Asia-Pacific

US and China reach deal to curb fentanyl production and resume direct communications between military leaders

‘Planet Earth is big enough for two’: Biden and Xi meet for first time in a year

Biden and Xi to meet in San Francisco but relations expected to remain rocky

Indian scientists to ‘seed’ clouds so rain may dampen New Delhi smog

Tánaiste speaks fondly of Cork to Chinese audience while outlining Ireland’s stance on Ukraine and Gaza

‘How’s the craic?’: Micheál Martin visits China’s only comprehensive institute for Irish studies in Beijing

Schools and businesses close as Lahore's air quality ranks as worst in world

Ireland ‘not slower’ than most countries in getting Irish citizens out of Gaza

Suspension of Irish beef exports to China after BSE case disappointing, says Tánaiste

Ireland and China ‘agree ceasefire is required’ in Gaza, says Tánaiste on Beijing visit

Half a world away, Thais pray for loved ones caught in Hamas attacks

Micheál Martin to discuss Beijing’s UN role on visit to China

Nepal earthquake: 157 people killed as rescuers struggle to find survivors

Ireland and Korea’s historical parallels echo throughout landmark Irish visit

Pakistan steps up Afghan expulsions despite international criticism

Hopes for dramatic increase in trade and investment between Ireland and South Korea following trade mission

Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit

Keeping up with the South Koreans: plastic surgery, photo shoots and personality tests all the rage

Taoiseach to raise LGBT rights with South Korean president

Taoiseach visits demilitarised zone dividing the Korean Peninsula

How WB Yeats resonated with Korea and established a bond spanning the world

Pakistan starts rounding up undocumented foreigners, mostly Afghans, ahead of deadline

Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7m

Leo Varadkar leads new kind of Irish trade mission to South Korea

Indian opposition MPs accuse government of trying to hack their iPhones

‘They’re very apart from us’: South Koreans sense unification with North is an increasingly distant prospect

New Zealand volcano: Company managing White Island found guilty of safety breaches

India train crash: Human error blamed as collision kills 13 people

People place flowers at memorial wall in Seoul on anniversary of Halloween stampede

US and China reach agreement for talks between presidents

One country, one system? Hong Kong’s judiciary faces test of independence

Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang dies aged 68

California governor’s meeting with Xi Jinping helps thaw US-China relations

Why China’s falling birth rate means job losses for Limerick

Seoul authorities test crowd safety plan ahead of Halloween crush anniversary

Sterilisation rule for gender change is unconstitutional, Japan’s top court rules

Consumers lose taste for Tsingtao beer after video appears to show worker urinating into tank

China tells Israel that military campaign against Hamas must be conducted within international law

Beijing letter: As Xi and Putin walked side by side, they looked every inch the leaders of ‘the other team’

China calls for immediate ceasefire in war between Israel and Hamas

China’s Belt and Road forum taking place against background of a sharply divided world

Belt and Road Initiative now more modest yet it has seen China deepen links with Global South

India top court declines to allow same-sex marriages

New Zealand swings to the right in post-Ardern era

Von der Leyen does not speak for EU on Israel-Hamas conflict, foreign policy chief says

New Zealand election: Centre-right party leader to become next PM

Jesuit and astronomer Ferdinand Verbiest was a star of the imperial court during the Ming Dynasty

India charges novelist Arundhati Roy over a 2010 speech

EU foreign policy chief begins visit to China amid tensions over trade and Ukraine war

Another earthquake hits western Afghanistan as official warns of ‘huge losses’

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BP Fallon on his photo of Shane MacGowan and Sinéad O’Connor ‘having a vibe’ in 1988

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Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes ‘can expect custodial sentence’ after conviction for violent disorder

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Court grants €146m judgment against owner of Co Kerry hotel and islands

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It was wrong of Leo Varadkar to send a servant of the State to Ben Dunne’s funeral

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Chinese prisoner’s ID card apparently found in lining of Regatta coat

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