Theresa May has hit out at Boeing over the escalating US trade dispute with Belfast-linked rival Bombardier, warning its behaviour was "no way to operate".

The US has seen no need to shoot down North Korean missiles test-fired in Japan's direction, but a future missile launch that threatens American or Japanese territory will "elicit a different response from us", defence secretary Jim Mattis has said.

Japan's defence minister has revealed North Korea's latest nuclear test was almost twice as big as first thought.

President Donald Trump's plan to end the stalemate in Afghanistan and eliminate the rising extremist threat involves sending up to 3,900 additional US forces, senior officials said.

The US Navy has ordered a broad investigation into the performance and readiness of the Pacific-based 7th Fleet after a collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker.

US President Donald Trump is planning to address the nation on his strategy for the war in Afghanistan. DONALD TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION ON AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY

Free movement from the European Union will end in March 2019, Downing Street insisted as Theresa May sought to contain a Cabinet row over Brexit.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has dismissed reports of splits in the Cabinet over Brexit, saying senior ministers are united on delivering a global Britain after its departure from the European Union.

US president Donald Trump has said he will bar transgender people from serving "in any capacity" in the US armed forces.

Conservative and Labour figures reacted cautiously to the exit poll predicting Theresa May could have lost her overall majority.

Politicians from around the world were quick to react on Twitter to news of the US strikes on Syria.

Latest: The injuries suffered by an Irish person in the Westminster terror attack are not life threatening, the Government has been told.

US President Donald Trump says he wants to build dozens of new warships in one of the biggest peace-time expansions of the US Navy — but ship-builders and unions say there are major obstacles to that plan.

IN a curious twist of fate, the Taoiseach will be the flagbearer of the EU when he meets President Trump at the White House today. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was to have met the President yesterday but snow storms in the US have delayed that meeting until tomorrow.

British Government analysis has indicated that British-made cluster bombs have been used by Saudi Arabia-led forces in the war in Yemen.

Iraqi government forces backed by the US-led coalition are "on the cusp" of taking Islamic State's (IS) last major stronghold in the country, Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said.

The United States is to deploy an armoured brigade combat team to eastern Europe next February as part of ongoing efforts to reassure allies over threats from an increasingly aggressive Russia.

The Pentagon is moving to increase the number of American troops in Iraq in the wake of new strikes that killed the Islamic State's finance minister and other top leaders of the terror group.

Germany to vote on military mission as Putin calls for the world to fight IS with ‘one powerful fist’

David Cameron has promised to set out a “comprehensive” strategy for tackling Islamic State (IS) on Thursday that will include British air strikes on the terrorists’ bases in Syria.

David Cameron has warned that IS must be destroyed in its Syrian heartland as Labour signalled that it was ready to back further military action in the wake of Tunisia beach attack.

Russian anger over MoD’s ‘real danger’ claim

One of the two Russian ‘Bear’ bombers which flew into Irish-controlled airspace last week was reportedly carrying a nuclear weapon.

The Irish and British defence ministers have today signed a historic memorandum of understanding on security.

The United States has returned four Afghans from Guantanamo Bay back to their home country.

Questions have been raised about British Government plans to introduce enhanced screening for Ebola at major airports and terminals, after Gatwick said it knew nothing about the measures.

British warplanes are poised to launch air strikes against Islamic State (IS) jihadists after the British parliament gave the green light for military action.

Britain could be carrying out airstrikes in Iraq within days after the cabinet unanimously backed action against Islamic State (IS).

This week will offer the US Congress its best chance to obtain answers about president Barack Obama’s new counter-terror strategy in the Middle East.

The grandfather of a seven-year-old boy pictured clutching the severed head of a Syrian soldier has urged the Australian government to bring the child home.

Israel said yesterday it would not bow to international pressure to end air strikes in Gaza that officials there said had killed almost 100 Palestinians, despite an offer by US president Barack Obama to help negotiate a ceasefire with militants.

Nearly five years after his capture by insurgents, Sgt Bowe Bergdahl’s "safety and health were both in jeopardy" and officials had to act quickly to obtain his release, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said yesterday.

The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in US custody, according to US officials.

Nigel Farage’s Ukip is poised to deliver the “political earthquake” he has promised in British politics as his party looked set to top the European polls.

The United States and other nations in the Group of Seven have agreed to “move swiftly” – as early as Monday – to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine.

Top diplomats have agreed to take immediate steps toward calming tensions in Ukraine, Russia’s foreign minister says.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel is proposing to shrink the Army, closing military bases and making other military-wide savings as part of a broad reshaping of priorities following more than a decade of war.

Fears of a fresh terror threat are growing after Downing Street revealed suspicious packages sent to armed forces recruitment offices bore “hallmarks of Northern Ireland-related terrorism”.

America and Afghanistan have agreed on a security pact that could clear the way for thousands of US troops to train and assist Afghan forces after the Nato combat mission ends in 2014.

The White House has signalled that it would be open to a short-term hike in the US debt limit as the United States moved a step closer to its first-ever default while a separate impasse, a partial government shutdown, entered its second week.

It would be “diplomatic malpractice of the worst order” not to test Iran’s willingness to comply with international demands over its nuclear programme, US secretary of state John Kerry said today.