Starmer says Trump should apologise over claim Nato troops avoided frontline combat in Afghanistan
British prime minister calls US president’s remarks ‘appalling’
Afghanistan
An Afghan woman judge who escaped from the Taliban: ‘Ireland saved our lives’
Judge Zahra Haidari was eight months pregnant when she and her husband arrived from Afghanistan after first going into hiding
A decade on from crisis, Europe claims control of migration — at a human cost
Policymakers say strict new measures have driven down irregular arrivals, but experts say the underlying factors are little changed
‘When the Taliban came, I lost everything. I found Ireland like paradise’
Ireland is one of only two countries providing formalised routes to safety for people who face persecution in Afghanistan
Neglected emergencies: seven humanitarian crises you may have missed in 2025
From Sudan to Honduras many millions of people are suffering and dying in crises that receive relatively little international attention
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
Taliban’s new diplomatic dawn in Afghanistan: Why the world is coming in from the cold
Isolated since 2021, the Islamist group is now rebuilding ties with many countries, despite a fierce dispute with former patron Pakistan
Afghan asylum seekers allegedly chased and ‘beaten for 20 minutes’ by gang in Dublin
Men say they were pursued and attacked by a gang, who also smashed windows of their car
Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’
US president earlier announced the death of one of two National Guard members shot in Washington, DC
India accused of ‘state terrorism’ after suicide bombing kills at least 12 in Pakistan
Islamabad attack comes a day after a car explosion in New Delhi that PM Narendra Modi blamed on unnamed ‘conspirators’
Former US vice-president Dick Cheney dies aged 84
Death of Republican politician who served alongside George W Bush announced in family statement
Powerful earthquake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan
More than 600 people injured in northern city of Mazar-e Sharif
Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai: A remarkable journey
Coming-of-age memoir describes life in exile, homesickness and struggles with PTSD following her attack
Malala Yousafzai: ‘They made me into a mythical heroine. Growing up, I was a troublemaker’
The Taliban’s attempt to kill Malala Yousafzai as a schoolgirl came to define the Nobel laureate; now she is reintroducing herself as an adult
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