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<p>A police officer passing in front of the entrance of the Musee Renoir after four paintings were stolen in an early-morning heist. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP via Getty Images)</p>

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Artworks worth €9m stolen from Renoir Museum on French Riviera in latest heist

Thieves took four artworks but dropped one as they fled, says mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer.

<p>Zelenskyy said Russia had intensified strikes on Ukrainian cities before Russia’s State Duma election later this month. Picture: (Teresa Suarez/Pool Photo via AP)</p>

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US envoys leave Kyiv without breakthrough on ending war

<p>Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund speaks beside party leader Alice Weidel at an election party of the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)</p>

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Germany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’

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Threat of garda industrial action averted ahead of Donald Trump's Irish visit

Germany Airport Disruption

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Germany blames Russia for drone attack at Leipzig airport

Iran War Strait of Hormuz

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US and Iran exchange more airstrikes, fuelling fears of wider return to hostilities

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Russia is escalating from hybrid threats to 'kinetic' attacks on Europe, EU ministers hear

Russian incursions in Romania, Latvia, Estonia, and Germany were cited as Helen McEntee and Kaja Kallas spoke at the EU defence ministers' informal meeting in Wicklow

Tue, 01 Sep, 2026

Ireland is neutral and has 'better neighbours', says EU diplomatic chief as defence spending questioned

Ireland is neutral and has 'better neighbours', says EU diplomatic chief as defence spending questioned

Defence minister Helen McEntee said Ireland’s defence budget will continue rising as EU ministers discuss security threats facing Europe

Tue, 01 Sep, 2026

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France’s ‘aid in dying’ law comes into effect after constitutional approval

Right to assisted dying established for patients with conditions assessed as incurable and causing unbearable pain.

Wed, 19 Aug, 2026

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‘Let the people judge me’: how Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage learned a potent populist tactic from Donald Trump

Le Pen and Farage are hoping they can swat aside legal and regulatory processes on the road to electoral triumph

Sat, 11 Jul, 2026

ieExplains: What are EU countries doing to counter energy price rises?

ieExplains: What are EU countries doing to counter energy price rises?

Below are some of the measures deployed so ‌far by European Union governments since the disruption caused by the Middle Eastern conflict

Thu, 23 Apr, 2026