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Conservation experts say there has been a significant impact on biodiversity following wildfires over the summer
The US National Park Service has said around 15 people may be missing after a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park
Russia sees NATO activity in the Arctic as a direct security threat, the country's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said
Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris will meet G20 finance ministers in the US as part of Ireland's ongoing EU presidency role
Fuels for Ireland has urged the Government not to "weaken" long-stated carbon tax plans without "a full cost review" of the potential measure
The death toll following devastating floods in Nepal has surpassed 900, as rescue teams worked overnight to reach hundreds of people believed to be stuck inside blocked hydropower project tunnels
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Iran has attacked US military targets in the Middle East in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, in a fresh flare-up of the war that has engulfed the region
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US forces have struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak island, a US official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since late July
NASA has begun a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch of the US space agency's new flagship astronomical observatory
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A man in his 20s is in a critical condition in hospital following an incident of violent disorder in south Dublin yesterday
A Nepalese man, who has returned to Dublin from Nepal, has said that while the infrastructure in Kathmandu is overwhelmed, the national and international response "has been quite uplifting"
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At least six people died when a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus, the head of the local government said, in a preliminary toll to Turkish media
The stormy maritime history of Baltimore's 'rocket car'
A young child remains critically ill in hospital following an attack in a house in Dungannon in Co Tyrone in which a man was killed
Icelanders voted to stay out of the European Union, referendum results showed, as they rejected a government push to reopen membership talks and sided with those who said Iceland's fishing waters were too important to risk
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A nationwide Status Yellow rain and thunderstorm warning has been issued by Met Éireann. The alert takes effect at midday and will remain in place until 9pm
With anti-war party Yabloko's exclusion, the Kremlin ensures there's no chance of dissent in next month's Russian parliamentary elections, writes Eastern Europe Reporter Liam Nolan
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No deemed disposal, a tax-free threshold, and no minimum contribution will be among the key features of the Government's new personal-investment account scheme
One person was killed and five others were wounded, some of them seriously, in a shooting at a rave party in northern Switzerland, local police have said
With counting under way in Iceland's referendum on whether the country should revive accession negotiations with the European Union, partial results appear to show that the 'No' camp is slightly ahead
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