WARS
Monday, 26 May 2025 04:08
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 598
Israeli strikes kill 30 in Gaza, including rescue service official and local journalist Israeli military strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a senior rescue service official and a journalist, local health authorities said. The latest deaths in the Israeli campaign resulted from separate Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north and Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, medics said. In Jabalia, they said local journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several family members were killed by an airstrike that hit his house earlier on Sunday. Another airstrike in…
Monday, 26 May 2025 04:07
What to know after Day 1187 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches war's largest air attack on Ukraine, kills at least 12 people Russian forces launched a barrage of 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight, including the capital Kyiv, in the largest aerial attack of the war so far, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. The dead included three children in the northern region of Zhytomyr, local officials there said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the United States, which has taken a softer public line on Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin, since President Donald Trump took office, to speak…
Sunday, 25 May 2025 04:27
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 597
Netanyahu accuses France, Britain and Canada of 'emboldening' Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the leaders of France, Britain and Canada of wanting to help the Palestinian militant group Hamas after they threatened to take "concrete action" if Israel did not stop its latest offensive in Gaza. The criticism, echoing similar remarks from Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Thursday, was part of a fightback by the Israeli government against the increasingly heavy international pressure on it over the war in Gaza. "You're on the wrong side of humanity and you're on the wrong side of history," Netanyahu said. The…
Sunday, 25 May 2025 04:26
What to know after Day 1186 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian drones attack Kyiv, apartment building hit, seven injured Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Sunday and injured at least seven people as fragments set an apartment building on fire and damaged homes, officials said. Timur Tkachenko, head of the city's military administration, said four people requested medical aid after a five-storey apartment building was struck in the Holosiivskyi district just outside the city centre. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the building's exterior was damaged, and three people were injured in other city districts. Tkachenko had earlier warned that more drones and possibly missile strikes were…
Saturday, 24 May 2025 04:35
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 596
UN says more food needed in Gaza as looting hampers deliveries Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks against looters, Hamas officials said on Friday, as the head of the United Nations warned that only a "teaspoon" of aid was getting in following Israel's 11-week-long blockade. The Israeli military said 107 trucks carrying flour and other foodstuffs as well as medical supplies entered the Gaza Strip from the Kerem Shalom crossing point on Thursday, for a total of 305 since Monday when the blockade was relaxed. But getting the supplies to people sheltering in tents and other…
Saturday, 24 May 2025 04:34
What to know after Day 1185 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Kyiv mayor says Russian drones, missiles trigger fires, injure eight Russia attacked Ukraine's capital Kyiv early on Saturday with drones and missiles, triggering fires, strewing debris in districts throughout the city and injuring at least eight people, the city's mayor said. Reuters witnesses saw and heard successive waves of drones flying over Kyiv, and a series of explosions jolted the city. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two residents had required hospital treatment and that air defence units were in action. Pictures posted online showed smoke billowing from the top of one block of flats and flames leaping from part…
Friday, 23 May 2025 04:27
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 595
Aid trucks enter Gaza after delays, as pressure mounts on Israel Israel allowed 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, as UN officials reported that distribution issues had meant that no aid had so far reached people in need. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would be open to a temporary ceasefire to enable the return of hostages. But otherwise he said it would press ahead with a military campaign to gain total control of Gaza. After an 11-week blockade on supplies entering Gaza, the Israeli military…
Friday, 23 May 2025 04:26
What to know after Day 1184 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia set on creating ‘buffer zone’ in Ukraine – Putin The Russian military has been tasked with creating a “security buffer zone” along the border with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. The president made the remarks during a government meeting dedicated to the situation in Russia’s border regions, including Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk. Additional measures to support their residents were also discussed. “It has been decided to create the necessary security buffer zone along the border. Our armed forces are actively solving this task now. The enemy’s firing positions are suppressed, the work is going…
Thursday, 22 May 2025 04:38
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 594
Israel encircles 2 of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals, groups say Israel’s military encircled two of the last functioning hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, staff and aid groups say, as the World Health Organization is warning that the activity is "stretching the health system beyond the breaking point." The development comes as an Israeli military spokesperson said Wednesday that "We are entering a new phase, different in size and strength, to achieve the war's objectives of returning the kidnapped soldiers and defeating the terrorist [group] Hamas. "Forces from the 401st Brigade and the Givati Brigade, under the command of…
Thursday, 22 May 2025 04:36
What to know after Day 1183 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Putin visits Kursk region for first time since ejecting Ukrainian forces Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the western Kursk region for the first time since Russian forces ejected Ukrainian troops from the area last month. The Kremlin said that during the visit on Tuesday Putin met volunteer organisations in the region and visited the Kursk-II nuclear power plant. State television showed Putin meeting volunteers and local officials in the region including acting governor Alexander Khinshtein. Putin was accompanied by Sergei Kiriyenko, Kremlin first deputy chief of staff. Russia said in late April that it had ejected Ukrainian troops…
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Wednesday, 21 May 2025 01:38
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 593
Airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza, international criticism of Israel grows Israeli forces killed at least 55 Palestinians in airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday, local medics said, continuing to bombard the enclave despite mounting international pressure to halt military operations and allow unimpeded deliveries of aid. Britain announced it was suspending trade talks with Israel and summoning its ambassador over "egregious policies" in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, while European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas asked for a review of the EU-Israel trade deal, according to Dutch news agency ANP. The war, now in its 20th month, has left…
Wednesday, 21 May 2025 01:37
What to know after Day 1182 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE EU, Britain go ahead with new Russia sanctions without waiting for Trump The EU and Britain announced new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday without waiting for Washington to join them, a day after President Donald Trump's phone call with Vladimir Putin brought about neither a ceasefire in Ukraine nor fresh U.S. sanctions. London and Brussels said their new measures would zero in on Moscow's "shadow fleet" of oil tankers and financial firms that have helped it avoid the impact of other sanctions imposed over the war. "Sanctions matter, and I am grateful to everyone who makes them more…
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 04:36
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 592
Netanyahu says Israel will control Gaza as pressure mounts on aid Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would control the whole of Gaza despite mounting international pressure that pushed it to lift a blockade on aid supplies in the face of warnings of looming famine. The Israeli military, which announced the start of a new operation on Friday, warned residents of the southern city of Khan Younis on Monday to evacuate to the coast immediately as it prepared "an unprecedented attack". Netanyahu said in a video message Israel would achieve "complete victory" with both the release of the…
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 04:35
What to know after Day 1181 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Trump says Russia, Ukraine agree to immediate ceasefire talks, Kremlin offers no timeframe Donald Trump said after his call on Monday with President Vladimir Putinthat Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations for a ceasefire, but the Kremlin said the process would take time and the U.S. president indicated he was not ready to join Europe with fresh sanctions to pressure Moscow. In a social media post, Trump said he relayed the plan to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as well as the leaders of the European Union, France, Italy, Germany and Finland in a group call following his…