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Wednesday, 28 May 2025 04:48

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 600

Palestinians rush US-backed aid centre despite concerns over checks Thousands of Palestinians on Tuesday rushed an aid distribution site in Gaza operated by a foundation backed by the United States and Israel, with desperation for food overcoming concern about biometric and other checks Israel said it would employ. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it had distributed about 8,000 food boxes, equivalent to 462,000 meals, after an 11-week Israeli blockade of the war-devastated enclave. In the southern city of Rafah, which is under full Israeli army control, thousands of people including women and children, some on foot or in donkey carts,…

Wednesday, 28 May 2025 04:47

What to know after Day 1189 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Air defences down dozens of Ukrainian missiles in Moscow, widely separated Russian regions Russian air defences destroyed or intercepted well over 100 Ukrainian drones far into the night over widely separated areas of Russia, including a swarm of drones repelled while headed for Moscow, officials said early on Wednesday. The incidents were similar to waves of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Moscow and other cities last week. Russia in the past week also sent waves of drones to attack Ukrainian cities, including what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as the launch of more than 900 drones over a three-day…

Tuesday, 27 May 2025 03:51

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 599

Hamas-led groups execute four for looting aid trucks amid some Gaza dissent Hamas has executed four men for looting some of the aid trucks that have begun entering Gaza, sources familiar with the incident said on Monday, as a clan leader in southern Gaza issued a challenge to the militant group over guarding the convoys. One source said the four were involved in an incident last week when six security officials were killed by an Israeli airstrike as they were working to prevent gang members from hijacking aid trucks. "The four criminals, who were executed, were involved in the crimes…

Tuesday, 27 May 2025 03:50

What to know after Day 1188 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Moscow was ‘forced’ to start military operation against Kiev – Putin Russia was left with no choice but to launch its military operation in Ukraine because of the continued persecution of the people of Donbass by Kiev following the 2014 Western-backed Euromaidan coup, President Vladimir Putin has said. During a meeting with a group of businessmen in the Kremlin on Monday, Putin said that Moscow could not ignore the plight of Russian-speakers in the neighboring country. He reiterated Russia’s position that the ongoing conflict stems from the turbulent events in Kiev in early 2014 when initially peaceful protests…

Monday, 26 May 2025 04:08

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 598

Israeli strikes kill 30 in Gaza, including rescue service official and local journalist Israeli military strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a senior rescue service official and a journalist, local health authorities said. The latest deaths in the Israeli campaign resulted from separate Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north and Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, medics said. In Jabalia, they said local journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several family members were killed by an airstrike that hit his house earlier on Sunday. Another airstrike in…

Monday, 26 May 2025 04:07

What to know after Day 1187 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches war's largest air attack on Ukraine, kills at least 12 people Russian forces launched a barrage of 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight, including the capital Kyiv, in the largest aerial attack of the war so far, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. The dead included three children in the northern region of Zhytomyr, local officials there said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the United States, which has taken a softer public line on Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin, since President Donald Trump took office, to speak…

Sunday, 25 May 2025 04:27

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 597

Netanyahu accuses France, Britain and Canada of 'emboldening' Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the leaders of France, Britain and Canada of wanting to help the Palestinian militant group Hamas after they threatened to take "concrete action" if Israel did not stop its latest offensive in Gaza. The criticism, echoing similar remarks from Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Thursday, was part of a fightback by the Israeli government against the increasingly heavy international pressure on it over the war in Gaza. "You're on the wrong side of humanity and you're on the wrong side of history," Netanyahu said. The…

Sunday, 25 May 2025 04:26

What to know after Day 1186 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian drones attack Kyiv, apartment building hit, seven injured Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Sunday and injured at least seven people as fragments set an apartment building on fire and damaged homes, officials said. Timur Tkachenko, head of the city's military administration, said four people requested medical aid after a five-storey apartment building was struck in the Holosiivskyi district just outside the city centre. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the building's exterior was damaged, and three people were injured in other city districts. Tkachenko had earlier warned that more drones and possibly missile strikes were…

Saturday, 24 May 2025 04:35

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 596

UN says more food needed in Gaza as looting hampers deliveries Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks against looters, Hamas officials said on Friday, as the head of the United Nations warned that only a "teaspoon" of aid was getting in following Israel's 11-week-long blockade. The Israeli military said 107 trucks carrying flour and other foodstuffs as well as medical supplies entered the Gaza Strip from the Kerem Shalom crossing point on Thursday, for a total of 305 since Monday when the blockade was relaxed. But getting the supplies to people sheltering in tents and other…

Saturday, 24 May 2025 04:34

What to know after Day 1185 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Kyiv mayor says Russian drones, missiles trigger fires, injure eight Russia attacked Ukraine's capital Kyiv early on Saturday with drones and missiles, triggering fires, strewing debris in districts throughout the city and injuring at least eight people, the city's mayor said. Reuters witnesses saw and heard successive waves of drones flying over Kyiv, and a series of explosions jolted the city. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two residents had required hospital treatment and that air defence units were in action. Pictures posted online showed smoke billowing from the top of one block of flats and flames leaping from part…

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Friday, 23 May 2025 04:27

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 595

Aid trucks enter Gaza after delays, as pressure mounts on Israel Israel allowed 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, as UN officials reported that distribution issues had meant that no aid had so far reached people in need. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would be open to a temporary ceasefire to enable the return of hostages. But otherwise he said it would press ahead with a military campaign to gain total control of Gaza. After an 11-week blockade on supplies entering Gaza, the Israeli military…

Friday, 23 May 2025 04:26

What to know after Day 1184 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia set on creating ‘buffer zone’ in Ukraine – Putin The Russian military has been tasked with creating a “security buffer zone” along the border with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. The president made the remarks during a government meeting dedicated to the situation in Russia’s border regions, including Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk. Additional measures to support their residents were also discussed. “It has been decided to create the necessary security buffer zone along the border. Our armed forces are actively solving this task now. The enemy’s firing positions are suppressed, the work is going…

Thursday, 22 May 2025 04:38

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 594

Israel encircles 2 of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals, groups say Israel’s military encircled two of the last functioning hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, staff and aid groups say, as the World Health Organization is warning that the activity is "stretching the health system beyond the breaking point." The development comes as an Israeli military spokesperson said Wednesday that "We are entering a new phase, different in size and strength, to achieve the war's objectives of returning the kidnapped soldiers and defeating the terrorist [group] Hamas. "Forces from the 401st Brigade and the Givati Brigade, under the command of…

Thursday, 22 May 2025 04:36

What to know after Day 1183 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Putin visits Kursk region for first time since ejecting Ukrainian forces Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the western Kursk region for the first time since Russian forces ejected Ukrainian troops from the area last month. The Kremlin said that during the visit on Tuesday Putin met volunteer organisations in the region and visited the Kursk-II nuclear power plant. State television showed Putin meeting volunteers and local officials in the region including acting governor Alexander Khinshtein. Putin was accompanied by Sergei Kiriyenko, Kremlin first deputy chief of staff. Russia said in late April that it had ejected Ukrainian troops…

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