Ukraine crisis

New Start treaty, which expires on Thursday, capped the number of missiles and warheads in US and Russian arsenals

Officials from Kyiv and Moscow hold ‘productive’ talks in UAE as fighting continues

Xi Jinping says Taiwan is Chinese territory and China ‘must defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity’

It’s not a simple question of spending money on services here or bolstering Ukraine’s defence

Second round of US-brokered trilateral talks to take place on Wednesday

European forces would be dispatched and backed by US military in case of repeated Russian violations

Expiration of US-Russia deal raises risk of new nuclear arms race in which Europe could find itself in particularly uncomfortable position

Attack drones also injured six people at a maternity hospital in southern Ukraine

Ryanair boss says airports in wartorn state will need to offer big discounts on charges if they want airline’s return

Could she accept the loss of Donetsk in exchange for a peace agreement, I asked Yulia Mykytenko, the bravest person I know. ‘It’s a very complex and painful question,’ she stressed

Short-term ceasefire has not been confirmed by either Kyiv or the Kremlin

Cheap and deadly technology has made it easier than ever to target civilians

Political pressure on jurisdiction of court ‘impossible to accept’, says Mattias Guyomar

Pearse Doherty says majority of proposed funding is clearly intended ‘for military purposes’

That DoD leaflet soon to pop into your postbox is about preparing for extreme weather emergencies. Maybe we need to be be thinking more broadly - invasion, war, climate disaster, nuclear fall-out, AI

Scientists voice concern about threats of integrating artificial intelligence into military systems

Washington signalled Kyiv would receive more backing after any withdrawal from the Donbas, say people familiar with talks

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators engage in trilateral meetings on Friday and Saturday

Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack targeting Ukraine’s two largest cities early on Saturday

Kyiv facing increasing pressure from US to reach peace deal but no signs of compromise showing over Donbas territory

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Ukrainian and Russian teams ‍to have trilateral meeting with US officials on Friday ⁠and Saturday

Uneasy ceasefire splits Cyprus more than half a century after fierce fighting ended

‘No signing as of now’ for $800bn deal amid deep disagreements, officials say

Zelenskiy calls for tougher sanctions on Moscow to curb its military production

Governments are hoarding rice and grain as insurance against a world they increasingly view as unstable. But many economists believe it could be counter-productive

On migration, politicians are specialising in the Janus strategy of facing two ways at once

Daria Petrenko, who lives in Co Galway, has not spoken to her husband in months and is worried for his safety

Power as law can be confronted by law as power

Mikhail Fishman’s biography tells the story of Boris Nemtsov, whose life and death illuminate Putin’s rise

Ukraine faces most severe wartime energy crisis following Russian attacks

Reforms under discussion would tear up accession rules to allow Kyiv to join in a potential peace deal

Greenland ‘can count’ on political and financial support from Europe, says commission president

Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni say it’s time to engage directly with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine, but who should lead negotiations?

Russia is ‘weaponising winter’, say Ukrainian officials

Department of Foreign Affairs briefing documents also warn of mounting resistance to ‘mainstreaming gender perspectives’

Policymakers say strict new measures have driven down irregular arrivals, but experts say the underlying factors are little changed

Taoiseach starts 2026 juggling competing diplomatic pressures while the backbenchers grumble back home

Among promising titles are a book about France’s dark side and Jon Ronson’s exploration of multimillionaires searching for meaning in New England

A capital city on the edge of the world finds itself at centre of international power play