Pete Hegseth

Pontiff said he will ‘continue to speak out loudly against war’

A friend reminded me of a four-word letter to The Irish Times Gabriel Rosenstock wrote in 2007, when US troops were pouring into Iraq: ‘Cúrsaí ola, cúrsaí fola’

Let’s start our journey into the mind of the Trump administration with a blue fish

Continued strikes by Israel against militant group threaten to derail US-Iran ceasefire agreement negotiations

Long history of bloody US bombing campaigns began over Japanese cities during second World War

France’s Macron accuses Donald Trump of undermining Nato amid mixed messages over US-Israel conflict

Iranian Revolutionary Guards pledge to target US companies in region; Israel to demolish homes in Lebanon

No one at the Pentagon will curb his desire to flaunt US military might – certainly not the aggro Pete Hegseth

US president’s Iran war is straining Republican loyalty, leaving Vance both heir‑apparent and uneasy messenger in a moment of political risk

Senate nominee in Texas James Talarico says ‘Christian nationalism kills’ in response to Brooks Potteiger remark

Binyamin Netanyahu seems intent on obliterating Israel’s international standing

In Memphis it was possible to discern the key points that the Trump administration will use in advance of November’s midterm elections

The party had a euphoric vibe – until two famous guests had a bristling smackdown

White House accuses its own counterintelligence head of repeating ‘false claim’ aired by Democrats

Trump is at heart not merely cruel but a coward

Being deemed close to the boss lets you get away with murder – until it doesn’t

Unthinkable: Committing publicly to a moral standpoint can change you for the better, or the worse

Hollywood is used to being in the international persuasion business. Donald Trump’s triumphalist warmonger videos change that

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s bellicose and vengeful rhetoric describing the war in Iran grew out of his experience in Iraq

Some experts believe Iran has prepared for a six-month campaign of drone attacks

Administration officials are growing pessimistic about the lack of a clear strategy, but have been careful not to express that directly to the president

One Congress member is even apparently tabling a Bill to allow the US president to serve a third term

Donald Trump considers easing sanctions on Russia as part of package of options to combat spiking ‌global oil prices

‘Most intense day of strikes’ yet, says Hegseth, as death toll from Iran war ‘nears 1,900’

Enigmatic and ambivalent, the US president gave a TV interview in which he offered few clues as to what might happen next with ‘this excursion’ in the Middle East

The Trump administration’s social media clips styled like video‑game trailers have drawn fierce criticism for ‘gamifying’ real‑world conflict

Masoud Pezeshkian apologises for Iran’s attacks on regional countries, but Iranian fire targets Gulf states on Saturday

School strike in which dozens killed, including children, appears to have been part of attack on adjacent naval base in southern Iran

White House boasts of the military’s lethality and prowess but critics pan the language as callous and cruel

Human suffering across the region is mounting by the day

Trump officials say they are still investigating the attack which killed at least 175 people, according to Iranian state media

Israeli troops move into multiple towns in southern Lebanon, engaging Hizbullah in firefights, as strikes continue to hit Tehran and its territory

Elbridge Colby tells European Nato members they must step up combat capabilities

More than 150 aircraft involved in one of most complex US operations in recent history

Trump’s first term in office was disturbing mostly for the things he said, but his second term has been alarming for things he has done. 2026 will be a crucial year

Trump previously accused Nigerian government of failing to stop Christians being killed in the country

Defence secretary Pete Hegseth says attack is ‘not the beginning of a war’ but a ‘declaration of vengeance’

Latest attack in Pacific brings death toll to 99 since US began campaign in September

As drug-cartel operations, migration and China reshape the region, the US is pushing a revived Monroe Doctrine for the 21st century

Video of US military strike on boat was shown to senators in Washington