Trump administration sued over ban on immigration from 75 countries
US president has sought to restrict people from countries he and other officials cast as undesirable
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Queen’s University Belfast cuts ties with George Mitchell, denaming research centre
Broker of Belfast Agreement had name removed from prestigious US-Ireland scholarship
Donald Trump to shut Kennedy Center for two years of renovations
US president says reconstruction has already been financed in full but did not offer any details
The world could be about to get even more dangerous
Expiration of US-Russia deal raises risk of new nuclear arms race in which Europe could find itself in particularly uncomfortable position
Huawei lobbies Government for ‘proportionate’ EU regulation and cutting red tape
Meetings came after European institutions suspended contacts with Chinese group’s lobbyists in Brussels
After a year in the wilderness, Democrats are quietly finding their way back
From surprising off-year victories to a deep bench of governors, Democrats are regaining momentum by focusing on affordability
What is in the latest Epstein files? The key revelations so far
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Bill Gates and Richard Branson are all mentioned in the newly released tranche of documents
Donald Trump says Iran is negotiating ‘seriously’ on nuclear weapons
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, on Sunday warned if the US attacked, it would ignite a regional war
‘The government is lying to us’: Fear and resistance grip Minneapolis as families go into hiding
A week after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, protesters fill the streets while immigrant communities stay home
Five-year-old boy and father detained by Ice officers in Minnesota freed
The image of Liam Conejo Ramos, wearing a blue winter hat and Spider-Man backpack while in custody, spurred outrage across the US
Is sending Verona Murphy off to Los Angeles really in the national interest?
Shipping the entire Government off to drink green beer and hum along to Zombie in far-flung places on St Patrick’s Day is an expensive form of therapy
US government shuts down partially over homeland security funding
Democrats want to ban federal agents from wearing masks and require them to wear body cameras and adhere to a code of conduct
‘My comrades are struggling and freezing and dying.’ Exhaustion is sapping Ukraine’s spirit
Could she accept the loss of Donetsk in exchange for a peace agreement, I asked Yulia Mykytenko, the bravest person I know. ‘It’s a very complex and painful question,’ she stressed
The world has put too many financial eggs in a country run by a basket case
Concentration of global risk in one country – the US – is a source of enormous jeopardy
Iran ready for ‘fair’ talks with US but not on defence capabilities
US navy destroyer docks at the Israeli port of Eilat
Gold and other metals prices plunge as rally comes to an end
Irish market ends week on positive note, lifted by gains in banking and travel stocks
Guterres warns of UN’s ‘imminent financial collapse’
US slashes voluntary funding to agencies and refuses to make mandatory payments to regular and peacekeeping budgets
How a global finance billionaire became Trump’s tariff champion
US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick is now Trump’s loudest and brashest defender but he wasn’t always a fan
Trump claims Putin agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine energy grid amid extreme cold
Short-term ceasefire has not been confirmed by either Kyiv or the Kremlin
Iran seeks to avert US military attack with mediation talks
Hegseth says US forces prepared to follow Trump’s orders to ensure Tehran does not pursue nuclear weapons capability
Keir Starmer meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as UK-China ties warm
Mutual trust is foundation for development of relationship between countries, Chinese president tells British PM
Trump’s border tsar says crackdown in Minneapolis may ease with ‘cooperation’ from state officials
Donald Trump says he wants to ‘de-escalate’ tension after fatal shootings
Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy: Darkly comic tale of a high-schooler’s illicit affair
McCurdy’s debut novel fails to offer much more than its deadpan, Bret-Easton-Ellis-adjacent comedy
Bruce Springsteen releases anti-Ice song dedicated to Minneapolis and criticises Trump
Springsteen says the song responds to ‘state terror’ in Minneapolis, with lyrics describing federal agents as ‘King Trump’s private army’
Trump issues warning as Maliki is nominated as Iraqi prime minister
Analysts warn Maliki nomination and US threats could destabilise Iraq amid regional tensions
Do we have to watch this chainsaw-massacre political horror movie to its end?
Border forces have been deployed in the American heartlands – masked, camouflaged and bristling with firearms
Investors are stockpiling gold. I’m stocking up on Aldi torches
That DoD leaflet soon to pop into your postbox is about preparing for extreme weather emergencies. Maybe we need to be be thinking more broadly - invasion, war, climate disaster, nuclear fall-out, AI
Turbulent priest: Frank McNally on fascism, real and fictional, in 1930s America
Born in Canada of poor Irish emigrants, Fr Coughlin began broadcasting sermons to counter the anti-Catholicism then rife in the US
‘This is homeland defence for the alliance’: How Nato is preparing for war in the Arctic
Nordic nations hope US fixation on Greenland will spur allies to catch up with Russian military build-up
Who is Gregory Bovino, the US border patrol’s would-be Napoleon with a viral ‘SS’ coat?
Commander who oversaw chaotic raids in Minnesota is being withdrawn from his frontline role in the midwestern city
St Patrick’s Day trips: See which countries Ministers are visiting this year
Nine will go to the United States including the Taoiseach, who is expected to meet US President Donald Trump
If Trump goes after Ireland, he will also destroy a lot of US wealth
We’ve made ourselves dependent on American capitalism but for America it’s a hugely lucrative dependency
Could Ireland be the connecting point for a subsea super-cable linking Europe and Canada?
It would be both a source of power and a powerful symbol of the connections Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has talked about forging
At least 29 dead across multiple US states after winter storm brings deep snow and ice
Almost 200m people from Texas to New England under cold alerts amid travel disruption and widespread power cuts
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