Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Northern Ireland Tuesday for a two-day diamond jubilee visit during which she will shake hands with a former IRA commander, Martin McGuinness, in a highly symbolic gesture.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is to meet a former IRA commander, Martin McGuinness, during her visit to Northern Ireland next week.
An abandoned van containing a device with 600 pounds of explosives was found in Newry, Northern Ireland, near the border with the Republic of Ireland, police said Saturday.
Two Irish Republican Army dissidents were found guilty Friday of murdering a police officer in a killing that shocked Northern Ireland three years ago.
Two bombs went off at separate locations in the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry, police said Thursday.
One of Northern Ireland's biggest terrorist trials in decades started Tuesday at Belfast Crown Court amid tight security.
Sectarian violence flared up Saturday in Londonderry as Protestants continued their annual marching season in this predominantly Catholic city in Northern Ireland.
Scores of youths attacked police in Northern Ireland for a second consecutive night Tuesday in an expression of rage over a parade in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
Six police officers were injured in clashes in a number of Protestant areas of Northern Ireland overnight, police said Sunday, as an annual period of tensions between Catholics and Protestants begins.
CNN's Peter Taggart reports on riots breaking out in Northern Ireland where at least two people have been injured.
Authorities in Northern Ireland on Saturday defused a bomb packed into a bin containing 500 pounds of homemade explosives, police said.
A Catholic police officer was killed in a blast on Saturday in Northern Ireland, said police and politicians at the scene.
Police in Northern Ireland said Tuesday they had arrested three men in connection with an attempt to lure officers to their deaths in a bomb attack last month.
The body of Michaela Harte-McAreavey, a newlywed killed on her honeymoon in Mauritius, has been returned to her home in Northern Ireland.
The chief executive officer of Northern Ireland's water authority has submitted his resignation in the wake of a crisis that left thousands of people without water during the holidays.
Just 158 homes and businesses in Northern Ireland were without water Tuesday, indicating the crisis that has plagued the province since Christmas may be nearing an end.
Several hundred households in Northern Ireland are still without water, and thousands of homes face restrictions, more than a week after shortages began, Northern Ireland Water said Monday.
The number of properties lacking running water in Northern Ireland has dwindled to fewer than 1,000, state-funded water company Northern Ireland Water said Sunday.
Northern Ireland was getting a handle on its water shortage Saturday, getting more customers back online after several major water pipes burst in a rapid thaw that followed record low temperatures last week.
Northern Ireland's water supply is in a "precarious position" after several major water pipes burst, allowing 10 million liters of water to drain from Belfast reservoirs each day, the Northern Ireland Water interim chairman said Friday.
Thousands of homes and businesses in Northern Ireland have been left without running water, some for more than a week, as a result of what the Belfast government called "an unprecedented number of burst pipes caused by the continuing thaw."
The Northern Ireland power-sharing government said Wednesday it will hold an emergency meeting to discuss a crisis that has left an estimated 40,000 people without water for as long as 10 days.
A 22-year-old man was due to appear in court Friday in Northern Ireland charged with using a 200-pound bomb to attack a police station, police said.
Bomb attacks by dissidents in Northern Ireland nearly quadrupled over the past six months from the period before, a report from the Independent Monitoring Commission said Thursday.
Police in Northern Ireland on Tuesday were investigating two pipe bombs left at a housing estate in Belfast.
Police in Northern Ireland found two explosive devices and made them safe this weekend, they said Sunday.
Police in Northern Ireland said Tuesday a second night of rioting has erupted in a Protestant district near Belfast.
Three men arrested over dissident republican activity in Northern Ireland appeared in court Thursday and were remanded into custody, police said.
Police in Northern Ireland said Tuesday they have arrested four men in connection with dissident Republican activity.
A 54-year-old man facing terrorism-related charges in Northern Ireland is expected to appear at a magistrate's court Monday.
A 54-year-old man faces terrorism-related charges in Northern Ireland following the discovery of firearms linked to dissident republican activity, police said.
Police in Northern Ireland evacuated a school Monday after a child found an explosive device and brought it into a classroom, police said.
Senior police officers failed to pursue extensive intelligence that indicated a Catholic priest was involved in one of Northern Ireland's worst terrorist attacks, an independent report concluded Tuesday.
Police in Northern Ireland said Saturday "it was an absolute miracle" that three children were not more seriously injured in a bomb explosion in County Armagh.
Security was tight in Northern Ireland on Saturday for a contentious annual march by a Protestant group.
Police in Northern Ireland Tuesday were investigating a suspicious object underneath a car in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, authorities said.
A car bomb exploded early Tuesday in front of a police station in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, but there were no injuries, police said.
Violence in Northern Ireland over the past few days is the work of a small, unrepresentative minority, the Irish prime minister told CNN in a wide-ranging interview as the unrest continued for a fourth night.
Police in Northern Ireland appealed for the community's help after a fourth night of Catholic-Protestant violence in Belfast, which saw a number of officers injured.
Police in Northern Ireland clash with Catholic protesters during an annual Protestant celebration.
Fifty-five police officers were injured in clashes that marked a controversial holiday march in Northern Ireland, authorities said Tuesday.
Day-long clashes between police and rioters marked a controversial holiday march in Northern Ireland, leaving dozens of officers injured and widespread damage in Belfast.
Police in Northern Ireland said Saturday that they suspect a roadside bomb that exploded in a border county was a lure, designed to draw them into the area.
Three people were wounded late Thursday when an explosion occurred outside a police station in Newtownhamilton, Northern Ireland, the Police Services of Northern Ireland said.
The Northern Ireland legislature ratified an agreement to "devolve," or bring under local control, the province's police forces.
Leaders from Britain, Ireland and Northern Ireland appeared together Friday to hail an agreement that saves the province's power-sharing government.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulates Northern Ireland on steps its taken towards a "full and lasting peace."
A bomb exploded under a car in Northern Ireland Friday, wounding a man who was inside, police said.
Some former members of the Irish Republican Army -- "small in number" but "ruthless" -- are trying to undermine the agreement that ended 30 years of deadly violence in Northern Ireland, a former deputy director of the CIA said.
After an attempted bombing, CNN's Nic Robertson reports on the threat to peace in Northern Ireland.
A car carrying a 400-pound bomb was driven through barriers at the Policing Board headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, police said Sunday.
A car containing explosives is left outside a police board in Northern Ireland. ITN's John Sparks reports
The British government said Saturday was a "historic day" after two loyalist paramilitary groups announced they had completed the process of decommissioning their weapons.
Peace in Northern Ireland strained again by policeman's killing. CNN's Atika Shubert reports.
Police in Northern Ireland arrested a 19-year-old man Thursday morning in connection with the killing last month of two British soldiers, a police spokeswoman said.
A court refused bail Friday for the 41-year-old man charged with the murder of two British soldiers at a base in Northern Ireland.
A 41-year-old man was charged Thursday with murder and other charges in connection with the deaths of two British soldiers at a base in Massereene, Northern Ireland, earlier this month, police said.
A second man has been charged with murder over the killing of a policeman in Northern Ireland two weeks ago.
A 17-year-old suspect faces murder charges in the killing of a Northern Ireland policeman earlier this month, police said Monday.
Prayers in Northern Ireland after rioting between police and protesters. ITN's Keme Nzerem reports
Rioting has flared near Belfast on Saturday after the arrests of three men in the killings of two soldiers in Northern Ireland last week, police said.
A police officer was slain in a shooting in Northern Ireland late Monday, just two days after two British troops were killed at a military base in the province, authorities said.
Two soldiers were killed and four people were wounded in a shooting at a Northern Ireland army base.
The British soldiers who were killed in Northern Ireland over the weekend had already packed their bags for Afghanistan and changed into desert uniforms when they were shot, a top British military officer said Monday.
The execution-style killing of two British soldiers and wounding of four other people in Northern Ireland was "an attempt at mass murder," police said Sunday.
Two British military members were killed and another four people wounded in a "serious shooting incident" at an army base in Northern Ireland, police said.
Compensation dealing with the legacy of violence in Northern Ireland is controversial. ITN's Sally Biddulph reports.
Protesters disrupted the launch of a report Wednesday that focuses on dealing with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Unsatisfied by attempts to win criminal justice, the families of victims of a 1998 terrorist attack sue for damages in civil court
CNN's Becky Anderson looks at how to resolve disputes without hostility in her quest for the spirit of diplomacy.
Commentators who have watched the conflict in Northern Ireland play out for decades call the peace process a miracle.
Ian Paisley says he will step down as Northern Ireland's first minister. ITN' s Tom Bradby reports.
Families of the victims of Northern Ireland's worst terror attack in 30 years of violence have criticized police over their handling of the case after a man accused of carrying out the atrocity was found not guilty on 29 counts of murder.
Huge strides towards peace in Iraq were made during discussions between Middle Eastern power-brokers at the weekend, Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister said.
A generation-long deployment that defined British tactics comes to a quiet close
UK Army ends N. Ireland role
Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties joined together Tuesday to form a power-sharing government, marking a "new era of politics" and an end to three decades of sectarian conflict in the province.
Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties have hailed a deal to form a power-sharing government as a "new era of politics" to end three decades of sectarian conflict in the British province.
Hard-line Catholic and Protestant parties have been urged to work together after winning the bulk of seats in the election for a new legislative assembly in Northern Ireland.
Hard-line Catholic and Protestant parties have won the bulk of seats decided so far in the election for a new legislative assembly in Northern Ireland, a vote designed to clear the way for creation of a new power-sharing local executive that can pull support from across the sectarian divide.
As vote-counting gets under way following Northern Ireland's parliamentary assembly elections, Peter Hain, the British Northern Ireland secretary, talks to CNN's Adrian Finighan.
Vote counting is under way in Northern Ireland following Wednesday's elections for a legislative assembly amid hopes of a new accord between politicians from either side of the troubled community's bitter sectarian divide.
The people of Northern Ireland went to the polls Wednesday in a fresh effort to elect a new parliamentary assembly that could help to heal the troubled region's sectarian divide.
Six and eight devices have been discovered and defused at Northern Ireland's parliament, police said on Friday, hours after a militant breached security at the building.
A lifelong supporter of the loyalist (pro-British Protestant) cause in Northern Ireland, Michael Stone first came to widespread public attention on March 16, 1988 when he launched a suicidal lone attack on an IRA funeral in Milltown Cemetery, West Belfast.
Tens of thousands of people have joined some of the biggest names from the world of football to pay a final emotional tribute to George Best.
Tens of thousands of people joined big names from the world of soccer in Northern Ireland to pay a final emotional tribute to footballing icon George Best.
A court in Northern Ireland has found an Algerian man guilty of two terrorism charges -- possession of articles likely to be of use for terrorism and collecting information likely to be of use for terrorism.
The British government on Wednesday said it determined that an outlawed Protestant group in Northern Ireland had abandoned its commitment to a 1994 cease-fire and was an enemy of the peace.
Gunmen opened fire on police and soldiers for a second night running amid a weekend of rioting on the streets of Northern Ireland that left 50 police officers injured.
Mo Mowlam, the UK Northern Ireland Secretary who helped Tony Blair negotiate the Good Friday Agreement and who played a significant role in the Northern Ireland peace process, has died at the age of 55.
British politician Mo Mowlam, who died Thursday, has been praised for her no-nonsense negotiating as Northern Ireland secretary that helped forge the province's landmark peace accord.
Forty police officers were injured during clashes with angry loyalists in Belfast on Thursday.
As messengers go, Seanna Walsh certainly had street cred.
Police are stepping up the hunt for up to 20 raiders who pulled off one of the world's biggest bank robberies in Northern Ireland.
The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party has warned the IRA that it is "now or never" to do a deal on power sharing with his party in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland peace talks were on a knife-edge on Monday after a dramatic Downing Street meeting between Northern Ireland's police chief and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.
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