Ireland has delayed choosing its new prime minister after a row over speaking rights sparked angry scenes in the parliament.

Facebook and Instagram owners Meta is offering popular US creators from competitors' apps such as TikTok the chance to earn $5,000 (£4,040) in bonuses to make content on its platforms.

A two-year-old boy and 41-year-old man have been killed while two others were injured in a stabbing incident in the southern German state of Bavaria.

South Korea will remove concrete barriers used at airports across the country after a plane crash in December that claimed the lives of 179 people.

A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human.

Donald Trump has hit out at the bishop of Washington after she lectured him on respecting immigrants and LGBT+ citizens during a televised church service.

A family's move from New Zealand to Australia went horribly wrong when they realised their cat had been left on the plane and flown back home.

Joker: Folie a Deux leads this year's Razzie nominations - five years after the first film led the nods for the Oscars.

Donald Trump has attempted to negotiate a potential TikTok sale on live television, in what was supposed to be an announcement about investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria.

Donald Trump likes to discomfort his enemies.

Moments after taking office, the new president Donald Trump issued a flurry of orders ripping up rules to protect the climate and natural world.

Eight people have been killed in the occupied West Bank after Israeli troops carried out a raid in the city of Jenin – an area not covered by the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 76 people, the country's interior minister has said.

Donald Trump will pull the US, the world's second-largest climate polluter, out of the most important global treaty for tackling climate change for the second time.

Donald Trump has signed his first executive orders of his presidency, which included the withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate agreement.

Joe Biden said "welcome home" as Donald Trump arrived at the White House for tea ahead of his historic inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.

Doctors in America have praised a three-year-old Gazan girl who is walking again just six months after losing both legs.

An Australian broadcaster has apologised to Novak Djokovic and Serbian tennis fans after calling the 24-time Grand Slam champion "overrated" and a "has-been".

Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States today - marking an astonishing return to the White House for the businessman and former reality TV star.