What would a Trump or Harris presidency mean for the International Criminal Court?
The Trump White House imposed travel sanctions on court staff, while his successor Joe Biden adopted a policy of ‘selective co-operation’
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Evan Gershkovich: Russia begins first spy trial against US journalist since cold war
Wall Street Journal reporter accused of gathering secrets on the orders of CIA about company manufacturing tanks used Ukraine war
‘The reason I forgive is that I did a lot of bad things’: A former Guantánamo prisoner’s new life in Belize
Majid Khan, a former al-Qaeda courier who was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay for two decades, has had an eventful year since his release
Juanita Castro obituary: Entrepreneur and counter-revolutionary
With many of the characteristics of her famous brothers, if not their politics, Juanita had a good nose for business
Russian opponent of Putin: ‘We are getting weapons from the Ukrainians ... rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades’
Ilya Ponomarev, a Kyiv-based Russian opposition figure, advocates the violent overthrow of Vladimir Putin by Russian exiles in Ukraine
Thousands of documents relating to JFK assassination released by US National Archives
CIA file from 1964 says no indication of links between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald, who shot president in Dallas
US declares bin Salman immune from prosecution over Khashoggi killing
State department tells court that as a de facto head of state, Saudi prince has legal immunity
The Gray Man: High-octane hokum
Film review: The Russo Bros return with Netflix’s biggest-budget movie to date, and it will make you pine for the relative complexity of Fast & Furious
Dublin among ‘least financially viable’ cities to live in, survey finds
Report pinpoints expensive rents as chief reason for high cost of living in Irish capital
Biden worried Putin has no way out of Ukraine war
US president says Russian leader believed he could break up Nato and EU
War in Ukraine: Sixty feared dead after Russian bombing of school in Luhansk
G7 leaders to hold call with Zelenskiy in show of unity before Victory Day events in Moscow
The battle for Donbas: ‘the real test of this war’
Next phase of war likely to determine course of Russia’s invasion – and Ukraine’s fate
Kyiv accuses Russia of killing civilians as war intensifies in eastern Ukraine
President Zelenskiy and CIA chief warn of nuclear threat from Kremlin
Russia stages attack helicopters at border in preparation for battle for Ukraine’s east
Forces appear close to reaching one goal
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
Keith Duggan: Forget Euro 2028, Irish soccer’s awakening has begun
Domestic league is on the up and national team is selling out the Aviva for friendlies
South Africa’s neutral stance on Ukraine war puts it on ‘wrong side of history’
Cape Town Letter: ANC-led government accused of fence-sitting to keep Vladimir Putin onside
China starts to feel the pain from its friendship with Russia
Beijing’s economy deeply exposed to market turmoil and sanctions unleashed by war in Ukraine
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
US to sanction breakaway regions of Ukraine after Russia recognises their independence
EU leaders criticise ‘blatant violation of international law’ following Putin move
Ukraine president downplays invasion warnings due to lack of convincing evidence
Zelenskiy’s comments come as US warns Russian troops are pressing closer to Ukraine’s borders
North Korea: ‘Kim doesn’t just want more missiles, he wants better ones’
In recent flurry of tests a new generation of manoeuvrable weapons intrigued defence experts
Havana Syndrome could be caused by pulsed energy devices, US expert report says
Concealable devices with ‘modest energy requirements’ which could emit pulsed electromagnetic energy and ultrasound exist
Most ‘Havana syndrome’ cases unlikely caused by foreign power, CIA says
Most mysterious ailments affecting US staff globally have other explanation, agency finds
Sex and the City stars ‘deeply saddened’ by sexual assault allegations against Chris Noth
Actor removed from filming CBS show The Equalizer ‘effective immediately’
Julian Assange can be extradited to face US criminal charges, court rules
US wins appeal in London court but lawyers for WikiLeaks founder now plan own appeal
Dublin is sixth most expensive capital city for renters
Study finds renting one-bed flat costs an average of €1,643 a month in Dublin
South Korea misses Trump’s focus as efforts to engage Pyongyang stall
Nostalgia in Seoul for former US president amid Biden’s ‘benign neglect’ on North Korea issue
Amazon strikes deal with UK spy agencies to host top-secret material
High-security cloud system will be used by GCHQ, MI5 and MI6
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of Covid complications
Tributes paid to retired four-star general who helped build case for 2003 invasion of Iraq
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
Peru’s president reshuffles cabinet in shift towards centre
Controversial PM Guido Bellido replaced by moderate leftist congresswoman, Mirtha Vásquez
New ICC prosecutor under pressure to reverse decision on US in Afghanistan
Hague Letter: Decision to ‘deprioritise’ alleged US, CIA and Afghan government war crimes in Afghanistan criticised
Pádraig Harrington’s genius cheese strategy at Ryder Cup fails to cover the holes
TV View: Team Europe captain displays more than a little patience as US power ahead
Covid conspiracy theorists complicate path to German election
Politicians face dilemma over those who don’t want to be vaccinated ahead of autumn vote
‘So humiliating. So destroying.’ Legacy of US torture policy after 9/11 endures
Brutal interrogations at Guantánamo Bay destroyed victims and undermined US justice
Maureen Dowd: Manning up, letting us down
Tragedy of 9/11 was followed by blunders from men seized by hyper-masculinity
Peru’s foreign minister resigns after controversial terrorism comments
Béjar blamed Peru’s navy for terrorism and claimed CIA responsible for insurgency
Mastercard to phase out magnetic strip on card by 2033
Strip on the verge of becoming obsolete with chip technology being increasingly used
Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar emerges as victor of 20-year war
Co-founder’s return to power embodies Afghanistan’s inability to escape its past
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
‘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
Afghanistan after the US: the growing threat of a Taliban takeover
Succession of defeats on the battlefield leaves Afghan government fightings for its survival
Maureen Dowd: Why do Republicans hate cops?
GOP overwhelmingly stuck with Trump, perpetuating his sick mythology about Capitol riots
First group of at-risk Afghans arrives in US
Taliban have the momentum in Afghanistan as US withdraws, says retired US general
My dad, 11 children and a 26ft caravan. What could go wrong?
Séamas O’Reilly recalls childhood summer holidays in Ireland with his 10 siblings
Karlin Lillington: Pegasus Project exposes menace of surveillance
Analysis of hacked phones by project reveals capacity to access data and spy on the owner
Kim Jong-un’s weight loss befuddles North Korea watchers
If rogue state’s leader ill, power struggle for nuclear and chemical weapons may arise
US considers air strikes if the Taliban threaten fall of Kabul, officials say
Potential loss of Afghan capital is crisis most likely to lead to intervention after US troops leave
‘America is back’: Biden to outline US policy to Johnson, Putin in overseas visit
Biden has warned any UK-US trade deal is ‘contingent’ on respect for Good Friday Agreement
How Joe Biden came around to the Wuhan lab-leak theory
White House has studied ‘mountain of disturbing evidence’ about origins of pandemic
Biden White House shares common ground with Trump when it comes to the ICC
Hague Letter: US sanctions against the court may have been dropped but tensions remain
North Korea fires more rockets in latest challenge to Biden
Missiles reached altitude of 60km before crashing into the sea outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone
The killing of Jamal Khashoggi: Dial MBS for murder
Bryan Fogel discusses his ‘true-crime documentary’ The Dissident about the journalist
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