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Saturday, 17 May 2025 04:32

What to know after Day 1178 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia’s top negotiator outlines key outcomes of Istanbul talks Russia’s chief negotiator at the Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul, Vladimir Medinsky, has delivered a statement following the first direct peace talks between Moscow and Kiev in three years. The discussions on Friday lasted for nearly two hours. Medinsky announced a major prisoner exchange, acknowledged Kiev’s request for a meeting involving Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and confirmed that both sides will soon present detailed proposals for a potential ceasefire, after which the negotiations will continue. Here is the full text of Medinsky’s statement: Dear…

Friday, 16 May 2025 04:22

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 588

Israeli army kills five Palestinian militants in West Bank after pregnant settler killed Israel's military killed five Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, hours after a pregnant settler was killed in a shooting, as hardline pro-settler leaders including a government minister called for Palestinian towns to be razed. The military said in a statement it had killed five "terrorists" and arrested a sixth who had barricaded themselves in a building in Tamoun, following an exchange of gunfire and the use of shoulder-fired missiles by Israeli soldiers. The military wing of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad later issued…

Friday, 16 May 2025 04:20

What to know after Day 1177 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia says forces capture two settlements, Ukraine says fighting continues throughout front Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces seized two more settlements in their drive through eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv made no such acknowledgement and its top commander said battles raged over 1,100 km of the front line. The frontline fighting continued as direct talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators appeared set to get underway in Turkey. The talks will be the first direct discussions between the sides since March 2022, but hopes of a breakthrough were limited as Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin ignored a…

Thursday, 15 May 2025 04:31

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 587

Israel intensifies Gaza bombardment, kills 80 people, as Trump visits Gulf Israeli military strikes killed at least 80 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health authorities said, in an intensification of the bombardment as U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Middle East. Medics said most of the dead, including women and children, were killed in a barrage of Israeli airstrikes on houses in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza. Later on Wednesday, the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders to people in several districts in Gaza City, forcing thousands of Palestinians to leave their shelters. The areas threatened…

Thursday, 15 May 2025 04:29

What to know after Day 1176 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Kremlin names delegation for Ukraine talks Russian President Vladimir Putin late on Wednesday named the country’s delegation for proposed talks with Ukraine, expected to take place in Istanbul the next day. The team will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who headed Moscow’s side during negotiations with Kiev in 2022. The delegation also includes Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Defense Minister Aleksandr Fomin and the head of Russia’s military intelligence, Igor Kostyukov. Apart from the negotiators themselves, Putin unveiled a team of experts who will also participate. It is composed of several senior military and civil…

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 04:44

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 586

Israeli military intercepts missile launched from Yemen The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile that was launched from Yemen towards Israel on Tuesday evening, and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility. Sirens were heard in several places in Israel. The militia group fired a hypersonic ballistic missile towards Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, according to the group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree. President Donald Trump announced on May 6 that the U.S. would stop bombing the Houthis as the group agreed to stop attacking U.S. ships, part of a 17-month campaign against Red Sea shipping intended to show solidarity with…

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 04:40

What to know after Day 1175 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy insists on face-to-face talks with Putin in Istanbul President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he would attend talks with Russia on the war in Ukraine this week only if Vladimir Putin is also there, and goaded him by saying the Russian leader was scared to meet him face-to-face. The Kremlin has yet to say whether Putin will take part in the talks scheduled to be held in Istanbul on Thursday, more than three years into the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two. The planned talks have become the main focus of peace efforts led…

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 04:39

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 585

Freed Israeli-American hostage leaves Gaza, Israel says no ceasefire An Israeli-American hostage was released from 19 months of captivity in Gaza during a brief pause in fighting on Monday and reunited with his family, but Israeli strikes on the battered enclave soon resumed. Israel's military received Edan Alexander, 21, from the International Committee of the Red Cross, which facilitated his transfer from Palestinian militant group Hamas. He was taken to an Israeli military facility and joined by his family. Video showed that his mother, Yael Alexander, cried as she hugged him, saying: "How strong you are. I love you so…

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 04:37

What to know after Day 1174 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Trump offers to join potential Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey later this week as European countries pushed to get the Kremlin to accept their demand for a 30-day ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. Trump spoke a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a fresh twist to the stop-start peace talks process, said he would travel to Istanbul where, he said, he would be waiting to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Trump told reporters at the White House that talks in Istanbul could be…

Monday, 12 May 2025 04:43

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 584

Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander will soon be released in Gaza, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday, a move key Arab mediators Qatar and Egypt described as an encouraging step towards a return to ceasefire talks in the war-torn enclave. The senior Hamas official did not specify a time for the release of Alexander, a 21-year-old soldier in the Israeli Army who was born and raised in New Jersey, but a source familiar with the matter told Reuters it would likely happen on Tuesday. Freeing Alexander, believed to be the…

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Monday, 12 May 2025 04:41

What to know after Day 1173 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy tells Putin to come to Turkey if he wants talks, after Trump intervention Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump told him publicly to immediately accept the Kremlin leader's proposal of direct talks. Zelenskiy's suggestion of a meeting with Putin capped a dramatic 48 hours in which European leaders joined Zelenskiy in demanding a 30-day ceasefire from Monday, only for Putin to make a counter-proposal to instead hold the first direct Ukraine-Russia talks since the early months of the 2022 invasion. It was…

Sunday, 11 May 2025 03:11

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 583

New Gaza aid plans would increase children's suffering, UNICEF says The United Nations Children's Fund on Friday criticized emerging plans to take over distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Thursday floated by both Israel and the United States, saying that they would increase suffering for children and families. The U.S. State Department earlier floated a solution that would allow delivery of food aid to Gaza was "steps away" and an announcement was coming shortly. A proposal is circulating among the aid community for a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that would distribute food from four "Secure Distribution Sites", resembling plans announced…

Sunday, 11 May 2025 03:10

What to know after Day 1172 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin offers Ukraine direct talks without preconditions Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered Kiev the opportunity to restart direct negotiations in Istanbul, which it unilaterally walked away from in 2022, despite Ukraine’s failure to honor the Victory Day truce and attempts to “intimidate” world leaders who gathered in Moscow for the celebrations. Addressing the press early Sunday morning, following a day of meetings with foreign heads of state, Putin reiterated Russia’s offer to resume negotiations that Kiev abandoned shortly after the escalation of the current conflict. “We propose that the Kiev authorities resume the negotiations they interrupted in…

Saturday, 10 May 2025 04:32

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 582

Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security, US envoy says A U.S.-backed mechanism for getting aid into Gaza should take effect soon, Washington's envoy to Israel said on Friday ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East, without detailing how this would work with no ceasefire in place. Gaza's residents face possible famine, the U.N. says, with Israel enforcing a months-long blockade on aid to the small Palestinian enclave and vowing to expand its military campaign against Hamas militants after breaking a truce in March. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee said several partners had…

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