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International

This month
November 2025
Engine caught fire and fell off UPS cargo plane before crash in Kentucky as death toll rises to 11
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the tragedy “heartbreaking” and “unimaginable.”
US Supreme Court justices appear sceptical that Trump's tariffs are legal
Larry Donnelly: The Democrats got the big win they needed - now they need to unite
Larry Donnelly
France suspends Shein website over sale of 'childlike' sex dolls as first store opens in Paris
Dead pigs have long been used to intimidate Muslims - and now it's surfaced in Ireland
Keeping it local: Why Catherine Connolly's and Zohran Mamdani's campaigns looked alike
Ten wounded, including four seriously, after car rams into pedestrians and cyclists in France
EU strikes deal on climate targets after marathon talks - but it's 'not necessarily pretty'
Defending the deal, one EU diplomat said it had to acknowledge that we live in “muddy, messy, nasty real world”.
Minister for Climate Darragh O'Brien has welcomed the agreement, saying Ireland pushed for changes in areas like agriculture.
But the deal has been criticised by climate activists, who say Europe has made too many concessions to countries unwilling to take necessary action.
Mamdani ran a campaign that appealed to average New Yorkers and terrified the city's elite
Mamdani owes a lot to his social media team, who managed to create videos that regularly went viral.
Elon Musk ally chosen by Trump to be new head of NASA
Big wins for Democrats across US as California votes to redraw districts to counter Republicans
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani elected as New York City's youngest mayor in over a century
The 34-year-old will be the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor.
New Yorkers vote in mayoral race, where socialist Mamdani is frontrunner despite Trump attack
Mamdani is up against former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
Flights halted at Brussels Airport due to suspected drone sightings
Amazon to build transatlantic subsea cables connecting Cork to Maryland
John Lewis Christmas advert sees father and teenage son bond over ‘90s club hit
Dick Cheney - former US vice president and a chief backer of Iraq invasion - has died aged 84
Cheney was one of the chief architects of the ‘war on terror’ and an early proponent of invading Iraq in the wake of the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
Irishman charged with murder of American nurse in Hungary
Charter flight costing €187k deports 52 people, including seven children, to Georgia
Trump backs former rival Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani for high-stakes NY mayoral election
Trump is urging supports not to support the Republican in the field but instead vote for Cuomo.
Worker dies after medieval tower partly collapses in Rome
Worker rescued from partly collapsed medieval tower in Rome
UK State failed Hillsborough victims and families, PM Keir Starmer says as he brings in Bill
'Do you want to die?' suspected knifeman asked UK train victim
Cambridgeshire police say train stabbing suspect may be linked to three other knife incidents
Justin Baldoni case against Blake Lively dismissed after missing deadline to continue claim
Israeli lawyer who leaked video of soldiers appearing to abuse Palestinian detainee arrested
Eighteen-year-olds have ten days to get a free interrail pass
George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris without holding a contest was a mistake
But he stands over that New York Times opinion piece calling on Biden to step aside as Democratic presidential candidate.
Trump says he feels 'badly' for UK royal family over Andrew-Epstein saga
Ryanair profits jump by 20% as fares rise
Only one man now a suspect in train stabbing in England as police rule out terrorism
Haaland on the double in Bournemouth win
Five German mountaineers die in northern Italy after being hit by avalanche
Nigeria leader hopes to meet Trump after threats that Pentagon would form attack plan
Irish woman in fundraising effort for those affected by Hurricane Melissa
Egypt opens grand museum designed by Irish firm to the public
Two children among dead in Russian blitz on Ukraine
Palestinian in Ireland: My brother returned to our town in Gaza. He found silence and dust.
Walaa Sabah