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The wife of a French bus driver savagely beaten after he asked four passengers to wear face masks aboard his vehicle has called for “exemplary punishment” after he died of...

The World Council of Churches has written to Turkey's president expressing “grief and dismay” over the decision to change the status of Istanbul's landmark Hagia Sophia from a museum to...

“The Most Magical Place on Earth” has reopened after nearly four months, with new rules in place to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Serbian police have detained 71 people after the latest anti-government protests that were initially sparked by the announcement of a new coronavirus lockdown.

An adult and a child have been killed in a building collapse in Lagos, Nigeria.

A man with stage four bowel cancer said he is feeling “shattered” after completing a 2,000-mile mock Tour de France while shielding at home.

A Scottish pilot who was Vietnam's most critical Covid-19 patient has been discharged from hospital, less than a week after doctors said he was virus-free and healthy enough to return...

South Africa's confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in two weeks to a quarter of a million, while India has seen its biggest daily spike as its total passed 800,000.

Bosnia is marking the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the only crime in Europe since the Second World War that has been declared a genocide.

World leaders have joined survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre to remember the victims of the only crime in Europe since the Second World War that has been declared a...

Fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore has become the first member of the Lionhearts squad of inspirational heroes, receiving a personal visit from David Beckham.

India's coronavirus cases have passed 800,000 with the biggest spike of 27,114 cases in the past 24 hours, causing nearly a dozen states to impose a partial lockdown in high-risk...

The scale of Covid-19's impact on Emirates has been revealed for the first time with the carrier's president saying they will "probably" have to cut up to 9,000 jobs.

A 17-year-old surfer has died after he was mauled by a shark in Australia, the second fatal attack in a week and at least the fifth in the country this...

Dame Vera Lynn, fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore and Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir are in the running to have three internet famous ospreys chicks named after them.

Police fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators who tried to storm Serbia's parliament on Friday as protests against the country's president continued.

An inquest determining the cause of death of Irish schoolgirl Nóra Quoirin will begin at the end of August following a hearing in Malaysia yesterday.

Leaving dogs in parked cars can be potentially dangerous all year round, even in the winter when outside temperatures are low, researchers have warned.

The medical NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is riddled with institutional racism and bolsters colonialism in its humanitarian work, according to an internal statement signed by 1,000 current and former...

A rise in Covid-19 cases has shaken us out of our comfort zone and revealed a series of potential weaknesses in our defences against the spread of the virus.

Office of Public Works (OPW) Minister Patrick O'Donovan has defended the decision to reopen Dublin's Phoenix Park to cars, but says in the long term he'd like the park restored...

A rise in Covid-19 cases has shaken us out of our comfort zone and revealed a series of potential weaknesses in our defences against the spread of the virus.

The meat factories' representative body has been accused of "stonewalling" questions on the Covid-19 outbreaks in meat plants around the country.

The US Supreme Court has recognised about half of Oklahoma as Native American reservation land and overturned a tribe member's rape conviction because the location where the crime was committed...

The coronavirus death toll in the US has started to climb again as the recent surge in cases in the sunbelt states feeds through into fatalities.

Celebrity marriages can often be messy affairs, and none more so than that of Johnny Depp and his former wife Amber Heard.

Publicans fear the Government's delay in publishing guidelines on reopening may be an indication they will not be allowed to open their doors on July 20.

Members of the public who refuse to wear a face mask on public transport from Monday face fines of €2,500 or six months in prison when the measure becomes mandatory.

Joe Biden has turned his campaign against US President Donald Trump toward the economy, introducing a New Deal-like economic agenda while drawing a sharp contrast with a billionaire incumbent he...

Dublin has fallen behind other counties as the number of people claiming the Covid-19 unemployment payment has dropped by almost a third nationwide since the peak in the amount of...

Significant numbers of additional staff will be needed to support the country's 4,000 schools in reopening in the context of Covid-19, the secretary-general of the Department of Education has confirmed.

The Dutch government is to take Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine...

Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen is safe in his job after weathering the storm over his drink-driving ban.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally reconverted Istanbul's sixth-century Hagia Sophia into a mosque.

Crèches have been told that seeking GP notes for children returning to childcare services following the Covid-19 closures is not appropriate and puts "unnecessary demand" on the health system.

Australia is to half the number of citizens allowed to return home from overseas every week to take pressure off the quarantine system as it struggles to contain an escalating...

An extension of the rent freeze and eviction ban beyond July 20 may not be legally possible, it has emerged.

US President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of his former adviser Roger Stone.

An RAF rescue team said they were “delighted” to rescue a cow stranded close to the Crammel Linn waterfall on Friday.

A close associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is in jail on charges she helped him sexually abuse young women and girls, should be released to home arrest while...