US president has ‘good relationship’ with Gen Mattis but ‘at some point, everybody leaves’

Patrick ‘Bob’ Gallagher was awarded Navy Cross for saving lives of three comrades

Russian double agent Sergei Skripal remains in a critical condition after Salisbury incident

US president claims giving guns to trained staff ‘great deterrent’ to school shootings

In major shift of Ukip position, Henry Bolton abandons party’s pledge to cap net migration

An estimated 30 Irishmen, serving with US forces, were killed in Vietnam war

ShannonWatch says recorded over two craft a day linked to US Air Force, Marines or Navy

Cuba and Haiti hit with 225km/hr winds, destroying villages and flattening homes

All injured released from hospital; pressure cooker bomb found near blast site examined

Gunman who killed three police officers in Sunday shooting served as sergeant in Iraq

NRA endorses Republican candidate after tycoon promises to protect right to bear arms

More than 350 Irishmen lost in decisive Battle of Jutland in May 1916

1916/2016: A miscellany

Teenage passenger in a critical condition after helicopter sinks in Pearl Harbour

Symbolic event takes place eight months after Havana and Washington agreed new ties

Armed civilians have appeared at military recruiting stations following base shooting

US special forces marine sergeant Liam Flynn, a native of Co Kildare, died in crash

Army investigators find that flight crew disobeyed order by flying in dense fog off Florida

Death toll rises after Himalayan country was hit with a second big earthquake

As many as 3 million Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans lost their lives in the war

Manila says Chinese coastguard used cannon to drive away fishermen at Scarborough Shoal

Surprise attack in December 1941 left 2,403 dead and drew US into World War Two

Kildare man Liam Flynn, a US special forces marine, is buried at Arlington cemetery

Police tried to prevent people gathering at one blast site before car bomb detonated

Two F-16s set the stage as University of Central Florida Knights and Penn State Nittany Lions face off in Dublin

Chester Nez: January 23rd, 1921 - June 4th, 2011

Naming would honour decorated Mayoman killed in 1967 at Da Nang

Ralph Waite played John Walton in popular CBS series which ran from 1972 to 1981

Hundreds of low-level and medium-risk warnings with severe weather expected

‘I will break you in half,’ said Michael Grimm to TV reporter Michael Scotto

Deaths occurred on artillery and aerial bombing range at Camp Pendleton facility

Pacific port experiences some of the worst storm damage to hit Mexico in years

Spectators met by parachuters who descended onto American-style football field

Move comes as countries unite to face challenges from North Korea and China