The war in Ukraine has highlighted the shaky foundations of the international security order, underscoring the impotence of the United Nations Security Council, writes Takatoshi Ito

US general election

Among the debate topics for this year's event are: Taliban rule in Afghanistan; NATO expansion; drug-trafficking and the threat drug cartels pose; and the integration of transgender people in sport and society

UN agencies call for stronger political will and targeted investment in healthcare to reduce preventable tragedies

The Irish soldiers are based in KFOR's HQ in Pristina and are not conducting active patrols with the Nato-led peacekeeping mission

Since graduating from University College Cork, Aonghus Kelly has worked around the world in the field of human rights and war crimes

A warm light glowed out into the cold night from the church's ornate stained glass windows as hundreds of people came to pray for Tpr Kearney.

All of Ireland is mourning Private Seán Rooney and praying for Trooper Shane Kearney. The whole world owes its gratitude to them, their injured colleagues, and all our peacekeepers

'Firing can come from anywhere, it might not even be directed at us, but we could just be caught in the middle of it' 

Of the 46 Irish Defence Forces personnel who had died serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) until the tragic incident in Lebanon that saw Private Seán Rooney killed and Trooper Shane Kearney injured, 15 died in the line ...

President Higgins said private Rooney lost his life 'serving the people of Ireland, serving the United Nations, and serving all those wishing for peace in our shared world'

Those in the 121st Battalion who had come under fire had only begun their tour of duty in November

Huge emissions associated with delegates flying in to Cop from around the world, expert says

Climate change is a global problem that requires cooperation between all nations.  That’s why today more than 30 newspapers and media organisations in more than 20 countries have taken a common view about what needs to be done. Time is running out.

'I can stand here as president of the United States of America and say with confidence, the United States of America will meet our emissions targets by 2030,' he said

Greenwashing is the practice by organisations of boosting their environmental credentials and image through slick marketing and evidence-free or out-of-context claims

Cop27 promises to be more target-focused than Cop26. And anyone as yet unconvinced ought to heed a stark warning made in 1989 about the urgent need for climate action

More than 125 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year. 

Greenhouse gas emissions are creeping downwards but remain far short of what is required this decade to adequately stay within the 1. 5C target to limit the fallout from climate change.

The Government also says it will not accept Russian passports issued in occupied foreign territory

After a long era of low inflation, Irish people are once again feeling the impact of soaring food prices

Both the US and the USSR had a ‘no first-strike policy’ with nuclear weapons during the Cuban missile crisis — but the new Russian nuclear doctrine allows for a first-strike option.

Charles Michel told the UN General Assembly yesterday that Russia should be suspended from the UN Security Council for going to war in Ukraine

Yuri Filatov claims the referenda will allow Russian speakers in seized Ukrainian territories 'fundamental rights and freedoms'

President’s rebuke to United Nations expressed the frustrations of many of us at its avoidance of issues behind the global food crisis

Children also highlighted the need for exam reform, the impact of bullying in schools, and the need to be listened to.

The UN Human Rights Office said the treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim communities in the province of Xinjiang “may constitute” crimes against humanity.

The failure of UN members to reach agreement and establish protections means that the world will fail to meet its ambitious and necessary goals.

When dealing with dictatorships like Putin’s, it is important not to punish ordinary citizens. It will be far more beneficial to target the autocratic regime specifically

Russia and Ukraine together once accounted for nearly a third of global wheat exports.

Russia has a long history of forcibly moving large numbers of civilians as a weapon of war and as a political tactic 

The move by Malian authorities has further heightened tensions with the UN

Food prices still remain very high and, along with expensive fuel, are contributing to a cost-of-living crisis that’s led to worker strikes in some countries

Olaf Schultz’s coalition government intends to legalise ‘bubatz’ for recreational use

Irish medics serving with the UN also do health checks on the children and provide an element of care for them.

Ireland needs to speak out on fair trials for human rights defenders such as Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, one of Bahrain's most high-profile prisoners

Just one person has been convicted of murdering Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon, despite 15 people being killed during live action

Ireland would be ready to enter into any peacekeeping operation in Ukraine if asked, the Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

Some of the steps Lieutenant Colonel Denis Hanly and the soldiers he commands take as they serve in Lebanon fall on the same ground where Irish peacekeepers who died once tread.

Members of the Defence Forces serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon had to dodge warring militias, tank fire, and fanatical bombmakers. Neil Michael spoke to some of the families of the 47 who died in the region

The past seven years have been the hottest seven years on record.

From Brian Friel to Sexual Violence Centre Cork: Quiet, wise voices keep reminding us we need to reflect on the way we frame other people — and the way we are framed by them

'Putin must pay a price, a high price, for his brutal aggression,' European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg this morning. 

Genocide. By repeatedly stating it, Ukraine's president is setting out the terms of the indictments that will one day be heard in international courts of law