Self-described human rights defender Tara Reynor O’Grady and comedian Tadhg Hickey attended the funeral of assassinated Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Flights to Beirut fully booked as thousands arrive from around the world, including Irish 'activists'
Militant leader killed in September when Israeli air force dropped more than 80 bombs on Hizbullah’s Beirut hub
IDF says it will continue to ‘remain and temporarily control several control points inside southern Lebanon’
Refugee-themed thriller offers a timely insight into the complex consequences of statelessness
Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon will be handed over on Saturday
Trump’s Middle East envoy held prior talks in Saudi Arabia over US president’s plan for region
Egypt and Jordan reject Trump’s proposal to transfer Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to their territory
Hostages Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag will be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners
Nawaf Salam seen as a man of change who could secure reforms required for the country to access $20bn in international funds to rebuild its shattered economy and war-ravaged regions
UN official calls on new president to appoint a prime minister, after two years of caretaker cabinet
Israel cites Hizbullah’s failure to withdraw north of the Litani river while Iran-backed group alleges IDF in breach of 60-day deadline
A UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report found children aged five-nine accounted for the largest number of dead in Israel’s military onslaught, followed by 10-14 year olds and then babies and children aged 0-four
Between October 2023 and the November 2024 ceasefire, Israeli attacks in Lebanon claimed at least 2,961 lives, including 248 children
Trump’s re-election fuels global turmoil in which Putin is the biggest of many autocrats blending kleptocracy and dictatorship. US institutions and international treaties are fading, and Ukraine and Palestine have been betrayed
Strikes near Roman, Crusader and Ottoman sites flattened some and left others with ‘invisible’ damage
In the space of a single year, the Islamic Republic of Iran effectively lost three of the key elements in its so-called axis of resistance
As China and Russia weigh up their options in anticipation of Donald Trump’s second presidency, horrified countries in the Global South see Gaza as an emblem of US and European double standards
Opening exhibition branch at former Israeli embassy would be ‘political statement’, Faisel Saleh says
Decades of brutal dictatorship in Syria came to a remarkably swift end when Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow and opposition forces took control of Damascus
Solicitor for family says full report should be released to them into death of soldier in Lebanon two years ago
Yemen-based Houthis are the only full-strength survivors of Tehran’s axis of resistance
Binyamin Netanyahu says IDF moves to ensure ‘no hostile force embeds itself next to Israel’s border’
Anarchy could spill over into neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan and destabilise the eastern Arab world
Ceasefire negotiations resume as 32 Gaza residents are killed
There are signs of mass return, of cleaning and clearing; a sense of reclamation, but also of grief
When the war started and the clubs closed, Raghed Waked turned his focus to the conflict in Lebanon
Air strikes kill at least 47 people across Gaza, say Palestinian medics
Despite a halt to attacks, many Lebanese refer to a ‘one-sided ceasefire’ amid reports of multiple breaches by Israel
Israel threatens to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hizbullah collapses
Exchanges put five-day old truce in Lebanon under severe strain
The ceasefire offers something to both sides: Hezbollah has been severely weakened by months of Israeli onslaught while it has been welcomed across the political spectrum in Israel
To celebrate Food Month, Irish Times writers abroad reveal favourite foods and restaurants in their various postings
Medics report at least 40 dead as Israeli tanks pull back from Gaza refugee camp
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