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Sunday 25 October 2020
Fierce fighting raged between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces yesterday despite pleas for calm.
After a proposal submitted by Germany and Belgium, the cross-border aid plan was approved.
On Wednesday evening, it was announced that Ireland had won a two-year stint on the UN Security Council.
A sustained campaign has seen Ireland win out in the first round of voting at the UN in New York this evening.
Ireland is facing a “very competitive” field as it vies with Canada and Norway for a seat on the UN Security Council this Wednesday.
The government is hoping to secure a two-year rotating term on the UN Security Council in 2021.
The US made the surprise decision to pull troops out of northern Syria, leaving Turkey to enter.
He’ll be meeting with Mike Pompeo, along with launching a new government strategy for the US and Canada.
He now requires the parliament’s approval for the decree to come into force.
Myanmar has rejected accusations that its military committed atrocities in a crackdown last year.
A gavel-wielding Trump at the UN Security Council accused Beijing of working against his Republican Party in upcoming midterm elections.
The naivety of putting the word ‘sympathy’ in proximity to the US President’s take on journalism is breathtaking, writes the editor of TheJournal.ie.
Leo Varadkar and Mary Robinson also made speeches calling for Ireland to win a seat on the UN Security Council.
Today, Leo Varadkar launched Ireland’s bid for a seat on the UN Security Council.
A formal launch event for Ireland’s bid to the UN Security Council will take place today.
The Irish government is aiming to win a non-permanent seat on the security council for 2021-2022.
“The language of ultimatums is not something that anyone will be allowed to use,” Russia’s UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzya told the UN Security Council.
A war of words has erupted between Russia, the UK and the US.
Thousands of Gazans marched near the Israel border yesterday where Palestinian officials state Israeli soldiers opened fire.
At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested amid anti-government rallies and unrest that began last week.
It is the third raft of sanctions imposed on North Korea this year.
North Korea’s only major ally said “we are going to make a necessary response”.
Experts have said that the world security community should accept that North Korea will have long-range nuclear arms.
The UN has warned that famine is now a possible scenario for 2017.
The UN Security Council approves the Russian-drafted resolution on the Syria ceasefire.
The vote sparked furtive Security Council debate on what else might be achieved for the Palestinians before Obama leaves office.
New Zealand had stepped in to replace a withdrawn Egyptian resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements.
The eastern side of Syrian city Aleppo has been subjected to an “unprecedented” bombing campaign over the last four days.
The advance of rebel forces has continued.
Benjamin Netanyahu called Israel’s soldiers “the most moral army in the world”.
That’s according to the UN Security Council, which met today.
Representatives of 20 nations will take part.
The US reaffirmed its strong support for Israel’s right to defend itself.
The resolution will seek to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court.
Syria’s quick compliance with the destroying of chemical weapons stockpile has earned praise from US Secretary of State John Kerry.
It is unacceptable that medical staff are being denied access to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since the Cold War, writes Irish-Libyan doctor Dr Fatima Hamroush.
The UN security council voted unamimounsly to back the deal proposed by the US and Russia. International experts are expected to start work in Syria next week
The UN Security Council has approved a deal that will see Syria destroying chemical weapons.
Ban Ki-moon says UN invesigators have confirmed “unequivocally and objectively” that chemical weapons, including sarin, were used.
France says that the resolution would call on Syria to put its chemical weapons beyond use – or face action.
WE’RE LESS THAN a week out from the scariest night of the year.
Halloween will look somewhat different this year but there’s nothing stopping us breaking out the box of decorations, throwing on a witch’s hat and doing up the outside of the house.
Cobwebs, ghouls and goblins, a scary pumpkin, there’s plenty of inspiration around at the moment as more and more people gear up for the 31st.
This morning, we want to know: Have you decorated your house for Halloween?
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Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
Some sun, a shower in spots in the p.m.
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
Clouds breaking, rain ending; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
