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Prison movies are perhaps the most captivating of all movies, as the following films illustrate. From grim portrayals of life ...

elderly people and their pets fled in their thousands by car, bus and train before finally finding shelter here. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...

Of considerable relevance to the Irish economy is what he has promised for the pharmaceutical sector, Ireland’s most significant export commodity to the US market. Keith Duggan in Washington and ...

Donald Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone calls with Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the new US president’s first big step ...

President Donald Trump has said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call to begin “negotiations” on ending the Ukraine war and would “work together, very closely ...

The trio were abducted from one of the hardest-hit communities in southern Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack that ignited the devastating war. The Hamas-linked Prisoners ...

possibly triggering a broader economic confrontation with allies and rivals alike. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...

RUSSIA is preparing to start a major war in Europe and will not stop at Ukraine, a top Nato defence minister has warned. Dovile Sakaliene, the defence minister of Lithuania, also said that ...

The biggest names in the Irish screen industry will be in Dublin this weekend for the Irish Film & Television Awards - also known as the 'Irish Oscars' or 'Irish Academy Awards' - on Friday ...

Trump speaking to Putin sent a potentially dramatic signal that Washington and Moscow could work to hammer out a deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine by going around that country’s government.

What if Zelensky, rather than being the hero in this story, is actually the man who won’t allow the war to end — not for the good of his people, but because peace would mean his own downfall?