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Backed by young voters and socialist activists, Francesca Hong has been the target of Donald Trump’s verbal barbs

Award-winning novelist Téa Obreht on fiction, fame and moving with her family from the United States to Dublin

Tokyo and Washington’s desire to maintain stability may be creating long-term danger

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

US president’s comment come after report he had demanded answers from Pete Hegseth over alleged shortages

Longtime Trump confidante kept her job after tense meeting in which she insisted the US president was misled over damage to Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool

US president faces few good options to exit a war he once said would end swiftly with the Islamic republic’s surrender

Abdul El-Sayed’s rise reflects a party increasingly defined by generational change, economic anger and foreign-policy dissent

Ships would enter the Gulf through an Iranian-held route and exit via a route controlled by Oman

US secretary of state Marco Rubio says progress in talks could allow shipments to resume

The collapse of a felony case against an Olympic canoeist has transformed a presidential project into a potent symbol of overreach and embarrassment

While the party fractures over Middle East policy, it is ignoring the threat posed by AI and social media

Morocco’s absolute ruler Mohammed VI turned Spain’s border into leverage over Madrid

Every week, a tonne of space debris falls to Earth as more rockets and satellites go into orbit. Who pays for the damage?

As Europe rearms and geopolitical rivalry returns, the West may rediscover an unexpected source of social cohesion

Can the Windy City work its charms on a mother and son travelling together?

Robert F Kennedy jnr’s remarks come amid a measles crisis in the US, with infections at a 35-year high

Natural gas reserves for use during winter are lagging, meaning continued higher prices for households and businesses

Rite & Reason: As John F Kennedy put it: ‘Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind’

Oil prices rise as Tehran stops more vessels exiting Strait of Hormuz

A growing ideological divide within the Democratic Party is giving Trump and his allies a potent new line of attack before the midterms

Asim Munir is trying to refashion Pakistan’s place in the world — and bolster his power at home

Trump wants to move on but Iranian leaders appear convinced they can outlast Washington while raising the cost of continued fighting

With the veteran senator absent since June, Republicans face growing pressure to disclose his condition as their Senate majority tightens

Some staple dishes in Asia are no longer as affordable to purchase or prepare

Adviser to Trump and Biden for pandemic says Republican senator has ‘unhinged obsession’ with him

Not with his displays of spiteful narcissism, but with rising prices for gas and groceries

Recent fighting has provided conditions for Tehran’s forces to launch more precision strikes across Gulf and Jordan

The habitual trolling that serves him at home is sapping his potency on the global stage

As Trump meets his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington today, their relationship seems better than ever

David Cifaldi had been hiking Montana’s tallest mountain at time of ‘freak accident’

Tehran says there are no direct talks to the US to end the conflict

After Andrew and Tristan Tate, prominent leaders of the so-called manosphere, were arrested in Miami, many of their onetime allies on the American right pulled back support

Israeli PM arrives in Washington after months of tensions with the US president, hoping limited concessions on Gaza and Lebanon can repair strained ties

Once eager to flaunt ties to Washington, the Bolsonaro camp is now struggling to contain a backlash fuelled by US tariffs and election controversy

Few Americans have been pilloried as mercilessly as Joe Biden’s son over the past decade, but now there’s talk of him running for the White House

Embassy cites risk to hundreds of thousands of Irish jobs with US companies from ‘symbolic measures’

Trump has renewed threats to attack Iranian infrastructure

Johnson recorded with several artists including BB King, Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye and Nat King Cole

Amie Wiley has learned Irish people are not very good at ‘talking about ourselves or our achievements’