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Monday, 31 March 2025 04:51
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 542
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows to pressure Hamas after ceasefire proposal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated a demand on Sunday for Hamas to disarm and for its leaders to leave Gaza as he promised to step up pressure on the group while continuing efforts to return hostages. He said Israel would work to implement U.S. President Donald Trump's "voluntary emigration plan" for Gaza and said his cabinet had agreed to keep pressuring Hamas, which says it has agreed to a ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar. Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said Netanyahu's comments were a recipe for…
Monday, 31 March 2025 04:50
What to know after Day 1131 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE 'Pissed off' at Putin, Trump threatens tariffs on Russian oil if Moscow blocks Ukraine deal U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was "pissed off" at Russian President Vladimir Putin and will impose secondary tariffs of 25% to 50% on buyers of Russian oil if he feels Moscow is blocking his efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Trump told NBC News he was very angry after Putin last week criticized the credibility of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's leadership, the television network reported, citing a telephone interview early on Sunday. Since taking office in January, Trump has…
Sunday, 30 March 2025 04:53
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 541
Hamas agrees to Gaza ceasefire proposal, the group's chief says Hamas has agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received two days ago from mediators Egypt and Qatar, the Palestinian militant group's chief said on Saturday. "Two days ago, we received a proposal from the mediators in Egypt and Qatar. We dealt with it positively and accepted it," Khalil al-Hayya said in a televised speech. "We hope that the (Israeli) occupation will not undermine (it)," said Hayya, who leads the Hamas negotiating team in indirect talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in the Hamas-Israel war in Gaza that erupted in…
Sunday, 30 March 2025 04:52
What to know after Day 1130 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian drone attack kills two in Ukraine's Kharkiv, officials say Russian drones struck a military hospital, shopping centre, apartment blocks and other targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, late on Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least 25, local officials and the Ukrainian military said. "According to preliminary information, there were injuries among the servicemen undergoing treatment in the medical centre," the military's General Staff said on the Telegram messaging app. It denounced the "deliberate, targeted shelling" of the facility which it said "added to the long list of vile and cynical crimes committed by the Russians…
Saturday, 29 March 2025 04:52
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 540
Israel conducts first strike on Beirut's southern suburbs since truce Israel on Friday carried out its first major airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs in months, retaliating for an earlier rocket launch from Lebanon in the most serious test of a shaky ceasefire deal agreed in November. The strike targeted a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a Hezbollah stronghold known as the Dahiyeh, that Israel said was a drone storage facility belonging to the Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim militant group. The ceasefire has looked increasingly flimsy in recent weeks. Israel delayed a promised troop withdrawal in January and…
Saturday, 29 March 2025 04:51
What to know after Day 1129 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia will ‘finish off’ Kiev’s forces – Putin President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russian forces are gaining momentum across the entire line of contact and could soon “finish off” Ukraine’s military, while commenting on attempts by Kiev’s European backers to derail a diplomatic resolution of the conflict. The Russian president made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting with the crew of the Arkhangelsk nuclear submarine, which is equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles. Putin reiterated that Moscow has always sought to resolve the conflict through diplomatic means but was met with deception and obstruction from the West…
Friday, 28 March 2025 04:08
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 539
Hamas spokesperson Qanoua killed in Israeli airstrike, says Hamas media Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif Al-Qanoua has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza, Hamas-affiliated media said early on Thursday, the latest group figure to be killed since Israel resumed its operations in the enclave. Qanoua was killed when his tent was targeted in Jabalia, the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa television said. The same strike wounded several people, while separate attacks killed at least six in Gaza City and one in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, medical sources said. Later on Thursday, the Israeli military confirmed in a statement that it killed Qanoua,…
Friday, 28 March 2025 04:06
What to know after Day 1128 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin proposes the UN to temporary govern Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested discussing the establishment of temporary governance in Ukraine, under the guidance of the UN and several countries. The aim would be to conduct elections in the country since Vladimir Zelensky’s presidential term officially expired in May 2024. Moscow sees no clear way to sign any agreements with Kiev since “other leaders might come tomorrow,” Putin explained on Thursday night while addressing the sailors of the Arkhangelsk nuclear submarine. “In such cases, international practice follows a well-known path within the framework of the United Nations…
Thursday, 27 March 2025 04:39
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 538
Hundreds stage Gaza protest against Hamas after conflict resumes Hundreds of Palestinians have protested in northern Gaza to demand an end to war, chanting "Hamas out," social media posts showed, in a rare public show of opposition to the militant group that sparked the latest war with its October 7, 2023 raid on Israel. Northern Gaza has been one of the most devastated areas of Gaza. Most buildings in the densely populated area have been reduced to rubble and much of the population has moved several times to escape the conflict. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to say the…
Thursday, 27 March 2025 04:38
What to know after Day 1127 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Rubio says US will evaluate Russian demands for Black Sea ceasefire The United States will evaluate demands made by Russia after Moscow had agreed "in principle" to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine in the Black Sea to allow safe navigation, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday. The U.S. announced separate Black Sea agreements with Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday - following talks in Saudi Arabia - to ensure safe navigation, stop attacks, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. U.S. President Donald Trump - who took…
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Wednesday, 26 March 2025 04:40
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 537
Israeli strikes kill 23 in Gaza, military expands evacuation orders Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 23 Palestinians on Tuesday, local health officials said, as the Israeli military expanded evacuation orders to tens of thousands of residents across the enclave. The Israeli military resumed its campaign against Hamas in Gaza a week ago, shattering a two-month ceasefire. Since then, nearly 700 people, mostly women and children, have been killed, Palestinian health officials say. Most of Gaza's 2.3 million population has already been displaced by the fighting multiple times during nearly 18 months of war and is facing…
Wednesday, 26 March 2025 04:39
What to know after Day 1126 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia, Ukraine agree to sea, energy truce; Washington seeks easing of sanctions The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks at sea and against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some sanctions against Moscow. While it was not clear when or how the Black Sea maritime security deals would start, the agreements are the first formal commitments by the two warring sides since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who is pushing for an end to the war in Ukraine and a rapid rapprochement with Moscow that…
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 04:40
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 536
Israeli military says it intercepted missile fired from Yemen; Houthis claim responsibility The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on Friday, one day after shooting down two projectiles launched by Houthi militants. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it fired a ballistic missile toward Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, the group's military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said in a televised statement in the early hours of Saturday. Saree said the attack against Israel was the group's third in 48 hours. He issued a warning to airlines that the Israeli airport was "no…
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 04:39
What to know after Day 1125 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian artillery attack kills three Russian journalists, regional head says A Ukrainian artillery strike on Monday killed six people including three journalists in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk region, the region's Russia-installed governor said. The media outlets concerned confirmed that their journalists had been killed in the attack. Another Russian official said the journalists had been targeted by the Ukrainian military. There was no comment from Ukrainian officials. The attack killed a journalist from Russia's Izvestia media outlet, Alexander Fedorchak, as well as camera operator Andrei Panov and driver Alexander Sirkeli working for Russian state television channel Zvezda, according to…