The office farewell is more than just cake and sniffles

Pilita Clark: some leave without a word, others to tears of laughter

John McCain’s hawkish legacy leaves mark on Middle East

The late US senator advocated multiple pre-emptive wars to project US global power

Doubts over appointment of US Northern Ireland envoy

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hadn’t considered the matter despite predecessor’s pledge

Trump circle continues to mutate as loyal members fall out of favour

America Letter: For how long will US president’s methods keep him above law?

America Letter: distinctly Irish theme to the week in Washington

Georgetown University held one-day symposium to mark 20th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement

Pompeo trip to N Korea lays basis for Kim-Trump meeting

Upcoming talks are the highest-level meeting in decades between the two states

Social media - the perfect platform for spreading disinformation

RSA conference hears of ‘ fundamental redesign of how we communicate as people’

Pompeo says he’ll put US diplomacy back on the world map

Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, seen as foreign policy hawk, vows to save Iran deal

Fears grow that US military action in Syria could trigger Russian response

Analysis: Trump administration likely to be considering military strike

Bolton’s White House arrival signals shift to right in US foreign policy

Analysis: Hawkish former UN ambassdor belligerent on Iran and North Korea

Maureen Dowd: Trump has embraced being a joke president

Firing Rex Tillerson by tweet left the US president high on all the chaos

Adams and McDonald express support for US special envoy

Enthusiasm for North post comes after Varadkar questioned whether envoy was needed

Tillerson firing raises fear of shift in US foreign policy

Sacking comes as Donald Trump prepares to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

End of ‘forceful Texan’ reported to have called Trump a ‘moron’ no surprise

Rex Tillerson worked to tame US president’s protectionist and isolationist instincts

Varadkar tells unionists: ‘I know you might be angry but we have no hidden agenda’

Taoiseach marks 20th anniversary of Belfast Agreement in US by reassuring unionists

Britain’s response to Moscow will require global support

As deadline passes, Theresa May considers punitive action over spy attack scandal

Taoiseach to ask Trump to appoint ambassador to Ireland

Varadkar uses speech to raise issue of protectionism amid EU-US trade war concerns

British police make appeal over spy attack as Russia deadline nears

Coveney says attack on Skripals ‘cowardly’ but his statement does not mention Russia

Potential new CIA head oversaw black site Thai prison

Gina Haspel will be the first female director of the agency in she is confirmed by Senate

‘You’re fired’: The notable departures from Trump’s administration

Three staff leave in just over a week in US president’s revolving door White House

What did Donald Trump and Rex Tillerson disagree on?

Iran, Russia, North Korea and a ‘moron’ comment among the would be flashpoints

CIA's Pompeo brings insider's touch to secretary of state role

Officials say conservative likely to get along better with Congress and the White House

Turkey courts reaction from Russia and US over attacks on Afrin

Ankara’s taking of Syrian Kurdish enclave proof of strategic power in embattled region

Northern Ireland: Time for new ideas

The Belfast Agreement cannot be allowed to lapse on its 20th anniversary

Tillerson confirms to Coveney US will appoint NI special envoy

Tánaiste meets White House adviser Jared Kushner during Washington visit

US and Turkey ‘lock arms’ to work together in Syria

Recent tensions over Ankara’s targeting of Kurdish militia may be dissipating after talks

Turkey demands US expel Kurdish militia from anti-Isis force

Ties between Nato allies strained ahead of visit to Ankara by US secretary of state Rex Tillerson

US interest in talks with North Korea indicated by Mike Pence

White House unveils $1.5tn infrastructure plan as analysts fear debts and deficits

Syria experiencing ‘worst fighting of the entire conflict’, warns UN

The United Nations said the suffering of civilians in Syria has worsened since it called for a ceasefire six days ago

Israel strikes Iran forces in Syria after F-16 jet ‘shot down’

Escalation follows Israeli helicopter shooting down an Iranian drone in early morning

Venezuela sets presidential election for April as talks collapse

President Nicolas Maduro the overwhelming favourite after opposition sidelined

US and Russia urge Turkish restraint in Syrian offensive

Erdogan says operation to crush US-backed Kurdish forces will continue for as long as necessary

Game of Thobes: how an Arab family feud has thrust Qatar into the fight of its life

Three duelling, headstrong royals at the centre of a dispute that threatens to escalate

Trump expected to be main attraction at Davos

US president set to play down America First policy at World Economic Forum

Is the new US strategy for Syria an effort to keep the pot boiling?

Planned 30,000-strong Kurdish border force makes little sense and is widely opposed

North and South Korea to march under unified flag at Winter Olympics

Move marks breakthrough but tensions remain as North describes Trump as a ‘lunatic’

There is no Trump administration – there are several

On a range of issues, Washington continues to say one thing and do another

Ukrainian forces and rebels exchange POWs as war grinds on

Swap comes amid rising tensions over US move to supply weapons to Ukrainian army

Rosenstein rejects calls for Mueller removal from Russia inquiry

Deputy attorney general tells House committee that claims of anti-Trump bias in FBI untrue

Tillerson offers to begin peace talks with North Korea without pre-conditions

United States ‘ready to talk any time they’re ready to talk’ says Tillerson of North Korea

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