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Libya's UN-backed government and rebel militias have blamed each other for the attack

UNSC fails to condemn attack on Libya migrant centre

The North Korean complaint came just days after Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un met at the demilitarised zone

N Korea says US 'hell-bent' on hostile acts against it

SeaFest is a maritime festival featuring dozens of free events

Global representatives in Cork for maritime events

Ireland / 08 Jun

Israel seized from the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War

Syria requests UN meeting on US move on Golan Heights

Venezuelan security forces clashed with supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido at the weekend

Russia accuses US of preparing military intervention

Leo Varadkar said Ireland wanted to bring that "vision and voice" to the UN Security Council

Taoiseach defends quest for UN Security Council seat

Politics / 13 Feb

Avigdor Lieberman said that he and his party was quitting the Israeli government

Israeli defence minister resigns over Gaza ceasefire

World / 14 Nov 18

Jordan and Israel have said their borders will remain closed, even as thousands of Syrians flee the government offensive

UN to discuss violence, refugees in southwest Syria

Syria / 04 Jul 18

The Government is hoping to secure a two-year term in 2021

Taoiseach, Tánaiste in US to bid for UN council seat

Politics / 02 Jul 18

Russia's Vasily Nebenzya backs a Russian draft resolution for a new inquiry into the chemical weapons attack in Douma

Russia's 12 UN vetoes on Syria

World / 11 Apr 18

Bombings have continued in Eastern Ghouta since UN ceasefire resolution

Aid convoy blocked in Syria despite UN ceasefire order

World / 01 Mar 18

A Syrian girl looks at another crying child sitting on a hospital bed in a make-shift clinic in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region today

UN Security Council unanimously backs Syria ceasefire

Eastern Ghouta / 24 Feb 18

An injured child reacts inside a hospital to the bombing in Eastern Ghouta

Massacre in Eastern Ghouta must stop now, says EU

World / 23 Feb 18

North Korea says its weapon programmes are designed for self-defence against "hostile" US policies

North Korea says new UN sanctions an act of war

World / 24 Dec 17

Sanctions are aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons programme

Trump says sanctions prove world wants peace not death

World / 23 Dec 17

The new sanctions on North Korea were passed by a vote of 15 to 0

UN Security Council impose new sanctions on N Korea

World / 22 Dec 17

Over 430,000 people, mostly Rohingya Muslims, have fled from Myanmar in recent weeks and crossed into Bangladesh

UN Security Council to discuss Myanmar violence

News / 26 Sep 17

The UN refugee agency says at least 313,000 Rohingya have now arrived in Bangladesh

UN Security Council to discuss plight of Rohingya

World / 12 Sep 17

The new sanctions are in response to North Korea's sixth and largest nuclear test

North Korea warns US will face 'greatest pain'

World / 12 Sep 17

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

US not out of diplomatic solutions on Korea - Mattis

News / 30 Aug 17

A propaganda photo shows the North Korean inter-continental ballistic rocket Hwasong-14 being prepared before a test launch

Abe pledges to protect public after latest launch

World / 29 Aug 17

North Korea described the launch as a 'package of gifts' for 'the Yankees'

US prepared to use force to halt missile programme

North Korea / 05 Jul 17

North Korea says it will continue its weapons development

North Korea rejects UN sanctions

World / 05 Jun 17

US has pressed China to act over North Korea's missile programme

UN Security Council expands sanctions against N Korea

World / 03 Jun 17

At least 43 people have died during weeks of clashes between government forces and opposition demonstrators

France calls for international mediation for Venezuela

News / 18 May 17

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