The American family of the father and daughter convicted of the second-degree murder of Limerick man Jason Corbett has launched a fundraising campaign to raise $300,000 (€254,000) and fight what they claim was a “wrongful conviction”.

Gerald Barry’s operatic take on Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice tale is about to get its Irish premiere, writes Cathy Desmond

The US senate passed legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, rejecting the fierce objections of a US ally and setting congress on a collision course with the Obama administration.

US authorities could soon be snooping on social media posts from would-be immigrants in a new effort to close security gaps in the country's visa system.

Russian military jets have carried out air strikes in Syria for the first time, targeting what Moscow said were IS positions.

Siri can be a useful fountain of knowledge, but she doesn’t have all the answers as her interjection during a White House press briefing showed.

The stepmother of Jack and Sarah Corbett, who were brought home to Ireland after their father’s violent death in the US, has stepped up her social media campaign to speak to the children.

The White House is in the final stage of drafting a plan for closing the Guantanamo prison for foreign terrorism suspects, racing against time to resolve one of President Barack Obama’s most intractable problems.

Al Qaeda’s Yemen offshoot could bring down a transatlantic passenger plane at any time, a new book by a former CIA leader has warned.

A video showing the mass beheading of Egyptian Coptic Christian hostages by Islamic State (IS) linked terrorists in Libya has sparked worldwide revulsion.

President Barack Obama is poised in the next few days to ask Congress for new authority to use US military force against Islamic State (IS) militants.

A device, possibly an unmanned aerial drone, was found on the White House grounds during the middle of the night while President Barack Obama and the first lady were in India – but his spokesman said that it posed no threat.

American embassies, military units and other US interests are bracing for possible security threats related to the planned release of a report on the CIA’s harsh interrogation techniques, the White House says.

The director of the US Secret Service has resigned in the face of revelations of security breaches and an erosion of confidence over the safety of president Barack Obama and his family.

Secret Service director Julia Pierson resigned yesterday in the face of multiple revelations about bumbling in her agency and rapidly eroding confidence that the president and his family were being kept safe.

Islamic militants have posted a video online which claims to show the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff, who went missing in Syria last year.

An internet video has been released purporting to show the beheading of US reporter Steven Sotloff by the Islamic State group.

The United States has condemned a siege of Iraq’s second-largest city by Islamic militants “in the strongest possible terms.”

US soldier Bradley Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for giving hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks.

Just half the amount of recommended exercise can cut the risk of serious illness, academics have found.

Laoisha O’Callaghan has given an Irish twist to one of Wilde’s great English characters, writes Colette Sheridan

Another mortar shell from Syria struck Turkish territory today, prompting a fourth straight day of retaliatory artillery fire, and reviving fears that the crisis in Syria could spiral into a regional conflict.

MADDI, owned by Jack Manning from Limerick and driven by his son John Jnr, took the featured Murphy's Stout Sulky Grand Prix at a sun soaked Ballabuidhe yesterday.