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Friday, 10 January 2025 04:33

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 462

US House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court to protest its issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over Israel's campaign in Gaza. The vote was 243 to 140 in favor of the "Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act," which would sanction any foreigner who investigates, arrests, detains or prosecutes U.S. citizens or those of an allied country, including Israel, who are not members of the court. Forty-five Democrats joined 198 Republicans in backing the bill. No Republican voted…

Friday, 10 January 2025 04:32

What to know after Day 1051 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Kremlin ‘would welcome’ contact from Trump Moscow would be willing to talk to US President-elect Donald Trump if he sticks to his plan of restoring contacts, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday. It has not received any specific requests from Washington in this regard, he added. Trump has promised on several occasions that he could achieve a negotiated settlement of the Ukraine conflict in just one day. In December, he also said that he would wait for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the hostilities. Moscow has repeatedly said that…

Thursday, 09 January 2025 04:28

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 461

Israeli troops recover body of Gaza hostage with signs son also killed The body of Youssef Ziyadne, an Israeli Bedouin taken hostage by Hamas-led fighters on Oct. 7, 2023, has been found in a tunnel in Gaza, along with evidence suggesting his son may also have been killed, the Israeli military said on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear how Youssef Ziyadne had been killed but Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said his death did not appear to have been recent. "We are currently investigating the circumstances of his death and we are also investigating the findings regarding his son," he…

Thursday, 09 January 2025 04:27

What to know after Day 1050 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia A Russian guided bomb attack on Wednesday killed at least 13 people and injured 63 in Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, authorities said. The blast left bodies strewn across a road alongside injured residents. Public transport was also damaged in the strike. Prosecutors in the region said 63 people had been injured. Rescue work had been completed at the site of the attack. High-rise apartment blocks were damaged along with an industrial facility and other infrastructure, Ukraine's prosecutor general office said on Telegram. The debris hit a tram and…

Wednesday, 08 January 2025 05:08

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 460

Trump Middle East envoy predicts 'good things' to announce on Gaza hostages before inauguration President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday he hopes to have good things to report about hostages held by Hamas in Gaza by the time Trump is sworn in as U.S. president on Jan. 20. "Well, I think we're making a lot of progress, and I don't want to say too much because I think they're doing a really good job back in Doha," Witkoff said at a Trump press conference in Palm Beach, Florida. Doha has been hosting negotiations on a…

Wednesday, 08 January 2025 05:07

What to know after Day 1049 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says forces conducting 'new offensive actions' in Russia's Kursk region Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces were "commencing new offensive actions" in Russia's western Kursk region, in its first substantive remarks two days after Russian reports of a renewed Ukrainian thrust in the area. Ukraine first seized part of the Kursk region in a surprise incursion last August, and it has held territory there for five months despite losing some ground. The Russian defence ministry said on Sunday that Kyiv had launched a new counter-attack. On Tuesday, Ukraine's general staff, which keeps a tight lid on information…

Tuesday, 07 January 2025 04:55

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 459

Three Israelis killed in northern West Bank shooting Three Israelis were killed and several injured on Monday in a shooting attack on a car and bus near the settlement of Kedumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israel's national ambulance service Magen David Adom (MDA) said. The attack, on a major road used by both Israelis and Palestinians, comes amid a diplomatic push for a deal to end the 15-month-old war in Gaza and return Israeli hostages home and may pose another obstacle to sealing such a deal before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Footage posted on…

Tuesday, 07 January 2025 04:52

What to know after Day 1048 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Battle rages in western Russia as Moscow reports gains in Ukraine Russia said on Monday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of fierce fighting was under way. The Russian defence ministry said its forces had captured the town of Kurakhove, 32 km (20 miles) south of Pokrovsk, a Ukrainian logistics hub toward which Russian forces have been advancing for months. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow had suffered big losses in five months of fighting…

Monday, 06 January 2025 05:00

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 458

Hamas and Israel wrangle over talks as Israeli strikes in Gaza intensify Israel and Hamas wrangled on Sunday over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home, as Palestinian officials said intensified Israeli bombardments had killed more than 100 people over the weekend. A Hamas official said the group had approved a list of 34 Israeli hostages to be returned as part of a deal that could eventually lead to a ceasefire. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office swiftly issued a statement saying Hamas had not provided a hostage list. Later on…

Monday, 06 January 2025 04:57

What to know after Day 1047 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine launches new attack in Kursk region of western Russia Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine had launched a new attack in the Kursk region, an area of western Russia from which Russian troops have been trying to eject Ukrainian forces for the past five months. Ukrainian troops broke across the border in a surprise incursion on Aug. 6 and have managed to hold on to a chunk of territory there which could provide Kyiv with an important bargaining chip in potential peace talks. Russia's defence ministry said its forces were beating back the Ukrainian forces but some…

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Sunday, 05 January 2025 04:54

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 457

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza Strip as new ceasefire talks begin Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 70 people over the last day, Palestinian medics said on Saturday, as mediators launched a new ceasefire push to end the 15-month-old war. At least 17 of those who died were killed in airstrikes on two houses in Gaza City, the first of which destroyed the home of the Al-Ghoula family in the early hours, medics and residents said. "At about 2 a.m. we were woken up by the sound of a huge explosion," said Ahmed Ayyan,…

Sunday, 05 January 2025 04:45

What to know after Day 1046 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia shoots down eight ATACMS, captures eastern Ukraine settlement, says defence ministry Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that Russian forces had taken control of the village of Nadiya in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region and had shot down eight U.S.-made ATACMS missiles. Reuters could not immediately verify the battlefield reports. The ministry said its air defence systems had shot down 10 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory on Saturday morning, including three over the northern Leningrad region. St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport temporarily halted flight arrivals and departures on Saturday morning. RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia intercepts eight US-supplied ATACMS missiles —…

Saturday, 04 January 2025 04:25

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 456

Israeli airstrikes push up Gaza death toll amid new truce push Israel has carried out airstrikes on dozens of Hamas targets in Gaza over the past 24 hours, it said on Friday, in attacks that Palestinian health authorities said had killed more than 110 people in two days. The surge in operations and casualties comes amid a renewed push to reach a ceasefire in the 15-month-old war and return Israeli hostages before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Israeli mediators were dispatched to resume talks in Doha brokered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators and on Friday, U.S.…

Saturday, 04 January 2025 04:24

What to know after Day 1045 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches new barrage of drones at Ukraine, kills one, Kyiv says Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing one civilian and injuring four others in the Kyiv region, the military and regional officials said. Ukrainian air defences shot down 60 out of 93 Russian drones, the air force said. It also said that 26 drones were "lost", in reference to Ukraine's use of electronic warfare to redirect Russian drones. One Russian drone was still in the air, the air force added. Mykola Kalashnyk, acting governor for the Kyiv region,…

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