Every 20 years the US and Israel attempt to remake the Middle East - always with catastrophic consequences

A Syrian, a Palestinian, an Iranian and an Israeli give their views on how better times might be reached where they live

Israeli prime minister says efforts being made with US to end war and expand regional peace

Ireland must find its way through an uncomfortable world of increased defence spending

The likelihood is that much of Iran’s nuclear capabilities remain intact, and despite calls for regime change there is no sign of Iranians rising up

The party’s candidate for New York’s mayoral election will face a wily political operator in Eric Adams

A map-based guide to understand wars and conflict in the Middle East

Von der Leyen is living proof against the foolish notion that women don’t tolerate warfare

Tánaiste Simon Harris says other EU members need to bring forward their own legislation

But Spain’s prime minister accuses European Union of having ‘double standards’ on conflict

Irish pleas fall on deaf ears amid ‘incomprehensible’ opposition to collective action

Death of seven Israeli soldiers in Khan Younis leads key ally of prime minister to question war in Gaza

It remains to be seen whether the Iranian nuclear programme was obliterated or merely set back

US asks China to put pressure on Iran not to close the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping route

‘Once the goals are achieved... the fighting will stop’ says Binyamin Netanyahu

EU had been far to slow to act in the face of genocide in Gaza, says Simon Harris

Has Iran’s programme been destroyed or simply pushed into smaller, secret facilities that are harder to find?

Israel-Iran conflict: World braces for Iranian response after US attacks on key nuclear sites

Netanyahu says he has delivered on promise to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities

Binyamin Netanyahu congratulates Donald Trump; UN head warns against ‘spiral of chaos’