The hand of history will be on Kellie Harrington’s shoulder tomorrow when she meets Thailand’s Sudaporn Seesondee for the AIBA World Elite lightweight title in New Delhi, India.

The Education Minister is travelling to Indonesia today to lead a five-day Enterprise Ireland education mission.

Almost €17m in taxpayers’ money is being spent every year to keep ambassadors and high-ranking officials in the lap of luxury, including €4.5m alone on lavish diplomatic residences.

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Nhat Nguyen (17) is already a two-time Irish senior badminton champion and, though still in school, plays for a professional team in Germany. He lives in Clare Hall, Dublin and trains at the National Badminton Centre in Marino. In 2016 he was European U17 champion and also won bronze in the doubles. This year he reached the quarter-finals of the World Junior Championships.

A security guard has been stabbed in Jerusalem as protests and demonstrations take place across the world following US president Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

No place in Europe is under greater threat than this waterlogged country, but the Netherlands’ solution is to let water in, where possible, not hope to subdue Mother Nature; to live with the

An explosion and blaze at a fireworks factory near the Indonesian capital has killed at least 47 people, most of them female workers, and injured dozens more, police said.

Uber Technologies, which is the subject of a US federal probe into whether it broke bribery laws, has started a review of its Asia operations and notified US authorities about payments made by staff to police officers in Indonesia, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Indonesia's president has signed a decree giving the government the power to ban radical organisations, in a move aimed at outlawing groups behind an apparent rise in the political clout of hardline Islam.

A Corkman’s picture of a dock worker’s hands has been hailed as one of the best pictures taken on an iPhone anywhere in the world this year.

The court in conservative Aceh province said the men, aged 20 and 23, would each be subjected to 85 lashes for having sexual relations.

The worldwide "ransomware" cyber attack has spread to thousands more computers as people across Asia logged in at work, disrupting businesses, schools, hospitals and daily life.

Thanks to recent collaborative efforts from the Olympic Council of Asia and Alisports of China, competitive Electronic Sports have been added to the program for the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games.

Instagram Stories has added geostickers, a new feature identical in format and name to Snapchat's geostickers feature.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s controversial St Patrick’s Day meeting with US president Donald Trump will take place during an expanded trade mission, writes political correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

LATEST: Malaysian authorities have made two more arrests over the death of the North Korean leader's half-brother, who was reportedly poisoned by a pair of female assassins as he waited for a flight in Kuala Lumpur.

Indonesian and Filipino students have protested against President Donald Trump's immigration policy outside the US embassies in their capitals.

At least 23 people have been killed and 17 others are missing after a ferry caught fire off the coast of Indonesia's capital, officials said.

Three suspected militants have been killed by Indonesian police in a raid on the outskirts of Jakarta, and officers found several bombs which they are trying to defuse.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Heathrow recorded a 2.5% growth in passengers in March compared with the same month last year.

Shackled in chains, forced electroshock therapy, the whispering of Koranic verses, and baths under moonlight.

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Dublin is the ninth most expensive European city in which to live, according to an analysis of worldwide locations carried out by a global financial firm.

Recent volatility in global financial markets shows how rapidly risks can spill over from one economy to the next, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in Jakarta yesterday.

China’s key stock market index has surged 5.3%, its biggest gain in eight weeks, as markets across Asia rose following Wall Street’s rebound, giving investors some relief after gut-wrenching global losses.

David Cameron has indicated Lord Sewel should be kicked out of the House of Lords over “very serious” allegations he took drugs with prostitutes.

Boyzone’s album and tour celebrating their 20 years together has paid rich dividends with its entertainment firm’s bank balance last year increasing eightfold to €122,312.

At least 20 people were killed when an Indonesian air force Hercules C-130 plane crashed into a residential area in the city of Medan.

An Indonesian court rejected a French national’s last-ditch appeal against the death sentence, making him the latest foreigner to face execution for drug offences and prompting a message of support for the prisoner from France.

A man executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder did not understand what was happening until his final moments, a priest assigned as his spiritual adviser has said.

Indonesia brushed aside last-minute appeals and executed eight people convicted of drug smuggling, although a Philippine woman was granted a stay of execution.

Tens of thousands of people were spending the night in the open after a powerful earthquake devastated Nepal, killing more than 1,180 people.

South Korea has expressed deep regret that Japan’s leader did not repeat his predecessors’ apologies for the country’s aggression during the Second World War.

Aviation authorities are questioning a man they suspect stowed away in the wheel well of a jetliner for a free flight in Indonesia, officials said yesterday.