Micheál Martin also said he was ‘a bit impatient’ with the suggestion that Ireland was the weakest link in European security.

Leo Varadkar said Government had accepted all recommendations of an independent report and some measures could be implemented “very quickly”.

The Department of Defence said there was a “technical error” in the redaction method used in publishing the document.

Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has ordered the military to confront the country’s Tigray regional government after he accused it of carrying out a deadly attack on a military base, declaring “the last red line has been crossed” ...

Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has ordered the military to confront the country’s Tigray regional government after he accused it of carrying out a deadly attack on a military base, declaring “the last red line has been crossed” ...

A colonel in Mali’s army has said he is now in charge of the West African country, declaring himself chairman of the junta that forced the democratically elected but unpopular president to resign.

The Malian soldiers who forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign in a coup have promised to organise new elections after their takeover was condemned by the international community.

Mali’s president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced his resignation on state television, hours after mutinous soldiers fired shots into the air outside his home and detained him and the prime minister.

Mutinous soldiers have detained Mali’s president and prime minister after surrounding a residence and firing into the air in an apparent coup attempt after several months of demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s ouster.

Confederate Army symbols within the military, including prominent US Army bases named after rebel generals, are divisive and can be offensive to black people in uniform, the nation’s top officer said.