South Korean investigators yesterday moved closer to formally arresting president Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been impeached and detained after a botched attempt to impose martial law last month, as they hold him on suspicion of insurrection.

On Monday at 5pm, Irish time, Donald Trump will become the 47th President of the United States.

Israel&s full cabinet was meeting yesterday evening to discuss the Gaza ceasefire deal after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed an agreement had been reached that would pause the 15-month war with Hamas and release dozens of hostages.

Scientists have identified a new giant horned dinosaur species that roamed across modern-day north Africa about 95 million years ago, despite its fossilised remains being destroyed during World War II.