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Tuesday, 07 January 2025 04:55
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 459
Three Israelis killed in northern West Bank shooting Three Israelis were killed and several injured on Monday in a shooting attack on a car and bus near the settlement of Kedumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israel's national ambulance service Magen David Adom (MDA) said. The attack, on a major road used by both Israelis and Palestinians, comes amid a diplomatic push for a deal to end the 15-month-old war in Gaza and return Israeli hostages home and may pose another obstacle to sealing such a deal before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Footage posted on…
Tuesday, 07 January 2025 04:52
What to know after Day 1048 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Battle rages in western Russia as Moscow reports gains in Ukraine Russia said on Monday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of fierce fighting was under way. The Russian defence ministry said its forces had captured the town of Kurakhove, 32 km (20 miles) south of Pokrovsk, a Ukrainian logistics hub toward which Russian forces have been advancing for months. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow had suffered big losses in five months of fighting…
Monday, 06 January 2025 05:00
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 458
Hamas and Israel wrangle over talks as Israeli strikes in Gaza intensify Israel and Hamas wrangled on Sunday over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home, as Palestinian officials said intensified Israeli bombardments had killed more than 100 people over the weekend. A Hamas official said the group had approved a list of 34 Israeli hostages to be returned as part of a deal that could eventually lead to a ceasefire. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office swiftly issued a statement saying Hamas had not provided a hostage list. Later on…
Monday, 06 January 2025 04:57
What to know after Day 1047 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine launches new attack in Kursk region of western Russia Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine had launched a new attack in the Kursk region, an area of western Russia from which Russian troops have been trying to eject Ukrainian forces for the past five months. Ukrainian troops broke across the border in a surprise incursion on Aug. 6 and have managed to hold on to a chunk of territory there which could provide Kyiv with an important bargaining chip in potential peace talks. Russia's defence ministry said its forces were beating back the Ukrainian forces but some…
Sunday, 05 January 2025 04:54
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 457
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza Strip as new ceasefire talks begin Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 70 people over the last day, Palestinian medics said on Saturday, as mediators launched a new ceasefire push to end the 15-month-old war. At least 17 of those who died were killed in airstrikes on two houses in Gaza City, the first of which destroyed the home of the Al-Ghoula family in the early hours, medics and residents said. "At about 2 a.m. we were woken up by the sound of a huge explosion," said Ahmed Ayyan,…
Sunday, 05 January 2025 04:45
What to know after Day 1046 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia shoots down eight ATACMS, captures eastern Ukraine settlement, says defence ministry Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that Russian forces had taken control of the village of Nadiya in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region and had shot down eight U.S.-made ATACMS missiles. Reuters could not immediately verify the battlefield reports. The ministry said its air defence systems had shot down 10 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory on Saturday morning, including three over the northern Leningrad region. St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport temporarily halted flight arrivals and departures on Saturday morning. RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia intercepts eight US-supplied ATACMS missiles —…
Saturday, 04 January 2025 04:25
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 456
Israeli airstrikes push up Gaza death toll amid new truce push Israel has carried out airstrikes on dozens of Hamas targets in Gaza over the past 24 hours, it said on Friday, in attacks that Palestinian health authorities said had killed more than 110 people in two days. The surge in operations and casualties comes amid a renewed push to reach a ceasefire in the 15-month-old war and return Israeli hostages before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Israeli mediators were dispatched to resume talks in Doha brokered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators and on Friday, U.S.…
Saturday, 04 January 2025 04:24
What to know after Day 1045 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches new barrage of drones at Ukraine, kills one, Kyiv says Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing one civilian and injuring four others in the Kyiv region, the military and regional officials said. Ukrainian air defences shot down 60 out of 93 Russian drones, the air force said. It also said that 26 drones were "lost", in reference to Ukraine's use of electronic warfare to redirect Russian drones. One Russian drone was still in the air, the air force added. Mykola Kalashnyk, acting governor for the Kyiv region,…
Friday, 03 January 2025 05:14
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 455
Israeli airstrikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Gaza authorities say Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at a tent camp where the head of the enclave's Hamas-controlled police force, his deputy and nine displaced people died, Gaza authorities said. Israel said the deputy was the head of Palestinian militant group Hamas' security forces in southern Gaza. The attack occurred in the Al-Mawasi district, which was designated as a humanitarian zone for civilians earlier in the 14-month-old warbetween Israel and Hamas, which rules Gaza. The director general of Gaza's police department,…
Friday, 03 January 2025 05:12
What to know after Day 1044 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Trump can be decisive in helping stop Russia's Putin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could be decisive in the outcome of the 34-month-old war with Russia and help stop Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Zelenskiy, facing advances by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, said in an interview with Ukrainian television that Trump had told him he would be one of the first to visit Washington after the presidential inauguration this month. Zelenskiy also said a priority was to stabilise the front line early in the new year. Putin, he said,…
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Thursday, 02 January 2025 04:19
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 454
Israel strikes Gaza City suburb, Palestinian medics say The Israeli military kept up the pressure on northern Gaza on Wednesday, striking in a suburb of Gaza City, medics said, and told residents in a central part of the enclave to evacuate from an area where militants were firing rockets. Air strikes in Shejaia, a suburb of Gaza City, killed at least eight Palestinians, according to local emergency services. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, and it was not immediately clear who was killed in the attack. In al-Buriej, in central Gaza, the Israeli military said it struck…
Thursday, 02 January 2025 04:16
What to know after Day 1043 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Two killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine says Russia launched a New Year's Day drone strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Wednesday, killing two people, wounding at least six others and damaging buildings in two districts, authorities said. Explosions boomed across the morning sky as Ukraine's air force warned of incoming drones and Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defences were repelling an enemy attack. Two floors of a residential building in central Kyiv were partially destroyed in the strike, according to the State Emergency Service. Two people were killed, it said. Photos posted by…
Wednesday, 01 January 2025 05:16
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 453
Yemen will continue to defend itself, say Houthis after US strikes Yemen's Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam said that the country would continue to defend itself after several U.S. strikes targeted facilities in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday. The U.S. military said that it carried out strikes against Houthi targets in Sanaa and coastal locations in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday. "On Dec. 30 and 31, U.S. Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV)," the U.S. military's Central Command said…
Wednesday, 01 January 2025 05:14
What to know after Day 1042 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine hits Russian oil depot in Smolensk region The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday its forces had hit a Russian oil depot in the western Smolensk region, setting fire to tanks storing oil products. Ukraine's general staff said on the Telegram app that the depot was used for military purposes. It did not specify the weapon used for the strike but said it was carried out in cooperation with drone forces. Smolensk region governor Vasily Anokhin said that the attack caused a fuel spill and fire. According to his statement on Telegram, 10 Ukrainian drones were shot down…