Banner

  • Russian killer of 48 people given life sentence

    RUSSIA: Russia's so-called "chessboard murderer" was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for killing 48 people, after he told a court last week he felt like God as he decided whether his victims should live or die. p

  • Asmal breaks ranks to back Ramaphosa to lead ANC

    SOUTH AFRICA: Senior African National Congress (ANC) official Prof Kader Asmal has shaken up the presidential succession race by nominating Cyril Ramaphosa to be the ruling party's next leader. p
Other World Stories

  • Hovering between the best and the worst

    TURKEY: Istanbul invites comparison with other cities, writes Lara Marlowe as she sums up her impressions of Turkey and its future possibilities after a month-long visit p

  • Gunships bomb PKK positions as Turkey flexes military muscle

    TURKEY: Helicopter gunships bombed Kurdish rebel positions in southeast Turkey yesterday and the government flexed its military muscle with big national day parades and flypasts in major cities. p

  • Sole survivor tells of 56 boat people deaths

    SPAIN: Fifty-six Africans trying to reach the Canaries by boat drowned, starved or killed themselves in despair because their spare fuel supplies had been replaced by water, the sole survivor told the newspaper El Pais. p

  • Honour for 'Slovak Hitler' prompts outrage

    SLOVAKIA: Slovakia's parliament has voted to honour a politician and Catholic priest who compared himself to Hitler, prompting outrage from Jewish groups and stoking tension with neighbouring Hungary. p

  • Diana's driver behaved like an alcoholic, witness says

    BRITAIN:  Henri Paul, the driver of the car in which Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed died, behaved like an alcoholic, according to a motorcycle rider for one of the paparazzi who chased the couple's Mercedes through Paris 10 years ago. p

  • Prado Museum unveils dramatic new wing

    SPAIN: After more than a decade, the Prado's much-needed extension is finally complete, writes Jane Walker in Madrid p

  • American lawyers' group urges death penalty moratorium

    US: The American Bar Association said yesterday it was renewing its call for a nationwide moratorium on executions, based on a three-year study of death penalty systems in eight states that found unfairness and other flaws. p

  • Tenants in Rome face eviction by church

    ITALY: Several thousand residents in Rome who face eviction from their rented homes by the Catholic church have accused church bodies of indulging in a "speculative frenzy". p

  • Chad aid workers who tried to fly out children to be jailed

    CHAD: Six French aid workers arrested in Chad while attempting to fly more than 100 children out of the country are likely to be jailed, Chadian authorities said yesterday. p

  • In short

    A round-up of today's world news in brief p

  • Harassment of Croatian reporter raises concerns

    European Diary: The men in leather jackets came at 7am in the morning with pistols strapped to their backs. They confiscated four computers, a mobile phone, contact books and hundreds of documents belonging to the Croatian investigative journalist Zeljko Peratovic, writes Jamie Smyth p
Weekly Index
MPrice Watch
Innovation
THealth
WCommercial Property
Motors
An Teanga Bheo
TProperty
Science Today
FThe Ticket
SMagazine
News Features
Weekend
Obituaries
Archive
Click a date to view the paper on that day
PreviousNext
MTWTFSS
Advertisement
Crosswords and Sudoku
PuzzlesSudoku and interactive Irish Times crosswords
What does this mean?
What is Premium ContentIndicates Premium Content, which is available to subscribers.
PDF downloads
PDF downloads Download today's front page or TV listings page as they appear in The Irish Times
Article Index
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat