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She is the Belarusian opposition leader who was forced into hiding before a presidential election that has rocked her country.

U.S. President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from the White House briefing room on Monday shortly after a shooting outside the fence surrounding the complex.

Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a US Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus update, then returned minutes later, saying...

A total of 29,000 people have failed to confirm that they are eligible for the pandemic unemployment payment despite being contacted by state officials four times.

A pair of Mahatma Gandhi's glasses are going under the hammer after an auction house found them stuffed in an envelope and hanging out of its letterbox.

A gas explosion ripped through a Baltimore neighborhood on Monday, killing at least one person, injuring four and trapping children as the blast destroyed at least three homes, firefighters said.

FOGGED-up glasses, an itchy face and a chronically sweaty nose – conscientious shoppers overwhelmingly accepted the minor annoyances of wearing a face-mask for the public good.

At least 10 people died in clashes between protesters and security forces in Ethiopia's southern region on Monday, health officials said, the latest violence as myriad ethnic groups clamour for...

Donald Trump has said his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination will be held at either the White House or the Gettysburg battlefield.

People are mixing closer together on Ireland's streets, the acting chief medical officer has warned.

A son brutally stabbed his father to death during a “trivial” row over broadband speed, a court heard.

Slovakia has expelled three staff at the Russian embassy in Bratislava, the Slovak Foreign Ministry said on Monday. “According to information from the Slovak intelligence services, their activities were in...

Face masks became compulsory in tourist hotspots in Paris on Monday amid warnings of a resurgence of coronavirus cases. The requirement came as France along with much of Western Europe...

The Department of Health has announced 57 new coronavirus cases and no further deaths.

Only 200 people have come into the Irish healthcare system through the “On Call for Ireland” initiative of former Health Minister Simon Harris, even though 3,200 have bolstered the front...

Angelina Jolie has asked that the private judge overseeing her divorce from Brad Pitt be disqualified from the case because of insufficient disclosures of his business relationships with one of...

Visitors to Greece arriving from Sweden, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic will need proof they have tested negative for the coronavirus to gain entry, the government has...

The partnership between Richard Branson's Virgin Group and the private Florida passenger train service Brightline has ended less than two years after it started.

One in 20 coronavirus cases were imported into the country in the months of June and July, according to a new European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) report.

The Department of Health has announced 57 new coronavirus cases and no further deaths.

Monday was subdued on global markets as tensions over how China is cracking down on pro-democracy elements in Hong Kong were not enough to push the dial.

All appeals against the conviction of a 93-year-old Nazi concentration camp guard have been dropped, a Hamburg court has said.

Lebanon's prime minister announced his government's resignation on Monday, saying a huge explosion that devastated the capital and stirred public outrage was the result of endemic corruption.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab will soon announce his government's resignation, the health minister told Reuters on Monday after a massive port explosion that devastated the capital piled pressure on...

A meat plant in Tullamore has closed after nine of its employees tested positive for the coronavirus.

The EU had to take steps in order to prevent the possibility of the use of force in Belarus, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said on Monday. He denied that...

More than 100 people have been arrested in Chicago following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 police officers injured, authorities said.

Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in her complaint to the Central Election Commission (CEC) demanded on Monday that the published results of the vote be declared void. She also wants the...

Urgent efforts have increased in Mauritius to empty a stranded Japanese ship of an estimated 2,500 tonnes of oil before the vessel breaks up.

Lebanon's cabinet has resigned over the devastating explosion in Beirut last week, the country's health minister has said.

Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae will not force customers to wear masks or facing coverings in his shop as they become mandatory today.

Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae will not force customers to wear masks or facing coverings in his shop as they become mandatory today.

Tehran has rejected as “unrealistic” a call by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for the UN to extend an international arms embargo on Iran that ends in October. The GCC...

The global death toll from Covid-19 will surpass 750,000 this week, the World Health Organisation said.

Outsourcing giant Capita has said it will hire another 900 people to help it run London's congestion charge and low emission zones, as it extended its contracts with Transport for...

Hamas fired rockets into the sea Monday after repeated exchanges of fire with Israel in recent days, according to Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses. At least eight rockets were seen...

Australia has reported its highest daily death total since the coronavirus outbreak began.

The World Health Organization trusts the Group of Seven countries to reach a consensus on how to approach health crises such as the coronavirus, according to Mike Ryan, head of...

Chinese fighter jets briefly crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Monday morning before being “driven out” by Taiwan's air force, the island's Defense Ministry said. The Chinese...

A Lebanese judge has started questioning the heads of the country's security agencies over last week's devastating explosion in Beirut as another cabinet minister resigned in protest.