He who is slient, is strongest.

Engineers have begun drilling a shaft to rescue the 33 trapped Chilean miners, but it could be Christmas before their ordeal is over.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has rejected a quick return to the polls and welcomed a ‘new political landscape’ after inconclusive national elections.

Mexican authorities have announced the capture of one of the country's most sought after drug traffickers, US-born Edgar Valdez Villarreal.

Two people have died in separate road crashes in Mayo and Kilkenny.

Oxfam has said Pakistan faces severe food shortages for at least a year in the aftermath of the devastating floods.

Researchers say a drug made in Arklow could save thousands of lives if used to treat heart failure patients.

A man in his 40s has been treated for head injuries after he was assaulted at a house in Co Down.

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly Olwyn Enright has announced she will not be contesting the next general election.

A UN-ordered review has said that the global panel on climate change needed to 'fundamentally reform' how it operates after embarrassing errors in a landmark report dented its credibility.

Dermot Ahern has said Fianna Fáil and the Greens were not at odds on Government policy on the future of Anglo Irish Bank.

The office of the Government Chief Whip has said Senator Ivor Callely will not be travelling to the US to observe the Mid-Term elections.

An 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Michaela Davis, the 12-year-old girl killed in Dublin over the weekend.

US Vice President Joe Biden has flown into Iraq to assure Iraqis the US is not abandoning them.

Chile's 33 trapped miners have spoken for the first time with their loved ones after 24 days underground.

Gardaí have issued an appeal to trace a 12-year-old girl who has been missing from the Portrane area of Dublin since Saturday.

Spouses who do not pay maintenance to their families could go to prison, under new laws published today by the Minister for Justice.

Mexico has fired 3,200 police officers, approximately 10% of the total police force, in a crackdown on alleged corruption and incompetence.

Seven teenagers were taken to hospital following a road crash in Co Mayo this morning.

South Sudan has vowed to end its use of child soldiers by the end of the year.

Seven US troops have been killed in two separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan.