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Israel's election commission rejects Netanyahu's voting fraud claims, after the attorney general blocked a Shin Bet call to interrogate Palestinian-led party politicians.
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Israel's election commission rejects Netanyahu's voting fraud claims, after the attorney general blocked a Shin Bet call to interrogate Palestinian-led party politicians.
Trump makes a surprise election-day announcement that the US will end its $4bn annual military aid to Israel by the end of the year, saying the country does not need it.
A UN report says funding promised by rich nations to help poorer countries adapt to the climate crisis is well behind the pace needed.
Live Europe blog: the EU will lead talks on support for Ukraine with the US, Nato, France, Germany, Britain and the World Bank.
Canada joins a growing group of countries refusing to play Russia in ice hockey after a sports court lifted its ban.
Zelenskyy says 33 were killed in the Komyshuvakha strike and more than 50 may be trapped under rubble, as Russia hits energy sites; day 1,715 briefing.
The US dollar slides after the Democrats' midterm win, on worries about AI regulation and political gridlock, as investors move into treasuries.
Exclusive: the schools minister launches a Ukrainian GCSE and apologises to child refugees who were pushed to study Russian.
More than 900 academics urge the UK to reverse its decision to bar Swedish writer Andreas Malm, calling it an attack on free expression.
The ANC faces anger over water outages and power cuts as South Africans vote in local elections, with its share expected below a third.
Curators at London's Weiner Library say the Dreyfus affair, the first 'viral' antisemitic campaign, has echoes in how anti-Jewish hatred shows up today.
Callum Turner shortens to 8/13 favourite for Bond as Pierce Brosnan endorses him.
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Live: Democrats take control of the House and Senate, and Abdul El-Sayed becomes the first Muslim US senator after winning in Michigan.
With both chambers, Democrats can launch investigations and block Trump appointments.
Seven incoming US senators to watch, including some seen as future presidential candidates.
Trump claims 'the great American comeback' as the election is called a demonstration of the democratic process.
Five takeaways from the Democrat landslide, as states and districts that backed Trump two years ago abandoned his allies.
Private security will patrol Dublin city centre after talks between regeneration chief Robert Watt and local businesses.
After two decades in the US, a writer finds the Irish habit of everyone knowing each other is now what she loves.
Tell Me About It: a man feels stuck and pessimistic, saying his wife never thought she was his number-one choice.
Families targeted by drug gangs hold a vigil outside Leinster House calling for support against drug-debt intimidation.
Galway residents give mixed views on the ring road after the final legal challenge ended on Monday.
After the SuperValu cyberattack, how smart fridges and other connected devices could be the next target, and how to stay safe.
Sean Moncrieff on trust, suspicion and incompetence, after discovering he needed eye surgery, not glasses.
Inside Politics podcast: Republicans are routed as Democrats retake the US Senate.
A security operation 'bigger than a US presidential visit' is planned for next week's EU presidency meetings, with delays expected in Dublin.
Fórsa's Kevin Callinan warns the public sector strike could be followed by rolling disruption across education, health and local government.
Cat Brogan, living near the Border, will give birth in Dublin so her wife can be recognised as a parent; she began care in Derry.
A bus driver's trial begins over the crash that killed two Waterford teenagers on an e-scooter.
Kathy Sheridan asks whether anyone cares as Peadar Toibin says he is 'bursting the woke bubble'.
Work Q&A: a reader made redundant after three months, with the role refilled, asks what she can do.
Most doctors who joined the medical register last year trained outside Ireland, mainly in Pakistan and Sudan.
Irish unemployment stays near a historic low of 4.8%, with the rate at or below 5% since 2021.
Celebrity hairstylist John Frieda, who styled stars from Twiggy to Madonna, dies aged 75.
A woman sues Aer Lingus after falling from mobile steps while disembarking, telling the High Court of a severe ankle fracture.
Kellogg's reformulates Rice Krispies with rice flour, blaming climate change and a lack of rice.
Three experts recommend the foods to eat and avoid for a better night's sleep.
The Music Quiz: which Japanese dish does Rosalia favour, and which Central American spot suits Kacey Musgraves' honey?
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A Northern Ireland man jailed for sexually assaulting his daughter is to have his conviction quashed; prosecutors must decide on a retrial.
PSNI chief Jon Boutcher says dissident republicans could use drones to deliver 'payload' bombs and have used them before.
Former Superintendent Gerry Murray, ex-chair of the PSNI Catholic Guild, urges a 'collective solution' to falling Catholic recruitment.
A Co Armagh man says he suffered two decades of 'shame' after an assault and felt like a criminal after reporting it to the PSNI.
Brian Feeney argues the end of Stormont is not the thing to fear; more of the same is.
The owner of Haymarket Belfast is opening a Christmas live music pop-up in the vacant former JJB Sports unit that Wetherspoons once tried to turn into a pub.
A new appeal over the 1985 car bomb at Newry Courthouse that killed RUC reservist Michael Kay.
A charity says almost 200,000 people in Northern Ireland are at risk of needing food banks, with families skipping meals.
A new documentary revisits how Star of the Sea FC brought Catholic and Protestant boys together in 1969.
Alex Kane fears Stormont is finished and asks what replaces it, noting some unionists would accept direct rule.
The Irish News view: Catholic recruitment gains in policing must not be allowed to go into reverse.
A catchy trad song with an unlikely chorus is raising awareness of haemochromatosis, the 'Celtic Curse'.
Professor Brian Cox on what fascinates him most about the universe, ahead of his Belfast show.
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James McClean's book sparks a war of words with his uncle John 'Popa' Kelly, who had terrorist charges dropped two years ago.
Mark 'Billy' Billingham recounts the farm raid that captured a prolific South Armagh IRA sniper.
Amnesty voices concern as the PSNI confirms a link between a large weapons haul on the Shankill Road and far-right extremism.
Travel review: Enniskillen, NI's only island town, is a budget-friendly family break with friendly locals and waterways.
A sheriff finds the derailment could have been avoided if a drain had been built correctly.
Gavin Robinson avoids a mass DUP exodus but his problems pile up after the Drumcree dispute.
Upper Bann voters say Carla Lockhart's personal profile means 'she'll do well whatever she does'.
A Lisburn DUP councillor employed by Edwin Poots calls out his own 'fake' resignation letter as an anti-DUP stir after Carla Lockhart left.
The Blue Lights creators Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson are leaving after series 4 as the BBC 'takes a beat' on the show's future.
Repair work begins on Belfast's Big Fish after it was vandalised; Peter Luke Smith (44) has appeared in court charged with criminal damage.
Senior civil servants are told Northern Ireland is underprepared for future public disorder after June's rioting in north Belfast.
Tributes are paid to a young Co Armagh mother of four who died on Tuesday.
Carla Lockhart's resignation is not just about Drumcree but about years of DUP hierarchy taking its greatest vote-winner for granted, leaving three quarters of its MPs men in their 70s.
A writer says she suffers sectarian abuse from her own Catholic community, calling republican trolling a threat to free speech and a pressure to conform.
Cash woes threaten the future of Orange Order-owned Brownlow House, on the verge of closure after a raft of resignations left an ex-UVF gunman as sole director.
DUP mutiny: the looming Lockhart exit is fuelling a leadership plot, with a "Lisburn Mafia" of Givan, Poots and Buckley said to favour Givan replacing Gavin Robinson as the party faces a 25-year low in MPs.
A Co Antrim amateur drama group is delighted after Liam Neeson endorses its play.
Belfast residents have mixed views as the city's first Ulster-Scots street sign in over 25 years is approved.
Peaky Blinders star Packy Lee on growing up in west Belfast and falling into acting as a teenager.
"The reason they fell in love is why everything fell apart": Belfast's Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner on love, lies and the billion-dollar crypto collapse at the heart of The Altruists.
Meet the Tyrone father-of-three opening up on divorce, loneliness and mental health through an online community: "I got some slagging but the same people then told me I had helped them."
A chief executive recalls leaving a corporate career to start a GBP1.6m Belfast company, admitting he "felt sick" before handing in his notice.
Column on bus services running late, early or at full capacity, and fuel price puzzles across Northern Ireland.
An Irish-medium primary school principal joins Gerry Kelly and Caral Ni Chuilin on Sinn Fein's North Belfast ticket.
Restaurant review: La Bottega on the Lisburn Road is a paradise for pasta lovers.
A Belfast firm will make 457 numbered watches to commemorate the UK soldiers who died in Afghanistan.
Carla Lockhart says leaving the DUP was painful and that she holds no animosity towards Gavin Robinson.
Column: your son does not need another lecture on what it means to be a man.
Tianna Patterson rescued a 17-year-old who was knocked out by a punch and fell into a Halloween bonfire in Strabane.
Mourners at Ciara Mageean's burial in Portaferry hear of her determination and her conversation about a final 'big challenge'.