<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/feed-world/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:17:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Israel and Iran halt their most direct confrontation since April]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/08/israel-and-iran-end-latest-outbreak-of-fighting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/08/israel-and-iran-end-latest-outbreak-of-fighting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Hayden]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump intervenes after both sides exchange strikes]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:22:44 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3S4RGEMTVU7CFU6E7I2GCJIIIE.jpg?auth=599d6ff56fb0bd528ef7e653bac8856a40f9de6af78daeb7b82062295dbd588e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israeli settlers use a tractor to haul away a large section of a downed Iranian missile on the outskirts of Jericho in the West Bank on Monday. 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Photograph: Mohammed Al Rifai/EPA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Iranian ballistic missile lands in the Damascus countryside, Syria - 08 Jun 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mohammed Al Rifai</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ‘miraculous transformation’: how Kim Jong-un fortified North Korea ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/06/08/a-miraculous-transformation-how-kim-jong-un-fortified-north-korea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/06/08/a-miraculous-transformation-how-kim-jong-un-fortified-north-korea/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Choe Sang-Hun]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kim Jong-un used the pandemic to ruthlessly tighten his grip on the country. Then he energised its economy by leveraging Russia’s war in Ukraine]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:58:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JRK7SSWFEVS3T7F6QQFVIU4R2Q.jpg?auth=d76f50cdc21bad76659113cfff939b2c47c821da5408c62c354a780395f23ad9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrives at a national flag-raising and oath-taking ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the country's founding in Pyongyang, North Korea, last year. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[North Korea marks 77th founding anniversary with national ceremony, Pyongyang - 10 Sep 2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kcna</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerful earthquake in southern Philippines leaves at least 32 dead ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/06/08/strong-earthquake-strikes-southern-philippines-with-tsunami-warnings-issued/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/06/08/strong-earthquake-strikes-southern-philippines-with-tsunami-warnings-issued/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha May]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[People told to prepare for waves of up to three metres in parts of the Philippines, with smaller waves possible in Indonesia and Malaysia]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:38:02 +0000</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AUKOAT2UERBGKF7CIJOSMZMZSA.jpg?auth=058deb8f0ef922794b64de434ff8cef4f792ebc0e9d2839362e98045e4c7953e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A collapsed restaurant in General Santos City after an 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines. Photograph: Edwin Espejo / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[TOPSHOT-PHILIPPINES-EARTHQUAKE]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Edwin Espejo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Leo tells Spanish parliament migrants must be respected]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/08/pope-leo-tells-spanish-parliament-migrants-must-be-respected/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/08/pope-leo-tells-spanish-parliament-migrants-must-be-respected/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Hedgecoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Weeklong visit includes trip to meet migrants in Canary Islands]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:47:08 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7CGJSTVJR7DM6SSY2KAQDUXLBI.jpg?auth=a29206d017dc1a03ba26d3c6d1c2cde87cb3b4d71f29fe99d78876d2cbd7fc5d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pope Leo delivers a speech during a joint session of the Spanish parliament in Madrid. Photograph: Yara Nardi/Pool/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[SPAIN-VATICAN-DIPLOMACY-RELIGION-POPE-PARLIAMENT]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yara Nardi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Armenia’s pro-Europe party wins election and confirms move away from Russia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/08/armenias-pro-europe-party-wins-election-and-confirms-move-away-from-russia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/08/armenias-pro-europe-party-wins-election-and-confirms-move-away-from-russia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pjotr Sauer in Yerevan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Result strengthens PM Nikol Pashinyan’s drive for deeper integration with Europe despite warnings from Moscow]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:39:34 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PXEU6WV4XLWF5R6ITLTMHJAMEY.jpg?auth=351ada0aac338a8964e541aa47b1a7cccbe279e67c19dba9654089ad161ba7eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan holds a press conference following the parliamentary election in Yerevan on June 8th, 2026. Photograph: Karen Minasyan/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[ARMENIA-VOTE-PARLIAMENT]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Karen Minasyan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Netanyahu defied Trump’s orders and retaliated against Iran]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/08/why-netanyahu-defied-trumps-orders-and-retaliated-against-iran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/08/why-netanyahu-defied-trumps-orders-and-retaliated-against-iran/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Israeli prime minister opted for escalation despite US calls for restraint as election pressures mount]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:19:36 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CO4J7PIF46XML5EV33KDYESDKA.jpg?auth=aab0503db13194564049f934a92409b95810b44dd5401e89b2de8bbb6ff618b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US president Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, last year. Photograph: Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, left, and President Donald Trump shake hands during a joint news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tierney L. Cross</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI spying tools unnerve Putin as surveillance risks mount]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/08/ai-spying-tools-unnerve-putin-as-surveillance-risks-mount/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/08/ai-spying-tools-unnerve-putin-as-surveillance-risks-mount/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehul Srivastava in London , Christopher Miller in Kyiv]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Russia shut down the system protecting Putin after the Iran war exposed how AI can be used to target enemies]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>World</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5PZGQDUTDPJB2TT7TDR5NIEHUI.jpg?auth=5a114ed8a93c6894c267f1cf89e00c3f1d34fb23a2e6ed161c7b35800700aa4e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russian president Vladimir Putin chairing a government meeting via a video link in Moscow. Photograph: Gavriil Grigorov/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[RUSSIA-POLITICS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gavriil Grigorov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’ve had enough’: Donald Trump walks out of stormy interview]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/08/ive-had-enough-donald-trump-walks-out-of-stormy-interview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/08/ive-had-enough-donald-trump-walks-out-of-stormy-interview/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In rainy Wisconsin, the US president literally leaves the barn after being pressed on Iran, January 6th and the California elections]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:27:00 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q4CUC26VDRDARH6VCFSJ6JCDR4.jpg?auth=c1ad7cc0b28fe165b8e4855089e40a65d87aa20335d7c7bdcf89f40a5c7703f7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump interviewed by NBC's Kristen Welker on Sunday's Meet The Press. Photograph: NBC]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Kristen Welker]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong-un]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/08/why-xi-jinping-is-meeting-kim-jong-un-in-pyongyang/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/08/why-xi-jinping-is-meeting-kim-jong-un-in-pyongyang/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Global Briefing: The visit has implications for the future of the Korean peninsula and the whole of east Asia]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:37:52 +0000</pubDate><category>World</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OGBOXGJPD5LMT7MQ3G2MJZLXEQ.jpg?auth=b7bd8256aee0adc72355fce6eca350437df71abaf46a6564124b41f079299e84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) shakes hands with Chinese president Xi Jinping during a previous visit to Beijing. Photograph: KCNA/Reuters]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN agency chief warns of coming food crisis due to Iran war]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/08/un-agency-chief-warns-of-coming-food-crisis-due-to-iran-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/08/un-agency-chief-warns-of-coming-food-crisis-due-to-iran-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Price shock to fuel and fertiliser is leading farmers around the world to delay planting, says Ifad chief]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FTSEFZ7NSND3FJEY5HAEZXXHKE.jpg?auth=0ebd9b331a4dfb6900a10c2f3f527ab459f92df7aac584981ff34722c193496d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alvaro Lario: "Hunger is driving conflict and conflict is driving hunger. So, there’s a vicious circle that’s very clear." Photograph: Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images for Global Citizen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pablo Cuadra</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine injured in shooting near England’s World Cup base in Kansas City]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/07/nine-injured-in-shooting-near-englands-world-cup-base-in-kansas-city-say-reports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/07/nine-injured-in-shooting-near-englands-world-cup-base-in-kansas-city-say-reports/</guid><description><![CDATA[Team were not at hotel when incident occurred on Saturday, having been preparing for New Zealand friendly in Florida]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:40:49 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HSZOK56CTVADFCTH6GQASXOUKA.jpg?auth=e678faf1ba88eff92d0d217ec02f84adf72ee8646f485fa2c059b314d06a005d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Several people have been wounded in a shooting near England’s World Cup base in Kansas City, according to reports. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Kansas City, Missouri, USA Downtown City Skyline]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sean Pavone</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European allies and Zelenskiy urge ‘immediate’ ceasefire with Ukraine after meeting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/07/european-allies-and-zelenskiy-urge-immediate-ceasefire-with-ukraine-after-meeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/07/european-allies-and-zelenskiy-urge-immediate-ceasefire-with-ukraine-after-meeting/</guid><description><![CDATA[Leaders condemn Russia’s large-scale missile and drone attacks  on Ukrainian cities ‘with a tragic toll on civilians’]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:48:16 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TPKVUGYDX2LJ2JWF6UWBKKGOXA.jpg?auth=fb80379a20223e677ec9d5261a769fa64ce20203360f9d64ac3d264b729de52b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[From left are Germany's chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Britain's prime minister Keir Starmer and France's president Emmanuel Macron outside No 10 Downing Street on Sunday night after their meeting on the war in Ukraine. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[BRITAIN-UKRAINE-FRANCE-RUSSIA-GERMANY-CONFLICT-DIPLOMACY]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Henry Nicholls</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran launches missiles at Israel in first such bombardment since April ceasefire ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/07/iran-vows-painful-response-after-israel-strikes-beiruts-southern-suburbs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/07/iran-vows-painful-response-after-israel-strikes-beiruts-southern-suburbs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Christou in Beirut, Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tehran last week said any Israeli attack on Beirut would be a violation of US-Iran ceasefire and draw an Iranian attack on Israel]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:21:36 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WIEBIKWZLL3GP6JYFITM5KGICU.jpg?auth=76f1c527205916f5fdbb617a2fde24c09b461bcf25e1a309e082335e805face0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israeli air defence systems fire to intercept missiles launched from Iran on Sunday evening, as seen from Hadera, northern Israel. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Israel Iran War]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ariel Schalit</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zelenskiy asked Roman Abramovich to convey message to Putin about peace talks – reports]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/07/zelenskiy-asked-roman-abramovich-to-convey-message-to-putin-about-peace-talks-reports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/07/zelenskiy-asked-roman-abramovich-to-convey-message-to-putin-about-peace-talks-reports/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ukrainian president reportedly asked the former Chelsea FC owner to pass on a message to Vladimir Putin]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZCNHYQE5U5IFFS5GYI5UUL4J3Y.jpg?auth=453db3993d4920ac5e282100e94e56148473911bba5ef73b1bdbff239bc6742a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Roman Abramovich has helped to mediate talks between Russia and Ukraine since the early weeks of the war in 2022. Photograph: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[TURKEY-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-UN-DIPLOMACY-AGRICULTURE-CONFLICT-WAR]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ozan Kose</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe was more interesting than the myth]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/07/marilyn-monroe-was-more-interesting-than-the-myth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/07/marilyn-monroe-was-more-interesting-than-the-myth/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maureen Dowd]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A century after her birth, the world is still celebrating Marilyn. Her strange combination of luminosity and vulnerability made her immortal]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GHEXJXJCHBAVHHK2SA7D56B62E.jpg?auth=5641a148fcd6b84862b8d4cb24cf5b5d7bea96dc4bdb518d857ffbb959038f70&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe. Photograph: Murray Garrett/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">M. Garrett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Leo calls on leaders to reject polarisation as he begins Spanish tour ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/07/pope-leo-calls-on-leaders-to-reject-polarisation-as-he-begins-spanish-tour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/07/pope-leo-calls-on-leaders-to-reject-polarisation-as-he-begins-spanish-tour/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Christou]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pontiff is also due to meet survivors of sexual abuse by clergy in the Spanish Catholic church]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:24:32 +0000</pubDate><category>World</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CASYTUVVOLYXQENOTK2AYEAO6Y.jpg?auth=1a268dcbc7c2dc225671b9f4a42fd1525acdc0989ebd046ddcf508798492afab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Madrid to greet Pope Leo. 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Photograph: Javier Sorian/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[SPAIN-VATICAN-DIPLOMACY-RELIGION-POPE]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Javier Soriano</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US shoots down two Iranian drones over Strait of Hormuz]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/07/us-shoots-down-iranian-drones-threatening-strait-of-hormuz-shipping/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/07/us-shoots-down-iranian-drones-threatening-strait-of-hormuz-shipping/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fresh exchange of fire in the Gulf tests fragile ceasefire as conflict enters its 100th day]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:51:59 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I5UO6OV3MCESXHA6LN23IJJ4YY.jpg?auth=c8c3feb39a0223be0eb6ef545e32adf1cfcb88b2dba5f0153403922589d7f6a7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US forces said they shot down two Iranian attack drones that threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. 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