Ireland's two major centre-right parties finalised a coalition deal with independent lawmakers on Wednesday that will return ...

On Jan. 15, 2009, all 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 escaped serious injury when pilot Chesley Sullenberger gently ...

Donald Trump will once again become president of the United States. Just as Joe Biden goes out with a whimper, his successor has pledged to come in with a bang. Many worry about what might lie ahead, ...

A new Irish coalition government will likely be in place by next week, a senior member of a group of independent lawmakers ...

A new documentary about legendary political figure Eamon de Valera criticises his attitude to women and accuses him of the ...

On this day, Jan 2, 1920, recruitment began for the Black and Tans, Britain’s unofficial auxiliary army during the Irish War of Independence. The Black and Tans first arrived in Ireland on March ...

Scope note The Third Anglo-Afghan War (also referred to as the Third Afghan War) began on 6 May 1919 and ended with an armistice on 8 August 1919. The root cause of the Third Afghan War lies many ...

As Kira Rudik, a Ukrainian opposition leader, puts it: “The world needs to understand how crucial it is not to end the war on any idea of negotiating with Russia.” open image in gallery Donald ...

Britain and the US were standing victorious after defeating Germany and the Central Powers in World War 1. But the UK was counting the cost - having lost nearly one million men in the mud-churned ...

Israel’s military operations—especially its conduct of the war in Gaza, where local authorities say more than 40,000 Palestinians have died—have hurt the country’s international standing.