Iran has rejected a 15-point US proposal for ending the war in the Middle East. In doing so, it imposed five conditions of its own, including a conclusion of the war on all fronts, payment of war damages and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian security official said Tehran is determined to continue … Read more
Nato countries have rejected the call by US president Donald Trump to send warships to escort shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The US-Israeli war on Iran is in its third week, largely shutting the strait, through which 20 per cent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas flow, raising energy prices and fears … Read more
The US-Israel war on Iran spread to the Indian Ocean on Wednesday when a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian frigate off Sri Lanka, killing at least 87 people, and Nato air defences shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed for Turkey. US officials said there would be no let-up in strikes, which they said had … Read more
A Palestine solidarity protester has appeared in court after disrupting a Google event in Dublin on Thursday. Patrick Spence (45) of Prestwick Park, Belfast, was charged under Section 13 of Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 with trespassing on to the stage while speakers took part in the Engage conference at the 3Arena in Dublin … Read more
We are just over a week into the build-up to Ireland’s Nations League ties against Israel and already we have seen a League of Ireland club’s owner asking its chairperson to resign, a former FAI chief executive saying it would be a catastrophe if the games don’t go ahead and a former Ireland manager telling … Read more
Israeli troops located the remains of the last remaining hostage, police officer Ran Gvili, in northern Gaza on Monday and returned his body to Israel for burial. Mr Gvili (24) was killed defending kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel during the Hamas-led attack on October 7th, 2023, which sparked the war in Gaza. His return marks … Read more
Blindboy Boatclub is sequestered in his podcast studio in Limerick, plastic bag on his head, eyes visible through the gaps, black hoodie on, smig on show – “as you get older a bit of stubble is always a good idea” – and ready to answer questions over Google Meet that he already knows the answers … Read more
At least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire near a food distribution site in southern Gaza on Tuesday, health officials said, in a third day running of chaos and bloodshed to blight the aid operation. The Israeli military said its forces had opened fire on a group of people they viewed … Read more
An Irish woman has been detained by Israel in the West Bank, according to an activist group. Máire ní Mhurchú, known as D Murphy (70), was detained by Israeli police on Saturday in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank, according to the International Solidarity Movement, the Palestinian anti-occupation group with which the Irish woman … Read more
The bodies of 79 people killed by Israeli strikes have been taken to hospitals in the past 24 hours, Gaza‘s health ministry said on Saturday, a toll that does not include hospitals in the battered north which it said were now inaccessible. The dead over the past day in Israel‘s renewed military offensive included nine … Read more