Leaving Cert calculated-grades process should not be adjusted downwards, a leading educationalist has warned.

Well, that didn't take long.

Stone Age humans were using a mixture of grasses and ash to create comfortable bedding free of pests around 200,000 years ago, scientists have found.

Kamala Harris for vice­president is peak Gen X.

In the seaside town of Skerries, the most difficult return to school ever comes with a silver lining for pupils and their families.

Kamala Harris for vice­president is peak Gen X.

New Zealand's government has extended the lockdown of its largest city, Auckland, for another 12 days as it tries to stamp out its first domestic coronavirus outbreak in more than...

Few of the 350 million people who play Fortnite had been born 36 years ago, but the company behind the wildly popular online video game still chose to roll back...