A trial is due to begin in Germany of a man, using the pseudonym 'White Tiger', who is accused of multiple online crimes, including coercing a 13-year-old to die by suicide.

Switzerland will mark a national day of mourning today for the dozens of mostly teenagers killed when fire ravaged a ski resort bar crammed with New Year revellers.

A US immigration agent shot and wounded a man and a woman ⁠in Portland, Oregon, authorities said, leading city and state officials to call for calm following public outrage over the ICE shooting death of a Minnesota woman on Wednesday.

Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out on the bodies of a father and son who are believed to have died in a suspected murder suicide in Dublin yesterday.

With Iran's anti-government unrest evolving rapidly and foreign pressure mounting, the clerical establishment appears unable, for now, to tackle what has become a crisis of legitimacy at the heart of the Islamic Republic.

The US Senate has voted to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action ⁠against Venezuela without congressional authorisation, even as Mr Trump said US oversight of the troubled nation could last years.

Irish consumers have faced soaring food costs in recent years, with prices for dairy and beef surging at some of the fastest rates across Europe. Could Mercosur be good for Irish shoppers in the long-term?

A young woman who went back into her burning home after an arson attack to rescue her younger brothers and sister last week said the family has lost everything and are now homeless.

U2 frontman and activist Bono has backed a campaign calling for the release of imprisoned Palestinian politician Marwan Barghouti from an Israeli jail.

US President Donald Trump's threats have brought fear, not defiance, to Greenland. A cultural instinct to avoid confrontation is colliding with a moment demanding the opposite, writes Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy from the country's capital, Nuuk.