US president-elect Donald Trump has re-opened the debate over nuclear proliferation, calling for America to "greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability" until the rest of the world "comes to its senses" regarding nuclear weapons.

We watch on as Aleppo, the third oldest city in the world, is blown into oblivion while our Dail chamber argues over who should get credit for an extra fiver on the pension. It makes you wonder what sort of world we live in, writes Fergus Finlay.

Clinton has secured the Democratic nomination, but the campaign to be president promises to be a knock-down drag-out affair with Donald Trump, says Bette Browne

Amid anti-immigrant rhetoric, it’s worth remembering some of the major candidates vying for the presidency are either the children or spouses of immigrants, writes Bette Browne

Robert O. Paxton says we should not stick old epithets on those we disagree with, as it absolves us of the responsibility of thinking up new and more suitable labels