The Irish Times

Biden offers ‘strong support’ to Finland and Sweden in Nato bid

Finnish leader says country ready to commit to Turkey’s security following US meeting

Thu May 19 2022 - 17:12

US braced for North Korean nuclear test during Biden’s Asia trip

Potential for first such test in five years hangs over president’s visit to South Korea

Thu May 19 2022 - 10:22

Ukraine aims to break Russia’s siege of Mariupol as Kyiv hit by explosions

US believes Russian warship was hit by Ukrainian missiles, defence official says

Fri Apr 15 2022 - 07:34

Zelenskiy: Russia committing ‘most terrible war crimes’ since second World War

Troops killed families, tried to burn bodies, people were shot in the street, president claims

Tue Apr 05 2022 - 07:11

Biden says Putin should be tried for war crimes in Ukraine

US looking at further sanctions but says it has not yet seen proof amounting to genocide

Mon Apr 04 2022 - 21:33

War in Ukraine: The West set to bolster forces in eastern Europe as sanctions on Russia expand

Tens of thousands of people still hiding in basements in besieged Mariupol

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 06:46

Mariupol like ‘Armageddon’, says Zelenskiy, as Russia steps up assault

UN secretary general says war in Ukraine is ‘unwinnable’ for Russia

Tue Mar 22 2022 - 21:08

Ukraine: What we know on day 20 of Russian invasion

Fresh blasts in Kyiv as Zelenskiy says ceasefire talks will resume

Tue Mar 15 2022 - 08:51

War in Ukraine: Cars exit Mariupol in first successful humanitarian corridor

No progress announced from Monday’s talks between Russia and Ukraine

Mon Mar 14 2022 - 20:25

China asked Russia to delay war in Ukraine until after Olympics - US officials

Reports indicates that senior Chinese officials had some level of knowledge of invasion

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 21:19

Putin, US intelligence and the global fight for the Ukraine narrative

US effort to use intelligence to shape world opinion has to contend with shadow of the Iraq war

Tue Feb 15 2022 - 13:12

The Irish Times view on the Ukraine crisis: the drumbeat of war gets louder

Vladimir Putin’s intentions remain unclear, and the West can do nothing except prepare for the worst

Mon Feb 14 2022 - 20:56

South Korea pursues end-of-war declaration despite US reservations

Moon Jae-in has received little international support for efforts to formally end Korean war

Thu Jan 06 2022 - 13:36

Aung San Suu Kyi falls, but Myanmar’s democratic hopes move on

Younger and more progressive opposition confronts Asian nation’s military rulers

Tue Dec 07 2021 - 15:14

Bolsonaro-Trump connection threatens Brazilian elections

Former US president’s name has become a rallying cry for Brazil’s new right

Sun Nov 14 2021 - 15:17

US and EU end Trump-era steel trade war

Deal lauded as reset in relations under Biden administration that will boost trade

Sun Oct 31 2021 - 13:12

Secret group of US military trainers has been in Taiwan for at least a year

President Tsai Ing-wen says Taiwan will do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend its freedom

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 17:09

Biden and Xi agree to hold virtual summit this year

Chinese leader has not travelled outside his country since start of coronavirus pandemic

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 12:36

Taipei warns that China will be able to invade Taiwan by 2025

Current situation ‘most dangerous in 40 years’, Taiwan defence minister tells lawmakers

Wed Oct 06 2021 - 12:50

US tries to soothe French anger over Australian naval pact

France outraged that own lucrative contract torpedoed and it was given ‘no heads up’

Fri Sept 17 2021 - 11:58

Russia and Central Asian allies vow to prevent Afghan crisis spreading

Putin fears West's refugee flights from Kabul could bring militants to Russia's doorstep

Mon Aug 23 2021 - 17:59

Maureen Dowd: WB Yeats’s ‘rough beast’ takes over Afghanistan

Joe Biden did the right thing getting America out of there. But he did it badly

Sun Aug 22 2021 - 13:51

Afghans’ flight from Taliban thwarted by airport chaos in Kabul

Blame game erupts in Washington as Biden insists ‘significant progress’ being made

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 21:14

Fall of Afghanistan the fruits of years of US miscalculations

Taliban’s success was signalled by Pentagon but Joe Biden was long determined to withdraw

Sun Aug 15 2021 - 16:02

Taliban seize more Afghan cities as fears grow for fate of Kabul

US and UK ‘risk Saigon moment’ as troops sent to evacuate Afghan embassies

Fri Aug 13 2021 - 21:56

‘Havana syndrome’: US struggles to explain why its diplomats get sick

Little evidence for theory of Russian agents using microwaves as illness hits officials around world

Tue Aug 10 2021 - 12:32

Taliban rockets hit Kandahar airport in Afghanistan, flights suspended

Herat residents fear Taliban in homes and workplaces as it masses outside city

Sun Aug 01 2021 - 09:22

Merkel and Biden reassert ties between US and Germany

US president raises American concerns about Russian gas link with chancellor

Thu Jul 15 2021 - 22:31

Raisi election will not derail Iran nuclear talks, say western powers

Despite Israeli opposition, EU and US insist they will work with Iran’s new government

Mon Jun 21 2021 - 11:22

Joe Biden signs law making Juneteenth a national holiday

US president says date ‘marks the long night of slavery and a promise of a morning to come’

Thu Jun 17 2021 - 22:14

Biden had ‘candid discussion’ with Johnson on Northern Ireland protocol

Bilateral meeting focused on issue that overshadowed G7 summit of world leaders

Mon Jun 14 2021 - 07:16

US still reluctant to let non-Americans enter country from overseas

America Letter: Thousands working under temporary visas unable to travel home

Fri Jun 11 2021 - 20:00

Merkel is first European leader invited to Biden’s White House

US-German ties came under enormous strain during presidency of Donald Trump

Fri Jun 11 2021 - 16:09

NI protocol tensions threaten UK-Ireland, UK-EU and UK-US relations

Coveney says there is ‘some strain’ between governments – understatement of the year

Fri Jun 11 2021 - 00:01