It marks the latest in a series of North Korean signals that it will maintain its tough stance on the US, although President Donald Trump has said he is intent on reaching out to its leader Kim Jong ...

Sinn Fein Stormont minister Conor Murphy has secured a seat in the Seanad as the marathon counting process for the Irish parliament’s upper house edges closer to conclusion. Mr Murphy took one of the ...

The veteran Sinn Fein politician is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister to take on a new role in the upper chamber of the Irish parliament.