Was Ireland’s reputation as a tiny diplomatic superpower just a flash in the pan fantasy?
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Israel to ban dozens of aid groups in Gaza as EU warns of severe impact
Foreign ministers of 10 states express ‘serious concerns’ over humanitarian situation in devastated territory
Iran to listen to protesters’ ‘legitimate demands’ after widespread dissent
Footage showed Iranian police in riot gear shooting teargas at largest demonstrations in three years
Why Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland is controversial
Move is part of Tel Aviv’s struggle for regional influence against Iran and Turkey
Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump says after Netanyahu meeting
US could support another strike on Iran if it resumed nuclear weapons programme, Trump warns
Trump says he and Netanyahu do not fully agree on West Bank
Rebuilding of Gaza could begin ‘very quickly’, says Trump, but would require disarming of Hamas
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland could leave both more isolated than before
Donald Trump says United States would not be following Israel’s move, which has drawn broad condemnation
I was kidnapped by Israel after I refused to evacuate the Gaza hospital where I work
Prison conditions were brutal, cells overcrowded, sanitation appalling ... there was deliberate psychological pressure
Concern over UK media coverage after vandalism at Limerick Jewish cemetery
Attack in 1995 saw swastika painted on cemetery gate shortly after visit to city by Israeli ambassador
Italy arrests nine suspects over €7m allegedly diverted to Hamas through charities
Anti-mafia and anti-terrorism units investigate after suspicious transactions flagged
From Zelenskiy’s jaw-dropping White House meeting to Prince Andrew’s loss of royal titles: 12 history-making moments of 2025
Irish Times writers recount some of the biggest world news stories they covered this year and why they were significant
Trump and Netanyahu not aligned on priorities ahead of Florida talks
Israeli prime minister likely to seek further Iran attacks but US president focused on next phase of Gaza ceasefire
Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in first Christmas sermon
Leo laments conditions for homeless across globe and conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, Mali and Thailand and Cambodia
Aid groups warn of further Gaza devastation as Save the Children among charities facing ban
Israel’s new registration procedures could deny life-giving care to Palestinians in 2026
Former Israeli prime minister joins calls for Netanyahu to resign over Qatar ‘cover-up’
Naftali Bennett says country’s leader engaged in ‘the most serious act of treason in Israeli history’
Gaza no longer in famine but food crisis remains severe, UN reports
Aid agencies warn fragile ceasefire and limited deliveries could push territory back towards famine
Mansour Abbas: The Arab kingmaker eyeing Israel’s 2026 election
Four years ago, he helped eject Binyamin Netanyahu from office and is hoping for a repeat next year
After the Bondi attack: ‘We would love to feel some love from Ireland,’ says Rabbi
Laura Kennedy meets Jewish community in Sydney: ‘We feel so hated by so many people across the world. The Irish … it’s painful’
It is right to be careful about our language after Bondi. But we can’t fall silent on Gaza
Jewish people are not the State of Israel, no more than Irish people were the IRA. Equally, the people of Gaza are not Hamas. But hatred has no respect for logic
Greta Thunberg in Dalymount Park, Dublin: ‘No climate justice without basic human rights’ ‘humbled and grateful to be in Ireland’
Activist attends ‘evening of words and song’ for Gaza awareness at Dublin’s Dalymount Park
Israeli government presents new settlement plan for occupied West Bank
Development would effectively block establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, says watchdog
In Bondi, on the first night of Hanukkah, the intifada was truly globalised
Pointing to Gaza as an explanation for the Bondi killings is victim blaming
Greta Thunberg to speak at Bohemians Dublin event in solidarity with Palestine
Swedish activist will take part in ‘an evening of words and songs for Gaza’ at Dalymount Park on Thursday
The Irish Times view on anti-Semitic violence: age-old hatred must be resisted
Neither the political right nor the left has been immune from its pull
‘It was dead people everywhere’: Inside Australia’s Hanukkah massacre
Videos show father and son opening fire on Bondi Beach in attack that left 15 dead and 40 wounded
Hamas says it will not disarm. What does this mean for the peace process?
Israel is accused of near-daily strikes on Gaza, but says the militant group has been rearming
Triple-lock reforms are about ‘taking back sovereignty’, Helen McEntee says
Government moving ‘quickly’ on legislation to remove need for UN mandate for peacekeeping missions
Israeli military says it has killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saed in Gaza strike
Saed thought to have helped plan October 2023 attacks on Israel
Gaza: 12 feared dead after storm, thousands at risk of flooding ‘catastrophe’
UN agency says materials for shelters and sandbags are not being allowed to enter the enclave
Including services in Occupied Territories Bill could ‘damage’ Ireland more than Israel, says Taoiseach
Limitation of bill to goods would mean banning just a handful of products imported from Israeli-occupied territories
Flooding in Gaza destroys hundreds of tents and causes death of baby girl
Rahaf Abu Jazar died of exposure after water inundated her family’s tent in Khan Younis
Israel responsible for nearly half of global journalist killings this year, report finds
Reporters Without Borders says some 29 out of 67 reporters killed were based in Gaza
Thousands of children treated for acute malnutrition in Gaza since ceasefire, says UN
Palestinian enclave’s ‘yellow line’ is Israel’s ‘new border’ in territory, military chief tells soldiers
Half of Israelis oppose pardon for Netanyahu over corruption charges, survey shows
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu has asked president Yitzhak Herzog for a pardon over the charges
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