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Thursday, 17 October 2024 05:06

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 377

How Israel’s bulky pager fooled Hezbollah The batteries inside the weaponised pagers that arrived in Lebanon at the start of the year, part of an Israeli plot to decimate Hezbollah, had powerfully deceptive features and an Achilles' heel. The agents who built the pagers designed a battery that concealed a small but potent charge of plastic explosive and a novel detonator that was invisible to X-ray, according to a Lebanese source with first-hand knowledge of the pagers, and teardown photos of the battery pack seen by Reuters. To overcome the weakness - the absence of a plausible backstory for the…

Thursday, 17 October 2024 05:05

What to know after Day 966 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Biden announces $425 million in military aid for Ukraine U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday about efforts to surge security assistance to Ukraine and announced a new $425 million military aid package, the White House said. The security package includes air defense capability, air-to-ground munitions, armored vehicles and critical munitions, the White House said in a statement. Zelenskiy, writing on Telegram, expressed gratitude to Biden, both parties of Congress and the American people for the new package and said he spoke to Biden about Kyiv's five-point "victory plan," which he presented to…

Wednesday, 16 October 2024 05:11

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 376

Israel's demining near Golan signals wider front against Hezbollah, sources say In a sign Israel may expand its ground operations against Hezbollah while bolstering its own defences, its troops have cleared landmines and established new barriers on the frontier between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and a demilitarised strip bordering Syria, security sources and analysts said. The move suggests Israel may seek to strike Hezbollah for the first time from further east along Lebanon's border, at the same time creating a secure area from which it can freely reconnoitre the armed group and prevent infiltration, the sources said. While demining activity…

Wednesday, 16 October 2024 05:10

What to know after Day 965 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia’s Su-25 attack aircraft disrupt rotation of Ukrainian forces in Kursk region Crews of Russia’s Su-25 ground attack aircraft have thwarted the rotation of Ukrainian forces in borderline areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The strike was carried out by aircraft missiles against reconnaissance targets," the ministry said. "According to intelligence reports, the enemy’s armored hardware and manpower were destroyed." After the use of aviation weapons, the crews performed an anti-missile maneuver, releasing decoy flares, and returned to their airfield of departure. WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv, mayor says Russia launched…

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 04:47

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 375

Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills at least 21 people An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. The Israeli military did not immediately comment and the target was not clear. The strike hit a small apartment building in the village of Aito, which is part of the country’s Christian heartland in the north and far from the Hezbollah militant group’s main areas of influence in the south and east. Rescue workers in Aito searched through the rubble of the building as ambulances stood by…

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 04:43

What to know after Day 964 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine holds new online conference on peace, calls for revised security system Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff called on Monday for a new international security system to preclude future instances of armed aggression, as he addressed an online conference on securing peace following Russia's invasion. Andriy Yermak said 66 countries and international organisations had taken part in the conference, devoted to one point of the president's peace plan on ending the more than 2 1/2-year-old war with Russia. The discussions focused on future instances of escalation and aggression. Zelenskiy planned to present to parliament this week…

Monday, 14 October 2024 04:39

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 374

US to send anti-missile system and troops to Israel, Pentagon says The United States said on Sunday it will send U.S. troops to Israel along with an advanced U.S. anti-missile system, in a highly unusual deployment meant to bolster the country's air defenses following missile attacks by Iran. U.S. President Joe Biden said the move was meant "to defend Israel," which is weighing an expected retaliation against Iran after Tehran fired more than 180 missiles at Israel on Oct 1. The United States has been privately urging Israel to calibrate its response to avoid triggering a broader war in the…

Monday, 14 October 2024 04:38

What to know after Day 963 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian recruiters descend on Kyiv's nightlife in search of men not registered for conscription Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, media and witnesses reported Saturday. Officers descended on Kyiv’s Palace of Sports venue after a concert Friday night by Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy. Video footage aired by local media outlets appears to show officers stationed outside the doors of the concert hall intercepting men as they exit. In the footage, officers appear to be forcibly detaining some men.…

Sunday, 13 October 2024 04:49

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 373

Heavy Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza as UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again Palestinians in northern Gazadescribed heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel warned people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups. In Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping force said its headquarters in Naqoura was hit again, with a peacekeeper struck by gunfire late Friday and in stable condition. It wasn’t clear who fired. It occurred a day after Israel’s military fired on the headquarters for a…

Sunday, 13 October 2024 04:48

What to know after Day 962 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia to rebuild everything destroyed in Donbass, Novorossiya — Putin Russia will create conditions to realize the agricultural potential of Donbass and Novorossiya and will restore all the damaged facilities, President Vladimir Putin said in the video address on the occasion of the Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers’ Day. "Special words of gratitude go to the agricultural workers from the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions and Donbass, as well as the border regions of the Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk regions," the head of state said. They are putting a lot of efforts and doing their best despite the challenging…

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Saturday, 12 October 2024 04:53

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 372

Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war after heavy Israeli blows Hezbollah is preparing for a long war of attrition in south Lebanon, after Israel wiped out its top leadership, with a new military command directing rocket fire and the ground conflict, two sources familiar with its operations said. Hezbollah has been diminished by three weeks of devastating Israeli blows - most notably the killing of its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Friends and foes alike are now watching how effectively it resists Israeli troops that have crossed into Lebanon with the stated aim of driving it away from the…

Saturday, 12 October 2024 04:52

What to know after Day 961 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches 4th aerial attack in a week against Ukraine's grain-exporting Odesa region Russia's Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries growing economic ties and similar views on world affairs, an entente viewed with concern by the United States. At odds with Washington and the European Union over Russia's war in Ukraine, something he casts as part of a wider existential struggle against an arrogant and self-interested West - Putin is keen to deepen ties with what he calls the Global East and Global South.…

Friday, 11 October 2024 04:49

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 371

Senior Hezbollah official survives Israeli assassination attempt, sources say A senior Hezbollah official eluded an Israeli assassination attempt on Thursday in Beirut, three security sources said, as Israeli strikes there killed 22 people and the U.N. said its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon were in growing danger. Wafiq Safa, who heads Hezbollah's liaison and coordination unit responsible for working with Lebanese security agencies, was targeted by Israel on Thursday night but survived, the security sources said. Earlier on Thursday, a Lebanese security source told Reuters that Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut targeted at least one senior official in Iran-backed Hezbollah. The…

Friday, 11 October 2024 04:48

What to know after Day 960 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia strikes US-made Patriot battery – MOD Russian forces have destroyed elements of a US-made Patriot long-range air defense system in Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Wednesday. The Russian military released footage of the purported strike, showing a Patriot battery it claims was stationed near the settlement of Pashena Balka, roughly 20km southwest of the regional capital, Dnepr. The battery included four missile launchers, the associated radar set, and an engagement control station, according to the ministry. Footage shows the deployment of two interceptor missiles by the launchers, which the report said had…

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