‘We are being slaughtered’: Gazans risk their lives on desperate journeys for food
At least 51 killed by Israeli fire on Thursday, including 12 who tried to approach a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site, medics say
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Israel-Iran conflict: Does Israel have a secret nuclear programme?
Israel is widely believed to have at least 90 warheads and enough fissile material to produce up to hundreds more
‘It was a massacre’: At least 51 Palestinians killed in Gaza while waiting for food trucks, say medics
Israeli tanks fired shells at crowds along main road in Khan Younis, residents say
Israel and Iran launch more attacks on each other late on Saturday
Air defence systems firing in Iranian cities, signalling possible start of another Israeli attack, according to state television
Irish neutrality protest: Hundreds march through Dublin city demanding triple-lock safeguard
Sinn Féin leader says Government should seek UN reform over ‘sidestepping’ organisation
Taoiseach says UN being ‘eroded’, calls for world powers to de-escalate Iran-Israel conflict
Micheál Martin urges return to ‘rules-based international order’
Iran fires missiles at Israel in response to attacks
Israel warns strikes are just start of its campaign, while Donald Trump says Iran could halt attacks by ending its nuclear programme
World on verge of ratifying key treaty to protect oceans
Failure to significantly scale up protection of oceans from deep sea mining and sea beds from 'bottom trawling' was widely criticised
Accommodation sought for 500 refugees under international resettlement plan
Ireland fell behind on commitments made in 2020-2023 to bring in 2,900 refugees
Evan Fitzgerald case: How ‘controlled deliveries’ are used in Garda sting operations
Undercover officers posing as criminals is a tactic used by police across the world
Fears over Russia being used to make ‘insincere’ argument against triple lock, Opposition group says
Left-wing and Independent politicians claim number of Oireachtas members are uncomfortable with plans to relax triple lock
Ireland to ratify high seas treaty and scale-up marine-protected areas, Taoiseach tells UN summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges world leaders to move ‘from plundering to protection’
UN Ocean Conference 3: will it lead to protecting the high seas from all extraction, forever?
Climate change is reducing productivity of the high seas through warming and depletion of nutrients and oxygen
US group distributing aid in Gaza reopens sites after fatal shootings
Israeli government accused of arming Palestinian militia perceived to be hostile to Hamas in Gaza
Tech giants’ indirect emissions rose 150% in three years amid AI growth, UN says
Indirect carbon emissions from Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta, rose on average by 150% from 2020 to 2023
Almost 400 Irish writers sign statement calling for immediate ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict
Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann statement calls for release of hostages and protection of the lives and human rights of all innocent people
US vetoes UN resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire
Gaza aid group halts distribution due to safety concerns after dozens killed seeking aid
Gaza aid group halts distribution due to civilian safety concerns after dozens killed seeking aid
Israeli military warns Palestinians not to move in areas leading to aid distribution sites as they are ‘combat zones’
Seán Rooney: Mother of Irish soldier killed in Lebanon is given permission to sue United Nations
Legal action over his death during peacekeeping patrol is about ‘truth and accountability’, says Natasha Rooney
UN demands investigation as at least 27 Palestinians are killed near Gaza aid site
Killings reported near US-backed food distribution site for third day running
Dozens of Gazans killed and injured trying get aid, health ministry says
Killings deepen doubts about little-known organisation GHF’s ability to deliver aid
Iran has increased stockpile of highly enriched uranium, watchdog reveals
UN nuclear agency reiterates urgent call for co-operation
Gaza aid group opens third distribution site as thousands seek food
At least 45 killed as Israeli jets continue to pound areas of the Strip
Desperate Palestinians storm US-backed aid centres despite concern over checks
UN insists humanitarian aid should be distributed independently of the parties to the conflict
Almost all of Gaza’s farmland rendered unusable as famine risk rises, finds UN report
‘What once provided food, income and stability for hundreds of thousands is now in ruins,’ says senior UN official
Microplastics: how dangerous are they and how can we reduce our risk?
These tiny particles are everywhere – in what we eat, the air we breathe and the water we drink
Gaza aid foundation chief quits as Israeli air strikes kill dozens
Departing head of US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says group not neutral in conflict
Nine of a doctor’s 10 children killed in Israel’s latest strikes in Gaza
Israel’s military says it had evacuated civilians from the area and ‘the claim regarding harm to uninvolved civilians is under review’
Diary of a widowed Gazan mother of nine and her family’s descent toward starvation
Widowed mother of nine Mervat Hijazi (38), living in a Gaza City tent, says she feels ‘ashamed’ for not being able to feed her children
UN says more food needed in Gaza as looting hampers deliveries
Gaza health system at breaking point as Israeli hostilities intensify, says WHO
Government wants progress on scrapping triple lock before Dáil break
Pre-legislative scrutiny of changes for deploying troops overseas could be finished by summer recess
Air strikes kill dozens in Gaza as international criticism of Israel grows
UN says no aid distributed yet after Israel eases 11-week blockade
Israel’s Gaza aid plan could lead to ‘war crime’, UN agency chief says
Philippe Lazzarini says ‘primary intent’ of US-backed proposal is to push population south and even out of strip
Key Paris climate pact target at 1.5 degrees ‘too high for polar ice sheets’
Mass loss in ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica is the biggest driver of global sea-level rise
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