Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church's first US-born pontiff, has voted in the United States midterm elections, submitting his mail-in ballot in Chicago, the Vatican confirmed.

The PSNI is investigating an allegation of assault following an incident involving Enoch Burke and the Church of Ireland Primate.

A humanitarian mission entered the devastated Ukrainian city of Oleshky today, as Russia and Ukraine observed the most significant truce of the war that has raged since Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.

The cost of tolls on most of the country's roads are set to rise from 1 January, Transport Infrastructure Ireland has confirmed.

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said he hopes Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart will not quit the party over its stance on the Drumcree parading controversy.

A number of increases to tolls across the national road network effective from 1 January have been announced by Transport Infrastructure Ireland.

More than 200,000 people remain without power in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region following Russian attacks, authorities have said, a day after a deadly Russian drone strike on a train station there.

Almost a third of all homeless accommodation in the capital is located in the Dublin 1 area, according to a postcode breakdown of emergency beds in the capital.

The President of the Garda Representative Association has called on the Garda Commissioner to "desist from trampling over the rights" of gardaí regarding overtime and days off.

There is speculation about the future of thousands of jobs as Poundland - which uses the brand name Dealz in Ireland - filed notice of its intention to appoint an administrator to the company in the UK.

Comedian Joanne McNally has said thinking actor Richard E Grant was a faithful during her time on The Celebrity Traitors was "very embarrassing".

South Korea will file criminal complaints against students caught cheating on a national university entrance exam with smart glasses and toughen penalties for their use, a government official has said.

The country's fruit and vegetable producers are calling for more support from retailers and the Government to address an alarming decline in the number of commercial growers in recent decades.

People in Ballyheigue have been without safe drinking water for over three weeks - following a 'do not consume' notice issued on 7 October.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp has finished ahead of the opposition but remained well short of a majority, final results from Israel's general election showed, setting the stage for tough coalition talks or potentially another vote.

Unions are warning of a major strike next month if talks aimed at agreeing a new public sector pay deal fail to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

In the heart of the American agricultural industry known as Iowa, the high cost of fuel and fertiliser is to front of the minds of voters, writes Jackie Fox.

The Minister for Housing has put pressure on developers to finish new homes by the end of this year by insisting an existing waiver on water connections and developer levies will not be extended past December.

Ian McKellen has led tributes to Patrick Stewart following his death from Alzheimer's disease, calling him "the most respected and beloved actor of his generation".

Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, in what analysts say is the biggest crypto hack ever.