UPDATE 1pm: Protestors have clashed with riot police after authorities in the Netherlands cancelled a planned rally in support of Turkey’s President.

The border arrangement with the North could be destroyed by Brexit, according to Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn.

Iran’s foreign minister has refused to confirm that the country conducted a missile test, saying its missile programme is not part of a 2015 nuclear deal between his country and world powers.

Several suspects are being quizzed across Europe as police investigations and recriminations continued over Tuesday’s terror attacks in Brussels.

The EU has appealed to member states to deliver on promises to deal with the refugee emergency, warning that the Union’s credibility is at stake.

Iraq’s foreign minister has called on Ankara to co-ordinate with Baghdad in its military campaign against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq following accusations that Turkish forces crossed the border into Iraq last week.

Ceasefire under threat as Independence Day imminent

Ecuador has hit back at the UK government about who is to blame for the deadlocked case of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.

Air passenger information should be more readily exchanged between European states in order to prevent terrorist attacks and co-operate with the US on security issues, the foreign affairs minister has said.

Turkey’s foreign minister said his country is helping Iraqi Kurdish forces cross into the Syrian border town of Kobani "to give support" to fellow Kurdish fighters defending the town against Islamic State militants.

Foreign Affairs minister Charlie Flanagan is meeting the Northern Secretary Theresa Villiers in Dublin today, ahead of efforts to break the stalemate at Stormont.

Donegal businessman John McNulty is expected to take up his Seanad seat next week — on the same day Michael Noonan will deliver his budget to the Dáil.

Russia’s foreign minister has urged those holding a new round of talks on easing Ukraine’s crisis to push for a ceasefire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists.

The healthcare system in Liberia is collapsing, hospitals closing down and medical workers fleeing from the ebola epidemic Liberia’s foreign minister said on Thursday.

Following the near annihilation of the Labour Party and the substantial losses suffered by Fine Gael in the recent elections we have heard commentator after commentator on the national media identify water charges, stealth taxes, medical cards, etc, as the reasons for the collapse.

Intel, the world’s largest computer-chip maker, is to closes an assembly and test site in Costa Rica with the loss of 1,500 jobs.

Angela Merkel says that Russia is taking advantage of Ukraine’s weakness.

France’s foreign minister says the international community may have to use force if it is proven that Syria used chemical weapons in an attack the opposition says killed more than 100 people.

Russia’s foreign minister has said the evidence put forward by the United States of chemical weapons use in Syria apparently does not meet stringent criteria for reliability.

France’s foreign minister has said western powers are preparing a tough response in case Syrian president Bashar Assad’s regime deploys chemical or biological weapons in its civil war.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum by Ecuador after taking refuge in the country’s embassy in London.

Russia's Foreign Minister has today rejected the US claim that Moscow is sending attack helicopters to Syria.

International envoy Kofi Annan has told the UN Security Council that Syria informed him its military will complete the withdrawal of troops and heavy weapons from populated areas by April 10.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has said that the Government may review its decision to close the Irish embassy in the Vatican, economic considerations permitting.

SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to strike “terrorists” with an iron fist and derided the Arab League for its attempts to halt violence in a 10-month-old revolt against his rule.

Syria has signed an Arab League agreement allowing Arab observers into the country, its Foreign Minister said.

Human rights activists trying to break the Gaza blockade have vowed to stop Israeli forces from boarding their ship.

Libya’s deputy foreign minister has dismissed efforts by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants against three senior leaders.

A FRENCH fighter jet has destroyed a Libyan plane after it violated the no-fly zone over the country.

The Tourism Minister Mary Hanafin has said she will indicate tomorrow whether she supports Brian Cowen's continued leadership of Fianna Fáil.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has tendered his resignation to Taoiseach Brian Cowen and will vote against him in a motion of confidence this week as leader of the ruling Fianna Fáil party.

FRANCE’S new foreign minister has rejected a reported message from al-Qaida’s North Africa branch saying that Paris should negotiate with Osama bin Laden over the fate of five French hostages seized from an African mining town.

The funeral takes place later of the youngest daughter of Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin, who passed away last week after a short illness.

Israel’s hard-line foreign minister said his party would try to block any extension of Israel’s settlement slowdown, a move that could derail the Middle East peace negotiations.

Rocket fire prevented a plane carrying UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and Sweden’s foreign minister from landing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, officials said today.

An Irish citizen is believed to have been among more than 70 people killed in bomb attacks in Uganda as they watched the World Cup final.

Serbia’s foreign minister has said that the upcoming ruling by the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence will create “an unprecedented opportunity” for compromise between rival Serbs and ethnic Albanians.

Liberal Democrat leader and “kingmaker” Nick Clegg will become Deputy Prime Minister and join four of his MPs in the UK’s first coalition Cabinet for 65 years.

British Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw hit back today at claims that he ignored legal advice that the Iraq war would be unlawful without further United Nations backing.

China’s foreign minister warned that US plans to sell $6.4bn (€4.6bn) worth of arms to Taiwan will harm Chinese efforts to unify peacefully with the island, the ministry said, after China suspended US military exchanges and threatened unprecedented sanctions against American defence companies.

The man leading the hunt to fill two new top roles in Europe spoke today of the diplomatic niceties which make the job a serious headache.

The son of Colonel Gaddafi today claimed Libya’s original prisoner transfer deal with the UK had targeted the Lockerbie bomber and was directly linked to talks on trade and oil.

FRENCH tourists going to risky foreign destinations could be asked to pay if their government has to come to the rescue.