Long-lost war medal belonging to Dublin native recovered following years of research
Dubliner James Murray fought for Britain in the Second Boer War and the First World War.
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Dubliner James Murray fought for Britain in the Second Boer War and the First World War.
Today is World Refugee Day and Cameron Weymes and Nishtiman Haji Murad share the stories of the people living in this once besieged city.
“We’re seizing the best opportunity for peace in a generation,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
The US President will be presented with a list of potential airstrike targets, among other possible responses.
Tensions have been rising between the two countries since the US pulled out of a nuclear deal.
‘An impressive spin campaign has been waged to create an illusion that all ‘civilised nations’ support regime change in Venezuela – similar to the ‘grand alliance’ which invaded Iraq’, writes Eilis Ryan.
How the ‘weaponisation of healthcare’ is being used as a war tactic.
They come here under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.
The announcement that US troops would leave the war-racked country has shocked global partners and American politicians alike.
The US President was criticised for not attending the event on Saturday.
Russia says that Israel was carrying out airstrikes and ‘used the Russian plane as cover’.
He said institutions like the United Nations are “imperfect” but needed.
The Mahon middleweight contender will face former titlist David Lemieux on 15 September.
A division has emerged around the Cabinet table between Fine Gael members and independent ministers.
‘Children are growing up in Zaatari refugee camp having never known any other home,’ writes Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.
A State Department spokesperson said they were not aware of any decision to pull troops out of Syria.
Coveney’s last meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister last year was not overly successful.
They say that Moscow has failed to pressure Bashar Assad, to end the conflict.
The lives of Afghani war widows are often very difficult.
The 13 are suspected of “murders, torture, rapes, persecutions and expulsions” of civilians.
Slobodan Praljak shouted out “Praljak is not a criminal. I reject your verdict”, immediately before bringing a brown bottle to his lips.
Sarah Idan and Adar Gandelsman were in competition with each other at the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas. Their two countries are still technically at war.
Poppy wreaths were placed in Rosses Point ahead of Remembrance Day next weekend.
The so-called Islamic State takes the subject of propaganda very seriously.
North Korea’s foreign minister said the statement from Trump was “clearly a declaration of war”.
The Islandeady light-welterweight moves to 6-0 as a professional following a war in Connecticut.
Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty International Ireland says the report shows that the women are being forgotten.
A new agreement between Washington and Seoul will allow the South to develop more powerful weapons.
“We do not have long to act. Once this Pandora’s box is opened, it will be hard to close.”
Tensions in the region have been rising.
Researchers studied over 150,000 people for more than 45 years.
In neighbouring Syria, US-backed forces are facing fierce resistance from IS.
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
Covering the battle for Mosul is risky for journalists.
The army says it has killed at least 89 ISIS fighters as they take back territory from the militants in Marawi.
The British-born woman married Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2000.
Hammam al-Alil’s sulphur springs and reopened spa have become a spot where the soldiers fighting in Mosul and the civilians fleeing it meet for a rare moment of relaxation.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians are still inside west Mosul, caught up in deadly fighting between Islamic State and Iraqi forces.
The US Secretary of State has already said that diplomacy has failed.
At least 652 children were killed last year – a 20% increase from 2015.