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‘Tenants on our own land’: New Zealand bans sale of homes to foreign buyers
Law aims to make housing more affordable after prices rise by 75% in four years
Vietnam: a beautiful, bustling, and bemusing holiday destination
Vietnam may be chaotic and tricky but it’s also great fun and the food is stunning
UN chief apologises to Haiti for agency’s role in cholera outbreak
Departing secretary general Ban Ki-moon sorry for episode that led to 9,300 fatalities
Colombia to sign new peace deal with Farc rebels
End to 52-year civil war becomes ever closer as revised document set to be signed
John Kerry to be presented with international peace award
US secretary of state is in Ireland for talks with Charlie Flanagan on Northern Ireland
Colombia referendum: voters reject peace deal with Farc
Voters balk at agreement that included amnesty for war crimes during 52 year conflict
Bulgaria nominates EU commissioner to succeed Ban Ki-moon
Support for Unesco head contender withdrawn after UN security council secret ballot
Doubts over Syrian ceasefire as fighting rages
Dozens killed in air strikes on Aleppo and Idlib hours after breakthrough deal reached
Displacement in Colombia will persist despite ceasefire, UN says
Farc rebels and Bogotá government signed agreement on Thursday to end hostilities
Colombia and Farc rebels sign historic ceasefire
The deal brings peace tantalisingly close after more than 50 years of conflict
Republic ranks as the 19th happiest country in the world
World Happiness Report 2016 says Irish remained positive despite economic crisis
Syria peace talks suspended as army pounds rebels near Aleppo
UN announces three-week pause in Geneva as Russian-backed forces make major gains
Russia accuses West of politicising starvation in Syria
Ambassador criticises UN’s focus on Madaya over suffering in towns under siege by rebels
COP21: Obama says Paris climate talks ‘could be turning point’
Hollande says he cannot separate fight with terrorism from fight against global warming
Kenny proves lukewarm in tackling climate change
If the Taoiseach has any conviction on the greatest environmental threat facing humanity, it is lightly held
MSF demands independent inquiry into Kunduz ‘war crime’
Director says US investigation insufficient as death toll from air strike rises to 22
EU urged to grasp ‘last chance’ to resolve migrant crisis
Over 17,000 migrants enter Croatia since Wednesday after Hungary sealed Serbian border
Croatia in threat to close Serbia border over further migration
President asks army to be ready to protect national borders from ‘illegal migration’
Mediterranean crisis reflects escalating migration worldwide
‘In just three days, more people land on the tiny islands in eastern Greece than claimed asylum in Ireland in all of 2014’
Ukraine joins West in war remembrance on VE Day
President Poroshenko says second World War shows danger of appeasement
UN envoy to Yemen resigns from post
Veteran Moroccan diplomat brokered 2011 transition plan aimed at quelling turmoil
Yarmouk residents starving amid Islamic State assault - UN
Situation in Palestinian camp ‘more desperate’ than at any time since Syria war began
Suspect in Copenhagen shootings freed from prison two weeks ago
Danish-born gunman shot dead by police after killing two people in Copenhagen
Peter Greste anxious for jailed al-Jazeera colleagues
Two colleagues remain in Cairo prison, as does Irish national Ibrahim Halawa
Climate change road map after marathon negotiations
Sleepless delegates end Lima talks with foundations for major agreement next year
Climate talks in Bonn to lay groundwork for new deal
Elements of draft agreement ‘must be clear’ ahead of conference in Lima
Call to action now on climate to ensure global warming increase is curtailed below 2 degrees Celsius
More than 600 attend People’s Climate Picnic in Dublin
Protest rallies in 161 countries aim to focus world’s eyes on climate change
Israeli military orders criminal inquiries into Gaza incidents
Beach killings of children and shelling of UN school to be investigated
Warning of huge Ebola surge in Liberia
West African country to see thousands of new cases as virus spreads exponentially, WHO warns
Hundreds mourn Hamas chief’s family killed in Israeli air strike
Fate of Mohammed Deif unknown as conflict resumes after breakdown of peace talks
Israeli PM: military campaign in Gaza may be ‘extended operation’
19 die in latest raids but air strike fails to kill Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif
Man (23) ‘with knife’ shot dead by police in St Louis
Incident comes ten days after Michael Brown death as Missouri racial unrest mounts
Flanagan renews call for ceasefire in Gaza in Seanad debate
Fianna Fáil’s Averil Power calls for EU to impose trade sanctions against Israel
Egypt proposes ceasefire initiative in Gaza conflict
Gaza health officials say Israeli air strikes have killed 170 Palestinians in latest violence
UN readies aid in South Sudan after ceasefire deal
Agreement ends ethnic fighting that has raised fears of genocide
Hunger warning over climate change
Warning over melting Arctic sea ice, bleached coral reefs and multiple dangers to human security
Kiev withdraws military from Crimea and asks UN to make Russia follow suit
Ukraine warns it will take ‘technical and technological’ retaliation unless servicemen are freed
US and Nato tell Ukraine to keep military out of crisis
President Yanukovich and opposition agree a 'truce' as West toughens line against Kiev
Syria foes to meet face-to-face at peace talks after rocky start
Syrian government side rejects demand to sign up to transitional government statement
Assad says he has no intention of giving up power
US and UN welcome move by Syrian National Coalition to take part in Geneva peace talks
Obama urges end to South Sudan violence
UN says youth breached compound in Jongeli state area and killed three peacekeepers
Mandela’s body lying in state
Thousands expected to pay their respects to South African anti-apartheid leader
Attack on Irish troops in Syria indicates UN has become a target of warring elements
Irish soldiers deployed to monitors the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Syria
UN expert clashes with British minister over ‘bedroom tax’
Tory minister incensed at comments by UN housing expert
British MPs reject plans for military action in Syria
UN offers assurance that safety of Irish peacekeepers is paramount
UN chief asks Syria to allow speedy chemical attack inquiry
Ban Ki-moon says ‘no good reason’ why any party would hinder effort to get at truth
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