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Police bought a birthday cake for a one-year-old girl after finding her mother by the side of the road trying to get home.

President Donald Trump did not mince his words as he hit out at former Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday, insisting that sexism was not to blame for the end...

Serbia will continue to source weapons from “friendly states” despite a looming threat of US sanctions in the event of further such deliveries from Russia, the Serbian defense minister said...

CervicalCheck campaigner Vicky Phelan has said her oncologist has contacted her to strongly advise her to avoid large gatherings of people because she is a risk group for the new...

Turkish Armed Forces in Syria's Idlib would fight back any attack from the Syrian forces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “We would invariably stay vigilant for any attacks...

Britain's top listed companies must disclose how their businesses will be affected by climate change or explain why they have not, under plans unveiled by the City watchdog.

Senior female leaders at a Scottish university recreated a 150-year-old staff photo replacing the men with women.

Turkey's coastguard rescued around 120 migrants trying to reach a Greek island on three dinghies early on Friday after they said their passage was blocked by Greek coastguard vessels, Reuters...

The Dublin hospital where a number of patients who have tested positive for the new coronavirus are being treated has asked the public not to visit at this time.

The Dublin hospital where a number of patients who have tested positive for the new coronavirus are being treated has asked the public not to visit at this time.

IRELAND'S Six Nations game against Italy – originally scheduled for tomorrow – was postponed amid concern over the coronavirus, but hundreds of fans are expected to travel here anyway.

Children are to be asked to stay away from visiting private nursing homes as part of a new restrictions due to the risk of coronavirus.

The Great Barrier Reef is facing a critical period of heat stress over the coming weeks following the most widespread coral bleaching the natural wonder has ever endured, scientists said.

The European Union will host a Syria donor conference in Brussels on June 29-30 to raise funds for victims of the nine-year war and surrounding countries, according to EU foreign...

Two US state troopers pulled a lorry driver to safety just seconds before his burning tractor-trailer exploded.

Gunmen killed at least 27 people and wounded 29 more in Afghanistan's capital on Friday at a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader, officials said.

Elizabeth Warren's withdrawal from the contest for the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency has left many asking why US voters seem so reluctant to elect a woman to the...

The Vatican said on Friday that a patient in its health services had tested positive for the coronavirus, the first in the tiny, walled city state surrounded by Rome.

Insurance giant Prudential will be hoping to fend off coronavirus fears and pressure from activist investors as it posts its latest figures next week.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone is calling on technology leaders to “act now” and join it in making a pledge to increase diversity and gender equality in the sector.

European Union governments will consider on Friday whether to provide more money for migrants in Turkey, but will not accept that refugees are used as a bargaining tool, the EU's...

Clashes erupted anew on the Greek-Turkish border as migrants attempted to push through into Greece, while the European Union's foreign ministers held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on...

THE first Irish town has cancelled its St Patrick's Day parade over coronavirus concerns.

AN unexplained case of coronavirus Covid-19 in Cork has prompted 60 staff at Cork University Hospital (CUH) to be asked to self-isolate for 14 days.

Brief clashes broke out at Turkey's border with Greece on Friday, where thousands of refugees have been encouraged to leave for the EU. Greek police fired tear gas at migrants...

Elizabeth Warren has ended her once-promising US presidential campaign after failing to finish higher than third place in any of the 18 states that have voted so far.

Ofgem has banned five energy firms from taking on new customers until they join a common system that allows households to take full advantage of their smart meters.

An attack happened at a ceremony in the Afghan capital on Friday where a top Afghan political leader, Abdullah Abdullah, was present but he escaped unharmed, according to his spokesman....

The United States is seeking UN Security Council backing for the peace deal it signed with the Taliban aimed at ending America's longest war and bringing US troops home from...

China's central province of Hubei, excluding the provincial capital Wuhan, reported zero new cases of coronavirus over 24 hours for the first time during the outbreak, as authorities continued to...

US President Donald Trump has defended his administration's response to the coronavirus and his confrontational style of name-calling political opponents during a televised question and answer session.

Almost 90pc of people are biased against women, says a UN report that warns progress towards gender equality is "getting slower and more difficult" in some areas.

Greece has turned back nearly 35,000 migrants trying to cross onto its territory illegally since Turkey opened its border nearly a week ago, government sources said yesterday, as it prepares...

Employers' group Ibec has written to the Government calling for a fund to be established to ensure people have a basic income immediately if they are forced to stay away...

Boris Johnson's proposed bridge linking Britain with Northern Ireland is now set to be a tunnel, the Scottish Secretary announced yesterday.

It was surely only a matter of time before the slogan 'Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands' became a meme. A timely reminder to keep a level-head in the face...

Turkey and Russia agreed to establish a secure corridor along a key east-west highway in Syria's Idlib and hold joint patrols on it as of March 15, the two sides...

Researchers in the UK are trying to find out what impact roads and traffic are having on the declining hedgehog population.

Elizabeth Warren ended her US presidential campaign yesterday, bowing to the reality that the race for the Democratic nomination has become a two-way battle between former vice-president Joe Biden and...

Two thousand years after Jesus's fabled intervention at the wedding in Galilee, water has again been turned into wine - this time in a village in Italy.