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Sam Kavanagh (30), of Tralee, Co Kerry, was arrested after US authorities alerted gardaí to his activities

TD, who will now sit as an independent when Dáil resumes, says shares were not sold earlier due to ‘administrative barriers’

Luigi Mangione was arrested in a Pennsylvania fast-food restaurant five days after Brian Thompson was killed in Manhattan

As US detectives began to piece together the suspect’s history, one line of inquiry was the chronic back problems he appears to have suffered since childhood

Israel denies troops are advancing on Damascus despite acknowledging some had taken up positions outside demilitarised zone

Conflict started 13 years ago during Arab Spring and escalated to involve opposition groups, extremists and world powers

Quake could be felt more than 400km away in San Francisco from where it originated near town of Ferndale in north of state

Chief executive of UnitedHealthcare was killed in front of a Manhattan hotel in ‘pre-planned, targeted attack’

A man wearing a mask approached Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel and fired at him repeatedly, police say

UK-led Operation Destabilise investigation confirms Irish gang’s links to organised crime in Russia

Pressure grows on president Yoon Suk Yeol to leave office after his failed attempt to impose martial law

Move comes after US president-elect’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in May but prior to sentencing

Troops attempted to enter parliament building in Seoul following move by Yoon Suk Yeol against domestic political opponents

Thanksgiving pardon comes in advance of sentencing of president’s son for illegal possession of handgun and tax evasion

Donald Trump profitably chatted to influential figure with broad church audience just days before the vote when Kamala Harris failed to seize the opportunity

Europe’s bloated governments need the tech entrepreneur’s efficiency revolution much more than Washington does

Major building companies and subcontractors in New York and New Jersey among biggest donors to Friends of Sinn Féin

Fighting continued on Sunday, with Hizbullah firing 250 rockets into Israel, while Israel struck targets near Beirut

Canadian authorities are preparing for a surge in migrants crossing from the US, while allies of the incoming US president have raised alarm over a recent spike in migrants coming in from Canada

By elevating men accused of sexual misconduct to key roles, incoming US president Donald Trump has delivered a searing affront to women