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Saturday, 19 April 2025 04:22
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 561
Israeli strikes hit dozens of targets in Gaza as ceasefire efforts stall Israeli airstrikes hit about 40 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military said on Friday, hours after Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire offer that it said fell short of its demand to agree a full end to the war. Last month the Israeli military broke off a two-month truce that had largely halted fighting in Gaza and has since pushed in from the north and south, seizing almost a third of the enclave as it seeks to pressure Hamas into agreeing to release hostages…
Saturday, 19 April 2025 04:18
What to know after Day 1150 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE US will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress soon, Trump and Rubio say The United States will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukrainepeace deal unless there are clear signs of progress soon, U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday. "Quickly, we want to get it done," Trump told reporters at the White House. "Now if for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're just going to say, 'you're foolish, you're fools, you're horrible people, and we're going to just take a pass. But hopefully…
Friday, 18 April 2025 04:43
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 560
Hamas says it is ready to release all remaining hostages for an end to Gaza war Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said, rejecting Israel's offer of an interim truce. In a televised speech, Khalil Al-Hayya, the group's Gaza chief who leads its negotiating team, said the group would no longer agree to interim deals, adopting a position that Israel is unlikely to accept and potentially further delaying an end to the devastating attacks that restarted in…
Friday, 18 April 2025 04:42
What to know after Day 1149 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy accuses China of supplying Russia with weapons Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday China was supplying weapons and gunpowder to Russia, the first time he has openly accused Beijing of direct military assistance for Moscow. The Ukrainian leader said at a press conference that his government also had intelligence that China was producing weapons on Russian territory and that he would be able to provide more details next week. China, which has the world's second-largest economy, has had close economic relations with Russia during Moscow's three-year war in Ukraine. But it has sought to project an…
Thursday, 17 April 2025 04:29
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 559
Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire, hostage return deal over disarmament demands Hamas appears to have rejected Israel’s latest attempt to secure a ceasefire and the return of nearly a dozen hostages who have been held in the Gaza Strip for 556 days. The organization has yet to issue a formal response regarding its rejection of Israel’s ceasefire proposal, but according to remarks by Hamas leader Abu Zuhri to reporters on Tuesday, "Handing over the resistance's weapons is a million red lines and is not subject to consideration, let alone discussion." Fox News Digital could not independently verify the extent of the…
Thursday, 17 April 2025 04:28
What to know after Day 1148 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE France helped Zelensky write apology letter to Trump – Politico French diplomats reportedly helped Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky write a conciliatory letter to US President Donald Trump in a bid to help the two leaders mend ties, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing an anonymous official. Relations between Trump and Zelensky soured following the Ukrainian leader’s visit to Washington in late February. During a meeting at the White House, which included US Vice President J.D. Vance, Zelensky pushed back against Trump’s attempts to get Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table. In response, Trump and Vance accused Zelensky of being…
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 03:32
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 558
Hamas armed wing says it lost contact with group holding Israeli-US hostage Alexander The armed wing of Hamas said on Tuesday it had lost contact with a group of militants holding Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander in the Gaza Strip. Abu Ubaida, the armed wing's spokesperson, said on the Telegram that it lost contact after the Israeli army attacked the place where the militants were holding Alexander, who is a New Jersey native and a 21-year-old soldier in the Israeli army. Abu Ubaida did not say where in Gaza Alexander was purportedly held. The armed wing later released a video warning…
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 03:30
What to know after Day 1147 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Zelensky fires Sumy head after Russian strike Vladimir Zelensky’s office announced on Tuesday that it has fired the head of Ukraine’s Sumy Regional Military Administration, Vladimir Artyukh. The move follows accusations that Artyukh organized a military awards ceremony that was targeted in a Russian missile strike. On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that it carried out a precision strike the previous day on a gathering of Ukrainian command staff in the border city of Sumy. Two Iskander-M missiles were used in the attack on Sunday, it said, adding that over 60 senior Ukrainian servicemen were killed in…
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 04:56
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 557
Israel makes new Gaza ceasefire proposal but prospects appear slim Mediators Egypt and Qatar have presented a new Israeli proposal for a Gaza ceasefire to Hamas, Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said on Monday, but a senior Hamas official said at least two elements of the proposal were nonstarters. Citing sources, Al Qahera said mediators awaited Hamas' response. Hamas said in a statement later in the day that it was studying the proposal and that it will submit its response "as soon as possible". The militant group reiterated its core demand that a ceasefire deal must end the war…
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 04:54
What to know after Day 1146 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian strike on Sumy targeted Ukrainian and NATO officers – Lavrov Sunday’s missile strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy was aimed at senior Ukrainian and Western military personnel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. His comments followed a report from the Russian Defense Ministry, which confirmed that two Iskander-M missiles had struck the location, killing at least 60 senior commanders. “We have facts about who was at the facility that was hit in Sumy. It was another meeting of Ukrainian military leaders with their Western colleagues, who were either masquerading as mercenaries or I don’t…
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Monday, 14 April 2025 03:46
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 556
Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital, patients evacuated Two Israeli missiles hit a major Gaza hospital on Sunday, putting the emergency department out of action and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was aimed at Hamas fighters exploiting the facility. Health officials at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital evacuated patients after a phone call from someone who identified himself as Israeli security shortly before the attack. No casualties were reported in the strike. The Israeli military said in a statement that it had taken steps to reduce harm to civilians before it struck the compound, which it…
Monday, 14 April 2025 03:45
What to know after Day 1145 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says 32 killed by Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy Thirty-two people were killed and over 80 others wounded by two Russian ballistic missiles that slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday morning, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack - one of the deadliest strikes on Ukraine this year - and called for a tough international reaction against Moscow. "Only scoundrels can act like this. Taking the lives of ordinary people," Zelenskiy wrote on social media, alongside a chilling video which showed corpses on the ground, a destroyed…
Sunday, 13 April 2025 04:45
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 555
Hamas releases video of Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza Hamas on Saturday released a video purportedly of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who has been held in Gaza since he was captured by Palestinian militants on October 7, 2023. In the undated video, the man who introduces himself as Edan Alexander states he has been held in Gaza for 551 days. The man questions why he is still being held and pleads for his release. Alexander is a soldier serving in the Israeli military. The edited video was released as Jews began to mark Passover, a weeklong holiday that celebrates freedom.…
Sunday, 13 April 2025 04:44
What to know after Day 1144 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches scores of drones on Ukraine, four people injured, Kyiv says Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine, injuring four people and damaging residential and commercial buildings in Kyiv and other parts of the country, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. Ukraine's air defences shot down 56 of 88 Russian drones, its air force said. It added that 24 drones were "lost" as the military used electronic warfare to redirect them. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitchko said that three people were injured in the capital as a result of the drone attacks. Drone debris…