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Saturday, 26 April 2025 04:26
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 568
Missile launched from Yemen into Israel intercepted, Israeli army says The Israeli army said in the early hours of Saturday that a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory. Sirens sounded in a number of areas in Israel following the launch, the Israeli army added in a statement. There was no immediate comment from Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, who have been launching attacks against Israel as well as ships they perceive as affiliated to Israel, in what they say is to support the Palestinians in Gaza against the Israeli offensive on the enclave. Reuters
Saturday, 26 April 2025 04:25
What to know after Day 1157 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia and Ukraine 'very close to a deal', says Trump US President Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine "are very close to a deal", hours after his envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Moscow. Trump said it had been a "good day" of negotiations, while the Kremlin described the talks - which Ukraine was not present at - as "constructive". Earlier, Trump said on social media that "most of the major points are agreed to," and urged Russia and Ukraine to meet "at very high levels" and "to finish it [the deal]…
Friday, 25 April 2025 03:29
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 567
Israeli fire kills at least 44 people in Gaza, hits a police station An Israeli airstrike hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, local health authorities said, and Israel's military said it had struck a command centre of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad groups. Medics said two Israeli missiles hit the police station, located near a market, which led to the wounding of dozens of people in addition to the 10 deaths. The identities of those killed were not immediately clear. The Israeli military said in a statement apparently…
Friday, 25 April 2025 03:26
What to know after Day 1156 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Missile that killed 12 in Russian strike on Kyiv was North Korean, Zelenskiy says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday the Russian missile that struck a residential building in Kyiv overnight and killed 12 people was supplied by North Korea, confirming an earlier Reuters report. A North Korean KN-23 (KN-23A) missile hit a residential block in the Sviatoshynskyi district west of Kyiv's centre during a major aerial attack by Russia, a Ukrainian military source told Reuters. "According to preliminary information, the Russians used a ballistic missile manufactured in North Korea. Our special services are verifying all the…
Thursday, 24 April 2025 04:20
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 566
Palestinian president urges Hamas to lay down arms Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Hamas on Wednesday to lay down arms and hand the running of Gaza to his Palestinian Authority, part of efforts to answer international doubts over the authority's role at a key moment for the region. Abbas was speaking at a leadership council where he is expected this week to name a successor amid pressure from Western and Arab powers concerned about the PA's ability to play a viable-long term role in peace efforts. While Abbas had previously called on Hamas to put its forces under the…
Thursday, 24 April 2025 04:19
What to know after Day 1155 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Trump says 'inflammatory' Zelenskyy statement on Crimea prolongs war with Russia President Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement on Crimea, saying it was "very harmful" to peacemaking efforts. "It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy’s that make it so difficult to settle this war," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "He has nothing to boast about! The situation for Ukraine is dire — He can have peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole country." Trump also rejected Zelenskyy’s red line in the Truth Social post, saying it was "not even…
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 04:56
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 565
Israel steps up Gaza strikes; polio vaccination halted by blockade The Israeli military launched one of the biggest waves of strikes in Gaza for weeks on Tuesday, residents said, and health officials issued a new warning that healthcare faced total collapse from Israel's blockade of all supplies. Gaza's health ministry said a U.N.-backed polio vaccination campaign meant to target over 600,000 children had been suspended, putting the enclave at risk of the revival of a crippling disease that once had been all-but eradicated. In diplomacy to end the conflict, a Hamas delegation was expected to arrive in Cairo for talks.…
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 04:54
What to know after Day 1154 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine presses for ceasefire as Russia reported to offer concession President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday Ukraine was ready for talks with Russia "in any format" once a ceasefire is set, while the Financial Times reported President Vladimir Putin had offered to halt Russia's invasion at the current front lines. Both sides are trying to demonstrate progress towards ending Russia's war in Ukraine, now well into its fourth year, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he could walk away from efforts to make peace if there is no breakthrough. "We are ready to record that after a ceasefire,…
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 03:22
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 564
Palestinian Red Crescent says Israeli probe into Gaza aid workers' killings not enough The Palestinian Red Crescent called on Monday for a "serious investigation" into the killing of 15 aid workers in Gaza last month, a day after the Israeli military admitted "professional failures" and disciplinedtwo officers over the incident. Younish Al-Khatib, chairman of the Palestinian Red Crescent, said he did not consider the measures taken by the Israeli military, which reprimanded one officer and dismissed another from his position, as sufficient. "This looks like the management of a company taking administrative measures against its employees who made some kind…
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 03:21
What to know after Day 1153 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Putin says he is open to direct peace talks with Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Monday bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time since the early days of the war, and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv was eager to discuss a halt to attacks on civilian targets. While Zelenskiy did not respond directly to Putin's proposal, he emphasized in his nightly video address that Ukraine "was ready for any conversation" about a ceasefire that would stop strikes on civilians. The two leaders face pressure from the United States, which has threatened to walk…
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Monday, 21 April 2025 04:06
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 563
Israel's military finds 'professional failures' in killings of Gaza medics The Israeli military on Sunday said a review into last month's killing of emergency responders in Gaza found there had been "several professional failures" and that a commander would be dismissed over the incident. The 15 paramedics and other rescue workers were shot dead on March 23in three separate shootings at the same location near the southern Gazacity of Rafah. They were buried in a shallow grave where their bodies were found a week later by officials from the United Nations and the Palestinian Red Crescent. In a statement on…
Monday, 21 April 2025 04:04
What to know after Day 1152 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of countless violations of one-day Easter ceasefire Russia and Ukraine accused each other of thousands of attacks that violated the one-day Easter ceasefire declared by President Vladimir Putin, with the Kremlin saying there was no order to extend the pause in frontline fighting. Washington said it would welcome an extension of the truce, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reiterated several times Ukraine's willingness to pause strikes for 30 days in the war. But Putin, who sent thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and who ordered on Saturday the halt in…
Sunday, 20 April 2025 05:06
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 562
Israel's Netanyahu says military to increase pressure on Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he had instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian militant group this week rejected an Israeli proposal for another temporary truce, instead demanding a deal to end the war in exchange for the release of hostages. In a late-night televised address, Netanyahu said that while war came with a heavy price, Israel had "no choice but to continue fighting for our very existence, until victory." Egyptian mediators have been working to restore the ceasefire, which Israel abandoned last month…
Sunday, 20 April 2025 05:05
What to know after Day 1151 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Putin announces temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine war Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in his country’s war with Ukraine, the Kremlin said Saturday. The war has raged for more than three years and cost the lives of tens of thousands of people on both sides. "Guided by humanitarian considerations, today from 18:00 to 00:00 from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side declares an Easter truce,’" Putin said in a video posted by the Russian ministry of Foreign Affairs. "I order that all military actions be stopped for this period." In the video, Putin…