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US president Donald Trump has teased he will visit Ireland in September. He appeared on screen with a pre-recorded message at the Fourth of July Independence Day celebrations hosted by the US ambassador in the Phoenix Park last night. In it, he reminded the audience that his golf course in Clare is hosting the Irish […]

Iran’s joint military command warned that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response”, again ratcheting up tensions over a waterway crucial for international energy supplies. The strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, has emerged as one of the top issues in […]

Four people died, three of asphyxiation, during late night street celebrations in Mexico City after hundreds of thousands of fans gathered along the capital’s main central avenue as Mexico beat Ecuador to win their first World Cup knockout match in 40 years. Mexico City’s department of health said in the early hours of Wednesday that […]

Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian has said six billion dollars (£4.54 billion) in frozen Iranian assets would be released by Qatar as negotiations with the United States were challenged by attacks across the Persian Gulf this weekend. Mr Pezeshkian is the highest-ranking official within Iran to reference the release of the funds held by Qatar, a […]

British American Tobacco has said it is cutting its workforce by 9,000 as part of efforts to sharply cut costs. The tobacco giant, which makes Dunhill and Lucky Strike, is cutting 5,500 jobs directly and will outsource a further 3,500 jobs to partner businesses. It said the cuts are part of a major overhaul designed […]

It is understood that three people killed in a crash in Malaga, Spain, in the early hours of Sunday morning were Irish and from the Midlands. Two others were injured. One of the deceased and one of those injured are believed to be brothers, the Irish Examiner reported. The crash happened at 2.38am on Sunday […]

11 people were killed when a small plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine on Sunday, the local prefecture said. The plane belonged to a parachutist school. The pilot and all 10 passengers – five students and five instructors – died in the accident, the prefecture said. The French interior minister was on his way to the […]

France has ‌recorded 1,000 excess deaths during the blistering heatwave sweeping Europe, the public health ‌agency said on Sunday, warning that the true figure was likely to ​be higher. Detailing its preliminary count of excess deaths, Sante Publique said most of the fatalities involved older people and that it expected ​the mortality rate to rise […]

The US military said it had struck multiple targets in Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war’s uneasy ceasefire. US Central Command, in a post to social media, said that US military aircraft targeted Iranian military “surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defence sites, drone storage facilities, […]

Two major storm systems have pounded Japan, causing landslides and floods and leaving one dead and several injured, media and officials said. The storms, Mekkhala and Higos, have dumped heavy rain and damaged roads as Japan experiences its annual rainy season. A man in his 70s died and three others were injured after a house […]