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Islamic state militants kill at least 500 in Iraq
15.41 Islamic state militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during an attack in the north of the country.
15.41 Islamic state militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during an attack in the north of the country.
15.45 Thousands of republicans have taken part in an anti-internment parade this afternoon through Belfast city centre.
15.50 Palestinians are examining a proposal for a new 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza, a Hamas spokesman has said.
14.46 It is now estimated that only €10-15m of Irish food exports to Russia will be directly affected by Russia's decision to ban food imports from the European Union.
14.34 Turkish voters have been taking part in the country's first direct presidential election.
13.41 Minister of State Ann Phelan has called on the Defence Minister Simon Coveney to review plans to force hundreds of soldiers to leave the army over the coming years.
14.50 A civilian airliner has crashed in Iran killing at least 38 people on board and narrowly avoiding more fatalities on the ground.
14.51 A 42-year-old man has died following a road crash in Co Carlow yesterday evening.
09 Aug A man in his thirties has died following a car crash in Carlow this afternoon.
09 Aug Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin has said some pay and pension cuts in the public sector will be reversed as exchequer finances improve.
09 Aug US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Gaza and pressed for action that would lead to a permanent ceasefire.
09 Aug US President Barack Obama has said US airstrikes have destroyed arms and equipment that Islamic State insurgents could have used to attack Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdish capital.
09 Aug Authorities in Nigeria's largest city Lagos have appealed for volunteers to help fight an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus after admitting they lacked medical personnel.
09 Aug Thousands of people marched through Dublin to take part in a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in support of people living in Gaza.