Houthis seize crucial Yemeni port as fighting with Saudi forces escalates
Capture of Mocha is boost to Iran as oil prices rise to $105 a barrel and Houthi forces advance on Bab el-Mandeb Strait
United States
The $5,000 question: can Trump really deliver his election cash pledge?
US president’s promise of ‘dividend’ raises legal, political and economic questions, with the plan likely to cost more than $1 trillion
Jim O’Callaghan can look to UK to see if making life hard for immigrants helps integration
Same political parties who once let wealthy buy Irish residency now want tighter rules for others who live here
Lawyers urge Government to tell Trump Ireland opposes his ‘illegal war policies’
US president risks causing ‘global catastrophe’, warns lawyers’ group
‘People just want safety’: Migrants feel ‘targeted’ by Irish citizenship reforms
Immigrants label Jim O’Callaghan’s proposed changes, including an eight-year wait before applying, as ‘performative’ and a ‘distraction’
‘The city covered it up’: New York grapples with 9/11’s toxic air legacy
Mayor says survivors and families were failed as newly released documents shed fresh light on the toxic legacy of the attacks
What problem is Jim O’Callaghan trying to solve with new hurdles to citizenship?
Proposed changes smack of an attempt to pander to populist agitation
An obscene national exercise: Ireland tries to assuage Donald Trump’s toddler volatility
When vengeance and gold are the objectives of the world’s most powerful man, nothing and no one is safe or sacred
Apple’s iPhone set for biggest overhaul in years
Tech giant faces first product launch since Tim Cook stepped down as chief executive
Ex-60 Minutes head says dismissed journalists had ‘refused to be accomplices’ in show’s destruction
Guy Campanile says facts ‘increasingly treated as items in a buffet, chosen depending on specific appetite and ideological tastes’
Five people killed in Miami jet crash were in van used by aircraft cleaners
Experts say even without runway excursion system, Miami airport appears compliant with federal rules
US envoys presented ‘worthwhile ideas’ on ending war after Russia visit, says Zelenskiy
Kremlin spokesman indicates Russia close to winning Ukraine war, but western observers say this is untrue
Iran threatens US with new ‘economic warfare’ and missiles as Houthis attack Saudi Arabia
Iran-backed Houthi militia assaults wound 73
The jihadists who inspired 9/11 have something in common with Donald Trump
The deep roots of this barbaric assault on Americans lie in the same hatred of women that is now embedded in American reactionary politics
Investigation begins into fatal Amazon cargo jet runway over-run in Miami
Video footage shows jet wobbling on approach with storm clouds visible in background
Keogh’s Crisps clinches distribution deal in US
Company lodges plans with Fingal County Council for production facility
Irishman Darran Tiernan wins Emmy for best cinematography
Highest honour in US television awarded for Tiernan’s work on episode of Spider-Noir series
The Magaverse is echoing the language of Ireland’s most pro-data centre party
The pro-data centre language of US politicians sounds strikingly familiar to an Irish audience
Iran says response to further attacks will be ‘more painful’
Economy minister Ali Madanizadeh says Tehran plans to respond to US economic pressure with reforms
No breakthrough after Trump envoys meet Zelenskiy and Putin for talks
It was first official visit of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Ukrainian capital in bid to end war
Donald Trump breaks the law so fast that the law is left in his orange dust
The US chief justice gave Trump the runway, and now he’s objecting. But it’s too late
Trump envoys and Putin discussed ‘next steps’ for ending war in Ukraine
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head to Kyiv for talks on Sunday after meeting Russian president in Moscow
A diplomat’s advice on how Ireland should approach Trump’s visit
There will be relief if Trump leaves Clare with the impression that ‘the Irish really like me’. In the grand scheme of things, the truth doesn’t matter
US and Iranian forces launch strikes on vessels in Tehran’s waters
Latest exchanges follow recent escalation that threatens to deepen months-long conflict in region
DCC wins €6.6bn support from major investor advisory firms
KKR and Energy Capital Partners are offering £65.25 a share upfront with potential for up to £1.25 more
‘Donald, Catherine; Catherine, Donald’: Connolly’s first big diplomatic test as President
Next weekend’s encounter between the US president and a hard critic has officials working feverishly to minimise the risks
See you in Doonbeg? I’ll be there with my placard to welcome Trump
Trump-welcomers have been direly warning that protests will damage Ireland Inc or, at least, Doonbeg Inc. Nonsense
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer says one juror preventing murder trial verdict
Woman faces life in prison if found guilty of murdering her three children who were aged between eight months and five years
Melania Trump to skip US president’s Ireland visit
People before Profit TD Paul Murphy says he has ‘every confidence’ President Catherine Connolly will challenge Trump on Palestine
Iran continues strikes on US bases as Israel warns of Tehran taking ‘extreme measures’
Fighting between US and Iran escalates after Washington attacked rocket launchers in Strait of Hormuz
In a small Iranian town, a US attack turns a wedding into a tragedy
Bomb that hit residential area killed five people and wounded 67 others, Iranian authorities say
We need a plan to kick the fossil fuel habit hiding in our kitchen
At a time of climate crisis, will cooking with gas become as anachronistic as indoor smoking?
Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92
Famous for the 1963 exposé in which she worked as a Playboy Bunny, her books and journalism took on many varieties of discrimination
JD Vance says he is doing ‘God’s work’ and is okay ‘if that leads to the end times’
US vice-president would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’
Donald Trump to meet Catherine Connolly and Micheál Martin in Phoenix Park
Doubts over separate stop by US president to turn sod at new US embassy complex in Ballsbridge
Ukraine urgently needs money and missiles. Can Europe find them?
Europe letter: EU will struggle to repeat its €90bn loan trick to keep Ukraine funded
Iran attacks US bases in Middle East as it accuses Trump of ‘war crime’ over wedding strike
Four-year-old among those killed at wedding as Iranian Red Crescent calls for ICC to investigate, Iranian media reports
Apple changed Lake Ontario name after Trump contact
Apple move to rename lake for US users comes on foot of Trump order; Mapquest refuses to do so and tops Apple’s app list
Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson pleads not guilty as judge sends case to trial
Suspect to be tried for aggravated murder, felony charge that carries death penalty sentence in Utah
Moving to Ireland? The financial realities Americans need to consider
Life in Ireland can feel similar to living in the US, but there are big differences
Europe looks old and broke to its lenders, but it’s not the only region with problems
Lenders must choose between countries behaving like a bingeing entrepreneur, an elderly but reputable business owner and an indebted aristocrat
North Carolina governor seeks to strengthen Irish links amid US political uncertainty
Josh Stein is confident Democrats will regain a US Senate seat in midterm elections
Castles, conspiracies and communism: thought-provoking back-to-school YA reads
Oran Doyle’s compelling debut Give Me ’Til Midnight is a refreshing take on the now-familiar time-loop plot
US supreme court allows Donald Trump to carry on building $400m White House ballroom
Project is at the centre of the president’s ambition to remake the US capital in his image
Ireland should not greet Donald Trump’s theatre of the absurd with deference
Nothing to admire in US president’s bullying and provocation
A long road to Ireland: ‘The Irish are very secretive. They don’t tell you stuff’
Colleen Murrell says Australians franker than Irish people and leave everything out in the open
Trump says US will hit Iran with more attacks as conflict reignites
First exchange of fire between two countries in more than a month sends oil prices rising 3%
US forces strike two Iranian launchers on Larak island, US official says
Strikes are first on Iran by US since late July
British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported from US to UK
Yiannopoulos was returned to UK after being arrested in Louisiana having failed to appear at an immigration hearing
The US’s financial position is deteriorating rapidly. This is bad news for Ireland
Foreign investment in US bond market has been a boon for Americans, but they are vulnerable to a change in sentiment
A wickedly inventive political ad is airing in Texas as midterm elections loom
Success of many democratic socialist candidates primary vote cycle has been down to avowed refusal to accept donations from super PACs
Betrayal by Luke Harding: A colourful, entertaining take on Trump, Russia and Ukraine
Interviews with ordinary Ukrainians light up this book’s pages, although it contains a strange fascination with ornithological detail
British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE as a ‘visa overstayer’
He ‘chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws’, say officials in US
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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