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Islamic State resurges with ‘new generation’ of recruits

Attacks in Syria and Iraq in recent days show Isis sleeper cells are re-emerging as serious threat

Ukraine: ‘Total unanimity’ among allies on response to any Russian attack - Biden

US president says western governments preparing to impose ‘massive consequences’ on Kremlin

China tests new space capability with hypersonic missile

Launch of nuclear-capable rocket that circled globe took US intelligence by surprise

US vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone strike

Ten people killed in errant US drone attack in Kabul in August

Archbishop denies refusing suspended priest permission to say funeral Mass for sister

Attempts made to resolve ‘sad situation... declined’, he says

US completes final withdrawal from Afghanistan, 20 years after invasion

Efforts to evacuate 60 Irish citizens and 15 Irish-resident Afghans continue at airport

Afghanistan: Biden warns another attack likely as US troops withdraw from Kabul

Attack likely in next 24 to 36 hours as situation on ground remains ‘extremely dangerous’

Extension of Kabul evacuation in doubt after Taliban warning

US says it ‘understands view’ of militant group that all its troops must leave by end of August

Mistrust and mysterious surrenders: how Kabul fell to the Taliban

US tactical decision to abandon Bagram base without notice would reverberate long after

Taliban pledge amnesty ‘for all’ as thousands flee Afghanistan

Women’s rights will be protected ‘within framework of Islam’, says spokesman

Fall of Afghanistan the fruits of years of US miscalculations

Taliban’s success was signalled by Pentagon but Joe Biden was long determined to withdraw

Taliban seize more Afghan cities as fears grow for fate of Kabul

US and UK ‘risk Saigon moment’ as troops sent to evacuate Afghan embassies

Taliban seize three more Afghan provincial capitals and target big cities

Insurgents press on as Joe Biden reaffirms US decision to pull troops from country

Iraqi militias seek truce with US, report claims

Commanders of Iran-sponsored fighters strike accord after fatalities inflicted by US

US ship fires warning shots at Iranian boats in Strait of Hormuz

Boats approached US fleet in ‘unsafe’ manner and behaved ‘aggressively’, Pentagon says

Parents should pray daily for children to join the priesthood, congregation told

Loughrea celebrates ordination of Father Michael Duignan as new Bishop of Clonfert

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