US President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range US missiles to strike inside Russia. A top UN official warns of a mass displacement crisis in Ukraine after Russian attacks on critical infrastructure as winter takes hold
Read MoreApparent Israeli bombing has caused large explosions just outside Beirut's international airport. Cambodian authorities have arrested and charged an award-winning journalist in apparent reprisal for his investigative journalism
Read MoreFollowing two waves of explosions targeting Hezbollah's communication devices in Lebanon, the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is expected to deliver a major speech
Read MoreThe man accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and murder charges in exchange for a life sentence rather than a death-penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Read MoreAt least two dead and 54 injured in Kharkiv in what local officials describe as a direct hit on a densely populated residential complex.
Read MoreIsrael is on high alert for a possible direct attack from Iran. The former commander of the UK's Joint Forces Command has warned that Ukraine could face defeat by Russia in 2024
Read MoreEurope must prepare for potential war, as a full-scale conflict on the continent beyond Ukraine is “no longer a fantasy”, the EU’s chief diplomat has warned. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza is a “mistake,” said US president Joe Biden
Read MoreThree US Army soldiers were killed and more than 30 service members were injured in a drone attack overnight on a small US outpost in Jordan, US officials told CNN, marking the first time US troops have been killed by enemy fire in the Middle East since the beginning of the Gaza war
Read MoreAt least 18 people were killed and well over 100 wounded in a wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine - including Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Kharkiv. Ukraine's military says Russia launched a "massive" attack with 158 drones and missiles - the air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously"
Read MoreA surprise cabinet shuffle in the UK that brings an unelected former PM to lead the Foreign Office. Gaza Strip’s hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said. Turkey joins other countries in mass deportations of Afghan refugees.
Read MoreIsraeli protesters reportedly broke through barricades at the prime minister’s residence in Tel Aviv. The U.S. top diplomat’s shuttle diplomacy appears to have produced few results.
Read MoreA ground invasion appears under way in Gaza as mobile phone service and internet connectivity ceases. The U.N. reiterates pleas for humanitarian aid to resume and for a ceasefire to be implemented. The wives and children of active Ukrainian servicemen plead for limits to their tours of duty on the frontlines.
Read MoreMore aid enters Gaza as Israel pounds the Palestinian enclave. Russia aims at Ukraine power infrastructure ahead of winter.
Read MoreThe Ukraine Recovery Conference enters its second and final day, with several billions of dollars of pledges targeting the rehabilitation of the country. Russia says a main bridge in Crimea has been hit.
Read MoreUkrainian tank crews have arrived in Britain to begin training for their continued fight against Russia, the British Defense Ministry said, just days after Britain and other NATO countries pledged more than 130 tanks to Ukraine. Ukraine's military said on January 29 that its forces had repelled an attack in the area of Blahodatne in the eastern part of the Donetsk region, while Russia's Vagner private military group said it had taken control of the village.
Read MoreA Russian strike on a city in the eastern region of Donetsk killed at least three people as Ukrainian forces engaged Russian troops in ferocious battles in several hot spots in the east, where Moscow has been pressing its offensive with increased urgency amid Western pledges of modern tank deliveries for Kyiv.
Read MorePoland appears closer to sending German-built Leopard tanks to Ukraine, with or without the approval of Berlin. Patience in western capitals is wearing thin with German intransigence to assist Ukraine.
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to impose a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian front line. However it has been rejected as a cynical move by the Ukrainian leadership. The US and Germany have agreed to send heavy armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine
Read MoreRussia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power
Read MoreMoscow says three military personnel were killed early on December 26 by debris from a downed Ukrainian drone, which was shot down and fell over a military base in Russia's southwestern Saratov region. Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations
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