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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

Former state attorney general Ken Paxton ends four-decade political career of senator John Cornyn in party run-off vote

Plans to create a semi-permanent infrastructure for early habitation by 2032

US president’s demand was met with silence on a recent conference call with Middle East leaders

The war with Iran and an inflation crisis is turning the ground beneath the US president into quicksand

Sergei Lavrov tells Marco Rubio that Washington should evacuate its embassy because Moscow is planning ‘systematic strikes’

Will we have to wait until Trump leaves the Oval Office, or will wise minds step in?

Netanyahu faces growing criticism as US advances talks that may sideline Israeli security concerns

Truce extension would see Strait of Hormuz reopened

Emerging details of accord suggest several main points of contention yet to be addressed in negotiations between Tehran and Washington

His grip over Republican lawmakers is beginning to slip after proposing deeply unpopular spending items, prompting unusual revolt from Senate

Officers returned fire and hit the suspect – named as Nasire Best (21), who later died in hospital

News agency close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps suggests Strait of Hormuz would remain under Iranian control, a US red line

Sun-dried cow-dung cakes had largely disappeared – but rising gas prices are driving a comeback

She is the fourth cabinet official to depart during Trump’s second term

Iran has threatened to impose tolls on shipping, while US demands that Iran hand over its highly enriched uranium may be deferred

Markets optimistic about signs of progress in US-Iran peace talks

US president’s stream of fake imagery on Truth Social is reshaping the boundaries of political communication