Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the Dáil (lower house of Irish Parliament) subsided. The Dáil was suspended…
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Belarus: Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya denounces election
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya refuses to call what’s happening this weekend in Belarus an election. “It’s a sham,” the exiled opposition leader says. “This is a military-style operation; a performance staged by…
France: Man jailed for 30 years for Charlie Hebdo meat cleaver attack
A man has been jailed for 30 years for attempting to murder two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2020. Zaheer Mahmood,…
USA: Judge rejects mother’s extradition challenge
A judge has rejected a US mother’s challenge to extradition over accusations she murdered two of her children in Colorado and “fled” to London. Kimberlee Singler’s nine-year-old daughter Elianna and…
USA: Trump pardons anti-abortion activists ahead of rally
US President Donald Trump has pardoned 23 anti-abortion activists, including some convicted of blockading a reproductive health clinic and intimidating staff and patients. The pardons were part of a round…
USA: New fires erupt in southern California ahead of Trump visit
Five new fires have erupted in southern California ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the state. The blazes – named Laguna, Sepulveda, Gibbel, Gilman and Border 2 –…
France: Divorcee wins appeal in case over refusing husband sex
A French woman who stopped having sex with her husband has won a ruling from Europe’s highest human rights court, which has stated she should not have been blamed for…
USA: Trump re-designates Yemen’s Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organisation
US President Donald Trump has re-designated Yemen’s Houthis as a “Foreign Terrorist Organisation” over their attacks on Red Sea shipping and Israel linked to the Gaza war. “The Houthis’ activities…
Israel: Security chief says focus switching to West Bank
Days into the Gaza ceasefire, the head of Israel’s Shin Bet security service has signalled that the country’s focus is switching to Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank.…
Israel: Military constructing buildings in buffer zone with Syria
Newly released satellite imagery shows Israel Defense Forces (IDF) construction taking place within the demilitarised buffer zone that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria. The image, obtained exclusively by…