Gaza: US vetoes United Nations Security Council resolution for ‘unconditional’ ceasefire
Israeli strikes kill 15 in Palestinian enclave as hospital in north of region makes distress call
United States
Family of Pat Finucane call for ‘fully independent’ inquiry at Capitol Hill
Inquiry should have sufficiently wide terms of reference and should facilitate panel of judges with human rights law experience, Finucane family believes
Banker who has been critical of Ireland appointed as US commerce secretary
Howard Lutnick has said it is ‘nonsense that Ireland of all places runs a trade surplus at our expense’
‘Real opportunity’ to end Israel-Hizbullah conflict, says US, as Argentina withdraws peacekeepers
Israel obstructing aid shipments desperately needed by Palestinian civilians in Gaza, says US senators
Jailing of 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in landmark trial draws criticism
Some 47 pro-democracy activists charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under Beijing-imposed national security law
Ukraine fears US permission for long-range missile strikes on Russia will have limited effect
Doubts over scope of US clearance, number of Atacms missiles available and impact of Trump presidency linger in Kyiv
Israeli strikes kill 20 Palestinians across Gaza, including six people in tents
Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says Israeli strikes has killed 76 Palestinians across the territory over the past 24 hours
North Korean leader calls for expanded nuclear forces to counter US threats
Biden approves US-supplied missile use in Russia as Amnesty International says attacks on Ukraine tantamount to war crimes
Bluesky is starting to surge amid upheaval in the social media world
Network, which grew from an off-shoot of Jack Dorsey’s Twitter, experiencing ‘growing pains’ of popularity as membership passes 15m
The man in Data Centre Alley couldn’t conceal his shock: ‘You’re screwed’
In the US, data centres will be powered by small modular nuclear reactors to help cope with demands of AI. What is the plan for Ireland?
Maureen Dowd: Donald Trump and Elon Musk is hardly a match made to last
Melania won’t be spending much time in the White House, but someone else seems eager to fill the role of the president-elect’s helpmeet
Ukraine: Russian missile and drone barrage kills seven and causes ‘severe damage’ to power grid
Kyiv fears US president-elect Donald Trump will press for quick and unfavourable peace deal with Moscow
Hizbullah’s head of communications killed in Israeli air strike on central Beirut
Some 100 Palestinians reportedly killed following three Israeli attacks on central and northern Gaza
Police officers injured during protest against Hillary Clinton Belfast visit
PSNI investigating scenes of public disorder outside Queen’s University as US presidential candidate spoke at summit
How Trump’s election sent Bitcoin soaring again
Technological solutions to the problem of too much government is something that appeals to appeals to both Bitcoin advocates and Trump supporters. Both want to use AI and blockchain to leave messy problems like death, taxes and climate change behind
US failing to push Israel to improve Gazans’ access to life-saving aid, say international agencies
US continues to supply weapons even though Israel has met few of the 19 demands it set for improving conditions in Gaza
Donald Trump’s enemies will hope his threats of retribution are empty
The US president-elect has promised vengeance against perceived enemies – and his supporters have too
Donald Trump to appoint immigration hawk Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff
Adviser championed policies during president-elect’s first term that included separating migrants from their children
Irish man ‘confessed’ to killing American woman in Hungary, police say
Mackenzie Michalski (31) was on holiday in Budapest and was last seen at a nightclub in the city before friends reported her as missing
America’s system of checks and balances will be severely tested by Trump’s presidency
With a supreme court majority sympathetic both to Republican policies and to a more expansive definition of presidential power, the new administration will have nearly all the tools it needs
Trump should heed Adam Smith’s lesson on markets
The president-elect would do well to remember the role of ‘moral sentiments’
Book reviews: Placeholders; The Long Look Back; Leaning on Gates
New fiction and memoir by James Roseman, Tom MacDonagh and Seamus O’Rourke includes a book that deserves a place among the classics
Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin ‘have the right number of candidates this time’ in election
Sinn Féin president insists party’s election strategy is on track and ‘we are in it to win it’
Trump will be a ‘transactional’ politician on trade issues, says Taoiseach
Simon Harris says risk of trade ‘shock’ between US and Europe has increased with election of Republican president
Donald Trump’s openly authoritarian instincts are about to be unleashed
It is no longer possible to batten down the hatches and think 'this too will pass'
Polarised America: Political loyalties are shaping US finances
A new Harvard review finds that people are usually more optimistic about the economy when their preferred party is in power
The Myth of American Idealism & America’s Fatal Leap 1991-2016: a gateway drug for critics of US foreign policy and a more complex critique
Daniel Geary reviews new books by Nathan J Robinson & Noam Chomsky and Paul W Schroeder
Moscow launches more than 160 drones at Ukraine in one of strongest Russian offences to date
Zelenskiy urges West to do more than ‘just watch’ as thousands of North Korean troops near border in support of Russia’s forces
‘We’re in uncharted territory’: Why the forgotten threat of nuclear war presents real and present danger
With the Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight, the US and Russia’s Cold War stand-off seems quaint in retrospect
Joe Biden faces a late, cruel humiliation in a tough closing chapter to his presidency
US president's accomplishments in office continue to make themselves heard even amid US election campaigning
Almost 8,000 North Korean troops at Ukraine border to enter war ‘in coming days’, says US
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged China to use its influence in Pyongyang
How Trump allies could challenge US presidential election result
Former president refused to concede defeat in 2020 and there are signs he could do it again
Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband with hammer sentenced to life in prison
David DePape (44) had become immersed in conspiracy theories before breaking in to home of former US House of Representatives speaker
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