We've already had riots and protests in response to Donald Trump's election as the President of the United States.

A lot of people in America and beyond are anxious about the possibility of Donald Trump becoming President of the United States.

South Africa has released the list of speakers at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela tomorrow.

The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, is to visit Ireland later this year.

A rebel group believed to be backed by Rwanda advanced to within two miles of Goma, a crucial provincial capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the first time that rebels have come this close since 2008.

US president Barack Obama joined one of his top Republican critics to visit victims of superstorm Sandy today.

A member of a powerful clan and the prime suspect in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan has turned himself in.

QUOTING from the Quran for emphasis, US president Barack Obama called for a “new beginning between the United States and Muslims” and said together they could confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the search for peace in the Middle East.

Irish and American supporters of Barack Obama are celebrating their candidate's election as President of the United States.

Barack Obama hit back strongly against criticism of his economic plan today as polls showed the race for the White House was tightening with just 12 days to go.

TEN league titles in the bag, a Champions League trophy already tucked away and another one tantalisingly close to being secured.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will today have talks with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon – and urged world leaders to live up to millennium promises tackling issues ranging from world poverty to the fight against Aids.

A tape purportedly from the kidnappers of journalist Alan Johnston is being looked at by the BBC.

Lucy Wadham is concerned the combination of top weight and soft ground could anchor her Grade One-winning mare United in tomorrow’s Sunderland’s Imperial Cup at Sandown.

ROCK giants U2 pocketed an incredible €214 million last year from their sell-out Vertigo tour.

NEWLINE HONCHO can strengthen his claims in the A2 Backgraders 575 Stakes at Curraheen Park by landing the second of tonight’s semi-finals.

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NEVER GIVE UP turned back the clock at Limerick on Saturday night when getting his 2005 Kerry Agri Business Irish St Leger challenge off to a winning start.

A remarkable collection of world leaders and royalty rubbed shoulders today at John Paul’s funeral, with only an alphabetical seating plan to divide heads of state whose relations could be frosty or even non-existent.

Three senior gardaí are due to travel to Lebanon today to investigate the assassination of the country's former prime minister, Rafik Hariri.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed a five-member international commission to investigate whether acts of genocide took place during the 19-month conflict in Sudan’s western Darfur region.

Cuba today attacked the policies of former United States president Ronald Reagan and said he should “never have been born”.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was heckled by anti-war protesters when he arrived in Bermuda for a family holiday, days before his talks about Iraq with US president George Bush and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.

Declaring it “absolutely essential” to speed up the deployment of an international force to Liberia, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has offered to bring in a Nigerian battalion and spelled out plans to quickly send reinforcements.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today said he would tell United States President George Bush that the United Nations should have a primary role in the reconstruction of Iraq.

An outspoken liberal Democrat locked in a re-election battle considered key to control of the Senate was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota, along with seven others.

An explosion rocked a reception hall in the Israeli city of Rishon Letzion tonight and police said several people were injured.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is to meet Iraq’s foreign minister next month for two days of talks, urging the return of arms inspectors, his spokesman said.

United States President George W Bush’s special adviser on Northern Ireland today underscored Washington concern at the level of loyalist violence in the province.