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Thursday, 18 July 2024 04:45
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 286
US military ends Gaza floating pier mission to bring aid to Palestinians by sea The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that its mission to install and operate a temporary, floating pier off the coast of Gaza was complete, formally ending an extraordinary but troubled effort to bring humanitarian aid to Palestinians. The pier, announced by President Joe Biden during a televised address to Congress in March, was a massive endeavor that took about 1,000 U.S. forces to execute. Aid began flowing via the pier to Gaza in May, an operation aimed at helping avert famine after months of war between…
Thursday, 18 July 2024 04:44
What to know after Day 875 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine faces twin challenges of fighting Russia and shifting political sands in the US After almost 30 months of war with Russia, Ukraine’s difficulties on the battlefield are mounting even as its vital support from the United States is increasingly at the mercy of changing political winds. A six-month delay in military assistance from the U.S., the biggest single contributor to Ukraine, opened the door for the Kremlin’s forces to push on the front line. Ukrainian troops are now fighting to check the slow but gradual gains by Russia’s bigger and better-equipped army. “The next two or three…
Wednesday, 17 July 2024 04:47
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 285
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 57, Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several parts of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and Palestinian health officials said at least 57 people were killed in Israeli bombardments of southern and central areas. The Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas has accused Israel of stepping up attacks in Gaza to try to derail efforts by Arab mediators and the United States to reach a ceasefire deal. Israel says it is trying to root out Hamas fighters. In Rafah, a southern border city where Israeli forces have been operating since…
Wednesday, 17 July 2024 04:46
What to know after Day 874 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine lying about wanting peace talks – Moscow Kiev’s statements about resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict by political and diplomatic means are empty words and deception, a senior Russian diplomat told TASS news agency on Wednesday. Alexey Polishchuk, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Department, explained that a ban on negotiations with Moscow introduced by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is still in effect, making peace talks impossible. “If the authorities in Kiev were actually ready to resolve the crisis using political and diplomatic methods, they would first of all cancel the decree that…
Tuesday, 16 July 2024 04:34
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 284
Israel allows UN to bring in more equipment amid Gaza lawlessness The United Nations said on Monday that it will start bringing in more armored vehicles and personal protection equipment for its humanitarian aid operations in the Gaza Strip after receiving approval from Israeli authorities. The approval was in response to a U.N. letter sent to Israel last month on safety and security in Gaza, said Scott Anderson, deputy humanitarian coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as the war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas enters its tenth month and law and order has broken down. The U.N. has long…
Tuesday, 16 July 2024 04:33
What to know after Day 873 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's mobilisation campaign picks up despite faltering enthusiasm Seeing the military patrol handing out call-up papers on the outskirts of Kyiv, one man slipped into a nearby store. Another refused to even stop for the officers. Others, however, quietly obliged. While men may be coming round to Ukraine's ramped-up mobilisation drive to replenish troop numbers more than 28 months since Russia's invasion, they are less eager to fight than before, said a draft officer, who uses the call sign "Fantomas". "Now, as far as I know, most of the queues (at draft offices) are people who want to…
Monday, 15 July 2024 05:07
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 283
Hamas says it has not left ceasefire talks after Israeli attacks A senior Hamas official said on Sunday that the Islamist group has not withdrawn from ceasefire talks with Israel after this weekend's deadly attacks in Gaza that Israel said had targeted the group's military leader Mohammed Deif. But Izzat El-Reshiq, a member of the political office of Hamas, accused Israel of trying to derail efforts by Arab mediators and the United States to reach a ceasefire deal by stepping up its attacks in the enclave. Saturday's strike in the Khan Younis area of Gaza, in which at least 90…
Monday, 15 July 2024 05:06
What to know after Day 872 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia claims control of Urozhaine village in Ukraine's Donetsk region Russia's Defence Ministry said on Sunday that its forces had taken control of the village of Urozhaine in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, which if confirmed would be the latest in a series of gains since capturing the strategic town of Avdiivka in February. Ukrainian bloggers said that Kyiv's forces had relinquished control of the village, southwest of the Russian-held city of Donetsk. Ukraine's military said fighting was still going on in the area. "As a result of successful actions, the 'east' group of forces has taken control of…
Sunday, 14 July 2024 04:01
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 282
Gaza officials say 90 Palestinians killed as Israel targets Hamas military chief An Israeli airstrike killed at least 90 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza on Saturday, the enclave's health ministry said, in an attack that Israel said targeted Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it remained unclear whether Deif and another Hamas commander had been killed and promised to continue to target Hamas leadership, saying more military pressure on the group would improve chances of a hostage deal, even as three days of ceasefire talks separately halted on Saturday. "Either way, we…
Sunday, 14 July 2024 04:00
What to know after Day 871 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Kremlin responds to Ukraine’s threats to assassinate Putin Russia is aware of the dangers coming from the “Kiev regime,” including its threats to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. The spokesman was approached for comment on assassination threats against the Russian leader that had been voiced by the head of Kiev’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR), Kirill Budanov, in a recent interview. Moscow is aware of the threats and takes measures accordingly, Peskov said. “All the threats coming from the Kiev regime are obvious. Therefore, the security of the president is established at the proper…
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Saturday, 13 July 2024 04:45
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 281
Gaza talks explore alternative to Israeli troops on Gaza-Egypt border Israeli and Egyptian ceasefire negotiators are in talks about an electronic surveillance system along the border between Gaza and Egypt that could allow Israel to pull back its troops from the area if a ceasefire is agreed, according to two Egyptian sources and a third source familiar with the matter. The question of whether Israeli forces stay on the border is one of the issues blocking a potential ceasefire deal because both Palestinian militant group Hamas and Egypt, a mediator in the talks, are opposed to Israel keeping its forces…
Saturday, 13 July 2024 04:44
What to know after Day 870 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia strikes Ukrainian military-industrial sites, air bases over week Russian forces delivered 39 strikes by precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against Ukrainian military-industrial sites and air bases over the past week in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday. "On July 6-12, the Russian Armed Forces delivered 39 combined strikes by air-launched and seaborne long-range precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting enemy air bases, Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises and their energy facilities, military hardware assembly workshops and warehouses storing naval drones and strike UAVs. The goals of the strikes…
Friday, 12 July 2024 05:02
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 280
Israel bombards Gaza City in one of the fiercest weeks of war, killing 26 Israel rained bombs on Gaza City during a week that residents described as comparable to the fiercest battle of the war, while a Palestinian Islamic Jihad official on Thursday said a new round of peace talks ended with no agreements yet. Israel has been bombarding the Gaza Strip for 10 months in a war that has laid waste to the territory and killed more than 38,000 Palestinians, according to medical authorities in Gaza. On Thursday, Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people in Gaza City and…
Friday, 12 July 2024 05:01
What to know after Day 869 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine urges NATO to lift restrictions on targeting Russia Ukraine on Thursday urged NATO allies to lift restrictions on its use of long-range weapons against targets in Russia, saying that would be "game-changer" in its war with Moscow, while China slammed NATO criticism of its support for Russia as biased and malicious. NATO members issued a declaration in support of Ukraine at a summit in Washington on Wednesday, promising additional aid and pledging to back its "irreversible path" to NATO membership. "At this summit we are turning a corner and putting in place the foundations for Ukraine to…