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TikTok to tighten age checks in Europe

TikTok will start rolling out new age-detection technology across Europe in the coming weeks, it said, as the ByteDance-owned platform faces regulatory pressure to better identify and remove accounts belonging to children under 13.

Europe • 3 hrs

A Danish Air Force Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules parked on the tarmak at Nuuk international airport

European troops arrive in Greenland ahead of exercises

Military personnel from France and Germany headed to Greenland as Denmark and its allies prepared for exercises to try to assure US President Donald Trump over its security as he pushes to acquire the island.

World • 16 hrs

A tractor in Athlone, Co Westmeath, protesting against the EU-Mercosur trade deal

Long-awaited EU-Mercosur trade pact set for signing

The European Union and South American bloc Mercosur are set to sign an agreement, more than 25 years in the making, to create one of the world's largest free trade areas.

World • 15 Jan

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt speak during a news conference at the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2026. Denmark and Greenland's top diplomats held high-stakes talks at the

US position on Greenland unchanged, says Danish minister

Denmark's foreign minister has said it is "absolutely not necessary" for the United States to seize Greenland, and urged the US engage in "respectful" cooperation on the territory following talks with top US officials.

World • 14 Jan

Marine le Pen, former leader of National Rally in France

Le Pen had 'no sense' of committing offence, court told

France's three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has told a court that she did not feel she was committing any offence when her far-right party employed European Parliament assistants from 2004.

Europe • 13 Jan

Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking in the Dáil

Taoiseach to meet Attorney General over Grok concerns

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he will convene a meeting with the Attorney General to discuss the social media platform X's Grok AI system due to its use by some people to produce non-consensual images of women and children.

Science and Technology • 13 Jan

Watch: Spanish police seize record 10 tonnes of cocaine

Spanish police have made their largest-ever cocaine seizure on the high seas, intercepting a vessel carrying almost 10 metric tonnes of the drug concealed in a shipment of salt.

World • 13 Jan

Owners of "Le Constellation" bar Jacques Moretti and Jessica Moretti

Swiss court keeps bar owner in custody after deadly fire

A Swiss court has ordered ⁠that the co-owner of a bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana that ‍caught fire on New Year's Day, killing 40 people, must remain in custody.

Europe • 12 Jan

Greenland military takeover would end NATO - commissioner

A European Commissioner has said that it would be the end of NATO if the United States took Greenland by force.

World • 12 Jan

'I don't want to leave my people' - fear grips Greenland

For generations, Greenlanders felt protected by the US - the superpower that had helped defend them during World War II and maintained a reassuring military presence ever since. Now, with US threats and uncertainty looming, Edmund Heaphy speaks to resident's in Nuuk about what comes next.

Analysis and Comment • 12 Jan

PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 6: (L-R) Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron President of France and Keir Starmer Prime Minister of Great Britain sign a Declaration of Intent to deploy forces to Ukraine in event of a peace deal, during the 'C

Is Ukraine's long-term future secure after Paris talks?

French President Emmanuel Macron said that last Tuesday's Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris would deliver "concrete commitments to protect Ukraine". Did the talks deliver on those security guarantees?

World • 11 Jan

French farmers protest against EU-Mercosur trade agreement

Mercosur 'not a done deal' despite EU vote - Tánaiste

European Union member states have approved the EU-Mercosur trade agreement through a weighted majority vote.

Politics • 09 Jan

Farmer Shay Galvin stands on his farm in Co Limerick

Irish farmers express disappointment at Mercosur deal

Irish beef farmers are disappointed that the EU-Mercosur trade agreement has been approved in Brussels today.

Europe • 09 Jan

Police officers and firefighters set up folding screensa around a building

Swiss bar co-owner detained after deadly fire

Jacques Moretti, co-owner of the Swiss bar which went up in flames during New Year celebrations, has been detained in Sion due to a potential flight risk, local media reported.

Europe • 09 Jan

Farmers from all over Poland are seen during a nationwide protest

As it happened: EU countries vote for Mercosur deal

Look back on events as EU ambassadors approved the EU-Mercosur trade deal by qualified majority.

Europe • 09 Jan

Members of the court are sitting in the court room on the first day of the "White Tiger" trial in Hamburg, Germany

German trial starts of 'White Tiger' online predator

The trial of a 21-year-old man accused of forcing children and teenagers to self-harm and commit sexual acts online, leading to a 13-year-old taking their own life in the ⁠United States, has begun behind closed doors in Hamburg.

World • 09 Jan

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to a meeting with oil and gas executives in the East Room of the White House on January 9, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump is holding the meeting to discuss plans for investment in Venezuela after ousting leader its leade

Trump wants Greenland deal done 'easy way' or 'hard way'

US President Donald Trump has again suggested the use of force to seize Greenland as he brushed aside Denmark's sovereignty over the autonomous Arctic island.

World • 09 Jan

A huge wave at Le Conquet harbour in western France

Ireland avoids worst of storm as UK, northern Europe hit

Met Éireann has said that the weather system associated with Storm Goretti "is not really very significant" for Ireland.

Weather • 08 Jan

Commercial buildings near the port in Nuuk, Greenland

Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders

US officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

World • 08 Jan

A man stands on a metal fence looking at cattle

Ireland, France to vote against EU-Mercosur trade deal

The Government has confirmed that Ireland will vote tomorrow against the Mercosur free trade agreement between the European Union and a number of South American countries.

Politics • 09 Jan

Teens held as Dutch police probe death after snowball row

Dutch police arrested two teenage boys as they investigated the death of a 60-year-old man they believe was possibly assaulted after a row over snowballs.

Europe • 08 Jan

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 4: Volunteers of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) light a generator operated street light near Mexicoplaz square during power outage, following an arson attack on power cables on January 4, 2026 in Berlin, Ger

Power back on in Berlin after longest blackout since WWII

Power was fully restored to roughly 45,000 households and more than 2,000 businesses in Berlin this afternoon, according to city officials, five days after a suspected act of sabotage.

Europe • 07 Jan

Italian student paralysed after 1999 Dublin attack dies

Guido Nasi, the Italian man who was paralysed as a teenager after an unprovoked attack in Dublin, has died aged 43.

Ireland • 07 Jan

No 'clear answer' on European defence plans for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he had received no "unequivocal answer" from European allies about how they would defend Ukraine in the event Russia attacked again should a deal to end the war be reached.

Ukraine • 07 Jan

Heavy snow in the Montmartre area of Paris

Transport chaos, seven deaths as cold snap hits Europe

Snow, ice and high winds have brought transport chaos to many parts of Europe for a third day, with hundreds of flights cancelled and passengers stranded.

Europe • 07 Jan

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TikTok to tighten age checks in Europe

European troops arrive in Greenland ahead of exercises

Long-awaited EU-Mercosur trade pact set for signing

US position on Greenland unchanged, says Danish minister

Le Pen had 'no sense' of committing offence, court told

Taoiseach to meet Attorney General over Grok concerns

Watch: Spanish police seize record 10 tonnes of cocaine

Swiss court keeps bar owner in custody after deadly fire

Greenland military takeover would end NATO - commissioner

'I don't want to leave my people' - fear grips Greenland

Is Ukraine's long-term future secure after Paris talks?

Mercosur 'not a done deal' despite EU vote - Tánaiste

Irish farmers express disappointment at Mercosur deal

Swiss bar co-owner detained after deadly fire

As it happened: EU countries vote for Mercosur deal

German trial starts of 'White Tiger' online predator

Trump wants Greenland deal done 'easy way' or 'hard way'

Ireland avoids worst of storm as UK, northern Europe hit

Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders

Ireland, France to vote against EU-Mercosur trade deal

Teens held as Dutch police probe death after snowball row

Power back on in Berlin after longest blackout since WWII

Italian student paralysed after 1999 Dublin attack dies

No 'clear answer' on European defence plans for Ukraine

Transport chaos, seven deaths as cold snap hits Europe