#Middle East

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Hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel
Palestinians cheer as freed prisoners begin to arrive home under ceasefire deal
Under the deal, Israel is set to release 250 Palestinians convicted of murder and other serious crimes as well as 1,700 Palestinians detained in Gaza

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

Trump
Trump sets off for Middle East to mark Gaza ceasefire deal
Mr Trump thinks there is a narrow window to reshape the Middle East and reset long-fraught relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours

Sun, 12 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel and Hamas officials sign first phase Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal
The accord, if fully implemented, would bring the two sides closer than any previous effort to halt a war that has evolved into a regional conflict

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
What do we know about Trump's Gaza deal?
Here are some details of what is known and not known so far.

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Deal could be reached ‘in coming days’ as top officials join Gaza peace talks
Two officials from Arab countries said progress was made in Wednesday’s talks and that a deal could be reached in the coming days

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Mideast Wars Two Years
Gaza peace talks enter their second day on war’s two-year anniversary
The devastating war that has ensued has upended global politics, resulted in the deaths of 67,160 Palestinians

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Cork grandfather describes ‘barbaric’ detention after Gaza aid flotilla arrest
Cork grandfather describes ‘barbaric’ detention after Gaza aid flotilla arrest
Paddy O’Donovan says he was detained in inhumane conditions after Israeli forces intercepted a humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Mideast Wars Two Years
Thousands of Israelis mourn victims two years on from Hamas attack
Thousands of people have converged on southern Israel to mourn the dead as the nation marked two years since Hamas’s October 7 attack while Israeli and Hamas officials continue to hold indirect talks in Egypt.

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Daughter of flotilla detainee calls for sanctions on Israel
Daughter of flotilla detainee calls for sanctions on Israel
Jenna Almai said her mother, Maureen, had been detained while sailing on board the Paola I, which was one of more than 40 vessels intercepted

Sat, 04 Oct, 2025

Donald Trump
Hamas agrees to some of Donald Trump's Gaza plan but seeks negotiations on some points
Notably, Hamas did not say whether it would agree to a stipulation that it disarm, a demand by Israel and the US that it has previously rejected

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

Simon Harris visit to Lebanon
Irish peacekeepers 'safe and accounted for' as Israel drops grenades near Unifil troops in Lebanon 
Unifil said peacekeepers at two different locations heard grenades explode near an excavator around 500m away from them at 11.30am on Thursday

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

GREECE-ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-AID-FLOTILLA
Legality of Israel’s actions against Gaza flotilla 'open to question'
Maritime security expert says international law 'protects the right to the freedom of navigation outside territorial waters'

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

Gaza aid flotilla set to head east from Greece despite Israeli warnings
Cork grandfather on hunger strike after arrest on Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces
Cobh man Paddy O’Donovan, 61, was among 16 Irish citizens arrested after Israel intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

Italy Gaza Flotilla Protest
Israeli military stops nearly all boats in aid flotilla, sparking global protests
Cameras broadcasting live feeds from the boats showed armed Israeli soldiers in helmets and night vision goggles boarding the ships

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

Hebron-Shop-Closures-Amid-Israeli-Raid
Tánaiste warns of worsening situation in West Bank alongside the 'horrors' of Gaza 
Simon Harris said that while Gaza was enduring 'horrors', the Palestinian West Bank was wracked by displacement and 'rampant settler violence'

Wed, 01 Oct, 2025

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Taoiseach urges Gaza aid flotilla to stop, warning of ‘very dangerous situation’
Micheál Martin says the Gaza aid flotilla faces serious danger, urging Irish citizens not to continue and pressing Israel to respect international law

Wed, 01 Oct, 2025

Gaza aid flotilla set to head east from Greece despite Israeli warnings
Irish senator on board Gaza flotilla expects Israel will try to stop them soon
Global Sumud Flotilla volunteers — including an Irish TD and senator — are 'getting ready for interception' of their 52-strong fleet after earlier drone strikes in European waters

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Donald Trump,Benjamin Netanyahu
ieExplains: What’s in Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza?
Plan calls for immediate end to war between Israel and Hamas but lacks detail on how key points will be executed

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Iran Nuclear
Iran denounces reimposed UN sanctions and considers response
Iran is preparing for a possible confrontation with the West after the United Nations reimposed sanctions over its nuclear programme, even as some pushed for continued negotiations to ease the economic pain squeezing the country.

Sun, 28 Sep, 2025

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Hamas says it has not received Donald Trump's plan as Israel expands Gaza City assault
In comments to reporters on Friday in which he said 'it's looking like we have a deal on Gaza', Trump offered no details of its contents and gave no timetable

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israeli strikes kill more than 30 in Gaza amid Netanyahu defiance
Israeli strikes have killed at least 38 people across Gaza overnight, health officials said. The onslaught continues despite growing international pressure for a ceasefire, with Israel’s leader remaining defiant about the ongoing war.

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025

UN General Assembly
Taoiseach says he doesn't know how Netanyahu 'sleeps at night' after UN address
After UN General Assembly address, Micheál Martin said: 'There can be no continuation of the collective punishment... There's no moral justification for the continuation of this war whatsoever'

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

Lebanon Central Bank Chief
Lebanon’s ex-central bank chief accused of corruption released on $14m bail
Lebanon’s long-time former central bank chief, who is widely blamed for the country’s economic meltdown, has been released on bail of $14m after a year in jail awaiting trial on corruption charges.

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

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Uefa closer to Israel ban, but will Fifa defy Trump?
UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend Israel over the war in Gaza. A majority of UEFA’s 20-member executive committee is expected to support any vote in favour of suspending Israeli teams from international play, The Associated Press has reported.

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
UN staff refuse to flee Gaza as famine spreads and Israel blocks vital aid, Oireachtas committee hears
UN official John Whyte tells Oireachtas that famine is spreading in Gaza as robotic warfare escalates and aid remains blocked

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
‘We are at our limit’: Gaza’s last hospitals overwhelmed as thousands flee south
‘Not enough of anything’, says surgeon, as Israel’s assault forces injured, sick and hungry people to leave Gaza City

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Amal El Khawaja shares story of son killed in Rafah
The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Amal El Khawaja shares story of son killed in Rafah
Four major countries now recognise Palestine as Cork prepares to host Amal El Khawaja, whose son was killed in Rafah

 Listen | Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

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UN General Assembly
Trump tells UN climate change is a 'con job' and Europe should be ashamed over Russian oil
In a combative UN speech, Donald Trump attacked Europe’s Russian oil purchases, dismissed climate science, and warned against immigration

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel destroys evacuated health centre in Gaza City, medics say
Multiple hospitals in the famine-stricken city have been forced to shut down as Israeli forces advance

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

UN General Assembly
UN chief warns of ‘an age of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering’
The head of the United Nations has challenged world leaders to choose a future where the rule of law triumphs over raw power and where nations come together rather than scramble for self-interests.

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

Irish presidential election
Catherine Connolly defends Hamas remarks, insists both Israel and Hamas must be held to account
Independent candidate Catherine Connolly said both Israel and Hamas must disarm, while insisting Palestinians have the right to self-determination

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

UN General Assembly Israel Palestinians
France recognises Palestinian state at UN meeting on Middle East peace process
The Palestinian delegation, including its UN ambassador, Riyad Mansour, could be seen standing and applauding as the declaration was made

Mon, 22 Sep, 2025

UN General Assembly
Leaders convene at United Nations as world convulses in war
As secretary-general Antonio Guterres said last week: “International co-operation is straining under pressures unseen in our lifetimes.”

Mon, 22 Sep, 2025

Iran Nuclear United Nations
UN Security Council votes against lifting Iran ‘snapback’ sanctions
A UN Security Council resolution aimed at halting the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme failed on Friday after weeks of last-ditch diplomatic talks appeared to break down days before the annual United Nations gathering of ...

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Shooting at Israeli-run border crossing with Jordan kills two, medics say
There were no immediate details from Israeli authorities

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Pakistan Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia signs mutual defence pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan
Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that regards any attack on either nation as an attack on both in the wake of Israel’s strike on Qatar earlier this month.

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

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Palestinian death toll passes 65,000 as Israel steps up attacks on Gaza City
Israel’s military said that air force and artillery units had struck the city over 150 times in the last few days, ahead of ground troops moving in

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

Israel opens new route out of Gaza City for 48 hours as tanks advance
Israel opens new route out of Gaza City for 48 hours as tanks advance
At least 30 people were killed across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in Israel's latest strikes, including 19 in Gaza City, local health authorities said

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

US Iran Sanctions
US sanctions Iranian financiers over cryptocurrency transfers from oil sales
Two Iranian financiers and more than a dozen people and firms across Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates were sanctioned on Tuesday for allegedly co-ordinating $100m worth of cryptocurrency transfers from the sale of Iranian oil.

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

Israel launches ground offensive deep inside Gaza City
Israel launches ground offensive deep inside Gaza City
Overnight advance aimed at ‘dismantling Hamas’s grip’ as Israel accused of genocide in UN human rights report

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

Israel US
Little daylight between US and Israel evident as Rubio and Netanyahu meet
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have vowed that Hamas must be eliminated and all hostages released for there to be peace in Gaza, setting aside calls for an interim ceasefire in favour of an immediate ...

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Mideast Wars Gulf Anger
Qatar denounces Israel ahead of major summit on Doha strike
Qatar’s prime minister denounced Israel as foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim nations met to discuss a possible unified response to Israel’s attack on Doha targeting the leadership of the militant group Hamas.

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Irish Government urged to 'hold its resolve' and pass the Occupied Territories Bill
Irish Government urged to 'hold its resolve' and pass the Occupied Territories Bill
Christian Aid representative says: 'We have a crucial opportunity now to get this right, and ensure that an emerging new EU standard is effective' 

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Mideast Wars Gulf Anger
UAE summons Israeli diplomat to condemn Qatar attack targeting Hamas leaders
The United Arab Emirates summoned Israel’s envoy in the country to condemn Israel’s attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar, increasing pressure on the country as Qatar’s top diplomat visits Washington.

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

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