Prohibiting Americans from visiting North Korea prevents them from being held to political ransom and sends a message that Pyongyang is out of line, says Andray Abrahamian

An Irish Muslim cleric has been invited to the US by its government to discuss ways of countering extremism.

The future of the prestigious George Mitchell scholarships, which allows top US students to study in Ireland for a year, is under threat due to the withdrawal of funding by Irish and American governments, businesses, and philanthropists.

Often people form an opinion of you before you even open your mouth, says communications expert and CNN veteran Gina London. She tells Áilín Quinlan why she needs to watch her body language

Israel has arrested six Jewish suspects over the murder of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned alive last week — a crime that set off a wave of violent protests in Arab sections of the country.

The US government wants to erect a new defence perimeter at its Dublin embassy — including a barrier almost 3m high and an outer cordon of 1m-high steel bollards — to protect staff from any likely terrorist attack.

THE US ambassador to South Africa yesterday downplayed the State Department’s crime alert to Americans attending the World Cup as safety fears rise again.

British singer Boy George has been denied a visa to enter the US.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting a bomb attack which killed 29 people will start today.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting the most lethal bomb of the North's conflict begins tomorrow in Belfast.

Extremists in Algeria may be plotting to attack a commercial airliner carrying Western workers, the US Embassy in the north African country has said.

ACCREDITED with bestowing the gift of the gab, Blarney Castle will soon be the talk of the US after a photograph of the country’s top tourist attraction was posted on the homepage of the US Department of State’s www.state.gov website.

THE US Government has praised Ireland’s co-operation in the war against terrorism.

US officials told a UN conference on climate change that their government was doing more than most to protect the earth’s atmosphere.

The British company at the centre of a cash row which has closed Baghdad’s International Airport today defended its decision to suspend its key operations at the site.

In a rare warning to Americans living or travelling in the Nordic and Baltic region, United States embassies in the area said they had received ”threat information” and warned them to be cautious.

THE American Ambassador to Ireland was last night accused of seeking to convince Irish politicians to spin George W Bush’s agenda just days before the US presidential election.

FLORIDA Governor Jeb Bush ignored advice to throw out a flawed felon voter list before it went out to county election offices despite warnings from state officials, according to a published report this weekend.

AL-QAIDA terrorists have a “substantial presence” in Britain, and the risk of attacks remains high, the most senior police officer in England and Wales said yesterday.

The IRA has formed part of a global terror network based in Colombia, training Marxist rebels alongside Iranian and Cuban officials, a report by the US Congress said today.