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Monday, 24 March 2025 04:10
What to know after Day 1124 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine, US teams hold talks in Saudi Arabia, US envoy hopeful on ending war Ukrainian and U.S. delegations discussed on Sunday proposals to protect energy facilities and critical infrastructure, Ukraine's defence minister said, part of a diplomatic push by U.S. President Donald Trump to end three years of war. The meeting in Saudi Arabia, which precedes talks on Monday between the U.S. and Russian delegations, came as U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoffexpressed optimism about the chances for ending Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two. "I feel that (Russian President Vladimir Putin) wants peace," Witkoff told Fox News…
Sunday, 23 March 2025 04:42
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 534
Israeli airstrike kills Hamas political leader in southern Gaza, Hamas says An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza's Khan Younis killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel on Sunday, Hamas officials said, as residents reported an escalation in the Israeli military campaign that began on Tuesday. Pro-Hamas media said the airstrike killed Bardaweel, who is a member of the group's political office, and also killed his wife. Israeli officials had no immediate comment. Taher Al-Nono, the media advisor of the Hamas leadership, mourned Bardaweel's death in a post on his Facebook page. After two months of relative calm, Gazans were again fleeing…
Sunday, 23 March 2025 04:40
What to know after Day 1123 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE As Russia retakes Kursk, Ukrainians ask, 'Was it worth it?' When Mariia Pankova last exchanged messages with her close friend Pavlo in December, she had no idea that he was among the Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia's Kursk region. She found out when a fellow soldier told her several days later that her friend, Pavlo Humeniuk, 24, a combat engineer in Ukraine's 47th Magura brigade, had gone missing near the village of Novoivanivka in Kursk on December 6. Almost four months have passed and there has been no further information about Pavlo's fate, Pankova told Reuters, citing her…
Saturday, 22 March 2025 07:50
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 533
Israel orders IDF to seize more Gaza territory if Hamas doesn't release hostages Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to seize more territory in Gaza if Hamas continues to refuse to release the hostages. Earlier this week, the IDF resumed the war in Gaza after a nearly two-month-long ceasefire that saw the release of 33 hostages. "If the terrorist organization Hamas continues to refuse to release the hostages, I have instructed the IDF to seize additional territories, while evacuating the population, and to expand the security zones around Gaza for the benefit of protecting…
Saturday, 22 March 2025 07:49
What to know after Day 1122 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of blowing up Russian gas pumping station Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of blowing up a Russian gas pumping station in a border area where Ukrainian troops have been retreating, amid talks over a proposed U.S.-backed moratorium on attacks on energy infrastructure. Video footage showed a blaze at the Sudzha facility, which is located inside Russia several hundred metres from the Ukrainian border. It is inside a pocket of Russian territory that had been captured by Ukrainian forces last year, but which Moscow has mostly recovered in heavy fighting…
Friday, 21 March 2025 04:16
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 532
Freed Israeli hostage tells UN, 'No more excuses,' says aid is feeding terrorists Former Hamas hostage Eli Sharabi went before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with his heartbreaking story and a simple plea: "Bring them all home now." Sharabi has been free for less than six weeks, but in that time, he has already advocated for the hostages and spoken with world leaders about the plight of those still languishing in Hamas’ hands. "On Oct. 7, my heaven turned to hell," Sharabi, who was taken from Kibbutz Be’eri, recalled. "Sirens began, Hamas terrorists invaded and I was ripped away…
Friday, 21 March 2025 04:14
What to know after Day 1121 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield, triggering huge blast Ukraine struck a major Russian strategic bomber airfield on Thursday with drones, triggering a huge blast and fire about 700 km (435 miles) from the front lines of the war, Russian and Ukrainian officials said. Videos verified by Reuters showed a huge blast spreading out from the airfield, wrecking nearby cottages. Russia's defence ministry said air defences had shot down 132 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions. Other verified videos showed a giant plume of smoke rising into the dawn sky and an intense fire. The base in Engels, which…
Thursday, 20 March 2025 04:36
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 531
After airstrikes, Israel says it has launched new ground operation in Gaza The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed at least 48 Palestinians, according to local health workers. The renewed ground operations came a day after more than 400 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in one of the deadliest episodes since the beginning of the conflict in October 2023, shattering a ceasefire that has largely held since January. The Israeli military said its operations extended Israel's control over the Netzarim Corridor, which…
Thursday, 20 March 2025 04:35
What to know after Day 1120 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Trump, Zelenskiy pledge in phone call to work for end to war in Ukraine U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed on Wednesday to work together to end Russia's war with Ukraine, in what the White House described as a "fantastic" one-hour phone call. In their first conversation since an Oval Office shouting match on February 28, Zelenskiy thanked Trump for U.S. support and the two leaders agreed that technical teams would meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days. Zelenskiy asked Trump for more air defence support to protect his country against Russian attacks…
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 04:12
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 530
Israel shoots down Houthi ballistic missile after ceasefire collapses The Israeli military said it intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on Tuesday, the terror group's first attack on the Jewish state following the collapse of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that sirens sounded in southern Israel after a missile launched from Yemen. The Israeli Air Force said it intercepted the missile before it crossed into Israeli territory. President Donald Trump's ordering of U.S. strikes against the Houthis in Yemen over the weekend is believed to have deterred the terror…
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Wednesday, 19 March 2025 04:10
What to know after Day 1119 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin-Trump phone call: key takeaways Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a much-anticipated phone call on Tuesday, discussing a potential settlement of the Ukraine conflict. The conversation lasted for two and a half hours, with both the White House and the Kremlin describing it as positive. Here are the key takeaways from the conversation. Potential ceasefire Putin and Trump discussed Trump’s idea of a 30-day ceasefire, with the Russian side outlining multiple issues to be resolved before its implementation, the Kremlin press service said in a statement following the call. Namely, Putin outlined the…
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 04:43
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 529
Ceasefire over as Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas refused to release hostages, officials say The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is over as Israeli fighter jets began striking the Gaza Strip after Hamas refused repeated hostage deal offers, officials said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began striking Hamas terrorist targets across Gaza "in order to achieve the war objectives set by the political leadership, including the release of all our hostages—both the living and the fallen," the office of Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a letter. "This decision comes after Hamas repeatedly refused to release our hostages and rejected…
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 04:42
What to know after Day 1118 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Trump and Putin to discuss power plants, land in talks to end Ukraine war U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday morning about ending the Ukraine war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant likely to feature prominently in the talks. "What's happening in Ukraine is not good, but we're going to see if we can work a peace agreement, a ceasefire and peace, and I think we'll be able to do it," Trump told reporters in Washington on Monday. Trump has been trying to…
Monday, 17 March 2025 04:35
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 528
Yemen's al-Houthi leads defiant force under US attack Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen's Houthi fighters whose Red Sea attacks have drawn U.S. strikes, has emerged as Iran's most prominent Arab ally and an enduring thorn in Israel's side after many of its enemies were killed in the last year. Al-Houthi, who is in his 40s, had already led his group through a decade of war against a powerful Saudi-led coalition when it waded into conflict with Israel, declaring solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza after the Hamas-led October 7 attacks. After weeks of relative calm in Red Sea shipping…