How does China view the US-Israeli war on its ally Iran?

French nuclear umbrella gives cover amid global upheaval

On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron declared France would not just increase its number of nuclear weapons, but also allow the deployment of nuclear-armed fighter jets to other parts of the continent in a significant move - that went largely unnoticed.

As Iran war intensifies, what happens next?

This war has entered its fourth day, and has already spread across the Middle East and to European territory in Cyprus.

War splits opinion as US and Iran face off at UN

Iran and the United States have no direct diplomatic relations. One of the only places the two countries come face to face is here in New York at the UN Security Council. With the conflict escalating, RTÉ's Yvonne Murray looks at the UN reaction to Operation Epic Fury.

What happens if the US goes to war with Iran?

Amid the biggest US military build-up in the Middle East since the US invaded Iraq in 2003, it's becoming increasingly difficult to avoid the conclusion that Washington is planning war with Iran, writes Yvonne Murray.

Four months on from ceasefire, Gazans still being killed

Since the ceasefire in Gaza was declared last October, hundreds of people have been killed and injured, writes Yvonne Murray.

Is the United Nations really on the brink of collapse?

The UN's top man wrote a letter to member states warning of imminent "financial collapse". The organisation may have to close its headquarters by this summer. RTÉ Global Security Reporter Yvonne Murray looks at why the UN is in such dire finanical straits.

Latest China purge raises fear of military miscalculation

A sweeping purge of China's senior generals is raising questions about the country's internal volatility as well as fears of a military miscalculation.

'Manifest destiny' - Trump revives US expansionism

Donald Trump is not the first US president to push for territorial expansion. Throughout history, the United States acquired land through transactions, treaties and war. With its designs on Greenland, America invoked its national myth of "manifest destiny" - and that hasn't gone away.

Does Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' undermine the UN?

The UN has had its fair share of knocks over its 80 years, but the latest move by US President Donald Trump to set up a rival organisation under his personal stewardship could prove its biggest challenge yet, writes Yvonne Murray.