WARS
Saturday, 18 May 2024 04:34
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 225
Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants attacked tanks massing around Rafah. Residents said Israeli armour had thrust as far as the market at the heart of Jabalia, the largest of Gaza's eight historic refugee camps, and that bulldozers were demolishing homes and shops in the path of the advance. "Tanks and planes are wiping out residential districts…
Saturday, 18 May 2024 04:33
What to know after Day 814 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin raises issue of Zelensky’s legitimacy Vladimir Zelensky’s legitimacy as president of Ukraine is an important question not only to his own country, but to Moscow as well, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He explained that Zelensky’s status will have a bearing on any potential agreement between the two belligerent countries. Zelensky’s five-year term in office comes to an end on May 20. Ukrainians were scheduled to head to the polls to elect a new leader on March 31; however, he announced in December 2023 that no presidential or parliamentary elections would be held as long as…
Friday, 17 May 2024 04:29
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 224
US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel, rebuking Biden The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as he urges Israel to do more to protect civilians during its war with Hamas. The Israel Security Assistance Support Act was approved 224 to 187, largely along party lines. Sixteen Democrats joined most Republicans in voting yes, and three Republicans joined most Democrats in opposing the measure. The act is not expected to become law, but its…
Friday, 17 May 2024 04:28
What to know after Day 813 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy visits Ukraine's embattled Kharkiv as Russian pressure mounts in east Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Thursday to boost morale and reinforce troops in the region where Russian forces are trying to press their new offensive beyond border areas. Moscow has made inroads of at least several kilometres into the north of Kharkiv region since Friday, forcing Kyiv's outmanned troops to try to hold the line on a new front as Russia mounts more pressure on the front in the east. "The direction remains extremely difficult - we are strengthening our units,"…
Thursday, 16 May 2024 04:41
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 223
Gaza fighting intensifies, Israel asks why armed men were at UN site Israeli troops battled militants across Gaza on Wednesday, including in the southern city of Rafah that had been a refuge for civilians, in an upsurge of the more than seven-month-old war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Antagonism between Israel and the United Nations worsened as the Israeli army sought an explanation for footage showing armed men next to U.N. Palestinian relief agency vehicles. Separately, India was working to bring home the body of a U.N. staffer killed in Rafah by what the global body said…
Thursday, 16 May 2024 04:40
What to know after Day 812 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces advancing daily in special op, everything going according to plan — Putin Russian forces are moving forward according to plan, this year making daily advances in all areas, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with commanders of troops of military districts. "Work is being carried out according to the plan approved and drawn up by the command of the battlegroup, by the General Staff. All the assigned tasks are being accomplished," the president said. "Not only last year were - I want to say it again - all enemy counterattacks repelled, but also starting…
Wednesday, 15 May 2024 04:49
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 222
Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah; battles rage in northern Gaza Israeli tanks pushed deeper into Rafah on Tuesday, reaching some residential areas of the southern Gazan border city where more than a million people had sought shelter, and its forces pounded the enclave's north in some of the fiercest attacks in months. Israel's international allies and aid groups have repeatedly warned against a ground incursion into Rafah, where many Palestinians fled and Israel says four Hamas battalions are holed up. Israel says it must root out the remaining fighters. The White House said U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan…
Wednesday, 15 May 2024 04:48
What to know after Day 811 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Putin backs China's Ukraine peace plan, says Beijing understands the conflict Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview published early on Wednesday, said he backed China's plan for a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis, saying Beijing had a full understanding of what lay behind the crisis. Putin, speaking to China's Xinhua news agency ahead of his visit to Beijing this week, said Russia remained open to dialogue and talks to solve the more than two-year-old conflict. China's plan and further "principles" made public by President Xi Jinping last month took account of factors behind the conflict, Putin…
Tuesday, 14 May 2024 04:24
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 221
Israeli forces press Gaza offensive from north and south Israeli forces pushed deep into the ruins of Gaza's northern edge on Monday to recapture an area from Hamas fighters, while in the south tanks and troops pushed across a highway into Rafah, leaving Palestinian civilians scrambling to find safety. Some of the most intense fighting for weeks is raging in both the north and south. Israeli operations in Rafah, which borders Egypt, have closed a main crossing point for aid. Humanitarian groups say this has worsened an already dire situation. Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing again. Around half…
Tuesday, 14 May 2024 04:23
What to know after Day 810 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia says troops enter border town near Kharkiv Russia has said its forces have entered the north-eastern border town of Vovchansk, near Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv. Ukraine's military said it had "pushed the enemy back" from the northern outskirts of the town, adding it had "tactical successes" in several areas. Russia has intensified its attacks on the region following Friday's surprise incursions across the border, seizing at least nine villages and settlements in one of the most significant ground attacks since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. Thousands of civilians have fled towards Kharkiv.…
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Monday, 13 May 2024 04:43
NATO risks World War III in Ukraine — while lining the defense industry’s pockets
First, the truly alarming news next to no one seems to care about: Day by day, the war in Ukraine is tipping ever closer to triggering a nuclear strike. Earlier this week, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once again waved the warning flag on this pending cataclysm, posting: “The situation in Ukraine is on the brink of calamitous escalation. Do the military imperialists in Washington and their lackeys in Europe have any idea the danger they are courting? They are conducting foreign policy as if it were a game of ‘chicken.’” Kennedy is nightmarishly correct. It is a…
Monday, 13 May 2024 04:42
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 220
Israel moves deeper into Rafah, fights Hamas militants regrouping in northern Gaza The exodus of Palestinians from Gaza’s last refuge accelerated Sunday as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the southern city of Rafah. Israel also pounded the territory’s devastated north, where some Hamas militants have regrouped in areas the military said it had cleared months ago. Rafah is considered Hamas’ last stronghold. Some 300,000 of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there have fled the city following evacuation orders from Israel, which says it must invade to dismantle Hamas and return scores of hostages taken from Israel in the…
Monday, 13 May 2024 04:41
What to know after Day 809 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces bear down on Ukraine border town in Kharkiv region Russian forces attacking Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region were engaged in fighting on the outskirts of the border town of Vovchansk, Kyiv's troops said on Sunday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described heavy fighting there and in the east. Moscow troops entered into the Kharkiv regionon Friday, opening a northeastern front in the 27-month war that has long been waged in the south and east. Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, is 30 km (18 miles) from the Russian border. Soldiers returning from a combat mission in the area said…
Sunday, 12 May 2024 04:59
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 219
Israel orders new evacuations in Gaza's last refuge of Rafah as it expands military offensive Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to leave as it prepared to expand its military operation deeper into what is considered Gaza’s last refuge, in defiance of growing pressure from close ally the United States and others. As pro-Palestinian protests continued against the war, Israel’s military also said it was moving into an area of devastated northern Gaza where it asserted that the Hamas militant group has regrouped after seven months of fighting.…