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Charity boss slams Stormont for "ignoring experts and avoiding targets" over poverty strategy
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (492+ words) Stormont has been accused by a children's charity of "evading timelines, ignoring experts and avoiding targets" on poverty almost a year on from the agreement on a long-awaited strategy to tackle the issue in Northern Ireland. The head of Save…...
Mark Thompson: Time the pandering stopped to those within the British military who pulled triggers
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (801+ words) In Britain, the mantra from British army veterans" associations is that former soldiers face "vexatious prosecutions" and "old men are dragged through the courts", their homes "searched" and taken under "armed guard" as part of "reinvestigations" about killings during the…...
Patricia Mac Bride: Abuse of Palestinian prisoners is the rear battlefield of Israel's genocidal war " The Irish News
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (843+ words) WHEN President Catherine Connolly last week hosted a visit in "ras an Uachtar'in by Arab Barghouti, it underscored the esteem in which his father, the imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, is held in by the international community. The last time…...
Trump announces project to help stranded ships leave Strait of Hormuz
6+ hour, 24+ min ago (1491+ words) US President Donald Trump has said a project will start on Monday to help stranded ships leave the Strait of Hormuz, but offered few details. In a social media post Mr Trump said "neutral and innocent" countries have been affected…...
Mc Geeney's measured verdict on big Ulster win
12+ hour, 15+ min ago (94+ words) The Irish News Mc Geeney's measured verdict on big Ulster win Live: Autumn Budget 2024 As it happened - Armagh outclass Down in Ulster Championship semi-final rout NI hotel group up for "200m sale after record-breaking profits "Reliable and local': West Belfast taxi…...
Sinn F'in says Bobby Sands statue "is going nowhere" at anniversary event
11+ hour, 8+ min ago (493+ words) A Bobby Sands statue that was erected without planning permission "is going nowhere, a Sinn F'in MLA has said. The statue of the IRA hunger striker, who was 27 and an MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone when he died in…...
Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay says he will not lose his seat at election
19+ hour, 48+ min ago (562+ words) The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said he will "absolutely not" lose his seat at the Holyrood election, despite projections from a leading pollster. Russell Findlay said he would prove the pollsters wrong and be returned to Holyrood on…...
UK military says bulk carrier near Strait of Hormuz reports being attacked
11+ hour, 37+ min ago (1138+ words) A bulk carrier near the Strait of Hormuz has reported being attacked by multiple small craft, the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said on Sunday, marking at least two dozen attacks in and around the strait since…...
Zelensky thanks King for "strong words" on Ukraine in US
16+ hour, 28+ min ago (337+ words) Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the King for his "strong words" on the defence of Ukraine during his state visit to the United States. The Ukrainian president expressed his gratitude for the monarch's comments in a meeting with Sir Keir Starmer…...
Royal Mail "disappointed" as first King Charles postbox in NI vandalised within 24 hours
17+ hour, 28+ min ago (334+ words) The Royal Mail has said it is "disappointed" after the first postbox bearing the cypher of King Charles in Northern Ireland was vandalised less than 24 hours after it was unveiled in Belfast. Stickers featuring the name of republican socialist group…...