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Saturday, 15 June 2024 02:53

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 253

Hamas' armed wing says Israeli airstrike killed two hostages in Rafah Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades said on Friday that two Israeli hostages held in Gaza were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah a few days ago. The group, in a video posted on its Telegram channel, did not release the names of those said to have been killed or provide any evidence. The Israeli government "does not want your hostages to return, except in coffins," the al-Qassam Brigades statement said. Israel rescued four hostages held by Hamas in a hostage-freeing operation in central Gaza's al-Nuseirat on June 8.…

Saturday, 15 June 2024 02:52

What to know after Day 842 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia was ready to withdraw from southern Ukraine – Putin Russia was open to withdrawing its troops from Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions early in the Ukraine conflict on the condition that Kiev agreed to an uninterrupted land connection between Crimea and the mainland, President Vladimir Putin stated on Friday. Speaking at a meeting with the country’s senior diplomats, Putin revealed that in early March 2022, as Russian troops were advancing into southern Ukraine, a senior foreign politician representing the West proposed mediating the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. While Putin did not name the leader, former Russian President…

Friday, 14 June 2024 04:44

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 252

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians, seize weapons in West Bank raid Israeli forces raided a town in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing three Palestinians and detaining several others in what the army described as an operation to pre-empt militant attacks. The West Bank, among territories where Palestinians seek statehood, has seen a surge in violence since the outbreak of the war between Israel and the militant Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. During the raid in Qabatiya, troops surrounded a building where two gunmen were holed up, exchanging fire with them, the army said. The two Palestinians…

Friday, 14 June 2024 04:43

What to know after Day 841 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Biden, Zelenskiy inch toward NATO with 10-year defense agreement U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement on Thursday aimed at bolstering Ukraine's defense against Russian invaders and getting Ukraine closer to NATO membership. The deal, signed on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy, aims to commit future U.S. administrations to support Ukraine, even if former President Donald Trump wins November’s election, officials said. "Our goal is to strengthen Ukraine's credible defense and deterrence capabilities for the long term," Biden said at a joint news conference with Zelenskiy. He…

Thursday, 13 June 2024 04:45

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 251

Blinken says some of Hamas' proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that mediators would keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal for Gaza after Hamas proposed changes to a U.S.-backed plan, some of which he said were “workable” and some not. The back-and-forth laid bare frustration over the difficulty of reaching an accord that could end eight months of war that has decimated the territory, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and left scores of Israeli hostages still languishing in militant captivity. Previous moments…

Thursday, 13 June 2024 04:44

What to know after Day 840 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian missile strike kills 9, injures 29 in Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukraine's southern city of Kryvyi Rih on Wednesday killed nine people and injured 29, including five children, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. The deadliest attack in weeks damaged an administrative building and an apartment block, Ukraine's military command said on the Telegram messaging app. Klymenko said recovery work was now complete. "Every day and every hour, Russian terror proves that Ukraine, together with its partners, should strengthen air defences," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, commenting on the attack. Kryvyi Rih is his…

Wednesday, 12 June 2024 04:41

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 250

Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan seeking some changes. US says it's 'evaluating' the reply Hamas said Tuesday that it gave mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, seeking some “amendments” on the deal. It appeared the reply was short of an outright acceptance that the United States has been pushing for but kept negotiations alive over an elusive halt to the eight-month war. The foreign ministries of Qatar and Egypt — who have been key mediators alongside the United States — confirmed that they had received Hamas’ response and said mediators were studying it.…

Wednesday, 12 June 2024 04:40

What to know after Day 839 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's military says Russia launched a missile and drone attack on Kyiv early on Wednesday with preliminary information showing there were no injuries or damage in the Ukrainian capital, Ukrainian military said. Ukraine's air defence systems destroyed all air weapons on their approach to the city, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration said on the Telegram messaging app. He added that according to preliminary information, Russia used a combination of cruise and ballistic missiles as well as drones in its attack. The size of the attack was not immediately…

Tuesday, 11 June 2024 04:47

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 249

UN Security Council backs Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan The United Nations Security Council on Monday backed a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urged the Palestinian militants to accept the deal aimed at ending the eight-month-long war. Hamas welcomed the adoption of the U.S.-drafted resolution and said in a statement that it is ready to cooperate with mediators over implementing the principles of the plan "that are consistent with the demands of our people and resistance." Russia abstained from the U.N. vote, while the remaining 14 Security Council members…

Tuesday, 11 June 2024 04:46

What to know after Day 838 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes Ukraine may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it’s set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes, a senior Ukrainian military officer said Monday. Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have committed to providing Ukraine with over 60 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to help it fend off Russian attacks. Ukrainian pilots are currently undergoing training to fly the warplanes ahead of the deliveries expected to start later this year. Serhii Holubtsov, head of aviation…

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Monday, 10 June 2024 04:34

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 248

Israel keeps pounding central Gaza as Palestinian death toll in hostage rescue raid rises to 274 Israeli forces pounded central Gaza anew on Sunday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a hostage rescue raid, and tanks advanced further into Rafah in an apparent bid to seal off part of the southern city, residents and Hamas media said. Palestinians remained in shock over Saturday's death toll, the worst over a 24-hour period of the Gaza war for months and including many women and children, Palestinian medics said. In an update on Sunday, Gaza's health ministry said 274 Palestinians were killed…

Monday, 10 June 2024 04:33

What to know after Day 837 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Chechen leader Kadyrov says Russian troops capture Ukrainian border village The leader of Russia's Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Sunday that Russian forces, led by a Chechen-based special forces unit, have seized control of a Ukrainian border village. Kadyrov, who has led his South Caucasus region as a Kremlin loyalist since 2007, said the Akhmat-Chechnya unit led Russian troops in taking control of Ukraine's Ryzhivka, in Sumy region, opposite the southern Russia region of Kursk. Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Kadyrov said the "large-scale planned advance" inflicted "significant losses on the Ukrainian side, which was forced…

Sunday, 09 June 2024 04:38

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 247

Israel rescues 4 hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, and 210 Palestinians are reported killed Israel on Saturday carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza in a heavy air and ground assault. At least 210 Palestinians were killed, a Gaza health official said. Israelis were jubilant as the army said it freed Noa Argamani, 26; Almog Meir Jan, 22; Andrey Kozlov, 27; and Shlomi Ziv, 41, in a daytime operation in the heart of Nuseirat, raiding two locations at once while under fire. All…

Sunday, 09 June 2024 04:35

What to know after Day 836 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces destroy Ukrainian US-supplied armor Russian forces have destroyed another Ukrainian US-made M1 Abrams tank and an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in Donbass, the Defense Ministry has said, as quoted by TASS. In a statement to the agency on Saturday, the ministry said that both vehicles had been taken out in the Avdeevka sector of the front. The strategic city was liberated by Russia in February. Officials told TASS that the Abrams was hit by a high-precision guided Krasnopol artillery shell fired by troops from the ‘Center’ group of forces, adding that the Bradley was destroyed…

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