Haniyeh killing in Iran risks dragging US into war it says it doesn’t want
US publicly states its goals are ceasefire in Gaza and regional de-escalation, but its ally Israel makes that difficult. US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
More than 100 arrests made as further unrest breaks out across UK after Southport attack
More than 100 people have been arrested in London as further protests took place across the country in the wake of the Southport stabbings. Violent outbreaks have taken place across…
UN Security Council members fear all-out war after Haniyeh killing in Iran
Palestine urges world not to let Israel ‘drag us all to the abyss’ while Iran pledges to respond decisively to Hamas leader’s death in Tehran. Palestinians carry pictures of Hamas’s…
Armagh GAA story just the ticket for ‘ultimate’ in exaggeration – take it from one who knows
It was a headline you simply could not skip past. According to the BBC news website last week, one Armagh fan would be “making the ultimate sacrifice” to ensure his…
Cost of rural crime in NI down 21% but thefts ‘becoming more sophisticated’
The cost of rural crime in Northern Ireland fell by more than a fifth last year, although those behind it are becoming more “organised, sophisticated and determined”, according to the…
Relatives of Boeing crash victims urge US judge to reject plea deal
Lawyers for relatives of people killed in Boeing Max crashes have asked a US judge to reject a plea agreement that the aircraft maker struck with prosecutors, saying it is…
Guantanamo inmate accused of being main plotter in 9/11 attacks to plead guilty
The man accused of being the main plotter in al Qaida’s September 11 attacks in 2001 has agreed to plead guilty, the US Defence Department said. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and…
UK’s most expensive seaside town revealed – and it’s not in Cornwall or Devon
The latest property price data for seaside towns shows a boom in asking prices in some of the country’s most beautiful waterside locales – but traditional holiday home spots like…
Ambitious ‘all-island’ rail review stays true to east-first agenda in Northern Ireland
“The more things change, the more they stay the same,” is a quotation ascribed to French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
DUP defends expenses-paid trip to Israel to meet Hamas terror victims
The DUP has defended politicians who went on an expenses-paid trip to Israel with an organisation accused of spreading “propaganda and disinformation”.