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The Irish Times view on resetting transatlantic relations: a new engagement
- Editorial
- January 25, 2021, 00:05
The strong mutual desire in Europe and the United States to reset transatlantic relations as the Biden administration takes over from Donald Trump set(...)

Coveney plans to travel to Moscow and Tehran to work on Syria solution
- Politics
- January 22, 2021, 20:18
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney hopes to travel to Moscow and Tehran as part of the State’s membership of the UN Security Council to press (...)

Baghdad bombings signal Islamic State is back in business in Iraq
- Asia-Pacific
- January 22, 2021, 16:59
The twin suicide bombings in Baghdad on Thursday that killed at least 32 people announced that Islamic State is back in business in Iraq, the country (...)

Iran expecting Biden administration to lift sanctions and resume nuclear deal
- Middle East
- January 21, 2021, 17:30
Middle Eastern leaders have welcomed the advent of the Biden administration in the US after four destabilising years of its predecessor. The change (...)

EU-UK row over ambassador’s status worsens amid leak of letter
- UK
- January 21, 2021, 16:42
A near-yearlong row about the UK’s refusal to grant full diplomatic status to the EU mission to the UK has worsened, with the leak of a letter reveali(...)

The Irish Times view on Donald Trump’s legacy: America’s indelible stain
- Editorial
- January 19, 2021, 19:00
After four chaotic years, it was the final public act of the Trump presidency that gave us its abiding image. The violent storming of the US Capitol b(...)

Pompeo accuses Iran of providing main sanctuary for al-Qaeda leaders
- Middle East
- January 14, 2021, 18:33
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s accusation that Iran has become al-Qaeda’s home base, which he made in a speech on Tuesday, is intended to undermi(...)

Aid agencies criticise US decision to deem Yemen’s Houthi rebels a terrorist organisation
- Middle East
- January 11, 2021, 18:45
Aid agencies have sharply criticised the Trump administration’s decision to designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels a terrorist organisation, warning it will(...)

Iran’s $7bn battle: Tanker seizure ‘slap in the face’ to South Korea
- Middle East
- January 10, 2021, 17:28
Iran’s capture of a South Korean-flagged tanker at sea last week has been described by the United States as extortion. But Tehran says it is Seoul tha(...)

Coronavirus: Cuba to collaborate with Iran on vaccine
- World
- January 10, 2021, 12:22
Communist-run Cuba said late on Friday it had signed an accord with Iran to transfer the technology for its most advanced coronavirus vaccine candidat(...)