Israel has sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years as it ordered the military to prepare for an "extended stay" to fight Palestinian militant groups in the area's refugee camps.
Tens of thousands of mourners dressed in black vowed support for Hezbollah at the Beirut funeral of slain leader Hassan Nasrallah Sunday, after the group was dealt major blows in its last round of hostilities with Israel.
Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris will bring a proposal to Cabinet next month to amend Ireland's 'triple lock' on the deployment of Defence Forces peacekeepers overseas.
Sunday's Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash between Kilkenny and Limerick has been postponed due to an unplayable pitch at UPMC Nowlan Park, while the Division 1B meeting between Laois and Carlow has also fallen victim to the weather.
Irish actors Nicola Coughlan, Colin Farrell, and Andrew Scott will compete in Sunday night's Screen Actors Guild (Sag) awards in the US, a week ahead of the Oscars ceremony.
After four weeks of heartbreaking testimony about the victims and from the survivors of the 1998 Omagh bombing, the final thing to be raised last week came under the banal heading of "Housekeeping".
It has been over a week since US President Donald Trump reversed course on a Biden administration environmental initiative that had eliminated single-use plastics like straws in federal buildings.
Pope Francis who is battling double pneumonia, remains in a critical condition and his prognosis is still guarded because of the "complexity" of his clinical condition, the Vatican has said.
While the audience might be focused on the glitz and glamour of the Oscars, behind the scenes there's a murky, million-dollar marketing blitz under way, writes Adam Maguire.
Multiple US federal agencies have told employees not to respond immediately to a demand by President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the last week or be fired, as a chaotic campaign to cull the bureaucracy pushes forward.
Germany's conservatives won the national election but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its best ever result in second place and left conservative leader Friedrich Merz facing messy coalition talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel was prepared to resume fighting in Gaza "at any moment" while vowing to complete the war's objectives "whether through negotiation or by other means".
