Venezuelan opposition leader to return ‘as soon as possible’ to contest fresh elections
María Corina Machado says country’s new interim leader Delcy Rodríguez has been ‘rejected by the Venezuelan people’
CIA
Trump’s Walmart warmongering in Venezuela isn’t just empire building. For him it’s entertainment
Capturing Maduro and putting him on display is US president's version of a Roman emperor’s triumph, entertainment for a senile king
How the US’s audacious operation to capture Nicolás Maduro unfolded
More than 150 aircraft involved in one of most complex US operations in recent history
Ukraine did not target Putin’s home, CIA finds
Assessment rebuts claim that the Russian leader made to Donald Trump in a phone call this week
White House orders military to focus on enforcing ‘quarantine’ of Venezuela oil
Donald Trump has privately pressured the country’s president Nicolás Maduro to flee
Trial of man accused of Shinzo Abe’s murder to shine light on dark side of Japan
Tetsuya Yamagami, seen by some as a ‘folk hero’, bore grudge over Moonies’ links to Japanese elite
US military strikes alleged drug-trafficking boat in Pacific
Previous attacks on vessels in Caribbean have killed at least 32 people
The Mission. The CIA in the 21st Century by Tim Weiner: Tale of an evolving agency
A fascinating account informed by scores of interviews
Israeli military operations in Gaza ‘well over the top’, ex-CIA chief says
An evaluation by Ireland of its security, defence and intelligence needs ‘makes sense’, says John Brennan
Trump and Hegseth admit doubts about level of damage to Iranian nuclear sites
CIA, however, says intelligence indicates Iran’s nuclear programme severely damaged
Lab-leak claims about the origins of Covid don’t pass the smell test
A recent CIA assessment has again fuelled the Wuhan lab-leak conspiracy theory. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence – and it simply isn’t there
JFK files: What do they reveal about John F Kennedy’s assassination?
JFK files: Papers cover not just JFK’s assassination but also the 1968 killings of his brother Robert F Kennedy and Dr Martin Luther King jnr
Why are so many recipients of US Medal of Honor of Irish descent?
Donald Trump expressed surprise at the very high number of recipients having roots in Ireland – and it seems he may be on to something
The huge and menacing threat of bioterrorism
It remains the case that it is not illegal to ship DNA fragments that could be strung together to recreate an entire virus
Gaza ceasefire talks gain momentum as most recent Israeli strikes kill 20 people
Palestinian official says mediators have narrowed gaps on most of agreement’s clauses and deal could be signed in coming days
Palantir, company at centre of row surrounding TD Eoin Hayes, is no stranger to controversy at home or abroad
US surveillance company at centre of Eoin Hayes row has links with Israel Defense Forces and CIA
What would a Trump or Harris presidency mean for the International Criminal Court?
The Trump White House imposed travel sanctions on court staff, while his successor Joe Biden adopted a policy of ‘selective co-operation’
Evan Gershkovich: Russia begins first spy trial against US journalist since cold war
Wall Street Journal reporter accused of gathering secrets on the orders of CIA about company manufacturing tanks used Ukraine war
‘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
Juanita Castro obituary: Entrepreneur and counter-revolutionary
With many of the characteristics of her famous brothers, if not their politics, Juanita had a good nose for business
Russian opponent of Putin: ‘We are getting weapons from the Ukrainians ... rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades’
Ilya Ponomarev, a Kyiv-based Russian opposition figure, advocates the violent overthrow of Vladimir Putin by Russian exiles in Ukraine
Thousands of documents relating to JFK assassination released by US National Archives
CIA file from 1964 says no indication of links between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald, who shot president in Dallas
US declares bin Salman immune from prosecution over Khashoggi killing
State department tells court that as a de facto head of state, Saudi prince has legal immunity
The Gray Man: High-octane hokum
Film review: The Russo Bros return with Netflix’s biggest-budget movie to date, and it will make you pine for the relative complexity of Fast & Furious
Dublin among ‘least financially viable’ cities to live in, survey finds
Report pinpoints expensive rents as chief reason for high cost of living in Irish capital
Biden worried Putin has no way out of Ukraine war
US president says Russian leader believed he could break up Nato and EU
War in Ukraine: Sixty feared dead after Russian bombing of school in Luhansk
G7 leaders to hold call with Zelenskiy in show of unity before Victory Day events in Moscow
The battle for Donbas: ‘the real test of this war’
Next phase of war likely to determine course of Russia’s invasion – and Ukraine’s fate
Kyiv accuses Russia of killing civilians as war intensifies in eastern Ukraine
President Zelenskiy and CIA chief warn of nuclear threat from Kremlin
Russia stages attack helicopters at border in preparation for battle for Ukraine’s east
Forces appear close to reaching one goal
Ukraine aims to break Russia’s siege of Mariupol as Kyiv hit by explosions
US believes Russian warship was hit by Ukrainian missiles, defence official says
Keith Duggan: Forget Euro 2028, Irish soccer’s awakening has begun
Domestic league is on the up and national team is selling out the Aviva for friendlies
South Africa’s neutral stance on Ukraine war puts it on ‘wrong side of history’
Cape Town Letter: ANC-led government accused of fence-sitting to keep Vladimir Putin onside
China starts to feel the pain from its friendship with Russia
Beijing’s economy deeply exposed to market turmoil and sanctions unleashed by war in Ukraine
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