The Minister for Foreign Affairs has repeatedly refused to say if she believes Israeli and American air strikes on Iran broke international law. Speaking to the media in Dublin on Thursday afternoon, Helen McEntee was asked several times if actions by the two countries were outside international law. She referred repeatedly to the lack of […]
Continue ReadingPop star Britney Spears has been arrested in California, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office records show. US gossip site TMZ reported that Spears was arrested for driving under the influence. Arrest records seen by the Press Association show Toxic singer Spears, 44, was arrested on March 5th. Spears was arrested on March 5th (Tony DiMaio/PA) She […]
Continue ReadingA new round of US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine planned for this week has been postponed because of war in the Middle East, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Meanwhile, the United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Kyiv’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones. Russia has fired tens of […]
Continue ReadingA US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka’s navy said on Wednesday it recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people. The Iranian vessel that was sunk in the Indian Ocean was the Islamic Republic’s “prize ship”, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said at a Pentagon news briefing. […]
Continue ReadingCuba has filed terrorism charges against six suspects it claims were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that is alleged to have opened fire on soldiers in waters off the island’s north coast. The Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that the suspects, of Cuban origin, remain in pretrial detention, adding that it will ensure “due process” […]
Continue ReadingDefence secretary Pete Hegseth says a torpedo from a US submarine sank an Iranian warship. In a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday, Mr Hegseth said that the Tuesday night strike on an Iranian warship was the first such attack on an enemy since the Second World War. “An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought […]
Continue ReadingStock markets in Europe have steadied after two days of punishing falls but oil prices continued to climb higher as the US-Israel war with Iran threatens to spark an energy supply crunch and experts warned over ongoing volatility. London’s FTSE 100 Index was largely unchanged in early trading on Wednesday, down just 0.4 points at […]
Continue ReadingIsrael’s UN envoy Danny Danon said on Tuesday that Israel and the United States now control almost all of Iran’s airspace and that superiority would be evident in the next few days. Danon told reporters at the United Nations in New York that the conflict with Iran would not be over in a day or […]
Continue ReadingFrench president Emmanuel Macron has ordered his country’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to move from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean to help protect allied assets during the ongoing war in the Middle East. Mr Macron said the Charles de Gaulle will be escorted by its air wing, and its escorting frigates. In a pre-recorded speech […]
Continue ReadingThe Taoiseach has said there is “no excuse for prices going up at the pumps yesterday, or indeed anywhere” because Irish oil “is coming from the North Sea and we don’t want any price gouging going on”. Micheál Martin was speaking to the press before his cabinet met on Tuesday, when he was asked about […]
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