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A man who disarmed four officers at gunpoint in south-western Germany before fleeing into the Black Forest has been arrested after five days on the run, police said yesterday.

The party is over for now. The "social bubbles" which we were told to confine our company to have burst as the country opens up.

Britain can be back to normal in time for Christmas, Boris Johnson has said as he unveiled the UK government's roadmap out of the pandemic measures.

AN ACTRESS and MeToo campaigner has told a court that Johnny Depp was known in Hollywood to be the victim of his wife's violence.

Tuna Beklevic's heart sank as he logged on to Twitter to find a deluge of rape and death threats from hardline supporters of the Turkish government.

The three white men charged with the murder of a black jogger in the US state of Georgia pleaded not guilty yesterday in a case that led to a national...

India said the country's total confirmed cases has surpassed one million, the third-highest number behind the United States and Brazil, and its death toll reached more than 25,000. That followed...

Barcelona's residents were warned only to leave home for essential journeys yesterday as a series of new restrictions were imposed to tackle a surge in coronavirus cases.

The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle laid bare her financial dealings with her estranged father in the latest round of court documents, as she blames the deterioration of their "very...

Hundreds of students from the Detroit area of the US turned out in protest outside their high school on Thursday calling for the release of a classmate who is in...

People must start reducing their casual socialising now if the country is to avoid falling back into lockdown as the daily toll of Covid-19 jumped to 34 yesterday.

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is receiving chemotherapy after suffering a recurrence of cancer - but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court.

The party is over for now. The "social bubbles" which we were told to confine our company to have burst as the country opens up.

A personal assistant arrested on Friday over the death of a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur was believed to have owed his boss a “significant amount of money”, New York City police...

London's police force suspended an officer on Friday pending an investigation after video footage emerged of him kneeling on the side of a black suspect's head and neck.

A further three deaths and 34 new cases have been confirmed by the department of health this evening

The World Health Organization (WHO) is forming a team of international experts to go to China to study the origins of the novel coronavirus. However, the panel will not be...

Captain Sir Tom Moore was personally thanked by the Queen for raising an “amazing amount of money” for the NHS as she knighted him for his efforts.

France's Foreign Ministry on Friday rebuffed US assertions that a European Union naval mission to enforce a UN weapons embargo on Libya was biased and not serious. “We call on...

An "evil" man has been jailed for at least 35 years for killing his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend and their baby in a jealous rage.

Georgia's governor and the mayor of its largest city have accused each other of playing politics amid an escalating fight over face masks intended to reduce the spread of coronavirus.

US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court.

The FTSE 100 consolidated its gains on Friday afternoon as the much-awaited EU summit to discuss a rescue package kicked off.

Ireland is likely to retain its advice that travelers from Britain and the US self-isolate for 14 days on arrival when it publishes a “green list” of states exempt from...

Apple and Google have offered a first look at some of the new emoji designs they will add to their ecosystem later this year to mark World Emoji Day.

The death toll from flash floods in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province rose to 36 on Friday, with the number of people reported missing increasing to 66, officials said.

The Taliban put the son of the movement's founder in charge of its military wing and added powerful figures to its negotiating team ahead of expected talks with the government...

Talks between the French government and unions over a controversial pension reform will be postponed until 2021, PM Jean Castex said on Friday. The country has to focus on economic...

A Ryanair aircraft flying from London to Norway has landed safely at Oslo's main airport after receiving a bomb threat while in the air and a suspect has been arrested,...

THE impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on services for people with disabilities has been branded as "shocking" and "appalling".

The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said the mandatory wearing of face coverings on public transports “has been extremely successful.”

National hero Captain Sir Tom Moore has been knighted by the Queen in recognition of his outstanding achievement raising almost £33 million for the NHS.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has confirmed that the US will not be on the green list for safe travel to Ireland and the UK is also unlikely to...

Princess Beatrice has married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in an unannounced ceremony in front of her grandmother the Queen, and a small number of guests, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.

Residents of Barcelona were urged to stay home and not gather in groups of more than 10 on Friday as a way to curb a rise in coronavirus cases. However,...

Ben Dunne said that he will close his doors to customers until a vaccine or effective treatment for Covid-19 is found.

Over 450 cancers and 1,600 pre-cancers have been missed because screening programmes have been put on hold, it was claimed today.

The US has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea, for the second time in two weeks as Beijing and Washington accuse each other of stoking tensions in...

Ireland may have to go back to Phase Two of restrictions if the daily confirmed coronavirus cases reach 100 each day again, NPHET expert Cillian De Gascun has warned.

European Union leaders met on Friday for tense summit talks on a multi-billion-euro plan to breathe life into their economies, their first face-to-face meeting since the coronavirus pandemic plunged the...