Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and Afghanistan before that, transport aircraft chartered by the US military have shuttled almost three million troops through Shannon Airport.

It appears the world is getting ready to celebrate the fact that Neil Armstrong became not the man in the Moon but the first man on the moon 50 years ago (July 29, 1969).

It must be halfway through Full Metal Jacket when Lt Lockhart, editor of the US military’s Stars and Stripes newspaper, briefs his men in the wake of the surprise attack by the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong that would go down in history as the Tet Offensive.

The US military has released a video it said showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz.

In a world where climate is changing fast, so too is space, writes Niall Smith

We condemn the arrest in London this week of the WikiLeaks founder and whistleblower Julian Assange and call for his release.

It is understood the pair had breached the airport perimeter in an attempt to reach a civilian aircraft used to transport troops for the US military.

In 1847 the Choctaw Indians donated $170 toward famine relief in Ireland.

We need to talk about transcranial direct-current stimulation.

President Donald Trump has declared that if the Iranians "restart their nuclear programme, they will have bigger problems than they have ever had before".

A marine helicopter has crashed during a southern California training mission and authorities believe all four crew members were killed.

An Irishman who died in a US construction accident will be buried in his native Cork today.

A children’s charity has hit out at the “flip-flopping” of Government around the establishment of a data safety commissioner.

Russia's defence ministry has displayed a pair of drones that it said were captured following attacks on two Russian military bases in Syria.

A group of anti-war protestors marched on Shannon Airport early this morning to show their opposition to the US military’s use of the airport.

The US Justice Department has made clear its proposed ban on transgender military recruits is on hold.

Latest: A man is being questioned by police after a disturbance at an RAF base during which shots were fired by US service personnel.

Japanese officials said a boy was injured in Okinawa today when a metal window frame fell from a US military helicopter, the second such incident in the past week on the southern island.

Potential transgender recruits will have to overcome a lengthy and strict set of physical, medical and mental conditions that make it possible, though difficult, for them to join the armed services.

Donald Trump has told members of the US military positioned across the globe that they are winning big under his presidency.

A suspected US air strike has targeted a base run by Islamic State-affiliated fighters in Somalia's northern state of Puntland, according to a security official.

Somalia's president is expected to announce a "state of war" against the al-Shabab extremist group after last week's truck bombing which killed 358 people in Mogadishu.

The death toll in Somalia's worst ever terror attack has risen to 358.

As movie actor Michael Caine might say, “not a lot of people know this”, but we have just passed a remarkable milestone in the history of space exploration.

The Trump administration has declared that its relief efforts in Puerto Rico are succeeding, but people on the island said help was scarce eight days after Hurricane Maria devastated the US territory.

In 1983, former Cork South West TD Jim O’Keeffe was involved in the discovery of a Russian spy ring in Dublin. His story now features in a new RTÉ documentary, writes Robert Mulhern

The US military has flown bombers and stealth jets over the Korean Peninsula in drills with South Korean and Japanese warplanes, three days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan.

The Russian military has denied claims that it struck a US-backed force in eastern Syria, wounding six fighters.

Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to extend indefinitely a ban on transgender people joining the US military, but appeared to leave open the possibility of allowing some already in uniform to remain.

Three North Korean short-range ballistic missiles have failed, the US military said, in a temporary blow to Pyongyang's rapid nuclear and missile expansion.

An emergency alert was mistakenly broadcast to Guam residents amid fears of missile strikes against the Pacific island by North Korea.

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have been ramping up the rhetoric in recent weeks. The crisis must reach a peaceful conclusion — and China will play a key role, writes Yoon Young-kwan.          

America's top military officer has told his counterparts in South Korea that the United States is ready to use the "full range" of its military capabilities to defend itself and its allies from any North Korean provocation.

China will stop importing North Korean iron ore, coal, fish and other goods on September 5 under UN sanctions imposed over the North's nuclear programme, officials in Beijing said.

"The US military is locked and loaded every day," HR McMaster said.

Donald Trump has said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "will regret it fast" if he continues his threats to US territories and allies.

North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to American bombers.

Donald Trump has threatened North Korea with "fire and fury like the world has never seen" after suggestions the reclusive communist state has cleared a final hurdle to being able to strike the United States with a nuclear missile.

Donald Trump’s habit of appointing military men — James Mattis, HR McMaster, and John Kelly are in situ; Mike Flynn has left — may dilute civilian oversight, says Peter Apps. 

Donald Trump has retweeted a Fox News report based on anonymous US intelligence sources, despite his attorney general's pledge to clamp down on government leaks.

A Taliban suicide bomber who struck a Nato patrol in Afghanistan, killing a service member and two civilians, had concealed his explosives beneath a woman's burka, a district governor said.

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The US military has said it carried out a drone strike in Somalia that killed a member of the al-Shabab extremist group, while Somalia's government said it believes the strike killed a high-level al-Shabab commander responsible for several deadly bombings in the capital.

 Driving through Cork city on my way to a yoga studio, there are big colourful signs everywhere. Cork Pride 2017. Wow.