Elon Musk, a former ally of US President Donald Trump, said he has launched a new political party in the United States to challenge what the tech billionaire described as the country's "one-party system".
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public appearance since the outbreak of his country's recent 12-day war with Israel, state media reported.
Interpol's director of organised and emerging crime has said they have been successful in identifying criminal connections to South America and the Middle East as the investigation into those behind the attempted importation of €157 million worth of cocaine on the MV Matthew, moves internationally.
US President Donald Trump said Russia just wanted to "keep killing people" and hinted at sanctions after Moscow launched its largest ever drone and missile attack on Ukraine in the three-year-old war.
Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine as the authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time since 1923 after an extensive clean-up operation spurred on by it being used as a venue in the Paris Olympics.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is sending a negotiating team to Qatar for talks on a truce in Gaza, but rejected Hamas's earlier truce proposals.
Donald Trump signed his "One Big Beautiful Bill" in the Oval Office last night. It is possibly the most consequential thing he will do in domestic American politics in his second term.
There are a few politicians in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael who will spend this weekend contemplating revenge, maybe even plotting it, writes Micheál Lehane.
Diogo Jota's wife and family have been joined by Liverpool players for the funeral of the footballer and his brother, André Silva, in Portugal, following their death in a car crash in Spain.
Some 32 people, including 14 children have been confirmed dead after flash floods in central Texas, authorities have said, as rescuers continued a frantic search for survivors including dozens still missing from a girls' summer camp.
New data released by the HSE in relation to funding to cut public waiting lists, has revealed that three companies received over €70 million during a period of over two years.
