The US and Iran appeared no closer to finding an end to their war after the two sides traded fire in the Gulf amid a tenuous ceasefire, while a US intelligence analysis concluded Iran could withstand a naval blockade for months.
Russian authorities have restricted internet access in parts of the country over the past year and last month blocked access to Telegram, Russia's most popular messenger app. The Kremlin says the measures are needed to stop drone attacks, but a wider strategy to control information is at play.
Last September ministers were warned by the Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers that continuous spending overruns by departments which can't operate within their means had to come to an end.
Whatever emerges from the debris of the US-Israel-Iran war, Iran's nuclear programme will be at the heart of any agreement, and that deal will probably not look much different to the one that President Trump pulled out of in 2018.
The 'Library of Things' ethos has definitely become a thing in Ireland in recent years, with projects ranging from small, volunteer-led efforts to large-scale institutional initiatives.
There is little harmony in the Dáil these days as a furious opposition repeatedly call on the Government to immediately free up more money for households struggling to cope with rising prices.
Waterford's long-running quest to escape the prison of the Munster hurling championship and give themselves a game in June reaches a crunch point this evening.
Ireland have shown that they have closed the gap on England and France, but now it's time to show they have created a gap between themselves and the rest.
Russia is holding its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow's forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict since World War II.
There are six confirmed cases of hantavirus so far out of eight suspected ones following an outbreak on a cruise ship, the World Health Organization said.