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Friday, 29 March 2024 04:42

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 175

UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave. The International Court of Justice issued two new so-called provisional measures in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of acts of genocide in its military campaign launched after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas. Israel denies it is committing genocide and accused South Africa of trying to “undermine…

Friday, 29 March 2024 04:41

What to know after Day 764 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces destroy another US-made Abrams tank in Avdeyevka area over past day Russian forces destroyed another US-made Abrams tank of the Ukrainian army in the Avdeyevka area over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. "The enemy lost as many as 95 personnel, 3 tanks, including a US-made Abrams tank, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 9 motor vehicles, 2 US-manufactured M777 howitzers and 2 D-30 artillery guns," the ministry said in a statement. Russian forces destroy 30 Ukrainian troops in Kupyansk area over past day Russian forces destroyed roughly…

Thursday, 28 March 2024 04:40

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 174

Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 16, militant rockets kill 1 Israeli as cross-border violence soars A series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed 16 people and a barrage of rockets fired by the militant group Hezbollah killed one Israeli man, making Wednesday the deadliest day in more than five months of fighting along the border. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, concerns have grown about further escalation along the Israel-Lebanon frontier. Tens of thousands of people on both sides have been displaced by the violence. Wednesday’s Israeli strikes targeted a Lebanese Sunni political and militant organization,…

Thursday, 28 March 2024 04:38

What to know after Day 763 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin issues F-16 warning to Ukraine sponsors Should the US-made fighter jets make it to Ukraine, Russia will destroy them just as it has other Western equipment so far, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. Several NATO members have promised to donate their F-16s to Kiev and have trained Ukrainian pilots to fly them, but no deliveries have been made as of yet. Russia has repeatedly warned the West that fielding the nuclear-capable jets will be an unacceptable escalation of the Ukraine conflict. “If they deliver the F-16s, I think you know better than others that this will…

Wednesday, 27 March 2024 04:35

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 173

Israel confirms Hamas deputy military commander killed in Israeli strike Hamas deputy military commander Marwan Issa was killed in an Israeli strike this month, Israel's military spokesperson said on Tuesday, confirming reports from earlier in the month. "We have checked all the intelligence," Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement. "Marwan Issa was eliminated in the strike we carried out around two weeks ago," he said. There was no immediate comment from Hamas. Issa was at the top of Israel's most-wanted list together with Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas' military wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, and Hamas' leader…

Wednesday, 27 March 2024 04:34

What to know after Day 762 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia delivers strike at Ukrainian intelligence decision-making centers Russian forces delivered a combined strike by long-range precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against Ukrainian intelligence decision-making centers and sites and foreign mercenaries’ deployment areas over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. "During the last 24-hour period, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike by seaborne and ground-based long-range precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against SBU [Ukrainian Security Service] decision-making centers and sites, military-industrial enterprises and deployment areas of Ukrainian Neo-Nazi formations and foreign mercenaries. All the…

Tuesday, 26 March 2024 04:44

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 172

UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war began The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responded by canceling a visit to Washington by a high-level delegation in the strongest public clash between the allies since the war began. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the U.S. of “retreating” from a “principled position” by allowing the vote to pass without conditioning the cease-fire on the release of hostages held by Hamas. White House national security…

Tuesday, 26 March 2024 04:43

What to know after Day 761 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Moscow terror attack could be linked to Ukraine – Putin The deadly terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall was a clear attempt to intimidate Russia and serves the interests of the Ukrainian government, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. More than 130 people were killed at the concert venue northwest of Moscow on Friday evening, when several armed men began shooting into the crowd and set the hall on fire. Speaking with law enforcement and regional officials Monday evening, Putin argued the atrocity fit the pattern of actions by Kiev. “This atrocity may be only a…

Monday, 25 March 2024 04:48

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 171

UN to vote on resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza during current Muslim holy month of Ramadan The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Monday on a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The vote comes after Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday that would have supported “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israeli-Hamas conflict. The United States warned that the resolution to be voted on Monday morning could hurt negotiations to halt hostilities by the U.S., Egypt and Qatar, raising the possibility of another veto, this…

Monday, 25 March 2024 04:47

What to know after Day 760 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia stages major airstrike on Ukraine; one missile enters Polish airspace Russia struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine's western region of Lviv with missiles early on Sunday, Kyiv said, in a major airstrike that saw one Russian cruise missile briefly fly into Polish airspace according to Warsaw. Moscow launched 57 missiles and drones in the attack that also targeted the capital Kyiv, two days after the largest aerial bombardment of Ukraine's energy system in more than two years of full-scale war, Kyiv said. "There were two preliminary hits on the same critical infrastructure facility that the occupiers targeted at…

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Sunday, 24 March 2024 04:32

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 170

UN chief says it's time to 'truly flood' Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid,” calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Guterres spoke on the Egyptian side of the border not far from the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israel plans to launch a ground assault despite widespread warnings of a potential catastrophe. More than half of Gaza’s population has…

Sunday, 24 March 2024 04:31

What to know after Day 759 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine loses up to 350 troops in Avdeyevka area in past day Ukraine lost up to 350 troops in the Avdeyevka area in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. "In the Avdeyevka area, units of Battlegroup Center carried out active operations, moving to more advantageous positions and hitting the troops and equipment of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade, the 23rd and 53rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed forces near Netailovo, Umanskoye, Ocheretino and Toretsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic. <...> The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 350 troops, two armored combat…

Saturday, 23 March 2024 04:27

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 169

UN chief to visit Gaza border in new plea for truce United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Egypt's border with Gaza on Saturday to renew pleas for a ceasefire that could bring relief to a territory devastated by more than five months of war between Israel and Hamas. His trip comes as Israel threatens to launch a major military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, just over the border from Egypt, despite international appeals against such an attack. A majority of Gaza's 2.3 million residents are sheltering around Rafah. Though conditions are worse in the north of…

Saturday, 23 March 2024 04:25

What to know after Day 758 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia pounds Ukrainian power facilities; Zelenskiy seeks air defences, 'political will' Russia pounded Ukrainian power facilities on Friday in an attack described by Kyiv as the largest airstrike on its energy infrastructure in two years of war, and portrayed by Moscow as revenge for Ukrainian attacks during its presidential election. The missile and drone attack hit a vast dam over the Dnipro river, killed at least five people and left more than a million others without power, forcing Kyiv to seek emergency electricity supplies from Poland, Romania and Slovakia, Kyiv officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking in his…

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