A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, days after a more powerful tremor hit the same area.

A spokesman for Aseman Airlines has told state TV that the plane crash in southern Iran has killed all 66 people on board.

Ahead of next week’s Australian Open, Canadian tennis superstar Eugenie Bouchard lifts the lid on her recent trip to Ireland — and her attempts to enjoy Guinness.

Heavy snow, rain, thunderstorms and wind have caused disruption across much of Britain as a band of "severe" weather rolled across the UK.

At least 16 people have been killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit the southern Chinese region in more than half a century.

A bus has overturned on a highway in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, killing at least 19 people, according to state media.

Exploration-related activity in Irish waters is set to heat up further in the coming months with a new multi-client 3D seismic survey to be undertaken off the west coast.

Police in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya have reportedly rounded up more than 100 men suspected of homosexuality and at least three have been killed, a respected newspaper says.

By now the first paycheck of the new year should be in but there are no scary prices below for the simple reason that I am focusing on Southern and Central Portugal this week, arguably two of the best value wine regions in the world.

Two Irish teachers have been catapulted to celebrity status in India thanks to a bizarre chain of events involving the Donegal football team and an honourable rickshaw driver.

Former tánaiste Ray MacSharry has described the horror of being caught up in the terror attack in the French city of Nice and of seeing dead bodies among the chaotic scenes along the seafront, write Juno McEnroe.

President Michael D Higgins has led political expressions of shock and sympathy in Ireland following the terror attack in Nice.

Former tánaiste Ray MacSharry has described the horror of being caught up in the terror attack in the French city of Nice and of seeing dead bodies among the chaotic scenes along the seafront.

Brexit would be "better for black people" seeking to enter the country, Nigel Farage has claimed.

Rivers in Europe have burst their banks from Paris to the southern German state of Bavaria, killing six people and trapping thousands more in homes and cars.

Weeks of sweltering temperatures have caused more than 160 deaths in southern and eastern India, officials said, warning that any relief from monsoon rains was still probably weeks away.

A UK watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has urged European regulators to effectively block the €12.7bn merger of mobile phone networks Three and O2.

European authorities play down risks as Obama calls for rapid development of tests and vaccines

Reported juvenile crime continues to fall — but an increasing proportion of offending children are not suitable for a system which diverts minors away from the criminal courts.

Europa Oil and Gas is set to raise around £3.4m (€4.8m) via a share placing and open offer, with proceeds partially being earmarked to fund its activities in Irish waters.

Doing what I do on a daily basis I was surprised to see the editorial in last Saturday’s edition, worrying if we were putting tourists off coming to Ireland because of the high cost of wine in our restaurants.

European companies could hire substantially more staff if they could only secure timely payments for their invoices, a leading credit management company has said.

Greece has invited Chinese firms to bid in a tender for deep-sea oil and gas exploration later this year after Athens extended the bidding process in March.

Italy’s coastguard and navy have rescued nearly 6,000 migrants since Friday as good weather encourages the desperate to set out on smugglers’ vessels.

Mosquitoes carrying serious diseases could become widespread across the UK in the next few decades as the climate warms, experts claim.

Google has combined its two European regional divisions as it seeks to meet the challenges of tougher regulation across the continent, a source close to the company said yesterday.

The death toll in the Greek ferry fire has risen to 10 and rescuers are checking to see if anyone else might still be missing.

The evacuation of the Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania has been completed, officials say, and only the vessel’s captain and four Italian sailors remain on board to assist in the operation.

Chris Robshaw admits England’s autumn outlook hinges on one final assault at Twickenham and failure against Australia would leave two months to stew over a dismal series.

John Teeling’s Botswana Diamonds expects its 2015 exploration programme to include a double-digit number of drill holes tested to identify targets, as it looks to increase its focus on the southern African country.

“Some of these southern hemisphere guys probably don’t know your name. That’s the impression you get."

America wants to know how far Turkey is willing to go in helping train and equip moderate opposition fighters trying to topple Syrian president Bashar Assad, including whether it will conduct training on its own land, US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has said.

Police officers are being told to lighten up — with smiles-

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas meant to last at least three days and end nearly a month of fighting has come into effect in the Gaza Strip.

Exploration drilling will not be undertaken in Irish waters this year, with the only previously anticipated activity being put on hold due to a lack of rig availability.

The scale of the challenge facing ECB president Mario Draghi was underlined by the latest set of growth forecasts for the eurozone.

Bulk is officially beautiful — certainly on the rugby pitch.

The Brothers of Charity, which provides services around the country for people with intellectual disabilities, has been ordered to review the salaries of 14 senior staff members whose pay scales range from €67,000 to €106,000.

Malaysia yesterday rejected claims that phone calls were made from Flight MH370 before it vanished, but refused to rule out any possibility in a so far fruitless investigation into the jet’s disappearance.

World stocks drifted today as investors largely shrugged off a weekend vote in which Crimeans opted to leave Ukraine and join Russia.

A survivor of a serious motorcycle accident has had pioneering surgery to reconstruct his face using a series of 3D printed parts.

A cold spell and snowstorms have swept across parts of central and eastern Europe, disrupting power supplies, travel and schools. Four people have died in Bulgaria over the past few days.