Death toll from Venezuela earthquakes passes 3,500 with thousands more displaced and injured
Almost 18,000 left without housing as criticism mounts over the government’s response
Venezuela
Venezuelans in Ireland: ‘Every day we’re receiving messages that more people haven’t been found’
Dublin community recalls horror of finding out about devastating earthquakes last month
‘I saw a ray of light’: Venezuelan man pulled alive from collapsed building eight days after earthquakes
More than 2,200 people killed in tremors that damaged tens of thousands of buildings across north of country
Bodies pile up at Venezuela’s morgues as state services break down
Socialist government faces pressure as death count from twin earthquakes climbs
Moral consistency should apply to moment of silence at World Cup games
Civilian suffering must be mourned wherever it occurs
Hopes fade in Venezuela earthquake rescue as UN orders 10,000 body bags
Rescue teams stop receiving responses from a mother and her three children trapped beneath a nine-storey building
Venezuela earthquake: Model homes with views of the sea – now reduced to rubble
Construction failures and risky geography are key factors in the scale of the country’s rising death toll
Venezuela: Some areas hit by earthquakes yet to receive aid with rescue and recovery efforts
Wednesday’s twin shocks have left close to 1,500 confirmed dead and hundreds of buildings destroyed
Is there anyone alive? 12 hours with Venezuelan doctors in the disaster zone
A medical team set out from the capital to rescue people in the hardest-hit part of the disaster zone, La Guaira. They found silence in the ruins instead
Teams scramble to locate survivors four days after Venezuela earthquakes
Government reports 1,450 dead from the quakes as it faces growing criticism over response
Death toll in Venezuela earthquakes tops 1,400 as 33 people rescued
Families and volunteers have spent days pulling survivors and bodies from rubble
‘They’ve abandoned us’: Anger as hope of finding survivors of Venezuela earthquakes fades
Relatives rail against slow response of local authorities, with hopes fading fast amid desperate rescue efforts
Window for rescuing survivors narrows on third day after Venezuela earthquakes
At least 920 people are dead, but one estimate has more than 51,000 others missing
Venezuela earthquakes death toll passes 900 as rescue teams try to save survivors
Residents dig through rubble to save relatives and neighbours
‘He’s under the slabs’: Venezuela clings to hope in wake of devastating earthquakes
In the coastal city of La Guaira, at least 100 buildings, including high-rise apartments and a hotel, were destroyed
‘Far from home, it’s that moment of anguish’: Venezuelans in Ireland search for family
Two earthquakes have left more than 39,000 people listed as unaccounted for in Venezuela
Rescue teams race to Venezuela amid fears thousands killed in earthquakes
Tremors of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude hit Caracas within a minute of each other, destroying buildings, injuring hundreds
Venezuela earthquake: ‘The mood was relaxed ... then everything started to shake’
My first instinct was to call my family but the phone lines were malfunctioning – I began to panic
US welcomes talks between Venezuelan government and opposition
Discussions take place between Jorge Rodriguez, the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly legislature, and Dinorah Figuera, a former opposition politician
US pressure campaign on Cuba echoes Venezuela playbook
Trump’s White House is blending legal threats with hints of force in a high-risk bid to break Cuba’s leadership
Iran war is now an international hostage situation - with UAE the hostage
Iran war now an international hostage situation where UAE is the hostage, Iran the hostage-taker, and US will have to pay the ransom
US soldier involved in Maduro raid charged with making $400,000 bets on capture
Gannon Van Dyke allegedly placed bets on Polymarket, a popular online prediction market
Why does Donald Trump want to enforce a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz?
Such a move presents different challenges and dilemma from what the US did in the case of Venezuela
Donald Trump orders naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks break down
US president says aim of move is to place chokehold on Tehran’s access to oil revenues
Nobel winner Machado set to return to Venezuela – but Trump has eyes only for Rodríguez
US is normalising ties while leaving the repressive apparatus of Maduro’s government largely intact and ceding little political power
Kneecap, our new gonzo shadow cabinet, stepped into the breach on Cuba
Nobody else representing Ireland in any official capacity seems prepared to speak out against the collective punishment of the Cuban people
JD Vance has had a quiet few months. Now, he’s back in the spotlight
US president’s Iran war is straining Republican loyalty, leaving Vance both heir‑apparent and uneasy messenger in a moment of political risk
Some comparisons for Donald Trump
Policies of US president continue to spread unrest across the globe
Russian oil tankers carry oil for Cuba and a message for friends and the US
War in Iran has given Vladimir Putin a boost
Trump said something unexpectedly revealing in an old interview with Playboy
If there is one thing that seems to complicate the US leader’s bottomless nihilism, it is the market
Trump is stuck and looking for options – an Irish former US adviser warns this is risky
Tom Wright, who worked in the Biden administration, believes the president is in ‘a real bind’ in Iran
Welcome to the first war of the brainrot era
Pumped-up White House videos about Iran conflict are extreme even by recent US standards
First Venezuela, now Iran but is Washington’s real target China?
Behind Trump’s erratic policies there is one common thread: to check China’s rise
Venezuela after Maduro: no sign of promised new dawn for democracy
Since Trump’s intervention, loyalists remain in power, and the country’s politics are dictated by US pressure over oil
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