Paschal Donohoe

Ireland’s Donohoe resigns as finance minister and Eurogroup chief to join World Bank

Paschal Donohoe resigned as Irish finance minister and Eurogroup president on Tuesday to take up a senior World Bank role, a surprise move that will leave the coalition government without…

Ireland to back global tax deal if concerns met – minister

Ireland will likely sign up to an overhaul of global corporate tax rules if certainty is brought to bear on its concerns when an updated text of the OECD's proposals…

Ireland confident G7 tax deal won’t dent multinational investment

Ireland’s finance minister said he remained confident the country’s low-tax economy would continue to attract multinational investment and jobs even as an overhaul of global corporation tax rules moved a…

ICC opens probe into alleged crimes against humanity by Belarus

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said on Thursday they had opened an ‌investigation ...

Talk of US Anti-Missile System Relocation Fuels Anxiety in South Korea

The US is relocating parts of a missile defence system installed in South Korea to the Middle East, ...

Romania Scrambles Jets After Suspicious Drone Activity

Romania scrambled fighter jets on Friday to monitor ‌drones possibly breaching its national airspac...

US opens unfair trade practices probe of 60 countries over forced labor

The U.S. Trade Representative's office said late on Thursday it had begun Section 301 unfair trade p...

Malta News Briefing – Friday 13 March 2026

Morning Briefing Abela Signals Openness to Review Abortion Sentence Prime Minister Robert Abel...

FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war

The has FBI alerted California police departments that Iran might retaliate against U.S. strikes by ...

Updated – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 12 March 2026

Updated 1030 Malta-Flagged Tanker Damaged in Gulf Attack as Regional Tensions Hit Shipping: A Mal...

Turkey’s Erdogan says Iran war must stop before whole region dragged in

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned that the war involving Iran risks setting the enti...

Drones hit Dubai airport and Creek Harbour

Authorities in Dubai have confirmed that two drones fell in the vicinity of Dubai International Airp...

Hungarian Opposition Claims Kremlin-Backed Smear Campaign Ahead of Election

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar has accused the Kremlin of backing Prime Minister Viktor Or...