Indian missiles hit targets in Pakistan, killing three and injuring 12, after weeks of tensions
Pakistan threatens to respond to the strikes, which India says were ‘focused’ and non-escalatory
United Nations (UN)
Why didn’t Ireland stand up for Palestine at the ICJ?
It is one of only six states that made submissions but did not also present oral arguments
Israel to scale up military operations in Gaza following security cabinet decision
Plan includes blocking Hamas from distributing aid, which UN and aid agencies say is ‘a breach of basic humanitarian principles’
‘Despicable and unconscionable’: Tánaiste says Israeli plans to seize all of Gaza ‘alarming’
Israeli authorities accused of aiming to ‘manipulate and militarise all aid to civilians’
Gaza: At least 57 Palestinians have starved to death under Israeli blockade, say aid agencies
No food, potable water and medical supplies have entered Gaza since March 2nd
Nuclear threat is more real than at any time since second World War
Worldview: Nuclear non-proliferation is moving rapidly backwards. Frank Aiken’s vision and diplomacy are once more desperately needed
Unrwa calls on Israel to lift blockade on aid into Gaza as humanitarian crisis worsens
With farmland and grazing areas devastated, Gazans depend entirely on supplies from outside
Ireland cannot protect its waters alone, UN expert says
UN Institute for Disarmament Research report examines threats to subsea telecommunications cables worldwide
Pope Francis’s green legacy is his radical encyclical Laudato Si’ that upended centuries of Catholic teaching
Published in 2015, Laudato Si’ spoke of our serious moral responsibility to protect the planet
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in 48 hours, say Palestinians
Toll includes people who were ‘sheltering in a designated humanitarian zone’
‘My son was killed in front of my eyes. Three bullets in his chest’: Patrick Freyne in Chad’s desert camps
An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, many fleeing to a huge desert camp in eastern Chad. Photographs by Chris Maddaloni
‘We cannot resign ourselves to inevitable conflict’: EU and UK look to end war in Sudan and boost aid
But Khartoum criticises London conference as representatives from both sides in civil war not invited
Gazan hospitals, needed more than ever, are back in the firing line
UN secretary general ‘deeply alarmed’ at Sunday’s strike by Israeli forces on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital
The antidote to Trump’s tariff chaos is a clean and green trade agreement
We need to muster the political mettle we saw during the financial crisis to avert the trade wars that threaten everyone
We must not turn away from the crisis in Sudan
Millions have been forced to flee their homes and food and medical supplies are dangerously low
Lebanon marks 50th anniversary since outbreak of its civil war
Call for anniversary to be ‘a turning point, and not just a moment of remembrance’
Ukrainian city mourns victims of Russian missile strike
Delegation will travel to Washington for negotiations on minerals deal
Gaza: 100 children killed or injured every day since Israel resumed offensive says UN agency
Unrwa chief calls Gaza conflict's child death toll ‘a stain on our common humanity’
Video emerges of aid workers killed in Gaza under gunfire barrage, with ambulance lights on
Video contradicts Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were ‘advancing suspiciously’ without headlights or emergency signals
Heat and rains increase risk of disease as Myanmar earthquake death toll continues to rise
Risk worsened by damage to about half of healthcare facilities in affected areas
Amazon security expert claims terrorist plot to blow up data centre
Louth-based whistleblower believes he was dismissed for highlighting security shortfalls
UN report calls for action to avoid AI divide
Previous technology advances hit blue collar industries while AI poses risk to knowledge-intensive sectors
Window to find Myanmar earthquake survivors is closing, UN warns
Aid groups describe scenes of desperation as death toll continues to climb
‘Wherever I looked I saw collapsed buildings’: Myanmar quake rescuers and medics struggle with size of task
Rescue teams battle against supply shortages, power outages, connection disruptions and broken roads as UN warns of lack of medical supplies
Israel flouting international law with forced evacuations in Gaza, UN says
Israel is not taking measures to provide accommodation for the evacuees, nor ensuring the evacuations are conducted in satisfactory conditions, UN says
Myanmar earthquake: At least 140 killed, hundreds injured with at least nine dead in Thailand
Social media posts from Mandalay showed collapsed buildings and debris strewn across streets
‘You could die trying to reach this treatment’: how Israel’s war on Hizbullah has shattered healthcare in south Lebanon
With a fragile ceasefire in place, medics look to repair hospitals and care centres to get services running again
Trump policy decisions to have big impact on overseas aid and global climate agenda
Irish political leaders and officials facing busy 2025 in optimising influence and shaping opinion
Ukraine and Russia agree to US-brokered truce in Black Sea
Warring neighbours say absence of mutual trust makes US role vital to upholding deal
Six killed as Israel hits back at Lebanon after rocket attack
Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon are ‘safe’, Tánaiste Simon Harris says amid escalation in violence
Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2bn people, says UN
Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis
Ireland could financially punish Israel without Occupied Territories Bill, says UN special rapporteur
Ireland is one of few European countries to take action against Israel but more is needed, Francesca Albanese says
Sobering consequences of rapidly declining birth rates
World sleepwalking towards social upheaval sparked by extended period of falling births, unless urgent action taken
Earth saw ‘spiralling weather and climate impacts’ in 2024, WMO report finds
Some consequences will be ‘irreversible over hundreds, if not thousands of years’, says UN agency
Nobody should be mocked or lampooned for decrying the consequences of the new arms race
The Irish approach to foreign policy should not be to exaggerate our purity or indulge dictators, but neither should we parrot criticisms of our neutrality from miliary aligned states
Almost 200 die in Syria as loyalists of deposed Assad regime clash with government forces
Violence deals blow to interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s rule of shattered country
UN releases emergency aid reserves after ‘brutal’ cuts from donors
UN-AID/USA-TRUMP (PIX):UN releases emergency aid reserves after 'brutal' cuts from donors
Arab League had no choice but to find alternative to Trump’s proposal to resettle 2.3m Gazans in Egypt and Jordan
Long criticised for disunity, the bloc now has a $53bn plan to rebuild Gaza Strip, boost its economy and replace Hamas
Law change allows for deployment of Irish special forces to Kyiv
Cabinet approves plans to amend legislation so only Government and Dáil approval is required to send more than 12 peacekeepers overseas
The Irish Times view on the end of the triple lock: reflecting a new reality
Ominous signs that the transatlantic security order is coming to an end, mean Ireland is faced with new questions
UN calls for stronger measures to combat intimidation of migrants by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland
Committee highlights particular concerns around segregation and access to adequate housing
How did the ‘triple lock’ on Irish troop deployments come into being - and why is it ending?
Government has argued the mechanism has hamstrung Irish military deployment overseas
How Donald Trump ripped up US climate action plans
At a Time of Climate Crisis: The US president has been making false and misleading claims on wind energy for nearly a decade
Neutrality fight beckons over proposal to modify ‘triple lock’ on overseas troop deployments
Tánaiste wants to scrap need for UN approval before Irish military can be sent abroad on peacekeeping missions
‘Zelenskiy had to stand up for himself, for Ukraine and the truth’: Ukrainians now look to Europe after White House chaos
Some Ukrainians say Zelenskiy should not have become frustrated in Oval Office, others think he was intentionally goaded
‘We’ve become used to being betrayed’: US aid cuts affect camps for people accused of Isis affiliation
Trump spending freeze threatens security arrangements and could make it harder to stop resurgence of Islamic State
Last-minute deal agreed at global biodiversity summit
Resumed UN Cop16 negotiations in Rome end with fragile accord but critics warn pact falls short on curbing nature loss
Prosecuting the Powerful: War Crimes and the Battle for Justice by Steve Crawshaw - when impunity cannot be tolerated
Book review: Steve Crawshaw looks at the historical development of international justice and the various challenges and crises it has faced, and continues to face
‘Defending our bodies and land’: Why the fight to protect the environment is a matter of life and death in Honduras
Increasing violence and US aid freeze leaves indigenous communities in Honduras vulnerable
What does the US siding with Russia mean for Irish neutrality?
In the new world order, where the US sides with Russia, Ireland no longer has the luxury of teetering between political and military neutrality
Letters to the Editor, February 26th: Neutrality and a changing world; Shamrock diplomacy; Hassan Nasrallah and human rights
Instead of joining a future military alliance, there should be a referendum to enshrine neutrality into the Constitution
‘You are not alone’: Dozens of countries offer support to Ukraine
Message comes day after UN Security Council adopts neutral stance on conflict
Russia rejects Trump claim that it would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine
China and Russia back US resolution calling for end to war without assigning blame
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