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The Government has never had it so good but that hasn’t gone unnoticed in Washington

Arab countries called for end to hostilities in Syria and said they would support the transitional government

Second coming has swept a torrent of new doubts and insecurities through newsrooms

Europeans are afraid of the future, saving for the rainy day, while America has overtaken all the major advanced economies of the EU

Tom Perriello says splitting nation apart would be a disaster for Sudanese people and regional stability

Orlaith and Ciaran Staunton founded programme following death of their son Rory in 2012, days after contracting the illness

Invitation comes as Beijing braces for escalation in trade war

Comments come as Israeli military claims air strike that killed 13 was done to prevent Hamas hijacking aid shipment in south of enclave

Many factors beyond material living standards, including increased leisure time, contribute to quality of life

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Sam Kavanagh (30), of Tralee, Co Kerry, was arrested after US authorities alerted gardaí to his activities

TD, who will now sit as an independent when Dáil resumes, says shares were not sold earlier due to ‘administrative barriers’

Luigi Mangione was arrested in a Pennsylvania fast-food restaurant five days after Brian Thompson was killed in Manhattan

As US detectives began to piece together the suspect’s history, one line of inquiry was the chronic back problems he appears to have suffered since childhood

Israel denies troops are advancing on Damascus despite acknowledging some had taken up positions outside demilitarised zone

Conflict started 13 years ago during Arab Spring and escalated to involve opposition groups, extremists and world powers

Quake could be felt more than 400km away in San Francisco from where it originated near town of Ferndale in north of state

Chief executive of UnitedHealthcare was killed in front of a Manhattan hotel in ‘pre-planned, targeted attack’

A man wearing a mask approached Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel and fired at him repeatedly, police say

UK-led Operation Destabilise investigation confirms Irish gang’s links to organised crime in Russia

Pressure grows on president Yoon Suk Yeol to leave office after his failed attempt to impose martial law

Move comes after US president-elect’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in May but prior to sentencing

Troops attempted to enter parliament building in Seoul following move by Yoon Suk Yeol against domestic political opponents

Thanksgiving pardon comes in advance of sentencing of president’s son for illegal possession of handgun and tax evasion

Donald Trump profitably chatted to influential figure with broad church audience just days before the vote when Kamala Harris failed to seize the opportunity

Europe’s bloated governments need the tech entrepreneur’s efficiency revolution much more than Washington does

Major building companies and subcontractors in New York and New Jersey among biggest donors to Friends of Sinn Féin

Fighting continued on Sunday, with Hizbullah firing 250 rockets into Israel, while Israel struck targets near Beirut

Canadian authorities are preparing for a surge in migrants crossing from the US, while allies of the incoming US president have raised alarm over a recent spike in migrants coming in from Canada

By elevating men accused of sexual misconduct to key roles, incoming US president Donald Trump has delivered a searing affront to women

The JFK assassination site remains preserved as if in a time warp, as polarisation and heightened political tensions are again to the fore in the United States

Trump's initial nominee for AG withdraws following further controversy, while his pick for defence secretary Pete Hegseth counters allegation of sexual assault

Russian president suggests missile similar to that used against Ukrainian city of Dnipro could be used to hit Kyiv allies that gave permission to use weapons they supplied against targets in Russia

Netanyahu says Israel ‘utterly rejects’ the accusations against it by the ICC ’which is a biased and discriminatory political body’

Document on three-year sex-trafficking investigation shows thousands of dollars in payments linked to drug-fuelled sex parties, according to testimony

Israeli strikes kill 15 in Palestinian enclave as hospital in north of region makes distress call

Inquiry should have sufficiently wide terms of reference and should facilitate panel of judges with human rights law experience, Finucane family believes

Howard Lutnick has said it is ‘nonsense that Ireland of all places runs a trade surplus at our expense’

Israel obstructing aid shipments desperately needed by Palestinian civilians in Gaza, says US senators

Some 47 pro-democracy activists charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under Beijing-imposed national security law