Ukraine to discuss neutrality under peace deal but referendum essential, says Zelenskiy
US has no strategy for regime change in Russia, says Anthony Blinken
Ireland likely to be more open to collective defence after Ukraine invasion – Coveney
Russian attack on Ukraine reinforces the need to look at increasing military capacity in Ireland, says Minister
People in China’s locked-down city of Xi’an struggle for food and medical help
‘Zero-Covid’ policy means that outbreak of 1,900 cases must be treated as a crisis
Chinese doctors raise questions over Beijing’s Covid contact tracing policy
Public criticism in China of government’s pandemic response severely restricted by censorship
China considers blending vaccines to bolster effectiveness
CDC makes first public admission that there are efficacy problems with domestic jabs
Mexico set to legalise marijuana and become world’s largest market
Lower house approves Bill but experts say impact on drug wars will be minimal
China takes risk in rushing to use unproven vaccines
Country has made unproven vaccine candidates widely available
US election: Joe Biden develops a socialism problem with Latinos
Former vice-president faces questions about disappointing outcome with Florida’s Hispanic community
What will Biden’s plan to bring investment back to US mean for Ireland?
Smart Money: Massive exports to the US from the Irish pharma sector in the spotlight
China says US must stop the ‘suppression’ of companies like Huawei
Beijing asserts it will defend the rights of Chinese businesses amid new US restrictions
His own worst enemy: How Trump failed coronavirus challenge
Deaf to advice from all but his family, US president has mishandled every step of the crisis
Chris Johns: Brexit is distracting us from serious risks to Irish economy
Global economic upheavals pose a greater threat to Ireland than anything in the UK
US pulls out of key nuclear arms control pact with Russia
Fears of arms race as Pompeo says Moscow ‘solely responsible’ for collapse of 1987 treaty
Iran breaches limits on uranium enrichment in nuclear deal
Move defies European warning to stick to terms of 2015 agreement despite US sanctions
Sinn Féin’s US group spent €20,800 on party in Northern Ireland
Friends of Sinn Féin takes $5,000 part repayment of loan to Dublin firm for 1916 event
Anti-EU parties may form second-largest bloc in next European Parliament
New report says anti-EU groups could have as much as 35% of the seats after May elections
Euro falls after ECB official says fresh round of loans possible
Longer term refinancing options being discussed, Benoît Coeuré said
Chinese parents seek healthcare reform after vaccines scandal
News that vaccinations for children were faulty rattles confidence in health system
Isolationism is the wrong charge to throw at Donald Trump
US Politics: The president still participates in the world – just not in the way his critics want
Pompeo rejects Pyongyang claim his diplomacy was ‘gangster-like’
US secretary of state says way forward to denuclearisation ‘difficult and challenging’
Pompeo brushes off North Korea’s ‘gangster’ accusation
US secretary of state confident North Korea will stick to denuclearisation commitment
End of an era in Mexico as political dinosaurs face electoral wipeout
Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador set to destroy the status quo in weekend election
Thousands flee Venezuela daily as humanitarian crisis intensifies
Implosion of once-rich South American country rapidly becoming regional disaster
US blocks sale of MoneyGram to China’s Ant Financial
US authorities reject $1.2bn deal with Jack Ma’s firm citing national security concerns
Who is Anthony Scaramucci and why was he fired?
‘Where I grew up and the neighbourhood I’m from, we’re front-stabbers’
How Trump’s foreign policy threatens to make America weak
Analsyis: Despite tough talk the more he tries to assert US leadership the less leadership he shows
Terrorism or hate crime? The contentious politics of a label
The labelling of terror has grown charged and made minorities feel that they matter less
You’re hired! Trump’s mixed messages on rumoured cabinet picks
Republican mulling a mix of insiders and outsiders for top administration positions
Mexicans accuse president of ‘historic error’ in welcoming Trump
Many regard Peña Nieto’s invitation to Republican as humiliation and betrayal
Beijing likely to ignore South China Sea ruling and seek talks
Ruling that China ’s claims in region have no legal basis raise chances of armed conflict
Dhaka massacre a culmination of mounting Islamic violence
Observers say Bangladesh has ignored warnings of growing jihadism
Special relationship with US likely to wane as UK more introspective
As Britain becomes more insular, its role in transatlantic accords will decline
Obama reaffirms ‘special relationship’ with UK after Brexit
US president calls UK membership of Nato a ‘vital cornerstone’ of US foreign security
Obama expected to speak to Cameron later today on Brexit
US president receiving updates on fallout from referendum
Germany set to lift ban on domestic army deployments
Defence ministry proposal to loosen rules comes in face of ‘security-political threats’
Obama to release details of US drone-strike killings
White House to publish data ‘in the coming weeks’ in effort to improve transparency
Killing of cleric sparks dangerous escalation between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Countries are competing to fill the regional power vacuum left by the Arab Spring
International Criminal Court urged to indict Nigerian officers
Call by Amnesty International follows ‘sickening’ report alleging human rights abuses
Jeb Bush struggles with George W’s legacy on Iraq question
Ex-governor overshadowed by brother’s record as rival touts foreign policy expertise
America Letter: Ted Cruz’s presidential run sounds irony alarm
Firebrand Texas senator and Tea Party activist first to declare in White House race
CIA at loggerheads with oversight group on hacking allegations
US Senate intelligence committee chairwoman accuses agency of illegally searching computers of committee staff
US military aims to slim down for peacetime footing
Proposed cuts to defence spending would shrink US army to smallest size in 74 years
Draft peace plan for Northern Ireland published online
Blueprint was drawn up by former US diplomat Richard Haass
Haass knows outside involvement is key to agreement in North
Former diplomat is well skilled in messy, protracted business of peace making
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