Dr Bruce says church understands ‘the sensitivities surrounding these anniversaries’

Latest test underscored steady development of North Korea’s weapons systems

The two had been arrested days after detention of Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver

Covid-19 pandemic ‘caught the world off-guard’, Martin tells UN General Assembly

Taoiseach to use Security Council presidency to mobilise international diplomacy on issue

New report calls for ‘transformation to agroecology’ ahead of UN summit

Foreign ministers discuss implications for EU-US relations of ‘surprise’ cancellation

Inside Politics: Taoiseach’s answer misleadingly banal but importance cannot be understated

Submarine spat threatens to scupper trade deal between European Union and Australia

New report card tallies up national climate goals as emissions head in ‘wrong direction’

Health ‘already being harmed’ by global temperature rise and destruction of nature

Scientists warn that planet will be unliveable if emissions are not reduced

An Irishman’s Diary

The island is in a perfect storm, its crippled economy hobbled fatally by soaring coronavirus numbers

No vaccine can cure the urge to discriminate

UK Methodist Church votes to allow same-sex marriage

General Assembly urges military to respect election and release Aung San Suu Kyi

Human rights and climate change are shared values with the secular world

US to discuss recovery efforts after Gaza conflict as some Democrats call for halt to arms deal

US president speaks to Israeli PM who insists there is no timeframe to end operation

US insists it is working hard behind scenes to halt Gaza conflict as it again blocks UN statement

Proposals being made to SA government call for ‘safe and sustainable return of supporters’

I was dismissed as a church elder because I married my same-sex partner

Parishes encouraged to continue broadcasting services online, Archbishop says

Radio station, academy and internet provider also come to attention of ASAI

The 45th US president: 2017-2020 timeline

Kingdom was only candidate not to secure a seat on the 47-member UN human rights council

December gathering to signal global decarbonisation ‘increasingly irreversible’

Democrats had hoped Mitt Romney and others would stymie the US president’s attempts to appoint a successor to the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg

University of Washington predicts overall toll will double to 400,000 by the end of year

US request other nations comply likely to deepen tensions with western allies

Coveney wants to stay on in foreign affairs brief after ‘all-consuming’ work on Brexit

Ireland is elected for two years to the UN’s most powerful body for first time since 2001

Campaigning by Ireland, Canada and Norway will run right up to Wednesday’s ballot

Church’s annual General Assembly postponded for first time in 180 years

Chairman of Fiji rugby union was sentenced to 18 months for manslaughter in 2007

White House urged members to shelve resolution rejecting US proposal to end conflict

US president’s actions have made Iran’s place in the world more volatile and unstable

Bill will bring about radical overhaul of climate policy but must be implemented soon

Joint statement describes ‘growing sense of despair in our politics’