The Dubai dream is over. Irish expats can no longer suspend their disbelief
Dubai always demanded expats suspend their disbelief. Now the US military intervention in Iran and Iran’s retribution against Gulf states is forcing some to re-evaluate
Al Qaeda
Former US vice-president Dick Cheney dies aged 84
Death of Republican politician who served alongside George W Bush announced in family statement
US revokes foreign terrorist designation for Syria’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
The group, also know as Al-Nusrah Front, took part in offensive that ousted Bashar al-Assad
The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by Fawaz A Gerges – engaging read for seasoned observers
The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader
US military targets Islamic State operatives in Somalia with air strikes
Defence secretary Pete Hegseth says strikes directed by Donald Trump and co-ordinated with Somalian government
Teenager pleads guilty to murdering three girls in Southport attack that sparked riots
Cardiff-born Axel Rudakubana (18) also admitted production of a biological toxin in terrorism offence
Ireland is not immune to the wave of foreign state espionage sweeping Europe
One of the first tasks of the new government will be how to persuade the incoming Trump administration that Ireland is not a soft touch
Top US officials meet new Syrian rulers
US diplomats discuss transition principles with representatives of Syria’s new de facto rulers led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
International Criminal Court jails former Islamic police head for crimes against humanity
‘Reign of terror’ in Timbuktu involved overseeing public amputations and floggings
At least 32 people killed in Somalia beach attack
State media says militant Islamist group al Shabaab behind explosion in Mogadishu
‘The reason I forgive is that I did a lot of bad things’: A former Guantánamo prisoner’s new life in Belize
Majid Khan, a former al-Qaeda courier who was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay for two decades, has had an eventful year since his release
How fake news about the Madrid bombings continues to divide Spanish politics
The attack and its aftermath ended up driving a toxic wedge into Spanish politics and society which would coarsen public debate and sow a mistrust in the country’s democratic institutions
Netherlands raises terror threat level, with attack deemed ‘a realistic possibility’
National counterterrorism co-ordinator warns that al-Qaeda and Islamic State are using the Gaza conflict as a ‘call to action’
A Stranger in Your Own City, and Taking Sides: hard-hitting Middle East journalism memoirs
Lara Marlowe on notable new works by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Sherine Tadros
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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