AT this remove it is always impossible to be certain that our understanding of a conflict is accurate.

Renowned former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte is resigning from the UN's Syria panel, saying in five years it has had no success at all.

US Vice President Mike Pence has said the future of Europe's Balkan nations is in the West, reaffirming Washington's commitment to the region as Russia works to assert its historical influence there.

Bianca Bosker says Slovenia’s once-sleepy capital Ljubljana has been reinvigorated in recent years with an influx of chefs, artists and musicians bringing magic back to the intimate city which is like a ‘fairy tale’

WHEN Christopher Hitchens died from oesophageal cancer in December 2011, the world of letters lost one of its most compelling and provocative minds. 

Asmir Begovic reckons his Bosnia-Herzegovina side can profit from the pressure on Ireland to deliver tonight in Dublin.

Ireland’s play-off opponents Bosnia-Herzegovina in numbers.

Western nations and Russia are duelling over whether the UN Security Council should call the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian war a genocide in a resolution commemorating the 20th anniversary of Europe’s worst mass killing since the Second World War.

Residents of a Cork suburb will be the first in the country to experience a new concept in walking which, according to its creator, a former army officer, promotes inner peace and physical wellbeing.

Charlie Murphy’s latest comment dodges the questions I posed to him. 

As time capsules go, 15 years is not long below ground. But already-dated currency, technology, and books amazed children who were not even born when their school preserved some of its history at the turn of the millenium.

As Rita Ora gets ready to make her debut on The Voice UK, she tells Kate Whiting why her flirty manner is ideal for the show.

President Vladimir Putin accused Russia’s enemies of seeking to carve it up and destroy its economy to punish it for growing strong, in an annual state of the union speech that seemed to outdo even his own recent strident nationalism.

Human rights investigators don’t campaign from a keyboard. A new documentary shows the dangers they face in reporting abuse and atrocities, says Jonathan deBurca Butler

IN A BASEMENT studio just outside Paris, Gaspard Winckler, a master forger, has just murdered Anatole Madera, the crooked head of a group of international art dealers, and his patron. 

Like many I believe the Scots are far too canny to let their hearts rule their heads so will vote no in Thursday’s referendum for independence.

Pro-Moscow rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine called for their region to become part of Russia, the day after staging a referendum on self-rule, although Moscow stopped short of endorsing their bid for annexation.

Tim Pears

In July 1995, 8,000 men and boys were massacred at Srebrenica. But countless women and girls suffered an equally appalling fate, says Janine di Giovanni.

Fans and officials of Bohemians took swift action today to clean and cover-up graffiti painted on the Liam Whelan memorial bridge near Cabra in Dublin.

WE have all seen the vicious clashes between some of the Ukrainian people and their former president.

It is an indication of how powerful, how unaccountable and secure Russia president Vladimir Putin and his circle of oligarchs feel that they can orchestrate such terrible, anti-democratic violence in Ukraine while their pet project — the incredibly expensive, €37.5bn Olympics at Sochi — offers the world a prime-time insight into modern Russia.

The story begins on water and ends on ice. Henley, Oxfordshire, July 1986. Gerry Macken and Pat McDonagh, from Dublin’s Neptune Rowing Club, were training for the town’s prestigious regatta.

Austria must split off the bad assets of Hypo Alpe Adria Bank International by the end of March or face another capital injection for the nationalised lender, the central bank governor said.

Your recent editorial (Jan 2) describes the European Union as the factor which, “more than anything”, makes a recurrence of a world war seem impossible.

Bill Foulkes, who has died aged 81, was a stalwart defender who became the first captain of Manchester United’s ’Busby Babes’ after surviving the Munich air disaster and helped the club to their first European Cup triumph.

The Port of Cork has seen all manner of vessels sail into the harbour over the years, but a hi-tech reconnaissance submarine might be a first.

Icelandic MPs have introduced a proposal in parliament to grant immediate citizenship to US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, who revealed key details of American surveillance activities.

Slovenian politicians have approved a new, left-leaning government after a previous centre-right administration was ousted over corruption allegations.

Slovenia’s parliament ousted prime minister Janez Jansa and his conservative government and named an opposition financial expert as his replacement.

Team Montenotte’s Croatian star Tomica Bacic has revealed how watching the Olympics reinvigorated her love for the game of basketball and inspired her to continue with her career.

Pub crawls, bonhomie and midnight Mass do not transfer to sunny LA, says Robbie Williams’ party friend, Corkman Mark Hayes

Savage Continent:Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

France will unveils its 2013 budget today, seen as a test of whether Socialist president Francois Hollande is serious about cutting government spending and reforming the country’s economy.

General Zhukov is seen by many as a hero who defeated Hitler and by others as an egotistical brute. Either way he lives on in public consciousness in Russia today, writes Geoffrey Roberts

An Irish army officer who played a key role with the UN during the Balkans war is due to give crucial evidence at the trial of Serb general Ratko Mladic in The Hague.

Talk about making an impact.

Giovanni Trapattoni is in no danger of under-estimating Ireland’s Euro 2012 opponents.

A man accused of commanding a police squad that rounded up Bosnian Muslims for slaughter in 1995 made a new life in Las Vegas as a modest grocery shop owner before being arrested and deported to his native country, US officials said.

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg has opened up about the 1958 crash, writes David Young

Donald Sutherland saw "the white light" when he died for a "few seconds" while filming 'Kelly's Heroes'.