One of Vietnam's largest state TV broadcasters has gone off air as part of sweeping bureaucratic reforms that will see 20% of the public workforce cut across the country.
South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol rose from star prosecutor to the presidency in just a few years, but after a series of scandals and a bungled martial law decree, he's become the country's first-ever sitting president to be arrested.
As the smoke began to clear across Los Angeles in the past few days, air quality improved, and the dust began to settle, quite literally, reports Yvonne Murray.
Negotiators were trying to hammer out the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza after marathon talks in Qatar, and US and Egyptian leaders promised to stay in close contact about a deal over the coming hours.
Firefighters held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as desert winds and a parched landscape presented extremely hazardous conditions.
South Korean authorities have arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection accusations related to his 3 December martial law declaration, investigators said.
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has said it disbursed a record €616 million in grants and supports for energy upgrades and clean energy projects last year.
A new draft programme for government will be published later today following meetings of the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary party which will take place this afternoon.
Four men arrested in the early hours of Monday on suspicion of assisting a criminal organisation in the importation of controlled drugs from "a mothership" off the coast of Kerry have had their period of detention extended.
Britain's Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton said she was "in remission" from cancer after she and husband Prince William visited the specialist London hospital where she was treated.
On the ground in Los Angeles, RTÉ's Global Security Reporter Yvonne Murray reports that residents are beginning to ask why state firefighters were not better resourced for an event of this scale.
The family of Danielle McLaughlin, a 28-year-old Donegal woman who was killed in horrific circumstances in India almost eight years ago, are concerned the murder trial of the man accused of killing her will be further delayed.
Italy's government has announced a draft law to regulate online reviews of hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions, in a bid to stop fake or paid reviewers.
With Ireland hosting the European Dodgeball Championships in Co Limerick later this year, one member of the team is hopeful that it will inspire the next generation of players.
A 34-year-old man, whose drunken behaviour on an airplane forced it to divert to Dublin and dump thousands of euro worth of fuel, has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay €10,000.
Qatari mediators have sent Israel and Hamas a draft proposal for an agreement to halt the fighting in Gaza and exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners as a first step towards an end to the 15-month-old war.
