Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon kill journalist and wound photographer as rescue efforts hampered

Beirut to seek extension of 10-day truce which emerged separately from US efforts to resolve conflict with Iran

Commission proposes cutting energy taxes in response to crisis driven by Iran war

Committee told £100 voucher scheme for home heating oil ‘isn’t going to cut it’ with ‘very difficult’ winter ahead

Director’s response overshadows announcement of federal fraud charges against civil rights organisation accused of giving money to extreme groups including the Ku Klux Klan

Many issues remain to be resolved but a framework for agreement could be reached if talks resume in Islamabad this week

A salutary warning of the dangers of carelessness and miscalculation in the conduct of international affairs

But United States military blockades of Strait of Hormuz to remain

China warns of countries ‘setting themselves on fire’, amid a bigger shift in regional security

Ancient Order of Hibernians deeply invested in Ireland, but its attitudes have changed with the times

Netanyahu says Israel has ‘not finished’ in Iran as fresh air strikes launched at Lebanon during ceasefire with Hizbullah

Chavez-DeRemer steps down from position, following earlier administration exits of Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi

Irish stock exchange slides more than 1%, London’s FTSE 100 down 0.6%

Believers of rapture theology assert there will be a second coming of Jesus Christ and a day of judgment

Shreveport neighbourhood shaken by one of the US’s biggest mass shootings in recent years

Tehran says wide differences between it and US must be settled before a truce framework can be agreed

Inside Politics: Government braces for economic fallout as energy costs rise and international negotiations falter

Worldview: Democratic standards have retreated globally, but there is nothing inevitable about this

Irish Times investigation finds almost 250 more overflights than previously disclosed by Department of Foreign Affairs

Investors are pricing the US president less as a structural disrupter than as a volatile showman