# Conflict

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# The Koreas

Beautiful and heartbreaking: Families reunited for brief moments after 60 years

North and South Korea will hold another 3-day session of reunions, starting today.

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Oct 24th 2015, 7:00 AM

# third intifada

Israel kills six Palestinians as Hamas leader declares new war

The deaths come after several Israelis were stabbed earlier this week.

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Oct 9th 2015, 11:58 PM

# India

Female combatants made 'cook, cleaning and pleasure their seniors'

The life of the Indian woman captured by Maoist rebels.

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Aug 30th 2015, 2:30 PM

# this means war

How the North and South Korea talks were sparked by loudspeakers blaring propaganda

South Korea has been blasting pop music and news from the outside world across the border.

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Aug 22nd 2015, 7:25 PM

# Yemen

Abandoned dead bodies are a horrible but very real problem of war

Look at Yemen today.

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Aug 22nd 2015, 9:45 AM

# Conflict

David de Gea 'shocked' by Man United omission

Reports suggest the goalkeeper’s camp insist he never refused to play for the club.

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Aug 14th 2015, 4:55 PM

# Turfed Out

These men tried to launch a new party ... but anti-racism protesters gate-crashed their event

Demonstrators made themselves heard at the launch of Ireland’s newest political party.

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Jul 22nd 2015, 10:09 PM

# Conflict

Bombed, embargoed, displaced - life inside war-torn Yemen

Over a million Yemenis have been displaced as a result of ongoing conflict.

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Jul 18th 2015, 10:00 PM

# Night in Gaza

"An onslaught, not a conflict": One year on, Dr Mads Gilbert on operating under siege in Gaza

“I don’t want to be muted. I want to speak up…”

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Jul 8th 2015, 8:20 PM

# Conflict

Pope Francis recognises Palestinian statehood, and Israel isn't pleased

Israel said this development does not further the peace process.

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May 13th 2015, 9:38 PM

# Conflict

This map proves that Iran doesn't really want to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria

Iran needs the ISIS threat to stay – here’s why.

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May 2nd 2015, 7:14 PM

# Afghanistan

Victims lying in pools of blood after deadly Islamic State suicide attack

More than 100 people were wounded.

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Apr 18th 2015, 7:56 PM

# Yemen

At least 77 children killed in the past 14 days

Over 100,000 people have left their homes in Yemen in search of safer places to stay.

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Apr 9th 2015, 12:17 PM

# Rebels

Irish citizen evacuated from Yemen with the help of China

225 people from ten different countries were evacuated.

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Apr 3rd 2015, 1:28 PM

# four years on

Deadly chlorine attack kills entire family in Syria

More than 200,000 people have died since the conflict began in 2011.

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Mar 18th 2015, 6:46 PM

# Deaths and Destruction

Over 10,000 kids dead and no end in sight. Why do we not care?

The conflict enters its fifth year tomorrow.

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Mar 14th 2015, 8:30 PM

# Sydney

Australian teen brothers stopped on way to join Islamic State

Authorities said the boys were radicalised over the Internet and their parents were shocked.

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Mar 9th 2015, 10:21 AM

# Dublin

You'll be seeing billboards and bus ads about the State of Palestine from today

TDs from four main parties have supported the action.

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Feb 25th 2015, 10:26 AM

Voices

'This could become a mass grave,' I thought as we waited there together

As we waited to be evacuated, a shell hit and a woman lost her leg. By the time the ambulance arrived five hours later, she had bled to death.

Feb 19th 2015, 2:54 PM

# Putin the boot in

The EU is getting tough on Russia. Well, kind of...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned of a new Cold War atmosphere emerging.

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Jan 30th 2015, 12:09 PM

# four years on

More than 76,000 Syrians were killed in 2014

Last year was the bloodiest since the conflict began in 2011.

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Jan 1st 2015, 7:02 PM

# Conflict

Israeli army kill stone-throwing Palestinian teen in the West Bank

Around 20 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since June.

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Dec 29th 2014, 3:56 PM

# Conflict

Ireland donates €2 million to South Sudan as President Higgins visits the country

This will bring the funding provided by Ireland to the South Sudanese crisis this year to over €8.5 million.

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Nov 4th 2014, 6:00 PM

# be vigilant

British tourists warned they could be targeted by terrorists

The Foreign Office said it would be motivated by the conflict in Iraq and Syria.

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Nov 1st 2014, 10:00 AM

# Hunger

'If famine comes to South Sudan it will come through the barrel of a gun'

Irish aid agencies are warning that the conflict could cause a famine by early next year.

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Oct 6th 2014, 10:35 AM

# Defence Forces

Coveney satisfied UN will review Irish troops' Golan Heights mission

He said that he’s satisfied they acceded to his request for a review.

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Oct 1st 2014, 8:50 PM

# Conflict

41 children killed in Syria school bombings

Ambulances ferried wounded fighters for treatment in Turkey amid mortar fire, with some rounds falling very close to the border.

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Oct 1st 2014, 6:03 PM

# Conflict

Ten civilians killed after playground and minibus are shelled in Ukraine

Several more people were injured.

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Oct 1st 2014, 12:30 PM

# islamic state

Explainer: What is happening with the Islamic State group?

Why has there been a spate of beheadings? What should the group be referred to as? Has the West just gone to war with them?

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Sep 27th 2014, 7:56 AM

# Conflict

A Dublin councillor has travelled to the West Bank to work as a human rights observer

Patrick Costello is keeping an ongoing blog of his experiences called, ‘Canal Bank To West Bank’.

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Sep 8th 2014, 7:15 AM

Voices

Opinion: Why Gaza needs an Albert Reynolds

The situation in Gaza needs someone who can broker peace – someone who has the energy not to take no for an answer;

Sep 5th 2014, 8:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: The lives of our peacekeeping troops are being recklessly risked at the Syrian border

The situation at the border is far too volatile for the UN mission’s remit – it seems the only reason to keep it there is for political posturing.

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Aug 30th 2014, 8:00 AM

Voices

Opinion: Dramatic change is needed in American foreign policy – the people have no appetite for war

The US must no longer be impulsively ready to employ its military around the world either for its own or for others’ ends.

Aug 28th 2014, 1:15 PM

# Conflict

Putin V Poroshenko: Russia and Ukraine's presidents to meet today

Ahead of the meeting, Kiev announced the capture of ten Russian paratroopers.

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Aug 26th 2014, 7:54 AM

# Hamas

Hamas executes 18 men in Gaza for alleged collaboration with Israel

A Hamas-linked website claimed men had been killed for allegedly reconnoitering targets for Israeli strikes.

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Aug 22nd 2014, 1:45 PM

# Ukraine

Russian aid convoy begins customs check after Ukraine border delay

Trucks were deemed a ‘Trojan horse’ by Ukrainian authorities, a claim denied by Moscow.

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Aug 21st 2014, 3:32 PM

# warplanes

Three Hamas commanders and four children among at least 15 killed in Israeli strikes today

Air strikes have stepped up on day 45 of the conflict, militants fired 18 rockets over the border since midnight.

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Aug 21st 2014, 12:19 PM

# Conflict

A pregnant woman and four children have been killed in Gaza

The woman was nine months pregnant but medics were unable to save the foetus.

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Aug 20th 2014, 7:34 AM

# Ukraine

Over 2,100 people killed in Ukraine violence

Meanwhile, a Russian aid convoy is still waiting near Ukrainian border to be checked for delivery.

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Aug 19th 2014, 12:00 PM

# Prison Break

100 inmates escape high-security Ukrainian jail after shell attack

By this morning, some of them had returned to the facility but 40 of them are still missing.

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Aug 11th 2014, 1:49 PM