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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…

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…

Tuesday, 01 April 2025 04:32

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 543

Three killed in Israeli strike targeting Hezbollah militant in Beirut At least three people were killed and seven wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs early on Tuesday, the Lebanese health ministry said, further testing a shaky four-month ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The Israeli military said on Tuesday in a statement that it attacked a Hezbollah militant "who had recently directed Hamas operatives and assisted them." The attack took place a few days after a previous strike by Israel on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a Hezbollah stronghold known as the Dahiyeh. There was no…

Tuesday, 01 April 2025 04:31

What to know after Day 1132 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia pounds Kharkiv for second night in row, Ukraine says Russia has attacked the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine for a second consecutive night, injuring three people, sparking fires at industrial buildings and damaging two kindergartens, Ukrainian officials said early on Monday. The attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, lasted most of the night and hit the city's largest and oldest district, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. "Five industrial buildings of one of the research and production enterprises were damaged," Terekhov said on Telegram. Emergency crews said they battled a large fire which spanned 3,900 square meters after…

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…

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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…

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