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Tuesday, 08 April 2025 04:52

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 550

What to know about tensions between Iran and the US before their talks this weekend Iran and the United States will hold talks in the sultanate of Oman on Saturday in an attempt to jump-start negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. Even before the talks, however, there was a dispute over just how the negotiations would go. President Donald Trump insists they’ll be direct negotiations. However, Iran’s foreign minister said they’ll be indirect talks through a mediator. The difference may seem small, but it matters. Indirect talks have made no progress since Trump in his first term unilaterally withdrew…

Tuesday, 08 April 2025 04:51

What to know after Day 1139 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy confirms for first time that Ukrainian troops active in Russia's Belgorod region Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed for the first time on Monday that Ukrainian troops have been active in Russia's Belgorod region as they seek to protect Ukrainian towns near the border. Ukrainian troops remain in parts of the neighbouring Russian region of Kursk eight months after a cross-border incursion, though Russian forces have recaptured much lost territory. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said Ukraine's top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, had presented a report "on the front line, our presence in the Kursk region and our…

Monday, 07 April 2025 04:08

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 549

Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities, Israel issues evacuation orders in Gaza Palestinian militant group Hamas said it fired a barrage of rockets at cities in Israel's south on Sunday in response to Israeli "massacres" of civilians in Gaza. Israel's military said about 10 projectiles were fired, but most were successfully intercepted. Israel's Channel 12 reported a direct hit in the southern city of Ashkelon. Israeli emergency services said they were treating one person for shrapnel injuries, and teams were en route to locations of fallen rockets. Smashed car windows and debris lay strewn on a city street, videos disseminated…

Monday, 07 April 2025 04:06

What to know after Day 1138 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian missile strike kills one, injures three in Kyiv, Ukraine says A Russian missile attack on Kyiv killed one man and injured three other people overnight, causing damage and fires in several districts in the biggest such attack on Ukraine for weeks, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. The strike was the first large-scale attack using missiles and drones since the U.S. said late last month it had negotiated two ceasefire accords with Russia and Ukraine, including one that would on each other's energy infrastructure. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ongoing attacks showed Russia did not want to end…

Sunday, 06 April 2025 04:38

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 548

US sending Israel 20,000 assault rifles that Biden had delayed, say sources The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to Israel last month, according to a document seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter, pushing ahead with a sale that the administration of former president Joe Biden delayed over concerns they could be used by extremist Israeli settlers. The State Department sent a notification to Congress on March 6 of the $24 million sale of the Colt Carbine 5.56 mm caliber fully automatic rifles, saying the end user would…

Sunday, 06 April 2025 04:34

What to know after Day 1137 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches air attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's military says Russia launched an overnight air strike on Kyiv, with the city's air defence forces trying to repel the attack, the military administration and the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said on Sunday. "Explosions in the capital. Air defences are working. Stay in shelters!" Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. Reuters' witnesses heard blasts in what sounded like air defence units in operation. ** Three injured in Russia's overnight attack on Mykolaiv, Ukraine says Three women were injured and several fires broke out in…

Saturday, 05 April 2025 04:29

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 547

Israel kills a Hamas commander in Lebanon, further testing ceasefire Israel killed a commander of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in an airstrike on southern Lebanon on Friday, further testing a ceasefire that halted last year's war between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The Israeli military said the targeted militant, Hassan Farhat, was behind a rocket attack on the city of Safed last year that killed and wounded several Israeli soldiers. It vowed to act against Hamas fighters "wherever they operate". A security source said Farhat was killed along with his son and daughter in the strike in the…

Saturday, 05 April 2025 04:27

What to know after Day 1136 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin and Zelensky ready to make a deal – Trump The leaders of Russia and Ukraine are ready to make a peace deal, US President Donald Trump claimed on Thursday. He has been trying to broker a ceasefire between the two neighbors since February. A reporter asked Trump on Air Force One about his communication with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky. “I think he’s ready to make a deal. And I think that [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin is ready to make a deal,” Trump said. He declined to go into specifics but added that the US is having “a lot…

Friday, 04 April 2025 04:25

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 546

Hundreds of thousands flee as Israel seizes Rafah in new Gaza 'security zone' Hundreds of thousands of fleeing Gazans sought shelter on Thursday in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war, as Israeli forces advanced into the ruins of the city of Rafah, part of a newly announced "security zone" they intend to seize. A day after declaring their intention to capture large swathes of the crowded enclave, Israeli forces pushed into the city on Gaza's southern edge which had served as a last refuge for people fleeing other areas for much of the war. Gaza's health ministry…

Friday, 04 April 2025 04:23

What to know after Day 1135 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Significant progress made on Ukraine ceasefire – Putin aide The US-brokered energy truce was a major step towards ending the Ukraine conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy, Kirill Dmitirev, has said during his trip to the US. Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, traveled to Washington to discuss further steps in normalizing bilateral ties largely suspended in 2022. “We are noting a positive dynamic in our relations,” Dmitriev told reporters on Thursday evening. He added that “significant progress has already been made” towards reaching a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. “For example, under the leadership of presidents…

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Thursday, 03 April 2025 02:46

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 545

Israel to seize parts of Gaza as military operation expands Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said troops were seizing an area he called the Morag Axis, a reference to a former Israeli settlement once located between the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, some 3-4 kilometres from the southern border. "Because we are now dividing the Strip and we are…

Thursday, 03 April 2025 02:45

What to know after Day 1134 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Putin conscripts 160K men as Russia eyes Ukraine offensive Russia has initiated its largest military draft in 14 years as reports indicate Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a spring assault on Ukraine despite ongoing peace negotiations to end the three-year war. Putin has called up 160,000 men as part of the country’s bi-annual conscription drive as Russia seeks to beef up its military ranks. According to the legislation, citizens aged 18 to 30 will be called up for mandatory military service through June 15. The spring draft marks the largest conscription campaign since spring 2011, when 200,000…

Wednesday, 02 April 2025 04:34

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 544

Israel says plenty of food in Gaza, UN says that's ridiculous The United Nations on Tuesday dismissed as "ridiculous" an assertion by Israel that there was enough food in the Gaza Strip to last for a long period of time, despite the closure of all 25 bakeries in the enclave supported by the World Food Programme. No aid has been delivered to the Palestinian enclave since March 2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has said it would not allow the entry of all goods and supplies into Gaza until Hamas releases all remaining hostages. Then later in March Israel…

Wednesday, 02 April 2025 04:33

What to know after Day 1133 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia says it cannot accept U.S. proposals on Ukraine 'in current form' Russia cannot accept U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine in their current form because they do not address problems Moscow regards as having caused the conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, suggesting U.S.-Russia talks on the subject had stalled. The comments by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov suggest Moscow and Washington have so far been unable to bridge differences which President Vladimir Putin raised more than two weeks ago when he said U.S. proposals needed reworking. They come as U.S. President Donald Trump appears…

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