The Irish Times

Death row inmates in Japan sue over same-day notification of execution

Lawyer says prisoners ‘live in fear every morning that that day will be their last’

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 06:32

Right-wing leader refuses Lebanese court summons over sectarian clashes

Samir Geagea said he would appear if Hizbullah head Hassan Nasrallah testified first

Fri Oct 22 2021 - 17:13

Syria executes 24 people over deadly wildfires

President Assad’s home town of Qardaha in Latakia was hit hard by fires

Thu Oct 21 2021 - 14:43

Johnson demotes Raab and sacks three cabinet ministers in reshuffle

Liz Truss takes over at foreign office while Buckland, Jenrick and former education secretary Williamson are ousted

Wed Sept 15 2021 - 19:30

‘Like a scene from the Holocaust’: Israel mourns crush victims

At least 45 people killed and 150 others injured in crush at religious festival

Fri Apr 30 2021 - 21:03

Norway may block Rolls-Royce sale of Bergen Engines to Russia’s TMH

Security agency considers if sale could jeopardise national security interests

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 07:23

Dozens killed in Colombian prison as inmates riot over coronavirus

Detainees protesting of sanitary conditions claim they have been ‘abandoned like dogs’

Mon Mar 23 2020 - 09:38

Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s ex-head, flees from Japan to Lebanon

‘I have not fled justice - I have escaped injustice and political persecution’

Tue Dec 31 2019 - 10:36

Japan executes first foreigner in decade after ‘careful examination’

Chinese man on death row for more than 16 years convicted over murder of family of four

Thu Dec 26 2019 - 16:13

Netanyahu faces pre-indictment hearing for corruption case

Israeli prime minister’s lawyers to argue pending charges should be dropped

Wed Oct 02 2019 - 09:33

Israel’s PM Netanyahu faces corruption charges

Move by attorney general to indict prime minister comes weeks ahead of tight election

Thu Feb 28 2019 - 18:42

Binyamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara charged with fraud

Justice ministry alleges misuse of €83,000 in official funds for catering services

Thu Jun 21 2018 - 18:22

Paris police recover some jewels stolen in Ritz heist

Two raiders still at large as questions raised about security in luxury hotels

Thu Jan 11 2018 - 12:12

UK motor insurer shares fall after ‘crazy’ move to up payouts

Cut in discount rate will force insurers to pay more cash to personal injury claimants

Mon Feb 27 2017 - 10:42

Egypt overturns life sentence against Mohamed Morsi

Court orders retrial for former president on charges of conspiring with foreign militants

Tue Nov 22 2016 - 15:43

German economic minister attacks Deutsche Bank boss

Sigmar Gabriel accuses John Cryan of hypocrisy over bank’s growing financial problems

Mon Oct 03 2016 - 14:43

Iraq executes 36 men convicted of massacring soldiers

Outrage over Isis’ killing of 1,700 troops in 2014 prompted mobilisation of Shia militias

Sun Aug 21 2016 - 19:11

At least 22 people killed in two bomb attacks in Afghanistan

14 Nepalese security guards killed after minibus targeted during rush hour in Kabul

Mon Jun 20 2016 - 12:10

Poland in danger of reverting as PiS party reinterprets democracy

The Law and Order party is taking control in a way that threatens to set the country back

Sat May 21 2016 - 02:00

Apple loses battle in China over use of iPhone trademark on leather goods

Setback highlights how hard it can be to do business in the planet’s second-largest economy

Thu May 05 2016 - 08:00

Julian Assange: 24-hour police watch at Ecuador embassy ends

British police watched building hosting WikiLeaks founder since 2012 - at £12m cost

Mon Oct 12 2015 - 15:24

Oscar Pistorius parole review set for September

Paralympic medallist was due to be released after serving 10 months of 5-year sentence

Thu Aug 27 2015 - 11:22

Netanyahu struggling to form coalition

Surprise move by Avigdor Lieberman shifts focus to another right-wing Israeli party

Wed May 06 2015 - 06:53

South Korea soldier sentenced to death for 2014 attack

Sergeant Lim convicted of the murder of five comrades in a grenade and gun attack

Tue Feb 03 2015 - 08:26

Call for general strike after Israeli police kill man

Mayor of Kafr Kanna village says police killing of Kheir Hamdan (22) was an ‘execution’

Sat Nov 08 2014 - 21:25

Syria adds opposition peace talks delegates to ‘terrorist list’

Decision will further antagonise opposition members after second round of negotations fail

Sat Feb 15 2014 - 17:11

Anti-government activists seize Ukraine justice ministry

Rallies and clashes spread as security services warn of danger to nuclear power plants writes Dan McLaughlin in Kiev

Mon Jan 27 2014 - 08:38

United Nations urges halt to Iraqi executions

Call on Iraq to suspend use of death penalty after authorities execute 21 people on same day

Thu Apr 18 2013 - 15:58

Bombs kill at least 50 on anniversary of Iraq invasion

Attacks target mainly Shia areas 10 years after US troops swept into Iraq

Tue Mar 19 2013 - 09:40