<?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>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:35:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Iran seizes ships in Strait of Hormuz ahead of possible new peace talks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/22/iran-seizes-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz-ahead-of-potential-start-of-new-peace-talks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/22/iran-seizes-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz-ahead-of-potential-start-of-new-peace-talks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon kill journalist and wound photographer as rescue efforts hampered]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:41:29 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2BHEB2UAGMSKZN4X33VQFCY27A.jpg?auth=a0f5c1fc4898bd2981738f8590e2bb454767adb0bc019e51d1e66da19c4152f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A second round of US-Iran talks could take place as early as Friday, according Trump and Pakistani officials. Photograph: Stringer/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Iran Seeks To Assert Control Over Strait Of Hormuz Despite Cease-Fire Extension]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Getty Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran says reopening Strait of Hormuz ‘impossible’ due to US ‘breaches’ of ceasefire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/22/trump-claims-iran-is-collapsing-financially-ceasefire-extended-but-talks-put-on-hold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/22/trump-claims-iran-is-collapsing-financially-ceasefire-extended-but-talks-put-on-hold/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Murphy, Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Second round of peace talks could take place within the next three days, Trump reportedly says]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SSP5YJWIVELOCMS5F5C4DNZYWQ.jpg?auth=7269b30040be05c2c8e65ee1938d27df9bc4939c5079f85f81bd2221ed2f443e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A woman walks past a mural in Tehran. Iran seized two cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[TOPSHOT-IRAN-ISRAEL-US-WAR]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Atta Kenare</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli attacks in south Lebanon strain ceasefire ahead of fresh Washington talks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/22/israeli-attacks-in-south-lebanon-strain-ceasefire-ahead-of-fresh-washington-talks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/22/israeli-attacks-in-south-lebanon-strain-ceasefire-ahead-of-fresh-washington-talks/</guid><description><![CDATA[Beirut to seek extension of 10-day truce which emerged separately from US efforts to resolve conflict with Iran]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:21:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCMGK5ZPAPRXWC5YTSR6LR52F4.jpg?auth=d9e7ef3b3fa5c914d3d2115ba7eb283bc67db18bfd57873cd4a3acae08d02747&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Abbas Safa, the owner of a pastry shop that was damaged by shelling before the ceasefire, carries a table with his son in Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Wednesday. Photograph: Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Abbas Safa, the owner of a pastry shop that was damaged by shelling before the ceasefire, carries a table with his son in Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.  (Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Diego Ibarra Sanchez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over former Philippine president, judges rule]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/22/international-criminal-court-has-jurisdiction-over-former-philippine-president-judges-rule/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/22/international-criminal-court-has-jurisdiction-over-former-philippine-president-judges-rule/</guid><description><![CDATA[Prosecutors say Rodrigo Duterte (81) created and armed death squads to kill suspected narcotics peddlers and users while in power]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:12:44 +0000</pubDate><category>Asia-Pacific</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CWJQDTBKA7FXFVAF3DCXH63PIA.jpg?auth=df1929e2248175d048ff6f583eef3d3d7a7b1683cdf4d68ffe2ec93704b02d9a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in 2025 on a warrant from the International Criminal Court accusing him of crimes against humanity. Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Philippines Duterte]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aaron Favila</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Redistribution of jet fuel among EU member states under consideration]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/22/redistribution-of-jet-fuel-among-eu-member-states-under-consideration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/22/redistribution-of-jet-fuel-among-eu-member-states-under-consideration/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Ainger and Ewa Krukowska]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Commission proposes cutting energy taxes in response to crisis driven by Iran war]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:15:31 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NX7YLSTIUIQYB64TG45TH75C7Q.jpg?auth=998089e9acb5121082d8af1366c19824c340848ce8b00680f09f070860a1226b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[European commissioner for energy Dan Jorgensen and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[European Commission College meeting, Brussels, Belgium - 22 Apr 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olivier Hoslet</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Donnyland’: Ukraine proposes renaming part of the Donbas in Trump’s honour]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/22/donnyland-ukraine-proposes-renaming-part-of-the-donbas-in-trumps-honour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/22/donnyland-ukraine-proposes-renaming-part-of-the-donbas-in-trumps-honour/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anton Troianovski, Andrew E. Kramer]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Proposal reflects a global reality in which governments appeal to US president’s vanity to get American might on their side]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E6W5JM352MMEB63OLA3LRU3HVU.jpg?auth=dad10c73f9869ae8b4d04ae894e311ffd8cd5b7c73a87bd3686d348925711cbc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anti-drone netting hangs over a road in Izium, in Ukraine’s Donbas region. Photograph: Lynsey Addario/New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Anti-drone netting hangs over a road in Izyum,  in UkraineÕs Donbas region, on Jan. 29, 2026. (Lynsey Addario/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lynsey Addario</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the EU’s €90bn loan to Ukraine will work]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/22/how-the-eus-90bn-loan-to-ukraine-will-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/22/how-the-eus-90bn-loan-to-ukraine-will-work/</guid><description><![CDATA[Financial support for Kyiv to be revived following removal of Hungarian block]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:03:23 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DXBHXX24BJDPJARBUI52GSAGTM.jpg?auth=ce3db727a0da326864ee41493015a6be5b02c530a3e2a848601927303007be58&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joint EU borrowing against the EU budget seemed initially impossible as it required ‌unanimity and faced opposition from ⁠Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, who has since lost a general election. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Viktor Orban Campaigns In Szekesfehervar Ahead Of Parliamentary Elections]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sean Gallup</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keir Starmer’s Cork-born adviser Morgan McSweeney to be questioned by MPs over Mandelson appointment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/22/keir-starmers-cork-born-adviser-morgan-mcsweeney-to-be-questioned-by-mps-over-mandelson-appointment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/22/keir-starmers-cork-born-adviser-morgan-mcsweeney-to-be-questioned-by-mps-over-mandelson-appointment/</guid><description><![CDATA[McSweeney quit his role in February, saying he took ‘full responsibility’ for advising prime minister to appoint Mandelson]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:33:18 +0000</pubDate><category>UK</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FLRNNTO7HNDTXI7DSXJURBZ4XE.jpg?auth=b8f0e8a8b6de48e178e4d3dbe1eeeca48ef41613f80d1b6f4599a2116eafc3ab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Morgan McSweeney, the British prime minister’s former Cork-born chief of staff, has been summoned before the UK parliament’s foreign affairs select committee. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[UK Daily Politics 2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Leon Neal</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU provisionally approves €90bn loan to Ukraine and new Moscow sanctions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/22/eu-gives-provisional-approval-to-90-kyiv-loan-and-new-moscow-sanctions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/22/eu-gives-provisional-approval-to-90-kyiv-loan-and-new-moscow-sanctions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Henley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hungary lifts aid veto after Russian oil flows resume through Druzhba pipeline ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:55:26 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6YYKEFYGKCBYG5QA2RTH2PWKI.jpg?auth=3cab479b2d306291e6326fc3fbf3665f87034fab7df43b930942c9fb94850a31&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Peter Magyar, leader of the ‌election-winning Tisza party in Hungary, has said he will no longer block EU funds ​for Kyiv. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[HUNGARY-POLITICS-VOTE-PARTIES-TISZA]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Attila Kisbenedek</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in the Faslane peace camp: Veteran protesters return to site at UK nuclear-armed base]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/22/life-in-the-faslane-peace-camp-veteran-protesters-return-to-site-at-uk-nuclear-armed-base/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/22/life-in-the-faslane-peace-camp-veteran-protesters-return-to-site-at-uk-nuclear-armed-base/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Britain’s creaking armed forces spur worries about war readiness as its armed submarines patrol northern seas]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:03:44 +0000</pubDate><category>UK</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TSFLHAQEMPA5KW5QO7K4NI5KPQ.jpg?auth=fb8dfe16f40304558936d8623147d81354223245ee92773345af102702e02120&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A nuclear submarine in the dock at the Clyde naval base in Scotland, the home of the UK Submarine Service at Faslane. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Middle East conflict]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jane Barlow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Condom prices could rise 30% due to Iran war, says world’s top producer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/22/condom-prices-could-rise-30-due-to-iran-war-says-worlds-top-producer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/22/condom-prices-could-rise-30-due-to-iran-war-says-worlds-top-producer/</guid><description><![CDATA[Karex produces more than 5 billion condoms annually and is a supplier to leading brands like Durex and Trojan]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:36:33 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/67KUR2F4KNB4PHLVZHK4JPXZ7U.jpg?auth=af7f4dcd3aaa0d7c32ff83a14517a4c3bdebd0fac5689a0430c5831dd09c3a38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Karen chief executive: 'The situation is definitely very fragile, prices ​are expensive'. Photograph: Peter Dazeley via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Condom packaging]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Dazeley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s ‘one-man WhatsApp group’ diplomacy derailing Iran peace talks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/22/trumps-one-man-whatsapp-group-diplomacy-derailing-iran-peace-talks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/22/trumps-one-man-whatsapp-group-diplomacy-derailing-iran-peace-talks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Wintour ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president’s contradictory statements only make Tehran more wary of anything but the most watertight deal]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:24:07 +0000</pubDate><category>World</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MROHVQO7YNBX7E7LA3IEKMLNO4.jpg?auth=719d080bfa9df72aa3c1c8e29e0e9e60754c00555f587302db0613b1c4438507&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the weekend, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said of Trump: 'He talks too much'. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[President Trump Meets With His Cabinet At The White House]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chip Somodevilla</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI director Kash Patel defends his behaviour after sensational magazine reporting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/22/fbi-director-kash-patel-defends-his-behaviour-after-sensational-magazine-reporting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/22/fbi-director-kash-patel-defends-his-behaviour-after-sensational-magazine-reporting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Director’s response overshadows announcement of federal fraud charges against civil rights organisation accused of giving money to extreme groups including the Ku Klux Klan]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:19:52 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5Z2NUTPNL445M6264NWAZE34KI.jpg?auth=40aa4bcf41401b063f12b1d0c29bd0f6f318612936ed85fb1dd3777097f8c1a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[FBI director Kash Patel speaking at the department of justice in Washington on Tuesday, with US acting attorney general Todd Blanche in the background. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[US-POLITICS-DOJ-FBI]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mandel Ngan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace deal is possible between US and Iran]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/22/peace-deal-is-possible-between-us-and-iran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/22/peace-deal-is-possible-between-us-and-iran/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many issues remain to be resolved but a framework for agreement could be reached if talks resume in Islamabad this week ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:08:50 +0000</pubDate><category>World</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EMJELUTCYPLEC6WWKI3V2KFS6I.jpg?auth=d9e4d249fb95f64a8414f0922187e923f65b0cad5526c9bff9a4e4d077169106&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Pakistani police officer stands guard on Wednesday at a closed road leading to the hotel in Islamabad where it is hoped another round of talks between US and Iranian negotiators will take place. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[PAKISTAN-IRAN-US-ISRAEL-DIPLOMACY]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aamir Qureshi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to understand small-town Britain, read its village noticeboards]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/22/if-you-want-to-understand-small-town-britain-read-its-village-noticeboards/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/22/if-you-want-to-understand-small-town-britain-read-its-village-noticeboards/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Community news can tell a lot about British hopes – and fears]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>UK</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XDBGZ6VUZFAIRJPCHLILSRSFSU.jpg?auth=f73af749991d576cd61613a0ac8bec8dd0b8da6a093d203fd104bb1264b6b3ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Paul Columnist Photo]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Mark Paul Columnist Photo]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran dismisses US ‘ploy’ after Donald Trump extends ceasefire ‘indefinitely’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/21/iran-dismisses-us-ploy-after-donald-trump-extends-ceasefire-indefinitely/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/21/iran-dismisses-us-ploy-after-donald-trump-extends-ceasefire-indefinitely/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But United States military blockades of Strait of Hormuz to remain]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:15:19 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SFRLJE6IVDSZT7RCP3KHKHIAPI.jpg?auth=e86ef4dffd875ec8774771aac0846cd061fe4087f6ced019806e158d1daee401&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on display in a park in northern Tehran. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Daily life in Tehran amid continued Hormuz blockade, Iran Islamic Republic Of - 16 Apr 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Abedin Taherkenareh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump says he will extend ceasefire with Iran and continue blockade]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/21/us-iran-war-ceasefire-israel-lebanon-donald-trump-strait-of-hormuz-oil-prices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/21/us-iran-war-ceasefire-israel-lebanon-donald-trump-strait-of-hormuz-oil-prices/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns, Katie Mellett, Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump says US will resume attacks on Iran if deal is not struck with Tehran soon]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:27:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VPX5CXJK4UCDH7F6SW35OON2VY.jpg?auth=8c93472e53688526c0c5de2fc90a6263d715f041955b82c61aabaaa8d3f53e33&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump says he will extend the ceasefire with Iran. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-TRUMP]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jim Watson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump says US likely to resume bombing Iran as ceasefire nears end]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/21/trump-says-us-likely-to-resume-bombing-iran-as-ceasefire-nears-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/21/trump-says-us-likely-to-resume-bombing-iran-as-ceasefire-nears-end/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Gedeon in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president rejects extending truce as Tehran warns of response and negotiators head to Islamabad]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:30:40 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RASHF3IXCUYKOX7B26OHPX6P5I.jpg?auth=5631466ffecb504b864b9c8e4000c06f1119fdbab9a83c8a3123ca6651265e9b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iranians walk past an anti-US and Israel mural in Tehran. 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Photograph: Erich Martin/The New York Times                    ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A makeshift memorial of flowers left on the police perimeter of a shooting that killed two people and injured others on the Florida State University campus, April 17, 2025. 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