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Wednesday, 23 October 2024 04:47

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 383

Israel confirms death of heir apparent to slain Hezbollah leader Israel on Tuesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed last month in an Israeli attack targeting the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group. The military said Safieddine was killed in a strike carried out three weeks ago in Beirut's southern suburbs, its first confirmation of his death. Earlier this month, Israel said he had probably been eliminated. There was no immediate response from Hezbollah to Israel's statement that it had killed Safieddine. "We have reached Nasrallah, his replacement and most…

Wednesday, 23 October 2024 04:46

What to know after Day 972 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy calls on allies 'not to hide', respond to North Korean involvement in war Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on allies on Tuesday "not to hide" and to respond to evidence of North Korean involvement in Russia's war in Ukraine. He said in his nightly address that Ukraine had information about the preparation of two units - possibly up to 12,000 North Korean troops - to take part in the war alongside Russian forces. "This is a challenge, but we know how to respond to this challenge. It is important that partners do not hide from this challenge…

Tuesday, 22 October 2024 04:56

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 382

Israel busts spy ring acting for Iran, security services say Israel's security services have broken up a spy ring that was gathering information on behalf of Iranian intelligence in the latest attempt by Tehran to recruit Israelis for espionage, the Shin Bet and police said on Monday. Seven Israelis from Israel's north, including the port city of Haifa, were arrested after an investigation found they had gathered intelligence on Israeli military bases and energy and port infrastructure, a joint Shin Bet and police statement said. Israeli police said the security breach was among the most serious ever seen by Israel.…

Tuesday, 22 October 2024 04:55

What to know after Day 971 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE US consults allies about North Korea troops in Ukraine It would be a "dangerous and highly concerning development" if North Korea was sending troops to help Russia in Ukraine, the United States said on Monday as South Korea and Britain warned of the high price Moscow would likely have to pay Pyongyang. "We are consulting with our allies and partners on the implications of such a dramatic move," deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood told the 15-member United Nations Security Council. Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine in February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Pyongyang of…

Monday, 21 October 2024 04:44

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 381

Lebanese flee as blasts hit Beirut, Israel warns of strikes on Hezbollah finance arm Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes late on Sunday with multiple explosions heard across the Lebanese capital, as Israel prepared to attack sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon's Hezbollah group and told people to leave those areas immediately. Reuters witnesses saw dense plumes of black smoke billowing in the air after at least 10 blasts. Eyewitnesses, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said a building located in the Chiyah neighbourhood in the southern suburbs of Beirut was reduced to rubble and the…

Monday, 21 October 2024 04:43

What to know after Day 970 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says it struck Russian military airfield, explosives factory Ukrainian forces attacked infrastructure at a military airfield in Russia's Lipetsk region and an explosives-manufacturing enterprise in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Kyiv's General Staff said on Sunday. The confirmation came after Russian officials and Telegram channels said Ukraine had targeted those regions in an overnight drone attack. The Ukrainian General Staff added that it was still assessing the extent of damages. ** Russian forces storming town in eastern Ukraine, bloggers say Russian forces are fighting street-to-street battles with Ukrainian troops in the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian town of…

Sunday, 20 October 2024 04:57

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 380

Israel pounds Beirut and Gaza after rockets hit Israel's north Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on Saturday after the Lebanese armed group fired rockets into northern Israel and a spokesman said a drone was launched at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's holiday home. Netanyahu was not there at the time, and it was not immediately clear if the building was hit. But he described it as an assassination attempt by "Iran's proxy Hezbollah" and called it a "grave mistake", as Israel prepares to retaliate for an Iranian missile barrage earlier this month. The strikes…

Sunday, 20 October 2024 04:54

What to know after Day 969 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine launches drones at Moscow, western Russia, regional officials say Ukraine launched a series of drones targeting Moscow and western Russia, regional officials said early on Sunday, adding that there were no injuries or significant damage reported. Russia's air-defence units destroyed at least one drone flying towards Moscow, the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin said on the Telegram messaging app. According to preliminary information, there was no damage or casualties where debris fell in the Ramensky district of the Moscow region. Drone debris sparked several short-lived fires in the Lipetsk region in southwestern Russia, the region's…

Saturday, 19 October 2024 04:27

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 379

How Israel killed Hamas leader Sinwar in a chance encounter Israeli troops had for more than a year hunted the leader of Hamas, who disappeared in Gaza soon after masterminding the 7 October attacks. Yahya Sinwar, 61, was said to have spent much of his time hiding in the tunnels under the Strip, along with a cadre of bodyguards and a "human shield" of hostages seized from Israel. But ultimately, it appears he met his end in a chance encounter with an Israeli patrol in southern Gaza. His guard detail was small. No hostages were found. Details are still emerging,…

Saturday, 19 October 2024 04:26

What to know after Day 968 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin warns Ukraine about nuclear weapons Moscow will never allow Kiev to acquire nuclear weapons and any attempt to do this would be met with an appropriate reaction, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that Kiev would need either atomic weapons or NATO membership to ensure its security. He rejected media reports that Kiev stood ready to produce an atomic bomb on short notice, saying that the nuclear talk was only meant to implythere was no alternative to the US-led military bloc. “This is another provocation,” Putin said on Friday at a…

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Friday, 18 October 2024 04:49

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 378

Hezbollah says it will escalate war with Israel after Hamas leader killed Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said on Friday it was moving to a new and escalating phase in its war against Israel while Iran said "the spirit of resistance will be strengthened" after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Sinwar, a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, was killed during an operation by Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian enclave on Wednesday, a pivotal event in the year-long conflict. Western leaders said his death offered an opportunity for the conflict to end, but…

Friday, 18 October 2024 04:48

What to know after Day 967 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy says North Korean officers deployed alongside Russians Ukraine's president accused North Korea on Thursday of deploying officers alongside Russia and preparing to send thousands of troops to help Moscow's war effort, although NATO's chief said there was no evidence of Pyongyang's presence at this stage. Western countries have long accused North Korea of sending weapons to Russia, and in recent days President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said it was also sending personnel, a significant escalation of foreign assistance for Moscow's invasion. "We have information from our intelligence that ... some officers of the North Korean army are…

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…

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