North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)

US president tells Mette Frederiksen he is determined to take over Arctic island

Security of our vital marine interconnectors must be given high priority

Nato launches Baltic patrol mission after suspected Russian sabotage of undersea cables

Ireland enjoys ‘privileged’ geographical location and benefits from ‘implicit’ Nato protection, former president of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves says

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Meta will now allow ‘insulting language when discussing transgender rights, immigration or homosexuality’, and no longer bans describing women as ‘property’ or ‘household objects’

Europe divided and afraid of ‘escalation’ as Moscow’s unacknowledged attacks become more reckless

Italian prime minister seeks to allay concerns that Trump might break with Washington’s traditional European allies as he pursues a Maga agenda

Michael D Higgins implores young scientists to commit to welfare of all global citizens and counter war rhetoric

Marin was speaking at the 2025 Pendulum Summit, held in Dublin’s convention centre on Wednesday

If this second Trump administration makes good on what has been said, the transatlantic relationship will enter a period of profound crisis and potential collapse

Finnish investigators believe seized Russian ship caused outage of Estlink 2 undersea power and internet lines

Putin vows to bring more ‘destruction’ to Ukraine after devastating drone attack on central Russian city of Kazan

Worldview: Multipolarity is based mainly on nineteenth and early twentieth century European precedents concerning balances of state military and strategic power. A multiplex world allows due place in producing order and disorder for institutions, corporations, extremists and social movements

Worldview: Attacks include sabotage, assassinations, parcel bombs, cyber attacks, electoral interference, social media disinformation campaigns and the testing of military preparedness

Kremlin welcomes Donald Trump’s criticism of strikes on Russia using US missiles

Kyiv open to possible deployment of western troops ahead of Nato membership

Western officials believe Kyiv urgently needs more manpower to reverse Russian battlefield gain

Twenty more air defence systems needed to protect nation’s power grid, says Kyiv

Push to improve bloc’s defences in train since Russia invaded Ukraine, boosted by Trump’s remark that US may not come to aid of Nato allies

Mainstream parties on course to retain control of parliament after legislative elections on Sunday

Russia expels British diplomat and bars government officials amid rising tension with London

Nationalist Calin Georgescu’s unexpectedly strong showing was fuelled by a TikTok campaign aimed at young voters

The farther west in Europe you go, the easier it is to take the view that an aggressive Russia is somebody else’s problem. Those days could be coming to an end

In her new memoir the German former chancellor writes that Trump seemed to find Vladimir Putin ‘very fascinating’

Ukraine reportedly launches first strike on Russia with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles

Elon Musk’s participation in Donald Trump’s post-election telephone call to Volodymyr Zelenskiy from Mar-a-Lago was chilling, because two years ago Musk tweeted a 'peace plan' for Ukraine that espoused Vladimir Putin’s demands

Iraq and Afghanistan veteran gained notoriety by blaming ‘wokeness’ for US military failures. Now he is set to be in charge

European leaders say efforts must be taken to avoid trade war with US during second Trump presidency

Prospects of a trade war and collapse of US support for Ukraine pose grave threats to EU

‘It’s part of military operations,’ says adviser to Lithuanian president amid concern sabotage nearly caused air disaster

The EU’s dependency on the US for security could weaken its hand in any confrontation over trade and tariffs

Country’s interior minister says two attackers killed in incident near Ankara where witnesses heard explosion and gunfire

Visit by US defence secretary to meet Zelenskiy focused on assisting Kyiv as Russia slowly makes gains in east of country

Membership of the European Sky Shield Initiative would be highly controversial given Ireland’s stated position of military neutrality

Ukrainian leader claims 10,000 troops from North Korea being prepared to fight for Russia

Small strategic city of Toretsk being ‘wiped out’ by Russian attack, Ukrainian military spokeswoman says as Kyiv seeks weapons and permission to strike further into attacker’s territory

EU says latest deadly Russian strike on Odesa is “Putin’s answer” to calls for talks with Kremlin

Ukraine is outnumbered, outgunned and sees the West’s commitment withering. As Ukrainian’s face another long winter, appetite for war is waning

Volodymyr Zelenskiy urges western allies to provide Ukraine with the military support that Israel received in its battle with Iran