Gazan doctor fears she will lose place on UCC course after visa application rejected
Baraa Mansour, who was evacuated from Palestinian enclave in 2024, says refusal of her visa is ‘devastating’
Egypt
A Belfast-Palestine dance collaboration: ‘The project is fraught with problems, but that didn’t stop us’
Belfast International Arts Festival 2025: Our Voice Together Now includes a trio of commissions in Belfast, Cairo and Ramallah
Next steps to Israel-Hamas deal will be challenging
Hamas announcement over missing bodies of hostages raises immediate risk to continuation of ceasefire
Donald Trump and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to chair Gaza peace summit in Egypt on Monday
Meeting aims to ‘usher in a new era of regional security and stability’
Who will make up Gaza’s new occupation force?
About 200 US troops are being deployed in a support role but will not enter Gaza
Hamas says it has handed over list of Israelis and Palestinians for swap deal
US team including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to join talks
Hamas says it is serious about Gaza peace deal on second anniversary of attack on Israel
Officials urge caution over prospects for rapid agreement as Israel continues bombardment of enclave during talks
Talks between Israel and Hamas begin in Egypt on Trump plan for Gaza ceasefire
Israel deports 170 activists, including 16 Irish citizens and Greta Thunberg, from aid flotilla intercepted en route to enclave
Israel and Hamas to begin talks to finalise ceasefire
IDF halts assault on Gaza City, Hamas searches for bodies of deceased hostages
Gaza peace plan is far from a done deal
Hamas demands guarantees on Israeli withdrawal while Netanyahu’s far-right allies threaten to collapse government
Jordan chosen as route to evacuate sick Gaza children to Ireland in ‘imminent’ operation
It is understood around 11 children have been identified for an upcoming third evacuation mission
Live sports piracy site popular in Ireland shut down by Egyptian authorities
Streameast hosted illegal live steams of major sporting events such as Premier League matches
Netanyahu under pressure from all sides after Hamas accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal
Majority of Israeli public wants ceasefire but prime minister’s coalition partners do not
Israel steps up Gaza attacks as Hamas says it is ready to resume ceasefire talks
At least 11 people killed in aerial and tank fire overnight, say health authorities
Israeli bombs kill at least 11 people in Gaza, five more starve to death, say officials
Hamas leader due in Cairo for talks about US-backed ceasefire plan
Jordan and Egypt condemn Israeli plan to take over entire Gaza Strip
Arab states will not agree to Binyamin Netanyahu’s policies ‘nor clean his mess’, says Jordanian official
Egyptian president condemns Israel over reported plan for full military takeover of Gaza
He says his country will ‘not be gateway for displacement of Palestinian people’ if Israel tries to expel Gazans
Government will not use Jordan to evacuate sick children from Gaza, despite previously saying route was ‘not an issue’
Doctors prefer Jordan crossing to Rafah due to higher quality of hospital in Amman
Heartbreak as Palestinian GAA players are refused visas to visit Ireland
West Bank dance troupe is also facing problems over permits from Irish authorities, so is postponing its visit
Irish protesters on march to Gaza recall ‘sinister’ detention and armed ‘paid locals’ surrounding them
Demonstrators from more than 50 countries went to Egypt for peaceful attempt to reach Rafah crossing
Diplomatic efforts continuing in bid to help Irish citizens in Iran and Israel
Simon Harris speaks to Saudi and Jordanian counterparts on ‘increasingly dangerous’ situation in Middle East
How the Israel-Iran war may develop
If Iran is losing a conventional conflict, there is a danger that it will resort to unconventional means of retaliation
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy freed again by Egyptian authorities
Dublin TD first detained while attempting to march to Gaza to deliver aid for the enclave
Irish citizens including Paul Murphy TD freed by Egyptian authorities after detention over Gaza march
March through Rafah was ‘never going to happen’, says Taoiseach, as he welcomes release of Irish citizens
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy detained in Egypt by the authorities
Mr Murphy is among 50 Irish activists participating in the Global March to Gaza from Egypt
Convoy of activists on way to Gaza to demand an end to Israeli hostilities
Fleet of vehicles travelling from Tunis is expected to swell as it journeys through Libya and Egypt
Mother and son risk death in solidarity with each other
Political issues eclipsed by the love and worry of a daughter and sister
‘We need him here with us’: 69-year-old woman on hunger strike in Britain over son imprisoned in Egypt
Laila Soueif believes time is running out for her human rights activist son – and for her
Inside Dublin Islamic centre: pressure on ‘senior official’ to step down amid claims over staff links to banned group
Ali Selim, who recently left the Clonskeagh centre, says ‘it is very hard to answer’ whether certain officials could be Muslim Brotherhood members
The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by Fawaz A Gerges – engaging read for seasoned observers
The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader
Israeli strikes kill at least 44 in Gaza, health authorities say
Dozens wounded and ten reported dead in air strike on police station in Jabalia
‘Dedicated to the oppressed, refugees and marginalised’: How Pope Francis is remembered in Middle East
Late pontiff visited nine countries in the region and north Africa, cultivating ties between Christians and Muslims
Donald Trump’s Gaza plan piles pressure on his ‘favourite dictator’
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sought to kill proposal to expel population while preserving good relations with US president
‘My son was killed in front of my eyes. Three bullets in his chest’: Patrick Freyne in Chad’s desert camps
An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, many fleeing to a huge desert camp in eastern Chad. Photographs by Chris Maddaloni
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