<?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>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:49:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Hegseth tells US allies ‘time for free-riding is over’; Iran warns of ‘eye for an eye’ strategy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/24/us-iran-war-live-updates-israel-lebanon-trump/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/24/us-iran-war-live-updates-israel-lebanon-trump/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan, Ronan McGreevy, Glen Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[IDF and Hizbullah accuse each other of violating Israel-Lebanon ceasefire which Trump says will be extended]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7M3R5ASKMNMWNN7IOYB4SEXUG4.jpg?auth=6c27d19ba26bb5984c58f754bd2fd907c78bc85289e68f2d50886f6fdfc44df0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US defense secretary Pete Hegseth during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Photograph: Annabelle Gordon/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[US-ISRAEL-IRAN-WAR-HEGSETH]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Annabelle Gordon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rift in the US-Europe relationship is looking more and more like a chasm]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/24/eu-summit-lots-of-talk-but-no-easy-answers-to-a-war-europe-didnt-start/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/24/eu-summit-lots-of-talk-but-no-easy-answers-to-a-war-europe-didnt-start/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[European governments, lacking sway in Washington, now fret about surging fuel costs and energy bills  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:13:45 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V36OQECGYNJU4BJIFEWSXSRVHU.jpg?auth=90cf49be439f4077651ac9aadff2fca8b108c64878f2c6f1eaf68579570974ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Tusk: 'I’m more focused ... on the eastern flank.' Photograph:  Byron Smith/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Informal EU Leaders Summit In Cyprus]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Byron Smith</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spanish PM Sánchez criticises Trump’s war on Iran as ‘illegal and a big mistake’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/24/spanish-pm-sanchez-criticises-trumps-war-on-iran-as-illegal-and-a-big-mistake/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/24/spanish-pm-sanchez-criticises-trumps-war-on-iran-as-illegal-and-a-big-mistake/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Europe caught in a ‘dangerous situation’ amid wars in Iran and Ukraine, Danish prime minister tells EU summit in Cyprus]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:45:05 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VUHJHEODMXBENEPHSUG6UFAUHM.jpg?auth=85309270bb11902555a2ae1588c02e3aa13be4ac19ae90cf6b631d766c817523&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, arrives for an informal meeting of the European Council, in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. 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Photograph: Petro Chekal]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Lara Marlowe]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran war has drained US supplies of critical and costly weapons]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/24/iran-war-has-drained-us-supplies-of-critical-and-costly-weapons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/24/iran-war-has-drained-us-supplies-of-critical-and-costly-weapons/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Schmitt, Jonathan Swan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shortages have forced Pentagon to rush bombs, missiles and other hardware to the Middle East from commands in Asia and Europe]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:18:04 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O3A564CS3BHZDOCINEZ5J56PZM.jpg?auth=7ee58544fdf0dbd572a054c6b34002acbe2f47445f4e92f57ba96d6e62aa77b6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The US military has fired off more than 1,000 Tomahawk cruise missiles, roughly 10 times the number it currently buys each year. Photograph: US Navy via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[U.S. Military Launches Operation Epic Fury Attacking Iran]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">U.S. Navy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US soldier involved in Maduro raid charged with making $400,000 bets on capture]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/24/us-soldier-involved-in-maduro-raid-charged-with-making-400000-bets-on-capture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/24/us-soldier-involved-in-maduro-raid-charged-with-making-400000-bets-on-capture/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uwa Ede-Osifo]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gannon Van Dyke allegedly placed bets on Polymarket, a popular online prediction market]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:26:45 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LYVXWFKM55MPXNUGOJ5XQQMV4U.jpg?auth=029e22d524a796405eb5a7dc6121a76a8c9950bbcd982935cf3bb5f71543cae9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nicolás Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, escorted off a helicopter en route to a federal courthouse in Manhattan last January. Photograph: Vincent Alban/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Nicolas Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, is escorted off a helicopter en route to the federal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday morning, Jan. 5, 2026.  (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vincent Alban</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from Nato over Iran rift, source says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/24/pentagon-email-floats-suspending-spain-from-nato-over-iran-rift-source-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/24/pentagon-email-floats-suspending-spain-from-nato-over-iran-rift-source-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[Memo also includes option to consider reassessing US diplomatic support for long-standing European ‘imperial possessions’ such as the Falkland Islands]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:22:40 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3FQBH7Q4WMFSIVSP422GFQC6DU.jpg?auth=4dc0a30e9fedf6b6be28c9c090257464362c99f9977976fbe89725c9a25b8f63&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said 'a ​lot has been laid bare' by the war with Iran. Photograph: The New York Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reflected in a window as he speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., March 31, 2026. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Lee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘There were signs of low character’: How Tucker Carlson soured on Donald Trump]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/24/there-were-signs-of-low-character-how-tucker-carlson-soured-on-donald-trump/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/24/there-were-signs-of-low-character-how-tucker-carlson-soured-on-donald-trump/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Broadcaster says sorry for the ‘very small ways’ he helped unleash a political force he now sees as ruinous and volatile]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:17:35 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VLKRJZUZGNE47EOVSLYZPRNKAE.jpg?auth=008a8b3eb0f6f09a819e3e914519ef598e0e19cae43d7b5c8cf445abda9ed30e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson speaks with Donald Trump on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 15th, 2024. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson speaks with former President Donald Trump on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, July 15, 2024. 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Photograph: Adri Salido/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Lebanon And Israel Continue Negotiations Over Ending Conflict]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adri Salido</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watchdog to review US justice department’s release of Epstein files]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/23/watchdog-to-review-us-justice-departments-release-of-epstein-files/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/23/watchdog-to-review-us-justice-departments-release-of-epstein-files/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Betts]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Department criticised over extent to which it complied with law on releasing documents tied to disgraced financier]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:21:53 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OMUL4P4Q3FQMRDK2HI4E7SMTQQ.jpg?auth=27b913b837ebe3ce11bc6f38fa5e1dceecbf4e81c4360f95d6ead56c2efabea9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Many victims of Jeffrey Epstein have complained that their sensitive personal information was improperly exposed in the files. Photograph: New York State Sex Offender Registry/AP]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Britain Starmer]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Uncredited</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least 518 killed in violence that broke out during Tanzania elections, inquiry says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/04/23/at-least-518-killed-in-violence-that-broke-out-during-tanzania-elections-inquiry-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/04/23/at-least-518-killed-in-violence-that-broke-out-during-tanzania-elections-inquiry-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Ross]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Commission blames demonstrators for disturbances, infuriating government’s opponents who accused it of bias]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:11:03 +0000</pubDate><category>Africa</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SPVZZ4W6OXPI4PX4DHL5QT27M4.jpg?auth=3f0e8c5d96231eb0138d377c140f8fbf1ca093276193b45e7a9a1c3b6337cece&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tanzania's president Samia Suluhu Hassan listens to the presentation of findings from a commission of inquiry organised by the Tanzanian government following unrest around the country's election at the State House in Dar es Salaam on Thursday. Photograph: Ericky Boniphace/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[TANZANIA-POLITICS-UNREST-REPORT]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ericky Boniphace</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump to meet Lebanon and Israel negotiators at White House for peace talks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/23/iran-us-trump-talks-hormuz-latest-live-updates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/23/iran-us-trump-talks-hormuz-latest-live-updates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan, Mark Hilliard, Glen Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president hosting officials from Lebanon and Israel at the White House to discuss peace negotiations]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:47:47 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KX52K3OZ5BRN4JTNZKFKEJFLC4.jpg?auth=22e505f0ec392b67e403cb624d1570467a35eb6e58f917ad0607a4f315db1592&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[US President Trump hosts Health Care Affordability event, Washington, USA - 23 Apr 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Will Oliver</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breakthrough on EU’s €90bn Kyiv loan gives Zelenskiy a ‘great day’ in Cyprus sun]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/23/breakthrough-on-eus-90bn-kyiv-loan-gives-zelenskiy-a-great-day-in-cyprus-sun/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/23/breakthrough-on-eus-90bn-kyiv-loan-gives-zelenskiy-a-great-day-in-cyprus-sun/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Removal of Viktor Orbán might mean Paris and Berlin have to play the bad guy on Ukraine’s membership ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:17:25 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TT2DXCWTVO2MZ5QTVD73XVHDAE.jpg?auth=f52741808012996c76a7cd5fae2a5c4880b564ccf1d7ad275ca00d660029c058&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, where the block on a critical EU loan to Kyiv was formally lifted. Photograph:  Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[CYPRUS-EU-DIPLOMACY-POLITICS-SUMMIT]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nicolas Tucat</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amal Khalil, the Lebanese journalist killed by Israel, had continued to work despite threats]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/23/outcry-continues-following-funeral-of-lebanese-journalist-killed-by-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/23/outcry-continues-following-funeral-of-lebanese-journalist-killed-by-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Hayden]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, press-freedoms organisation said killing of journalists was at an all-time high, ‘primarily due to the actions of one government’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:14:27 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V52GLHAZFM5XDUCWOTQQNQ7FJM.jpg?auth=6b516345c7909716bdf6fb28532b8e2a3253c2eb44532855b73f02158bccf797&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mourners carry the coffin of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil during her funeral procession in the village of Baisariyah, southern Lebanon. Photograph: Wael Hamzeh]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Funeral of Lebanese journalist killed in Israeli airstrike, Baisariyah, Lebanon - 23 Apr 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wael Hamzeh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russell Brand says he had ‘exploitative’ consensual sex with girl (16)]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/23/russell-brand-says-he-had-exploitative-consensual-sex-with-girl-16/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/23/russell-brand-says-he-had-exploitative-consensual-sex-with-girl-16/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Weaver]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Actor (50) to go on trial in UK in autumn over allegations of rape and sexual assault made against him by six women]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:42:20 +0000</pubDate><category>UK</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4WM6DMM2N5JBTEAN5T4Z42XWY.jpg?auth=8a745e746a73229bc5c4d12c8dad40b0b3d1cd17d9294642e49d1ac8f6570376&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russell Brand arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London in May 2025. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[British comedian and actor Russel Brand in court, London, United Kingdom - 02 May 2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Rain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran’s hardliners are winning out over  pragmatists ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/23/irans-hardliners-are-winning-out-over-pragmatists/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/23/irans-hardliners-are-winning-out-over-pragmatists/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Jansen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Battle-hardened military commanders now wield real power – not the regime change Donald Trump had in mind]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:28:07 +0000</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SIJ77U5ITNJFN5CY7KWMVCZ4FQ.jpg?auth=b859a656133451ce80a07efcc7d80b38a08628894238e34831d2af9c0a9d8b0a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A banner of Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, in Tehran, this week. Photograph: Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A banner of Mojtaba Khamenei, IranÕs supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, April 21, 2026. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Arash Khamooshi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US Capitol police officer swept up in a January 6th conspiracy theory]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/23/the-us-capitol-police-officer-swept-up-in-a-january-6th-conspiracy-theory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/23/the-us-capitol-police-officer-swept-up-in-a-january-6th-conspiracy-theory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Corina Knoll]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shauni Kerkhoff was wrongfully implicated in the notorious Capitol Hill pipe-bomb case]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate><category>US</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WCUVSIQCD3QVN4LDNEBRCZWBGI.jpg?auth=3b7c34cba54ec06d9d0b78c73abd0b6a832acb162db332e63ad1a2b8b52334b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[
                        Shauni Kerkhoff with her dog, Bella, in Alexandria, Va., on March 29, 2026. Shauni Kerkhoff was wrongfully implicated in the notorious Capitol Hill pipe-bomb case. Can she ever fully move on? (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Shauni Kerkhoff with her dog, Bella, in Alexandria, Va., on March 29, 2026. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alyssa Schukar</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>