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Sunday, 24 December 2023 04:39

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 79

Israel strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians. Biden says he didn't request a cease-fire More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes in Gaza, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned that nowhere is safe in the territory and that Israel’s offensive creates “massive obstacles” to distribution of humanitarian aid. U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, calling it a long and private conversation a day after the Biden administration again shielded Israel in the diplomatic…

Sunday, 24 December 2023 04:38

What to know after Day 668 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian shelling kills one, injures seven in southern Ukraine, officials say Waves of Russian shelling and drone attacks struck the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson on Saturday, killing one person and injuring seven, officials in the region said. Russian forces also shelled a power station closer to the front lines in eastern Ukraine, injuring five workers and knocking out electricity to the town of Kurakhovo. Russian forces a year ago abandoned positions on the western bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region but constantly shell areas there from new positions on the eastern bank. Ukrainian troops have…

Saturday, 23 December 2023 04:36

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 78

UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities The U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding aid deliveries to hungry and desperate civilians in Gaza but without the original plea for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas. The long-delayed vote in the 15-member council was 13-0 with the United States and Russia abstaining. The U.S. abstention avoided a third American veto of a Gaza resolution following Hamas’ surprise Oct. 7 attacks inside Israel. Russia wanted the stronger language restored; the U.S. did not. Still, “It was…

Saturday, 23 December 2023 04:35

What to know after Day 667 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine claims to down three Russian fighter-bomber jets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and military officials said the country's forces shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft on Friday on the southern front, hailing it as a success in the 22-month-old war. The Russian military made no mention of the incident. But Russian bloggers acknowledged the loss, and analysts suggested U.S.-supplied Patriot missiles had probably been used. Reuters could not independently confirm the reports. "Today at noon in the southern sector -- minus three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers!" Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on the Telegram messaging app.…

Friday, 22 December 2023 04:47

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 77

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, Hamas fires rockets amid truce talks Fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated on Thursday with some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of the war and Hamas demonstrated its ability to rocket Tel Aviv, even as the foes engaged in the most serious talks for weeks on a new truce. Israeli bombing was at its most intense over northern Gaza, where orange flashes of explosions could be seen from across the fence in Israel in the morning hours. Later, Israeli planes roared over central and southern areas, dropping bombs that sent up plumes of smoke, residents…

Friday, 22 December 2023 04:45

What to know after Day 666 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia has fired 7,400 missiles, 3,700 Shahed drones in war so far, Kyiv says Russia has launched about 7,400 missiles and 3,700 Shahed attack drones at targets in Ukraine during its 22-month-old invasion, Kyiv said on Thursday, illustrating the vast scale of Moscow's aerial assaults. Ukrainian air defences were able to shoot down 1,600 of the missiles and 2,900 of the drones, air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said in televised comments. "We are faced with an enormous aggressor, and we are fighting back," he said. He said the lower missile downing rate was due to the use of…

Thursday, 21 December 2023 04:36

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 76

Israel uncovers major Hamas command center in Gaza City as cease-fire talks gain momentum The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City, inflicting what it described as a serious blow to the Islamic militant group as pressure grows on Israel to scale back its devastating military offensive in the coastal enclave. The army said it had exposed the center of a vast underground network used by Hamas to move weapons, militants and supplies throughout the Gaza Strip. Israel has said destroying the tunnels is a major objective of…

Thursday, 21 December 2023 04:35

What to know after Day 665 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian army proposal to call up more civilians gets mixed reaction in Kyiv A Ukrainian army proposal to conscript up to 500,000 more civilians has produced mixed feelings in Kyiv, with many people saying more troops are needed to fight Russia but some suggesting it is pointless unless they get more weapons. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the army's proposal on Tuesday but said he had not yet decided whether to back it. Such a move would be intended to help replenish exhausted Ukrainian forces nearly two years of Russia's full-scale invasion, but could risk a backlash from those…

Wednesday, 20 December 2023 04:40

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 75

Israel keeps pounding Gaza, Houthis vow more Red Sea attacks Israeli forces pounded the shattered Gaza Strip on Tuesday while Yemen's Houthis vowed to defy a U.S.-led naval mission and keep targeting Red Sea shipping in support of the Palestinian enclave's ruling Hamas movement. Israel's campaign to eradicate Hamas militants behind an Oct. 7 massacre has left the coastal enclave in ruins, brought widespread hunger and homelessness, and killed nearly 20,000 Gazans, according to the Palestinian enclave's health ministry. Under foreign pressure to avoid killing innocents, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war will not stop until a remaining…

Wednesday, 20 December 2023 04:39

What to know after Day 664 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine conflict exposed truth about Western military equipment – Putin Ukraine is facing significant battlefield losses, and its counteroffensive has failed to impress the country's foreign backers, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking during a Defense Ministry Board meeting on Tuesday in Moscow, he pointed out that Kiev’s forces are having these problems despite receiving high-grade Western military equipment. Kiev has lost over 14,000 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles since the start of Russia’s military operation in the country, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said during the meeting. “The myth of the invulnerability of Western military equipment has…

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Tuesday, 19 December 2023 04:43

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 74

US envoys work for new hostage release deal, scale-down of Israel-Hamas war but say no timetable The head of the CIA jetted to Europe for talks with Israeli and Qatari officials Monday, sounding out the potential for a deal on a new cease-fire and the release of hostages in Gaza, as the U.S. defense secretary spoke to Israeli military leaders about scaling back major combat operations against Hamas. Still, there was no sign that a shift in the war was imminent after more than two months of devastating bombardment and fighting. Fierce battles raged in northern Gaza, where residents said…

Tuesday, 19 December 2023 04:42

What to know after Day 663 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's top general criticizes president's firing of recruitment chiefs- media Ukraine's top general on Monday issued his strongest criticism to date of a previous presidential decision to fire regional military draft office chiefs, Interfax Ukraine reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy fired all of Ukraine's regional military recruitment heads in August in a corruption crackdown. He said at the time a state investigation into centres across Ukraine had exposed abuses by officials ranging from illegal enrichment to transporting draft-eligible men across the border despite a wartime ban on them leaving the country. Asked by reporters on the sidelines of…

Monday, 18 December 2023 04:41

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 73

Israeli army says it uncovered biggest Hamas tunnel yet The Israeli army said on Sunday it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip so far, just a few hundred metres from a key border crossing. Such was its size that small vehicles would be able to travel within the tunnel, an AFP photographer granted access to it reported. The underground passage formed part of a wider branching network that stretched for over four kilometres (2.5 miles) and came within 400 metres (1,300 feet) of the Erez border crossing, the army said in a statement. It cost millions…

Monday, 18 December 2023 04:39

What to know after Day 662 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia and Ukraine launch swarm of drones at each other's territory Ukraine and Russia launched a swarm of drones at each other's territories on Sunday as both sides step up attacks, with the Russian assault reportedly killing one person in Odesa and the Ukrainian strike targeting a Russian military airfield. Ukraine's air force said on Sunday morning that it had destroyed 20 drones and a cruise missile that Russia launched overnight. Nine of the drones were downed over the southern Odesa region, with falling debris starting a fire in a residential house and killing one person. The Russian…

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