Incoming EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan has said the “mood music” on a Brexit deal has changed and added he is now “cautiously optimistic” an agreement can be reached.

The EU’s trade commissioner-elect Phil Hogan has announced that the incoming European Commission is to launch a major new initiative, the 'Beating Cancer Plan' for Europe.

Phil Hogan has been approved as the European Union's new Trade Commissioner.

The European Commission's president-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, announced Mr Hogan's new role in a speech this morning.

Phil Hogan looks set to be nominated in the coming days to take over the powerful role of EU Trade Commissioner.

The new president of the European Commission has indicated that she intends to confront the climate crisis head-on. She must avoid the mistakes of her predecessor, who did not go far enough in expanding the scope for environmental policymaking, writes Johan Rockstrom

Ukraine's ruling parliamentary coalition has collapsed in a setback for the president-elect's plans to hold early elections.

Parental Leave will offer fathers a chance to spend more time at home with their newborns. But it comes at an expense for many, says Helen O’Callaghan.

If a decision to stand as a candidate in an election is an expression of optimism or frustration, of ambition or dissatisfaction, or as it seems at its simplest, a declaration of enduring faith in the political process, then the 59 Irish candidates who declared for the European elections before yesterday’s noon deadline suggest that a healthy belief in politics capacity to change or protect our world endures.

Donald Trump’s spats with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un about the size of their nuclear buttons are reckless, while his desire to expand his nuclear arsenal is a departure from his predecessors and a contravention of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, says Jason Douglas

Sinn Féin’s president-elect, Mary Lou McDonald, has said the party will try to convince unionists that a united Ireland is best for everyone.

One of the first functions attended by France’s president-elect Emmanuel Macron was an event to mark the end of the Second World War.

Massive crowds of supporters and opponents of Donald Trump are gathering in Washington as the world prepares for an extraordinary inauguration ceremony.

Gambia's president-elect has said he will be sworn in to office later at the Gambian embassy in neighbouring Senegal, as his country's political crisis continues.

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The great and the good of Davos agree they have a problem with populism. Finding a solution is the hard part.

US President Barack Obama is warning that the "moment may be passing" for a two-state solution to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.

President-elect Donald Trump has said there will be no let-up in his tweeting after he takes office.

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In bringing up the ravages of inner city crime, Donald Trump is highlighting an area where the US has been pretty successful in the past 20 years, writes Timothy L O’Brien

The CIA's outgoing director has said Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States.

Donald Trump hailed Nigel Farage as a "great guy" during his interview with Michael Gove for The Times in England.

The increase of Israeli settlements has "gotten so substantial" that it is inhibiting the possibility for an "effective, contiguous Palestinian state", Barack Obama has said in his final interview as US president.

Donald Trump has pledged to work secure a rapid trade agreement with Britain, predicting that leaving the European Union would be a "great thing" for the UK.

Thousands have rallied across America to attack Republican efforts to repeal Barack Obama's health care law.

Donald Trump has sparked fury after tearing into renowned civil rights leader John Lewis for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire's White House victory.

Donald Trump has hit out at what he calls his "sleazebag" opponents in a series of new tweets.

Gardaí are to increase co-operation with Spanish police in a bid to tackle the escalating gangland violence in Dublin.

America's director of national intelligence has spoken to Donald Trump about the unsubstantiated report claiming Russia had compromising personal and financial information about the president-elect.

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A news website at the centre of plagiarism accusations went offline yesterday, less than 48 hours after its owner said the outlet was ‘here to stay’.

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Sharp divisions over Donald Trump's election as US president have sparked uncertainty about who will participate at his inauguration.

IT is impossible not to feel considerable sympathy for the besieged nurses, doctors and ambulance staff trying to deal with the escalating crisis at accident and emergency wards. 

President-elect Donald Trump has an unusual New Year message for his Twitter followers.

Let’s hope the coming year brings better tidings than those received from the one we’re leaving. Twas a year to remember and a year to forget.

Rachel Marie Walsh pinpoints the style highlights of 2016, from Michelle Obama in gold Versace to Kate Moss in McQueen

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Donald Trump, and even Bernie Sanders, rapidly became mainstream in 2016. It used to take years, even decades, for an outsider to become an insider, writes Alissa Quart.