Juliette Gash

Why Vladimir Putin's war has not been swift

Military experts say there are several factors at play: including the use of young, inexperienced conscripts by Russia.

Noor Mukadam attended Our Lady's Grove school in Goatstown when she lived in Dublin

Man sentenced to death for murder of Noor Mukadam

A Pakistani man has been sentenced to death in Islamabad for the murder of Noor Mukadam, who spent over a decade in Ireland while her father served at the Pakistani Embassy in Dublin.

World • 24 Feb 22

Four Israeli soldiers stand behind razor wire near the Palestinian village of Bil'in in the West Bank

Human rights groups back Amnesty's 'apartheid' report

Fourteen human rights organisations based in Israel have come to Amnesty International's defence, after the NGO was sharply criticised in some quarters for its claim that Israel is imposing a system of apartheid on Palestinians.

World • 08 Feb 22

The cover of the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman

US school's banning of Maus: 'It's kids that suffer'

One Tennessee school's decision to ban the graphic novel Maus has attracted a vast amount of commentary, and not without consequence, writes Juliette Gash.

World • 05 Feb 22

Taiwan Air Force fighter jets during a military drill in Chiayi, Taiwan, in January

Why is China conducting military flights near Taiwan?

Taiwan lives under the constant spectre of invasion by China, and the final quarter of 2021 saw a massive spike in Chinese incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification zone.

World • 29 Jan 22

The Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania, which opened in November

Taiwan and Lithuania forge ties despite China pressure

Taiwan and Lithuania have become strange bedfellows despite China's warnings to the European nation last year. So how did this seemingly unlikely relationship develop, and why is China now putting pressure on Lithuania?

World • 13 Jan 22

A child cries in the malnutrition department of Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan

€247m fund transfer to Afghanistan charities agreed

Donors to the World Bank-administered Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) have decided to transfer vital funds to humanitarian organisations in the stricken country.

World • 10 Dec 21

Women and girls have complained of being excluded from work and school since the Taliban took power in August

Girls not permitted to attend school in Afghanistan

The Taliban has confirmed for the first time that girls are not permitted to attend secondary school in Afghanistan, deeming it "unsafe".

World • 08 Dec 21

Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters in June 2021

War in Tigray: How did it start and can it be resolved?

Ethiopia has entered its second year of civil war, as government forces clash with those loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front. How did this conflict begin, and why is it proving so hard to resolve?

World • 24 Nov 21

Three young children are pictured in a tent the Bruzgi Kuznica crossing point on the Belarusian-Polish border

Desperate people caught up in EU-Belarus stand-off

Thousands of migrants are camped out close to the Poland-Belarus border in dire conditions aiming to cross into the European Union, in a crisis that began over the summer, and one the EU says was engineered by Minsk in retaliation for sanctions.

World • 18 Nov 21