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The US government's killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani is the latest and most dramatic development in the ongoing proxy conflict between the US and Iran, writes Luca Trenta.
Sun, 05 Jan, 2020
Newly declassified files have revealed that Dublin's most senior intelligence official advised the government that a Northern Ireland mountain may be hiding US nuclear weapons.
Mon, 30 Dec, 2019
Russia has said it is working to prevent a conflict between advancing Turkish and Syrian government forces, as Turkey’s president defied growing pressure from Western allies for a ceasefire in northern Syria.
Wed, 16 Oct, 2019
After leaving their bilateral meeting on Monday, Mr Tusk lamented that there had been “no breakthrough” and that there is “no time to lose” with the October 31 deadline looming.
Mon, 23 Sep, 2019
Boris Johnson’s decision to seek the suspension of parliament in order to pursue a no-deal Brexit is a salutary reminder to the Irish Government that it can control only what it can control, ie what is within its sphere of influence.
Thu, 29 Aug, 2019
Which is the best way to handle the Brexit debacle?
Thu, 22 Aug, 2019
The 15-year-old’s body was identified by her family, hours after it was discovered following a large-scale search operation.
Tue, 13 Aug, 2019
France will not sign up to the European Union’s trade deal with the Mercosur group of South American countries at any cost and it remains to be seen whether Paris will eventually back it, French ministers have stated.
Fri, 05 Jul, 2019
Iran has acknowledged it had broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal.
Mon, 01 Jul, 2019
The Taliban has said peace talks in Moscow with other factions in Afghanistan have made "spectacular progress" on some issues.
Thu, 30 May, 2019
Seven people have been confirmed dead after a sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean passengers and two crew members collided with another vessel and sank in the Danube River in Budapest.
Sterling languished just off four-month lows, with the outcome of the European election in the UK seen possibly emboldening proponents of a no-deal Brexit as the battle to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May got under way.
Wed, 29 May, 2019
The Philippines has withdrawn its diplomats as Canada missed the deadline yesterday to take back tonnes of rubbish that was mistakenly sent to the Philippines back in 2013.
Thu, 16 May, 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's most trusted policy adviser has been removed from one of his posts, according to a politician in South Korea.
Wed, 24 Apr, 2019
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Thu, 11 Apr, 2019
One wonders will the world’s political leaders assemble in Christchurch, New Zealand, in solidarity with the victims of the horrific mosque killings last Friday as they did in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris in January 2015?
Thu, 21 Mar, 2019
Spain has confirmed it will allow British citizens to stay in the country if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal.
Fri, 01 Mar, 2019
Venezuela's vice president is visiting Russia, seeking stronger ties with Moscow amid mounting pressure from the United States.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has joined in efforts to increase facilities in France needed for increased Irish live exports, following warnings by exporters that calf prices will collapse.
Thu, 21 Feb, 2019
There is hardly an issue on which opponents are so immoveably, so viscerally in conflict as Brexit.
Tue, 16 Oct, 2018
A vanity exercise? No way, says Leo.
Tue, 03 Jul, 2018
If negotiations fail over the nuclear deal, the Islamic Republic will enrich uranium "more than before... in the next weeks".
Tue, 08 May, 2018
President Donald Trump has declared that if the Iranians "restart their nuclear programme, they will have bigger problems than they have ever had before".
Tue, 24 Apr, 2018
Yulia Skripal has said her strength is "growing daily" after the nerve agent attack which left her and her father in intensive care.
Thu, 05 Apr, 2018
Latest: Russia's ambassador in London Alexander Yakovenko suggested that the British Government was making allegations against Moscow as part of an "anti-Russian campaign" to divert attention from Brexit.
Fri, 16 Mar, 2018
North Korea's foreign minister has arrived in Sweden for talks with his Swedish counterpart.
Thu, 15 Mar, 2018
China's exports surged in February while its politically sensitive trade surplus widened amid mounting tension with Washington.
Thu, 08 Mar, 2018
Theresa May's new Brexit offer will be put to the test this week as negotiations between British and European Union officials resume in Brussels.
Mon, 05 Mar, 2018
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said "more detailed and realistic proposals" are needed from the UK in relation to Brexit.
Fri, 02 Mar, 2018
The British Foreign Office turned down a request from the Ecuadorian government to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange diplomatic status.
Thu, 11 Jan, 2018
In the midst of the power-sharing difficulties in the North, Ryle Dwyer argues that people should remember how such problems were initially resolved.
Tue, 02 Jan, 2018
The UN's political chief has said senior North Korea officials told him during his visit "that it was important to prevent war" over its rapidly advancing nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Wed, 13 Dec, 2017
Arab foreign ministers have demanded that the United States rescind Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, calling it a "grave" development that puts Washington on the same side as "occupation" and the violation of international law.
Sun, 10 Dec, 2017
An air strike on a Syrian village held by the Islamic State group has killed at least 25 people, all of them civilians, according to activists.
Mon, 27 Nov, 2017
The UK is failing to offer credible answers to the "hard questions" Ireland and the EU are asking about the fate of the border post Brexit, the Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has said.
Wed, 22 Nov, 2017
IT is essential that cabinet members are credible when they speak in the Dáil but the level of dishonesty and scandal uncovered in An Garda Síochana is so startling that resolving those issues must almost take precedence over any other issue in that sphere.
IN a saner world it might be possible to say that this was the week that some Brexit chickens came home to roost but we do not know if we are dealing with chickens, cockatoos, parakeets or even a rejuvenated púca resplendent in Halloween battledress.
Sat, 28 Oct, 2017
Latest: Ibrahim Halawa has described his joy at being a free man.
Fri, 20 Oct, 2017
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has sidestepped calls to apologise for his comments about clearing bodies from a Libyan city.
Tue, 17 Oct, 2017
The centre-right party headed by foreign minister Sebastian Kurz has won Austria's national election, putting the 31-year old on track to become Europe's youngest leader, the country's interior ministry said.
Mon, 16 Oct, 2017
The party of Austria's 31-year old foreign minister came first in a national election Sunday, putting him on course to become Europe's youngest head of government, forecasts suggested.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
If the US president scuppers the nuclear deal, Iran, a proud, resource-rich nation, which also has a large uranium stockpile, will not capitulate, says Seyed Hossein Mousavian.
Wed, 11 Oct, 2017
Catalan separatists called for international mediation with the Spanish government.
Mon, 02 Oct, 2017
Former Irish president Mary Robinson has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump, accusing the divisive US leader of having "sullied" the name of the United Nations after threatening to "totally destroy" North Korea.
Sun, 24 Sep, 2017
Latest: US President Donald Trump's insult, calling leader Kim Jong Un "rocket man", makes "our rocket's visit to the entire US mainland inevitable all the more", North Korea's foreign minister said.
Sat, 23 Sep, 2017
Syria's foreign minister has told world leaders that his country is "marching steadily" toward the goal of rooting out terrorism and "victory is now within reach".
British Virgin Islanders say they are "terrified" of the prisoners who escaped because of the damage caused by Hurricane Irma.
Thu, 14 Sep, 2017
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