Ukraine crisis

US president says move is based on his ‘very good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ but military officials warn North Korea’s combat capabilities are growing

Narva in Estonia was once a symbol of cross-border connection. Today, residents live in the shadow of war and growing geopolitical tension

Manager Irina Bereznytska, herself Ukrainian, says the centre is likely to operate for only two or three days a week

Russian drone missile attacks killed seven people in Ukraine

Kyiv mayor says attack caused fires in at least two districts; Ukraine hits Russian rocket facility in long-range strike

A former news editor from Russian state television claims journalists prepare a special news broadcast for Putin nightly, shorn of anything which might anger or upset him

Neutrality an ‘important conversation to be had among the Irish people’, says US air force general Alexus Grynkewich

Russian forces ready to ‘inspect and detain’ foreign ships from what naval chief referenced as ‘hostile states’

Swiss voters will have their say in a referendum on September 27th

One person killed in drone attack on Russia’s Voronezh region

Disinterested, neutral brokers are vital on today’s fraught world stage

Victims in Nizhnekamsk, a city about 1,200km east of Ukraine’s border, include one child, say officials

Candidate countries hope for progress after years of inaction, but some in Brussels are still uncertain about enlargement

Taoiseach says model that State has supported for 60 years is likely to disappear

A defective detonator and an alert bus driver prevented disaster, but the drone-bomb incident has exposed weaknesses in airport security and national preparedness

UN’s index of food-commodity prices rose by 0.6% last month as supply and harvest concerns hit cereal costs

A brutal summer has exposed how leaders are discovering how little control they have over some of the defining forces of the age

Germany investigating whether foreign state involved as minister says ‘ripped’ detonator stopped device going off

Germany, France and Britain have been increasingly active as a formation in the search for a diplomatic resolution of the war

North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western Russia, says Ukrainian intelligence agency official

Firm provides consultancy services on response to war in Ukraine and international protection accommodation crisis

Nato ‘aware’ of drone sighting near Ukrainian plane at German airport after ‘security incident’

Noteworthy that alumina exports from refinery have increased a lot since start of full-scale Ukraine invasion

Video shows drone chasing down and wounding a street vendor in southern Ukrainian city of Kherson

Stronger EU borders needed after crisis, Ursula von der Leyen says

Kevin Farrell and Thomas McNicholas control several central Dublin properties used for refugee and homeless services

Woman had tried to get into private event at restaurant but was turned away by security guard

Volodymyr Zelenskiy urges allies to provide more air defences after latest deadly strike on capital

It is naive to think Ireland’s interests can be divorced from the outcome of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Soldier Tiernan O’Donovan was convicted in absentia; a reward of nearly €22,000 has been offered for his capture

The Russian dissident says most European countries continue to do business with Putin’s Russia – Ireland included

Demonstration takes place outside EU gathering on children’s rights at Dublin Castle

There ​are no reasons to ‌think Poland was ⁠targeted, says Polish PM Donald Tusk

Damage to Russian refineries still visible from space months after strikes

Attacks come as Volodymyr Zelenskiy returns from talks with Donald Trump in Washington

Alumina from Aughinish is a strategically important input – directly or indirectly – into Russia’s war machine, and potentially into Israel’s genocide in Palestine

Once a quiet regional centre, Rzeszów now funnels weapons, aid and visiting world leaders into wartime Ukraine

Worst-case scenario ‘very unlikely’, says department

Profits at firm owned by James McCarville rose sharply last year, accounts show

Seoul sees long-awaited opportunity to develop more potent vessels after Donald Trump gave nod of approval last year