Russia

Vessel, worth more than $500m, crossed strait on approved route in compliance ‌with international ‌maritime ​law

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien to outline road transporters support scheme to Cabinet

Men in their 50s and 60s are filling the ranks — driven by duty, history and a fear of national extinction

EU has accommodated almost five million people under the Temporary Protection Directive since Russia’s invasion

Nearly three-quarters of the Zaporizhzhia region is occupied by Russian forces, forcing many to live underground

Though nothing compared with Ukraine’s suffering, in Russia the invasion has detonated a quieter, more insidious kind of destruction

Shortages have forced Pentagon to rush bombs, missiles and other hardware to the Middle East from commands in Asia and Europe

Commission proposes cutting energy taxes in response to crisis driven by Iran war

Hungary lifts aid veto after Russian oil flows resume through Druzhba pipeline

A salutary warning of the dangers of carelessness and miscalculation in the conduct of international affairs

Will the State’s sovereign wealth fund follow Germany’s example as defence spending rises?

Eddy Scott says ‘overarching theme of my story is luck’ following drone strike in Ukraine

Early returns point to election win for former president Rumen Radev’s centre-left Progressive Bulgaria party

Too often the film feels like a prestige television series compressed into an unwieldy feature length

Some 100 people wounded in Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro as Volodymyr Zelenskiy urges no lifting of sanctions

Roman historian Tacitus made apt criticism of conquerors who create a wilderness and call it peace

The country has become beholden to former premier’s oligarchs and Russian interests, experts warn

Péter Magyar said he would rebuild relations with Europe and end the country’s ties to Russia

He showed how the international illiberal right could survive inside a liberal democratic alliance

Budapest erupted into celebration after a landslide vote, with scenes recalling the last heady moment when Hungary felt history turning.

Both sides reported more than 1,000 drone and shelling attacks after the 32-hour truce began on ​Saturday

We can see that Nato is in disarray

The RN’s challenge for the next year is to bring on board the bulk of the right, the traditional right as well as their hard core far-right supporters

Moves follows proposal by Volodymyr Zelenskiy from earlier this week to obverse pause in fighting during celebration

UK’s defence secretary John Healey says covert Russian submarines have left location near UK territorial waters after being tracked for over a month

Outcome of viciously fought election in Budapest has big implications for the EU’s foreign policymaking

Maia Sandu met Taoiseach and President during visit to Dublin on Wednesday

Right-wing populist government in Prague plans to cut off military aid to Kyiv and wants restrictions on refugee 'protection' for Ukrainians

Economics, security and domestic politics all point the Starmer government towards Brussels

Antony Beevor says Rasputin was a historically important figure who accelerated the demise of the Romanov dynasty

Five of the vessels travel through Irish exclusive economic zone in likely bid to discourage boarding attempts, say military sources

In a rare interview a senior officer with the Irish Military Intelligence Service talks about its work – and the threats facing the State

Accounts just filed show it returned to the black in 2024

From megalithic art to science fiction, Earth’s sole natural satellite has compelled us, scared us and been the site of our fantasies

Minister for Defence was set to fly into Beirut, travel under armed convoy close to Israeli border to meet Irish Unifil troops

Some thought has gone into the psychology of carefully boiling the fiscal frog

Micheál Martin rejects accusation Government speaking out of both sides of its mouth by supporting Ukraine and Aughinish Alumina

Helen McEntee to visit Kyiv on Wednesday for first time since taking office

Recording purports to capture phone call between foreign ministers of Hungary and Russia

Global Briefing: Protests have continued for months over high prices, fuel shortages and plans for a highway to ease Ulaanbaatar traffic