Dublin, 4 October 2025 — The Irish Government has announced a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for Early Years Educators and School-Age Childcare Practitioners, delivering a 10% average increase in minimum hourly pay for approximately 35,000 workers in the sector. The new rates will take effect from 13 October 2025, replacing the 2024 ERO. New […]
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Washington, 4 October 2025 — Apple has removed the controversial ICEBlock app from its App Store after the U.S. Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, demanded its removal, citing serious safety risks to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. App Function and Controversy ICEBlock was a crowdsourced platform that allowed users to […]
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Istanbul, 4 October 2025 — A special flight carrying 137 international activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla landed at Istanbul Airport on Saturday, following their forcible detention and deportation by Israeli authorities. The group had been intercepted in international waters while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Multinational Group of Deportees The deported […]
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Dublin, 4 October 2025 — Ireland’s top political leaders have welcomed Hamas’s announcement that it will release all remaining Israeli hostages — both living and deceased — under the terms of the proposed U.S.-brokered Middle East peace plan. The statements from Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris reflect Ireland’s […]
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All this, while aid convoys remain blocked from reaching hundreds of thousands trapped close to the frontlines and as the military government and their rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia battle for control of Sudan. Speaking from Tawila, 50 kilometres (about 31 miles) from El Fasher in North Darfur, Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown described the […]
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Tunis, 4 October 2025 — A Tunisian court has handed down a death sentence to a man accused of insulting President Kais Saied and undermining state security through posts on social media, according to his lawyer and the Tunisian League for Human Rights. Unprecedented Ruling The defendant, identified as Saber Chouchane, a 56‑year‑old day labourer, […]
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Washington, 3 October 2025 — U.S. President Donald J. Trump has called on Israel to immediately stop its bombing campaign in Gaza, following a statement from Hamas indicating readiness to release all Israeli hostages under the terms of his proposed peace plan. Trump’s Call for Restraint In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Based […]
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The EU is supporting the emergency response to the outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officially declared on the 4 September 2025 by the Congolese ministry of health. With 42 deaths recorded out of 64 cases, the current outbreak has a fatality rate of around 66%. The most urgent priorities […]
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Austin, 4 October 2025 — A rare coalition of conservatives, Republican lawmakers, and even long‑time death penalty supporters is urging Texas courts to grant a new trial for Robert Roberson, a 58‑year‑old man scheduled for execution on October 16. Conviction Under Scrutiny Roberson was convicted in 2003 of murdering his two‑year‑old daughter, Nikki, after prosecutors […]
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Gaza City, 3 October 2025 — Hamas announced on Friday that it has agreed in principle to release all Israeli hostages — both alive and deceased — under the terms of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace proposal, and expressed willingness to enter mediated negotiations immediately to finalize the details. Hostage Release at the Core […]
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