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International

Last month
October 2025
Tributes to 'extraordinary' actress Diane Keaton pour in after her death at age 79
Irish author and doctor among flotilla activists released from Israeli prison
Trump setting off for Middle East to mark Gaza ceasefire deal
Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes, officials say
Sixteen dead after blast at US explosives factory
Hamas and Israel captive exchange set to take place tomorrow morning
Actress Diane Keaton dies aged 79
Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after attack in prison
Palestinians return to devastated Gaza City as truce holds
Israel agreed to the truce yesterday and pulled back troops from several areas of the territory.
Biden receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat prostate cancer
'The world remains silent': At least 60 dead after drone strike in Sudan's El-Fasher
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Trump is in 'excellent health', according to his doctor
Lebanon condemns overnight Israeli strikes that killed one
Trump declares new 100% China tariff and threatens to scrap talks with Xi
Multiple people dead or missing after blast at Tennessee military explosives plant
Residents miles away reported feeling the explosion.
Macron reappoints Sebastien Lecornu as France's prime minister (four days after he resigned)
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
Larry Donnelly: Despite continued criticism, it's full speed ahead for the Trump administration
Larry Donnelly
The Journal Friday Newshound quiz
Israeli army says Gaza ceasefire is now in effect as thousands of Palestinians head North
The ceasefire came into effect at 12pm (10am Irish time).
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
Opinion: Ceasefire in Gaza is welcome, but our work has only just begun
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne
Drake's defamation case over Kendrick Lamar diss track tossed out of court
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago
US says it will deploy 200 troops to 'oversee' Gaza truce after Israel and Hamas agree to pause
'We're stepping up the pressure': Trump now eyeing peace deal to end Ukraine war
Three arrested over suspected 'jihadist-inspired' terror plot targeting Belgium prime minister
EU to probe allegations of Hungarian spying network for PM Orban in Brussels
French court ups jail term for man who appealed sentence for rape of Gisele Pelicot
In Pictures: Here's how people in Israel and Palestine celebrated news of the ceasefire deal
Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal that could end the war.
Gaza ceasefire deal: Israeli cabinet to vote on first phase of plan agreed with Hamas overnight
Hamas is to release all hostages while Israel will pull its troops back to an agreed line, US President Donald Trump said.
Saoirse Ronan reportedly set to play Linda McCartney opposite Paul Mescal in Beatles biopics
What's been agreed in the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal?
Tens of thousands of pre-school age children in Gaza are starving to death
A new study in The Lancet is based on examinations of 219,783 children from January 2024 to August 2025.
Synagogue killer rang 999 pledging allegiance to Islamic State during attack, UK police say