Russia vetoes US over UN Syria chemical weapons inquiry

Russia has vetoed a US-drafted United Nations security council resolution that would have created a new inquiry to ascertain blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria.

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."