US backed forces capture the eastern side of Mosul after 100 days of fighting

US backed Iraqi forces have launched a new push toward the Islamic State-held old city centre of Mosul, on the western bank of the Tigris river. Rapid Response soldiers, are within a few hundred metres from the government buildings near the old city.

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."


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