Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions to finalise 60-day Gaza ceasefire
US president says Qatar and Egypt will deliver proposal to Hamas
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Russia denies stalling peace efforts amid claims it has made fresh gains in Ukraine
Kyiv’s long-range strike drones hit Russian weapons plant more than 1,000km from front line
US Senate passes Trump’s sweeping tax and spending Bill
Package, passed after days of haggling, goes back to House of Representatives for final approva
Optimism grows for Gaza ceasefire but serious obstacles remain
Israeli military has told political leaders to either end the war or order an expansion
New US ambassador to Ireland takes office, thanking friend Donald Trump
Businessman Edward Walsh describes becoming the new US envoy in Dublin as ‘the honour of a lifetime’
‘They called you crooks when you were the best of us’: Bono joins ex-presidents in praising US aid workers as agency is shut
U2 singer sends recorded message with George W Bush and Barack Obama to USAid staff hit by cuts
‘A massive mistake’: Sole Republican holdout coming under fire over Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Republican senator Thom Tillis renounces budget Bill, as Elon Musk vows to unseat legislators who support it
The good bits of the brave new world promised by the digital revolution never happened in journalism
There was a time when we seemed to be on the cusp of something remarkable, but it never happened
John Boyne on Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie: Toxic masculinity steals the show
Debut novel explores similiar territory to the hit series Adolescence, but with a character 20 years older
Donald Trump’s administration says Harvard violated US civil rights law
Ruling marks escalation of row between White House and Ivy League university
The Irish Times view on Trump vs the Fed: rocky times ahead
Were it to be seen to do the president’s bidding, its independence would be undermined
DRC wants peace agreement with Rwanda-backed rebels before July meeting with Trump
M23 rebels occupy large area of mineral-rich eastern DRC
Israeli strikes kill at least 58 in Gaza ahead of US talks on ceasefire
Twenty people, including women, children and a local journalist, killed in Israeli air strike on beachfront cafe
US shoppers ditch Shein and Temu as Trump closes tax loophole
Once ascendant online retailers are shifting focus to Europe as US-China trade dispute takes a heavy toll
Canada scraps tech tax to advance trade talks with Donald Trump
US president had described levy as ‘direct and blatant’ attack on the country
There’s plenty of advice for students who still wish to travel to the US. But why would you?
Even the most ardent Trump supporter would agree that the internet is too large to police in anything like the comprehensive way the new visa restrictions suggest. The chilling effect is the point
EU-US trade deal: Cabinet expects 10% baseline tariffs to remain even if agreement is reached
Government trade forum to meet on Wednesday, a week before Trump’s deadline for 50% EU tariffs
‘We were possibly naive at the start’: Grace O’Malley Spirits resurgent following branding overhaul
‘I think some of us - looking back - might have been experts on the wrong side of the bar and learned that the hard way.’
Nato’s new defence spending commitment aims to reverse decades of military decline
New capability targets aimed at readying the West for war with Russia within five years
Israeli military operations in Gaza ‘well over the top’, ex-CIA chief says
An evaluation by Ireland of its security, defence and intelligence needs ‘makes sense’, says John Brennan
Resurgent inflation could unfold as world economy reels from Trump’s trade policies - BIS
‘We were meant to have a soft landing – everything was going according to plan’, Bank for International Settlements says
Donald Trump has discovered that Iran’s supreme leader lies just as boldly as he does
‘As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie,’ the US president marvelled on Truth Socia
Musk fumes as Trump tax bill cuts electric vehicle credits
Bill, which the Senate advanced in a contentious vote on Saturday, would destroy millions of US jobs, Tesla chief says
Gaza Strip: Donald Trump reiterates calls for ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas
US president says he believes it is possible to reach a ceasefire within a week
The origins of Israel’s conflicts with Iran, Hamas and Hizbullah
Almost eight decades of Arab-Israeli conflict explained
Trump’s F-bomb: The US didn’t faint when the president swore on live TV. How unexpectedly unprissy of it
The United States’ official puritanism sits uneasily with a wider nation that can be more creatively profane than any other in the Anglosphere
At least 72 people killed in latest Israeli strikes on Gaza
Three children and their parents reported killed in Israeli strike on tent camp in Muwasi near city of Khan Younis
Donald Trump says he is terminating US-Canada trade talks over ‘egregious’ tax on tech firms
Digital services tax will hit companies including Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb with a 3 per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users
US is again betting that installing ‘our sonuvabitch’ will neutralise an adversary. It never does
Every 20 years the US and Israel attempt to remake the Middle East - always with catastrophic consequences
‘Trump always chickens out’ is starting to look more like ‘the man always gets his way’
Brussels will try to avoid all-out trade war with US, but faces agreeing tariffs deal tilted in Washington’s favour
Humiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a backlash
Humiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a backlash
Trump says he saved ayatollah from ‘very ugly’ death
US president says he would consider bombing Iran again if it is enriching uranium to worrying level
Trump says he is ending Canada trade talks amid dispute over tech tax
US president accuses Canada of imposing unfair levies on US companies
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