A landmark European privacy ruling will have significant repercussions for Facebook, the EU, and the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, a digital rights group has claimed.

President Barack Obama will today unveil the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants as he aims to cement his legacy on climate change, said a senior administration official.

Former president Fidel Castro has broken his silence over Cuba and the United States’ move to restore full diplomatic relations, saying that although he does not trust Washington’s politics,

Former president Fidel Castro has broken his silence over Cuba and the United States’ move to restore full diplomatic relations, saying that although he does not trust Washington’s politics, differences between the nations should be resolved through co-operation.

Poland has asked the European Commission to lodge a complaint to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over a Russian ban on EU food products, the Polish Economy Ministry said yesterday. 

The United States will provide the Syrian opposition with an additional $60m (€45.8m) in assistance and will for the first time provide non-lethal aid like food and medical supplies to rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad.

Les Kiss has reminded Ireland’s World Cup rivals that the team possess many weapons in their arsenal beyond the choke tackle.

FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has warned that a “football tsunami” will hit the world governing body over the next few days.

Paul Taylor reports from Paris on the problem with NATO taking the lead on Libya

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that “the future belongs to Iran”, as he arrived in the United States to attend the annual General Assembly of the United Nations.

Seven Muslims were arrested today in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed's head on a dog's body, gardaí have said.

A late rally from the International team kept the United States’ Presidents Cup lead at just one point heading into the weekend after the fourball matches in San Francisco.

The United States’ failure to pass a financial rescue package would be an “economic catastrophe”, Barack Obama’s spokesman said today.

Nick Faldo’s European Ryder Cup captaincy has been strongly defended by United States rival Paul Azinger.

Lee Westwood hit out at the “shameful” abuse hurled at him during the Ryder Cup at Valhalla.

The United States’ grip on the Davis Cup was further loosened as David Ferrer beat Andy Roddick in a five-set epic to give Spain a 2-0 lead after today’s semi-final singles rubbers.

Michael Phelps’ quest for swimming immortality became a reality on Sunday morning as the United States’ 4x100m medley relay team handed him his historic eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games.

Campaigners tonight urged countries to name and shame the US for its “blatant attempts to derail” the negotiations for an international deal on climate change.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said today that a peace initiative proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was a “positive” step toward peacemaking.

US president George Bush today welcomed an agreement to bring North Korea back to six-party arms talks and said the United States will insist the communist regime abandon its nuclear weapons program in a verifiable fashion.

President George Bush has signed an order asserting the United States’ right to deny adversaries access to space for hostile purposes.

Manchester United keeper Tim Howard will join Everton on a 12-month loan deal this summer.

NORTH Korea yesterday said it won’t give up its nuclear weapons without receiving a reactor for generating power, stalling six-nation talks on Pyongyang’s atomic programmes.

The United States’ House of Representatives today moved towards approving a constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to ban desecration of the American flag, a measure that for the first time stands a chance of passing the Senate as well.

The United States’ trade deficit is soaring and the once high-flying dollar has sunk to record lows against Europe’s common currency but US President George Bush’s administration has reacted with remarkable calm to developments that raise worries about a possible dollar crisis.

The US government has urged the world disarmament body to start negotiations for a ban on the production of material needed to make nuclear weapons.

North Korea today rejected a US-backed proposal on ending a crisis over its nuclear weapons programme, and warned that Washington’s “strategy of delaying talks” would only prompt it to step up its nuclear activities.

A top Russian general warned today that war with a Nato member was not out of the question and that such a conflict would be disastrous for Russia.

North Korea acknowledged today that it has a nuclear weapons programme and said it would never give it up without US concessions.

COMMUNIST North Korea yesterday said it wanted nuclear weapons so it could cut its huge conventional forces and divert funds into an economy foreign analysts say is close to collapse.

The new US draft of a UN Security Council resolution on Iraq does not meet the criteria that Russia considers important, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said today.

US President George Bush today signed Congress’ war-making resolution and told wary world leaders to 'face up to our global responsibility' to confront Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

EVEN when it came, the first 0-0 draw of the World Cup between world champions France and Uruguay, was full of thrills, drama and excitement. In fact, typical of the opening 20 matches of what are shaping up to be the most unpredictable World Cup finals ever.

Nato tonight delivered the backing America was seeking over the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

NATO’S top policy-making body stopped far short of endorsing a US plan for the Son of Star Wars national missile defence today, agreeing only to ‘‘continue substantive consultations’’ with Washington.

World governments responded nervously to President George W Bush’s decision to build a shield against ballistic missile attack, dubbed Son of Star Wars, with some saying they feared the plan could jeopardise global security.