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29 children among dozens killed in Yemen air strike
- Middle East
- August 9, 2018, 11:59
Children travelling on a bus were among dozens of people killed on Thursday by Saudi-led coalition air strikes in northern Yemen. The vehicle was hit(...)

China and Germany defend their business ties with Iran
- Economy
- August 8, 2018, 20:58
China and Germany defended their business ties with Iran on Wednesday in the face of US president Donald Trump’s warning that any companies trading wi(...)

North Korea and US spar over lack of progress on denuclearisation
- Asia-Pacific
- August 5, 2018, 16:17
North Korea and the US have exchanged strong words at a regional summit in Singapore, with North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong-ho accusing Washingt(...)

North Korea has not stopped nuclear and missile programme, says UN
- Asia-Pacific
- August 4, 2018, 09:54
North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes and is violating sanctions including by “a massive increase in illicit ship-to-ship tra(...)

Sean Moncrieff: Does Leo Varadkar actually exist?
- People
- July 21, 2018, 06:00
A while ago there was a bit of a stink when Leo Varadkar said he empathised with Donald Trump. At least that’s what was reported: this was at a priva(...)

President Trump’s attempts to divide the EU have had a unifying effect
- Europe
- July 21, 2018, 06:00
“The times in which we could rely fully on others – they are somewhat over,” Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, reflected ruefully after Donald Trum(...)

Visiting Palestinians believe Israel’s goal ‘is to uproot us from our land’
- Irish News
- July 9, 2018, 20:41
A Palestinian farming couple have urged Irish politicians to back a Bill by Independent Senator Frances Black which would prohibit Ireland purchasing (...)

Pompeo rejects Pyongyang claim his diplomacy was ‘gangster-like’
- US
- July 8, 2018, 18:41
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo brushed off North Korean accusations of “gangster-like” diplomacy during negotiations in Pyongyang, saying on Sunday(...)

Pompeo brushes off North Korea’s ‘gangster’ accusation
- US
- July 8, 2018, 08:54
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo brushed off North Korean accusations of “gangster-like” diplomacy during negotiations in Pyongyang, saying on Sunday(...)

State must finally ratify UN torture protocol, Dáil hears
- Oireachtas
- July 5, 2018, 14:17
The State urgently needs to ratify a protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture to convince international colleagues that it should have a seat on (...)