Ukraine: Zelensky wants US to ‘stand more firmly’ on Ukraine’s side

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants the US to “stand more firmly on our side” after his fiery White House exchange with US President Donald Trump. After arriving…

USA: Most Republicans applaud Trump after showdown with Zelensky

Republicans have shown a virtually united front in praising the White House following US President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance’s public row in the Oval Office with Ukrainian President…

Palestine: Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza

The Israeli government says it has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza because the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas has expired. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…

Ireland: ‘No pretence of respecting Trump’, Alliance leader says

The leader of the Alliance Party has said she will “make no pretence of respecting” US president Donald Trump. Naomi Long told her party’s annual conference in Belfast they were…

UK: After White House clash, Starmer faces decision about who he can trust

A meltdown. A horror show. A pile-on. However you want to describe it, the meeting between US President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office last night…

USA: How the Trump-Zelensky talks collapsed in 10 fiery minutes

Ukraine’s president had been hoping to leave the White House on Friday after positive talks with Donald Trump, capped with the signing of a minerals deal giving the US a…

USA: Hackman and wife likely died 10 days before bodies found, sheriff says

US investigators are trying to establish how Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, died after the discovery of their bodies at their home in the…

USA: Illinois man convicted for hate crime murder of Palestinian boy

An Illinois landlord has been found guilty of murder and hate crime charges for fatally stabbing a Palestinian-American child in 2023 and severely wounding his mother. Prosecutors said Joseph Czuba,…

UK: Protesters barred from disrupting degree ceremony

A High Court judge has barred pro-Palestinian campaigners from disrupting a Cambridge University graduation ceremony. Mr Justice Fordham imposed an injunction covering a ceremony due to take place on Saturday,…

Turkey: Kurdish group PKK declares ceasefire

Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. In…