Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said there now is an urgent need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as well as the unconditional release of all hostages, and safe, unhindered humanitarian access into the enclave. At the start of the fourth month of the conflict Mr Martin called on all …

Metaphorical champagne corks were popping on market trading floors as the ‘flash estimate’ of eurozone inflation for November was published at the end of that month. The annual rate of consumer price rises – at 2.4% – was back within striking distance of the European Central Bank’s 2% inflation target, …

Israel bombed Gaza as the United Nations warned the Palestinian territory has become “uninhabitable” after three months of fighting that threatens to engulf the wider region. AFP correspondents reported Israeli strikes early today on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people have sought shelter from the …

Rescuers sifted through rubble as focus turned to recovering bodies rather than finding survivors five days after a huge earthquake struck central Japan, with 98 people now confirmed killed. The death toll from the New Year’s Day 7.5-magnitude quake was certain to rise, with 211 people in the Ishikawa region …

Three people have been killed in separate road incidents today, bringing the total number of deaths in 2024 to seven. In the latest incident, a woman in her 20s was killed in Co Donegal after being hit by a car. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene on the …

Farewell “Bidenomics” – turns out, it’s the democracy, stupid. At least that’s the hope of Joe Biden and his campaign advisors, who seem to have decided that the best way to win the next election is the same way they won the last election. By talking about Trump. The likely …

Russia has hit Ukraine with missiles supplied by North Korea for the first time during its invasion, Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said, corroborating an earlier assertion by Washington. “There is no longer any disguise … as part of its outright genocidal war, the Russian Federation for the first time …

New York’s attorney general is seeking $370m from former US president Donald Trump in a fraud case that has seen the businessman accused of inflating the value of his properties, court documents showed. “Record evidence … supports disgorgement of $370m, plus pre-judgment interest,” said the filing. That is significantly more …

Russia launched multiple North Korea-made ballistic missiles at Ukraine recently, the White House said, the first time the North’s latest weapons have been used in battle. Here is what we know about the missiles, and where they came from. What missiles did Russia use? While the White House would not …

Wayne LaPierre, the long-time head of the National Rifle Association (NRA), has announced that he is resigning as leader of the US gun lobby, just days before the start of his corruption trial. The 74-year-old cited unspecified health reasons for his decision to step down from 31 January as chief …