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US president’s newly appointed spokeswoman stumbled through her first White House briefing, leaving reporters with more questions than answers

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The attacks raise the obvious likelihood of Saudi retaliation with the concomitant danger of escalation into wider conflict in a region that has known little else for years

The US president claims to have done a deal with Vladimir Putin, who appears more and more to be his puppetmaster

Kimberly Guilfoyle, former finacée of Donald Trump Jr, is alleged to have accepted improper gifts

Residents of wartime Lviv feel the US president’s actions are undermining Ukraine’s struggle against Russia

Company is committed to further vast spending to challenge rivals

US president cannot forgive Ukrainian leader for showing up his deal-making impotence

Democrats hope to take advantage of Donald Trump’s declining popularity and reclaim the House and Senate from the Republicans

Protests greet arrival of Donald Trump for an Ohio event that is greatly reduced in scale and intensity from mega-rallies two years ago

Seoul’s test launch of hypersonic missile is a hedge against US betrayal after Washington restricts intelligence sharing

But US politicians warn agreement ‌with Putin may violate US law barring ​imports of Russian energy

US president’s erratic words bring worry and sleepless nights

The US president has again shown himself to be an unreliable ally for Europe

EU leaders are confronted with the limits of their own support for Ukraine as Washington pressures Kyiv

Governor of Taiz says Yemeni city will soon run out of surgical services and medicine because of Houthi siege

Zelenskiy says Russia continues to strike Ukraine’s power facilities despite Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ announcement

Inside Politics: Unions want shortfalls in pay to be addressed up front and a guarantee that wages will not slip behind inflation during any new deal period

Kyiv says it supports the proposal despite being blindsided, while Moscow’s silence casts doubt on whether a truce is viable

Britain and Canada say they would back an energy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv

Georgia senator verbally pummeled his ‘bigot’ Republican rival in recent debate and has become a chief thorn in Trump’s side ahead of midterms

A comprehensive energy ceasefire beyond oil refineries could perhaps follow and open the way to a full ceasefire before winter

Government’s approach reflects ‘staggering disconnect from frontline realities’

The decision to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan is a sign of profound moral decay

For a full analysis of who we were – and still may be – we must obviously go back to the 12th century, no less

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen described the ‘murderous attack on civilians’ as a ‘dangerous escalation’ in the wider war

Taipei awaits approval of a $14bn arms package as uncertainty over Washington’s commitment to the island grows

Those who love what the writer really stood for despair at the misuse and misunderstanding of his works

The Columbia University graduate, a green card holder, who still faces the threat of deportation, has written a book about his arrest by Ice and subsequent detention

The best-selling author on surviving a near-death experience, her new novel, and what it’s like to be a ‘global phenomenon’

Extraordinary intervention came after Russian strikes killed at least 20 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region

No desire in Government to ‘rerun’ drama over RTÉ governance, Simon Harris says

Now we await the reaction of Donald Trump

Washington has lost its moral compass at home and its respect abroad

Ninety-four people from United States sought protection here last year, up from 22 the year before

The condemned man was truly evil but I found myself shaking after the experience

‘Gifts to Putin will not bring peace ‌or ‌any ​benefit to the civilised world,’ says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy

‘People need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,’ says Hegseth

Neale Richmond to tell EU ministers that cuts to international development cost lives

I drove across Ohio on Route 40, one of the many states in which Republican strategists are responding to distant sirens