US vice-president Mike Pence looks set to arrive in Ireland four days ahead of originally scheduled and is now likely to land at Shannon Airport on Monday.

Muslim Americans responded with a mix of frustration, exasperation and anger to what many see as a growing wave of Islamophobia fueled by two of the Republican Party’s most popular presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Ben Carson.

Bob Dylan has offered his support to U.S. presidential wannabe Barrack Obama in an interview with a London newspaper.

Ailing leader Fidel Castro today resigned as Cuba’s leader after nearly a half-century, saying he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday.