Italy are due a Six Nations win soon, so the saying goes. They ran France close last season, eventually losing 29-24 in Rome on the opening day and they proceeded to give Ireland a good run for their money in round three. The Azzurri gave Scotland an almighty scare as …

Las Vegas hosts the Super Bowl for the first time as the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers meet in the 58th renewal and a repeat of the NFL’s decider in 2020, which the Chiefs won on a 31-20 scoreline in Miami. Sin City has been …

Pakistan police have warned they would come down hard on illegal gatherings after the party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan urged supporters to protest alleged rigging in last week’s election. Independent candidates – most linked to Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party – took the most seats in the …

Russia launched drone attacks on Kyiv and southern Ukraine overnight, injuring at least one civilian and damaging a gas pipeline and residential buildings in the river and sea port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine’s military has said. Ukraine’s Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app that its air defence systems destroyed …

Oscar-nominated actor Cillian Murphy has admitted that he has struggled with being in the spotlight, but will be trying to enjoy the Academy Awards ceremony next month. The Irish star has been nominated for his first Oscar for Christopher Nolan’s epic historical film Oppenheimer, and will face competition for the …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the Israeli military will provide “safe passage for the civilian population” ahead of an expected assault on the overcrowded southern Gaza city of Rafah, rejecting fears of a “catastrophe.” Despite international alarm over the potential carnage in a city crammed with more than …

The mother of a Leaving Cert student who died in Greece last summer has spoken publicly for the first time about what happened to her son, and said she will fundraise to help other families whose loved ones have died abroad to bring them home. Bebhinn Dunne spoke with RTE …

As Stormont’s MLAs were making their way to Tuesday’s first meeting of the newly restored Northern Ireland Assembly, a story was breaking that would demonstrate both the potential and the limitations of devolved government. It emerged that the Children’s Hospice in Belfast was significantly paring back its weekend bed provision …

White House hopeful Donald Trump celebrated the collapse of legislation targeting the migrant crisis on the US-Mexico border, while vowing that, if re-elected, he would carry out a massive “deportation operation” on his first day in office. The death of the bipartisan bill in the US Senate this week highlights …

Britain’s King Charles III expressed his “heartfelt thanks” to well-wishers, in his first statement since his shock announcement that he has cancer. Buckingham Palace said that Charles had begun treatment, but did not specify what type of cancer he has. “I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks for …