The head of Israel's biggest labour union called for a general strike on Monday to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to bring back Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza, as thousands of protesters took to the streets. Kharkiv, Ukraine gets pounded by more Russian missiles - dozens of victims
Read MoreFour prison employees have been killed after prisoners staged a revolt in a Russian penal colony and took several hostages. The U.S. imposed sweeping sanctions on hundreds of firms in Russia and across the globe - accusing them of providing products and services that enable Russia’s war effort and aiding its ability to evade sanctions
Read MoreNational Security Communications Advisor John Kirby has said there will be no change in US policy to allow Ukraine to strike further into Russia. The toll from the Russian missile barrage on Ukraine yesterday jumped to at least 41 killed, almost 200 injured
Read MoreRussia is scouring China for second-hand machine tools using shadowy networks of buyers, as the Kremlin races to secure vital equipment to increase arms production. Russian commanders have ordered not to take Ukrainian soldiers prisoner but to behead them instead, Ukraine says.
Read MoreIndia's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to win a third consecutive term in office, exit polls suggest. At least seven Russian, Belarusian, Latvian, and Israeli journalists and activists have been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware within the EU
Read MoreAn apparent Israeli air strike hits a residential building in Damascus. U.S. Republican bickering lessons chances of Kyiv receiving tens of billions in crucial aid.
Read MoreA wave of Russia drone attacks overnight in Ukraine: the southern port city of Odesa was particularly hard hit. Damage to residential buildings and infrastructure and some injuries. At least 10,600 children have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7
Read MorePolling in the state has shown former President Donald Trump with a substantial lead, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in a tight race for second place. The Gaza death toll now passes 24,000. Italian PM Meloni could be headed for trouble with her main ‘frenemy.’
Read MoreThe South Pacific nation of Nauru has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Taiwan and would instead recognise China. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago, only 517 children of some 20,000 who were illegally taken and held in Russia have been returned
Read MoreThe winner of Taiwan's presidential election says voters have shown the world "how much we cherish democracy" after his party, which champions autonomy from China, secured a third term. Attacks by US-led coalition on Houthi targets continue
Read MoreThe US carries out a new attack on a Houthi site in Yemen, a day after wider attacks led by the US and the UK. Another massive Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine
Read MoreThe so-called biting sanctions introduced against Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine appear to be having limited bit in the elite circles of Moscow and St Petersburg. Belorussian President grants himself lifetime immunity from prosecution
Read MoreRussia has used ballistic missiles and launchers supplied by North Korea in Ukraine, U.S. says. A new report documents more than $7.8 million in payments from at least 20 foreign governments — including China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar — to businesses owned by then-President Trump during two years of his term.
Read MoreDozens of Hamas terrorists lost contact with the terror group's leadership, leaving them with no option but to lay down their weapons and surrender to Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky travels to Argentina to rally global south support.
Read MoreThe US Secretary of State says there is a "gap" between Israel's intent to protect civilians and how the war has been unfolding in Gaza. Meanwhile, a UN official says the Israeli military offensive means there is no safe place left for aid agencies in southern Gaza. Aid to Ukraine falls to record lows
Read MoreIsrael has agreed to begin four-hour “pauses” in military operations in northern Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to get in and innocent civilians to safely get out. Meanwhile some 80,000 civilians were said to have fled from the northern to the southern parts of Gaza. A powerful Russian missile strikes a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier off Odesa
Read MoreIn an almost unprecedented move, Israel moves to bar the UN’s top humanitarian official from the country, and threatens to deny visas to other UN staff as well. Gridlock in Washngton could come to an end soon with the election of a new House speaker, who also happens to be a Trump supporter.
Read MoreUkraine says it has received its first Patriot air-defense systems as Russia launched a fresh wave of drone attacks on Odesa and Ukrainian defenders repelled more attacks in the eastern region of Donetsk. The United States is sending Ukraine about $325 million in additional military aid, including an enormous amount of artillery rounds and ammunition
Read MoreU.S. warns Russia not to touch its nuclear technology inside the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Europe’s largest - inside Ukraine
Read MoreThe US is expected to include longer-range missiles in a new $2.2 billion Ukraine security package, officials told CNN. Vladimir Putin said that the West was threatening Moscow “again” with German-made Leopard fighter tanks.
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