You see it as soon as you make the turn from the road to Washington DC onto the complex of motorways and tunnels that skirt Baltimore, one of east coast America’s busiest ports. A huge, 300m long cargo vessel, the Dali, stranded in the middle of the bay. Around it …

A UK judge ordered the disclosure of eBay and PayPal records that may contain evidence that a former British Museum employee sold items allegedly stolen from its collection. Last year the Museum revealed that some 1,800 artefacts were missing and dismissed a staff member suspected of involvement. Police have since …

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has criticised the placing of an Irish tricolour on the coffin of garda killer Pearse McAuley, saying he was not a republican. McAuley, who was in his late 50s, was found dead in his home in Co Tyrone last week. He was sentenced to 14 …

Imported coal being burned by the ESB to supply homes across Ireland is destroying the lives of communities in northern Colombia, according to people who live near the main mine from which that coal is sourced. They spoke to Luke Holland, a campaigner and journalist who visited the mine, and …

UNICEF has said countless children may die in Haiti due to the lack of health care and nutrition following weeks of gang attacks. The director of the UN children’s agency, Catherine Russell, said severe malnutrition posed an imminent threat to the lives of more than 125,000 children in the country. …

The US Supreme Court has been examining restrictions imposed by a lower court on the drug that is most widely used in the United States to terminate pregnancies. Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the court in downtown Washington as the nine justices began hearing oral arguments in a case involving …

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the N17 in Co Mayo. It is understood a number of people have sustained serious injuries following the incident. It happened at Castlegar, on the route between Claremorris and Knock shortly after lunchtime. The road has been …

Chiedozie Ogbene has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland squad for tonight’s friendly with Switzerland at the Aviva Stadium. Ogbene misses out through injury and has returned to his club Luton Town. Joe Hodge and Andrew Moran have both been named in the 26-man squad. Ireland were held …

Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early on Tuesday after a container ship smashed into the four-lane span, plunging cars into the river. What happened in Baltimore? At 1.27am local time (5.27am Irish time) a container ship named the Dali was sailing down the Patapsco River when it struck a …

Hiding behind a state-of-the-art nine-tonne armoured vehicle, a group of armed men in black slowly make their way towards a 19th-century chateau in the southern suburbs of Paris. An hour earlier, four hooded assailants equipped with assault rifles stormed the historic building in Draveil, which houses a police academy. Members …