Israel declares new swathe of Lebanon ‘a combat zone’, warns residents to leave
Military’s statement appears to signal further escalation despite April 16th ceasefire
Binyamin Netanyahu
Intensified IDF airstrikes in Lebanon follow surge in Hizbullah drone attacks
Northern Israeli communities and soldiers in south Lebanon ‘easy targets’ for fibreoptic drones immune to jamming
Iran says US strikes were ‘a gross violation’ of ceasefire deal
Israeli forces expand operations in southern Lebanon after warning of escalated attacks
Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress
Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiations
Israel sidelined as Trump pushes Iran agreement
Netanyahu faces growing criticism as US advances talks that may sideline Israeli security concerns
Iran looks to have won important concessions in Trump’s ‘largely negotiated’ peace deal
Tehran has reportedly made no commitment ‘to hand over nuclear stockpiles, shut down facilities or not to build a nuclear bomb’
US and Iran close in on deal to wind down war and reopen Strait of Hormuz
Emerging details of accord suggest several main points of contention yet to be addressed in negotiations between Tehran and Washington
‘We were met by force’: Relief, jubilation and sadness as Irish flotilla activists return
Twelve Irish citizens, including President’s sister Margaret Connolly, land at Dublin Airport after spending time in Israeli detention
Ireland’s reaction to Israeli treatment of Flotilla activists
Real injured parties here are ordinary Israeli and Irish taxpayers
Irish aid flotilla detainees due to fly home on Saturday
Fourteen Irish citizens among more than 400 pro-Palestine activists Israel deported on Thursday
I saw first hand the grotesque violence Israel uses to deal with flotilla activists
The 2010 raid on Challenger 1 showed disregard for international law - sadly not much has changed
Occupied Territories Bill to ‘move forward’ – but without restriction on services
Helen McEntee to raise EU-wide action again in Brussels as long-proposed legislation to be revived in Dáil
Mediator Pakistan pushes to get US-Iran peace talks on track amid nuclear contention
Iranian supreme leader reportedly issues directive that near weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad
Israeli far-right minister’s Gaza flotilla abuses likely to be a vote-winner
Itamar Ben-Gvir has his eye on election to be held in September or October
Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich may turn ICC threat to political advantage
Israel’s finance minister has done more than any other politician to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank
How a secret US plan to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader quickly fell apart
An Israeli strike was designed to free the former Iranian president from house arrest. It injured him instead
Seán Moncrieff: If you’re not part of a WhatsApp group, you are a failure as a human being
There are groups for family, friends, colleagues, other colleagues who want to bitch about the colleagues in the first group
Trump says US may need to attack Iran within days if no agreement reached
US president says he was ‘an hour away from making the decision to go’ with fresh military offensive against Tehran
Israeli far-right minister says International Criminal Court prosecutor seeking his arrest
Bezalel Smotrich describes court as ‘anti-Semitic’, saying he will wage ‘war’ on Palestinian Authority in retaliation
Eurovision boycott targets behaviour of the Israeli government
Justice and a state for the Palestinian people of Israel/Palestine will probably only be achieved by outside pressure
Israel kills at least seven in latest attack on Gaza that it says targeted Hamas commander
At least 50 injured with women and child among dead after in air strikes on apartment and vehicle in Palestinian enclave
Israel escalates attacks on Gaza since halting Iran strikes, killing 120 Palestinians
Increase in attacks on enclave further sign of stalled progress under Trump’s plan to halt Israel-Hamas war
Israeli coalition crisis pushes Knesset towards early election talks
A key ultra‑Orthodox ally has abandoned Binyamin Netanyahu’s government, collapsing the coalition’s majority amid a row over military exemptions
Cost of war in Iran has climbed to $29bn, says Pentagon
US president says while the ceasefire remains in place it is ‘unbelievably weak’
‘Vote 20 times’: How Israel has been working to influence Eurovision voting
Binyamin Netanyahu’s government has embraced the hugely popular song contest as a soft power tool
Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support’, Trump says
Tehran’s response to Washington’s proposal ‘unacceptable’ and ‘stupid’, says US president
‘I don’t like it’: Iran’s response to end war with US ‘totally unacceptable’, says Trump
Hostile drones detected over several Gulf countries as further strikes launched by Israel on southern Lebanon
Israel strike hits Beirut’s suburbs for first time since Lebanon ceasefire began last month
US attacks Iranian-flagged ship as France says maritime group ready to escort vessels in Hormuz
US effort to help stranded ships exit Strait of Hormuz to be paused, says Trump
Iran renews drone and missile attacks on United Arab Emirates
US and UK will always be staunch allies, king Charles says during address to congress
Royal’s speech comes during four-day visit to US during tense time in relationship between two countries over Iran war
Trump, unhappy with latest peace proposal, says Iran trying to ‘figure out’ its leadership
Israel orders residents of 16 towns and villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate as strikes continue despite ceasefire
Iran has a valuable new hostage: Donald Trump
This US president has tied himself into a Gordian knot with Iran
Talks between US and Iran set to resume in Pakistan
UK and Spain rebuff reports of punishment by US over war stance as clashes continue in Lebanon
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