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Wednesday, 24 July 2024 05:08

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 292

Israel tanks advance deeper in southern Gaza as more ceasefire talks expected Palestinian residents of eastern neighbourhoods of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip fled their homes on Tuesday as Israeli tanks advanced deep into the area after Israel ordered the population to evacuate. The tanks pushed into the Khan Younis town of Bani Suhaila and several districts nearby were bombed for a second day, forcing tens of thousands of civilians to seek refuge elsewhere. Israel said its action - the latest in a series of major assaults in recent weeks in parts of Gaza where it had long…

Wednesday, 24 July 2024 05:07

What to know after Day 881 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Poll says 32% of Ukrainians open to territorial concessions for quick peace Nearly a third of Ukrainians would accept some territorial concessions to Russia for a quick end to the war, a more than three-fold increase over the past year, although most still oppose giving up any land, a poll showed on Tuesday. The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology said its poll of 1,067 people on Ukrainian-held territory from May 16-22 found that 32% would agree to some form of territorial concessions, up from just 10% a year earlier and 19% at the end of last year. It…

Tuesday, 23 July 2024 04:28

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 291

Israel declares two more Gaza hostages dead Israel declared dead on Monday two more of its hostages being held in Gaza, as talks to secure a ceasefire deal that would include the release of some 120 captives there were set to resume later this week. The Israeli military said it was still investigating the deaths in captivity of the two hostages, Yagev Buchshtab, a 35-year-old sound technician and Alex Dancyg, 76, a historian, who were abducted from their homes in kibbutzim near the border with Gaza during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. An Israeli negotiation team was due…

Tuesday, 23 July 2024 04:26

What to know after Day 880 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia restricts entry to border areas in southern Belgorod region Russia's southern region of Belgorod is restricting entry from Tuesday to 14 areas on the border with Ukraine that are subject to heavy attack from Kyiv's forces, measures that appeared to be part of a Kremlin strategy to set up a border buffer zone. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the restrictions applied to the localities "where the pertaining operational situation is extremely difficult," according to the Interfax news agency. The move follows on from the Kremlin's order to protect Russian territory from Ukrainian attacks and secure areas and…

Monday, 22 July 2024 04:38

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 290

Israel shoots down missile fired from Yemen after striking Houthis Israel said it shot down a missile launched from Yemen on Sunday and the Yemeni Houthi movement said it had fired several missiles at the Israeli city of Eilat after Israel's first public strike against the Iran-aligned group a day earlier. The Houthis have launched missiles and drones at Israel and disrupted global trade through the Red Sea in response to Israel's assault on Gaza, further destabilising the Middle East as war in the Palestinian enclave rages on after nine months. Israel says the Houthis have launched 200 attacks against…

Monday, 22 July 2024 04:37

What to know after Day 879 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Two Ukrainian military trains hit in missile strike Two Ukrainian military trains, carrying dozens of pieces of hardware, have been destroyed in a ballistic missile strike, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday, sharing drone footage of the attack. The trains, carrying equipment and personnel of the 41st mechanized brigade, were discovered at a railway station near the town of Barvenkovo, located near the border between Ukraine’s Kharkov Region and Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic. Each train consisted of at least 20 flatbed cars, the ministry said. Infrared footage captured by a surveillance drone shows a ballistic missile fired…

Sunday, 21 July 2024 04:46

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 289

Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv. Most of the wounded suffered severe burns in air strikes that targeted oil facilities and a power station, Al-Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by Yemen's Houthi movement, quoted the health ministry as saying. Hodeidah residents told Reuters by phone that explosions were heard throughout the city during an intensive…

Sunday, 21 July 2024 04:45

What to know after Day 878 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian thermobaric weapons thwart Ukrainian attack New drone footage shows TOS-1A Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) strikes on Ukrainian positions in Volchansk, Kharkov Region, according to a Telegram channel allegedly run by Russian forces from the north grouping, which is primarily responsible for combat operations there. The video was reportedly taken in eastern Volchansk earlier this week when two groups of Kiev’s shock troops moved out to attack Russian positions, the Telegram channel North Wind wrote on Saturday. They posted infrared camera drone footage of the Russian MLRS systems striking the Ukrainian positions with thermobaric munitions. The TOS-1A…

Saturday, 20 July 2024 04:39

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 288

Top UN court says Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories illegal The United Nations' highest court said on Friday that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible, in its strongest findings to date on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The advisory opinion by judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), known as the World Court, was not binding but carries weight under international law and may weaken support for Israel. "Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the regime associated with them, have been established and are being…

Saturday, 20 July 2024 04:37

What to know after Day 877 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian drone hits Russian monastery, kills one person, regional governor says A Ukrainian drone struck a monastery in Russia's Kursk region on Friday, killing one person, the regional governor Alexei Smirnov said on the Telegram app. The Mash Telegram channel said a 60-year-old male parishioner had died at around 0830 local time after a drone fired eight projectiles at the St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery in Gornal, a village near the Ukrainian border. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian authorities on the reported attacks, which Reuters could not confirm independently. Like other Russian border regions, Kursk comes under…

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Friday, 19 July 2024 04:55

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 287

Israeli military says Tel Aviv blast apparently caused by drone The Israeli military said it was investigating an apparent drone attack that hit central Tel Aviv in the early hours of Friday but which did not trigger the air raid sirens. The explosion occurred hours after the Israeli military confirmed it had killed a senior commander of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon. "An initial inquiry indicates that the explosion in Tel Aviv was caused by the falling of an aerial target, and no sirens were activated. The incident is under thorough review," the military said in a statement.…

Friday, 19 July 2024 04:54

What to know after Day 876 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Trump, Ukraine's Zelenskiy plan phone call, sources say Associates of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have discussed holding a phone call between the two leaders, according to two sources familiar with the matter. One source said the call could occur on Friday, but Reuters was not able to immediately determine if the conversation, which would be their first since the former U.S. president left the White House in 2021, had been confirmed. CNN reported earlier on Thursday that the two leaders had a phone call scheduled on Friday. The news organization warned that…

Thursday, 18 July 2024 04:45

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 286

US military ends Gaza floating pier mission to bring aid to Palestinians by sea The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that its mission to install and operate a temporary, floating pier off the coast of Gaza was complete, formally ending an extraordinary but troubled effort to bring humanitarian aid to Palestinians. The pier, announced by President Joe Biden during a televised address to Congress in March, was a massive endeavor that took about 1,000 U.S. forces to execute. Aid began flowing via the pier to Gaza in May, an operation aimed at helping avert famine after months of war between…

Thursday, 18 July 2024 04:44

What to know after Day 875 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine faces twin challenges of fighting Russia and shifting political sands in the US After almost 30 months of war with Russia, Ukraine’s difficulties on the battlefield are mounting even as its vital support from the United States is increasingly at the mercy of changing political winds. A six-month delay in military assistance from the U.S., the biggest single contributor to Ukraine, opened the door for the Kremlin’s forces to push on the front line. Ukrainian troops are now fighting to check the slow but gradual gains by Russia’s bigger and better-equipped army. “The next two or three…

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