Middle East
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Saudi Arabia condemns US Senate vote on Khashoggi killing
- Middle East
- December 17, 2018, 07:03
Saudi Arabia on Monday denounced US Senate resolutions calling for an end to US military support for the war in Yemen and blaming Crown Prince Mohamme(...)

How the Yemen conflict became a devastating humanitarian crisis
- Middle East
- November 10, 2018, 05:00
On October 30th, US secretary of defence Jim Mattis and secretary of state Mike Pompeo called on all sides in the war in Yemen to agree a ceasefire wi(...)

Coming home from the Middle East and making a will
- Personal Finance
- June 24, 2018, 17:00
I’m an Irish national and have been living and working in the Middle East for over 10 years. I am currently non-resident and not ordinarily domiciled (...)

Revenue warns offshore assetholders not to avoid disclosure
- Personal Finance
- April 26, 2017, 19:49
Taxpayers with offshore assets have been warned not to try to avoid disclosure to the Revenue ahead of a deadline next Monday. The tax authorities ha(...)

Most fleeing to Europe are ‘not refugees’, EU official says
- Europe
- January 26, 2016, 16:08
More than half of those fleeing to Europe from the Middle East and Africa are economic migrants and not asylum seekers fleeing the horrors of war in I(...)

Trinity scientists reveal secrets of bodies in York
- Science
- January 19, 2016, 16:24
Irish-based geneticists have revealed the secret past of bodies buried in a cemetery dating back to Roman times in York, England. One of the surpris(...)

Saudi king’s reckless policies could spell disaster for region
- Middle East
- January 5, 2016, 01:00
Since assuming the Saudi throne at the end of January last year, King Salman has endorsed injudicious, even reckless, policies that could have disastr(...)

EU summit on refugee crisis and Syria begins in Brussels
- Europe
- October 15, 2015, 15:51
Leaders of the 28 EU member states are gathering in Brussels on Thursday for a summit that is expected to be dominated by the refugee crisis and the c(...)

Pope heads to Philadelphia to promote religious freedom
- US
- September 26, 2015, 14:09
Pope Francis, a day after addressing the United Nations in New York, travels on Saturday to Philadelphia, the birthplace of US independence, to promot(...)

680 people in isolation in South Korea after virus outbreak
- Asia-Pacific
- June 1, 2015, 11:19
More than 680 people in South Korea have been placed in isolation after coming into contact with those infected with a virus that has killed hundreds (...)