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Voting is under way in Ireland as citizens decide whether to liberalise one of Europe’s strictest abortion regimes.

An explosion caused by “improvised explosive device” ripped through a restaurant in a mall in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, wounding 15 people, Canadian police said.

MOVIE magnate Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender himself to New York authorities on sexual misconduct charges, according to US reports.

Morgan Freeman is facing allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour.

A delusional couple who tortured, killed and then burned the body of their French nanny over a bizarre obsession with an ex-Boyzone pop star have been found guilty of murder.

North Korea has carried out what it said is the demolition of its nuclear test site, setting off a series of explosions over several hours in the presence of foreign journalists.

Detailed analysis of video images and photos has unequivocally established that the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine came from a Russia-based military unit, investigators said.

There surely will be no shortage of takers. Who could possibly turn down the chance to play golf against a serving US President?

Yulia Skripal has said she wants to go back to Russia after she and her father were poisoned with a nerve agent.

The daughter of a Russian double agent who was poisoned alongside her father has spoken of her "slow and extremely painful" recovery and her wish to return to her native Russia.

A Scottish football star paid tribute to local firefighters after aiding with the rescue of British holidaymakers in the Spanish resort of Magaluf yesterday evening.

Embattled socialist incumbent Nicolas Maduro has won Venezuela’s presidential ­election by a landslide in a ­disputed vote marred by irregularities and mass absenteeism that led his main rivals to call for a re-run to prevent a national social crisis from exploding.

The United States and China have agreed to take measures to “substantially reduce” America’s massive trade deficit with China, but the Trump administration has failed to get Beijing to commit to a specific numerical goal.

A post-Brexit trade deal with the US could signal bad news for the scotch whisky industry, with distillers warned the number of American imports could soar if trade barriers come down once the UK exits the EU.

Three people have survived after an aging Boeing 737 with 110 people aboard crashed and burned shortly after taking off from Havana airport.

A group of mothers in Baltimore is determined to ‘will this city toward peace’, finds Susan Dalgety.

November’s mid-term elections in the US could see something of a sexual revolution in politics, writes Gail Collins.

It’s not massively surprising really, is it? The fact that Trump Turnberry employs four times as many male executives as female ones and that women received bonuses worth less than half of those given to the men.

Disney World started out as a plan to build a futuristic city, but such grand visions can go astray, writes Jane Bradley