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The number of deaths from devastating tornadoes in Tennessee has risen to 25.

A UK charity is helping to bring books to isolated islets in the Philippines with the help of a floating library.

Millions of US voters are casting ballots in a series of high-stakes Super Tuesday primary contests for the Democrats.

Three more patients have succumbed to the coronavirus in the western US state of Washington on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 9. The number of diagnosed coronavirus cases...

Ireland's second case of coronavirus has been confirmed in a woman in the east of the country.

Pope Francis, who cancelled a Lent retreat for the first time in his papacy, is suffering only from a cold that is "without symptoms related to other pathologies," the Vatican...

The US Federal Reserve stepped in with a large rate cut today, its first outside its normal schedule of meetings since the Lehman crisis erupted in 2008 and plunged the...

The US Federal Reserve stepped in with a large rate cut today, its first outside its normal schedule of meetings since the Lehman crisis erupted in 2008 and plunged the...

Google has told the majority of its 8,000 workers to stay at home for a second day.

A bank manager has told how scam victims can be in “total disbelief” that they have been dealing with a fraudster after staff have stepped in to help.

European Council President Charles Michel on Tuesday called on Turkey to respect a 2016 deal with the European Union in which Ankara agreed to contain the flow of migrants to...

THE leader of the trade union movement has called for a statutory ‘code of practice' to ensure workers forced to stay at home due to coronavirus get paid.

The US Federal Reserve delivered an emergency half-percentage point interest rate cut yesterday in a bid to protect the economy from the spread of coronavirus, a day after the European...

Coronavirus concerns appear to have created an international rush for toilet paper, with social media images showing low supplies in a number of countries.

Thousands of migrants and refugees are searching for ways to cross Greece's border with Turkey, as Athens ramped up its diplomatic efforts for help from the European Union to seal...

At least 19 people have been killed after tornadoes ripped across the US state of Tennessee, shredding at least 40 buildings.

The United States is willing to provide ammunition along with humanitarian assistance to Turkey in Syria's Idlib region, the US special representative for the region, James Jeffrey, told reporters on...

The US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by half a percentage point in its first emergency rate cut since the Great Recession in response to the spreading coronavirus.

Absence of NATO's response to Russian proposals on security and trust buildup measures indicates the bloc's unwillingness to cooperate with Moscow on de-escalation of tensions, according to Foreign Minister Sergey...

Libya's eastern-based government linked to military commander Khalifa Haftar opened an embassy in the Syrian capital on Tuesday and called for the two sides to unite in their common fight...

HEALTH Minister Simon Harris has said officials who incorrectly stated that a HSE-issued letter about the confirmed Covid-19 case in Ireland was a fake, “acted in good faith”.

Members of a band who had a practice at the weekend in Dublin have been asked to self-isolate as a precaution because of possible exposure to coronavirus by the first...

New orders in the UK construction sector have soared to levels not seen in more than four years, latest data shows.

At least seven people have died after two deadly tornadoes struck central Tennessee, including one that ripped across Nashville and caused about 40 buildings to collapse around the US city.

The new coronavirus will have a big impact on the workplace – ranging from being a potential breeding ground for infection to workers having to self-isolate at home for fourteen...

RYANAIR has warned that it “cannot rule out layoffs” due to weaker bookings and passenger no-shows as a result of the coronavirus.

Top diplomats from the European Union headed to Turkey on Tuesday amid concern over a fresh migrant crisis. EU High Representative Josep Borrell and Commissioner Janez Lenarcic will spend two...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has released his government's plans to tackle the coronavirus.

Builders merchant and DIY retailer Travis Perkins has shrugged off “challenging market conditions” to deliver better-than-expected sales for the past year.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold the next summit in the Astana format in the Islamic Republic, according to Iran's Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali....

Three Baltimore men who were teenagers when they were wrongly convicted of murder in 1984 are set to receive $2.9 million each from the state of Maryland under a proposed...

Thousands of migrants are searching for ways to cross Greece's land border days after Turkey declared its frontiers with Europe open.

Recruitment giant Robert Walters has seen shares come under pressure after it warned the coronavirus outbreak is likely to impact 2020 profits.

Insurer Direct Line Group has said the UK's recent winter storms are set to cost it at least around £35 million, while it revealed a £1 million bill so far...

Greggs was somewhat blown off course by windy weather in February the business said as it revealed a big jump in both profit and sales last year.

North Korean state media published pictures Tuesday of its leader Kim Jong-un supervising a “long-range artillery” drill, after Seoul said Pyongyang had launched two short-range ballistic missiles in its first...

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party emerged as the largest party in the country's third election in under a year, exit polls have indicated.

President Donald Trump has used a rally in North Carolina to gloat about the stock market roaring back while throwing sharp barbs at Democratic candidates on the eve of the...

North Korea has fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, South Korean officials have said, resuming weapons testing after a hiatus that may have been forced by...

In his brief three-month campaign for president, Michael Bloomberg poured nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars into building an advertising and data-mining juggernaut unlike anything the political world had ever...