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Trump’s nominee for attorney general says naming and shaming president’s enemies is a legitimate end in itself

Progamme will involve a spacecraft docking demonstration ​in Earth’s ⁠orbit ⁠next ​year, ahead ‌of a ⁠planned 2028 moon landing

US president said Washington could not allow such an event to go unanswered

Israeli prime minister opted for escalation despite US calls for restraint as election pressures mount

In rainy Wisconsin, the US president literally leaves the barn after being pressed on Iran, January 6th and the California elections

From cancelled novels to legal fines, the scale of blunders only halfway through the year suggests the opposite

Tehran last week said any Israeli attack on Beirut would be a violation of US-Iran ceasefire and draw an Iranian attack on Israel

Fresh exchange of fire in the Gulf tests fragile ceasefire as conflict enters its 100th day

Victims range in age from 14 to 61 with two of the wounded in a critical condition, police say

Ultimately Whistler itself is a testament to the transformative power of storytelling

Third person in Blanchardstown queue to win ‘chicken for life’ admits he’s never tried the famed US offering

It comes after European states refused to back the US preferred candidate for new High Representative for the international community

Iran says it targeted ‘enemy bases’ in Gulf following US strikes on Sirik and Qeshm Island

World Cup chief operating officer says hard-sided resealable water containers could pose ‘safety and security risk’

A record 48 teams will play across US, Canada and Mexico for sport’s most prestigious prize

President’s mental and physical health under hawkish scrutiny as ‘third-term’ talk abates

Fifa’s spivs and charlatans know that no matter what they do to the tournament, they’ll always be able to weaponise our addiction to it

UN warns standoff is pushing millions closer to hunger

A 41-year-old who ‘has had his share of problems’ looks set to win the Democratic nomination to run for the US Senate in Maine, a key battleground in November’s midterms

Peyvand Naimi, a member of the Bahá’í faith, was detained without charge in January

Vote blocks president from carrying out more strikes in Middle East without congressional approval

Roman emperors used bread and circuses to distract people. Trump prefers cages and crypto

Donald Trump is demanding an end to Tehran’s nuclear programme

Four-party coalition led by Mette Frederiksen will also eliminate income tax bands for highest earners

Money would have compensated political allies for being targeted by justice system under Biden administration

On a night when six states held primary elections, Iowa set the stage for a fascinating campaign ahead

Many in Washington blame the Israeli leader for dragging the US into a costly war that has failed to achieve any of its aims

In the island’s second-biggest city, Santiago de Cuba, gas and electricity are in very short supply in apartment blocks built to showcase the revolution’s promise four decades ago

Beijing sent no high-level political representation to the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s leading defence and security summit

As the White House prepares for a UFC spectacle, the capital’s grandest vista is swallowed by dust, noise and the president’s restless appetite for building

Motion seeks to suppress statements made by Olympian after car crash on January 13th

Present politics seem to explain the discordant interpretations being placed upon the US brief foundational statement

An average ‌of 11 children have been killed every ​24 hours in Lebanon, according to the UN children’s agency

Rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin exploded during engine-firing test

Trump-backed candidate Ken Paxton crushes rival in the Republican primary and now targets Democrats’ ‘most extreme radical ever’

New posts threaded with scepticism, anxiety and anger after 88-day blackout

State television report cites unofficial draft of framework deal between Washington and Tehran

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Despite $17bn in pledges, organisation is stuck in limbo with no money flowing to projects in Gaza

Book of evidence served on 54-year-old Michael Kelley, who lived and worked on deceased Co Kerry man’s farm