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Lebanese army bulldozers ploughed through wreckage to reopen roads around Beirut's demolished port, a day after the government pledged to investigate this week's devastating explosion and placed port officials under...

Human trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine are due to start in Indonesia next week as part of a collaboration between state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma and China's Sinovac Biotech...

President Donald Trump and Joe Biden are looking for venues to accept their parties' presidential nominations with the traditional conventions now too much of a health risk during the Covid-19...

As the sun rose over Beirut yesterday morning, the full apocalyptic extent of the damage was finally revealed. The area surrounding the Lebanese capital's port district looked as though it...

Retail landlord Hammerson is set to raise more than £800 million as it sells its 50% stake in European shopping centre owner VIA Outlets and asks shareholders to chip in.

A Wicklow man was among the 5,000 people injured in the horrific explosion that killed at least 135 people in Beirut on Tuesday.

Australia's second-biggest city of Melbourne began the first day of a six-week total lockdown on Thursday with the closure of most shops and businesses raising new fears of food shortages,...

FBI agents including a Swat team served a search warrant at the home of YouTube star Jake Paul.

The two-day inquest into the death of tragic television presenter Caroline Flack is due to conclude on Thursday, amid a backdrop of accusations her prosecution was a “show trial” based...

The city of Hiroshima in western Japan marked the 75th anniversary of the world's first nuclear attack on Thursday.

Facebook has deleted a post by US President Donald Trump for the first time, saying it violated its policy against spreading misinformation about coronavirus.

A New Zealand man found guilty of murdering a British backpacker has appealed against his conviction and punishment.

A fire killed eight coronavirus patients at a hospital in western India, officials said.

A New Zealand man found guilty of murdering a British backpacker has appealed against his conviction and punishment.

As the sun rose over Beirut yesterday morning, the full apocalyptic extent of the damage was finally revealed. The area surrounding the Lebanese capital's port district looked as though it...

The timer was ticking from six years ago, when 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were taken from an impounded ship and stored in the port of Beirut.

Pete Hamill, the self-taught, street-wise newspaper columnist whose love affair with New York inspired a colourful and uniquely influential journalistic career and produced several books of fiction and non-fiction, has...

A judge has sided with Meghan Markle in her battle to keep the names of five close friends secret while she brings a privacy-invasion lawsuit against a British newspaper.

God knows, the Lebanese have suffered. They stumbled out of one of the most brutal civil wars in modern times into a conflict with Israel. Just as it was recovering...

Tropical Storm Isaias killed at least nine people, including a five-year-old autistic girl, as it made its way up the US Atlantic Coast.

Prosecutors initially wanted to caution Caroline Flack for attacking her boyfriend, but police appealed the decision meaning she was charged with assault, an inquest into her death has been told

Facebook has deleted a post by US President Donald Trump for the first time, saying it violated its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.

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At least nine people, including a five-year-old autistic girl, were killed as Tropical Storm Isaias battered the US east coast with rain and fierce winds after making landfall as a...

Ireland's unemployment rate is headed for between 14pc and 15pc for the second half of the year, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has predicted.

College students will have to wear face coverings during lectures if they are sitting between one and two metres apart, under updated guidance.

The European Union must do more to fill a power void in the eastern Mediterranean brought on by a perceived US disengagement from the region, Cyprus' foreign minister said on...

There have been 50 new confirmed cases of Covid-19.

The Israeli military said on Wednesday it was establishing a coronavirus task force aimed at cutting the chain of infection in the country. The new force will begin operating next...

The leading role in the nuclear disarmament should be played by Moscow and Washington, but not Beijing, because China's nuclear arsenal is noticeably smaller, according to Chinese Ambassador to US...

An animal welfare organisation is helping to reunite pets with their owners after a devastating explosion in Beirut on Tuesday.

The two most populous cities in the Netherlands began ordering people to wear face masks in busy streets on Wednesday, amid rising coronavirus infection rates. Police in Rotterdam said a...

Many nations have rallied around Lebanon as it continues to deal with the aftermath of the huge explosion in Beirut that killed at least 100 and injured thousands.

Joe Biden is pushing back at Republican assertions that he should take a cognitive test to disprove President Donald Trump's claim that the Democrat is not fit for the Oval...

SpaceX launched a prototype of its Mars rocketship hundreds of feet into the air, then landed it upright in a successful test flight.

The Polish government intends to fully reopen schools on September 1, Education Minister Dariusz Piontkowski said on Wednesday, despite a recent renewed spike in coronavirus infections. Cases started rising after...

Payment of corporation tax slipped in July, adding to an already huge strain in the public finances.

A strong showing by commodity stocks helped to push the London markets higher despite broadly disappointing service sector figures across Europe.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party's White House nomination because of concerns over Covid-19.

Investigators began searching the wreckage of Beirut's port for clues to the cause of the massive explosion that ripped across the Lebanese capital as the government ordered port officials put...