Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to accept a U.S. bridging proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal after what he said was a “very constructive” meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He had earlier said the latest push for a deal was probably the best and possibly last…
India held the third Voice of Global South Summit on August 17 2024, with 123 countries participating in the virtual event, while China and Pakistan were notably absent from the list of those nations invited he summit, aimed at addressing challenges faced by developing nations, particularly those in Africa, saw discussions led by Indian Prime…
Mark Smith says evidence of Gaza war crimes is clear, but that his complaints were brushed aside A Foreign Office official has resigned over the UK’s refusal to ban arms exports to Israel because of alleged breaches of international law. Mark Smith, a counter-terrorism official based at the British embassy in Dublin, said he had resigned after…
Vietnam’s new leader To Lam is making China the destination for his first overseas visit Vietnam’s new leader To Lam is making China the destination for his first overseas visit, signaling the continuing importance the Southeast Asian country places on its giant neighbor even as it strengthens ties with the United States and others. Lam stepped off a Vietnam…
Ukraine strikes second key bridge in Russia’s Kursk region as incursion continues MINSK: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that Ukraine had stationed more than 120,000 troops at its border with Belarus and Minsk had deployed nearly a third of its armed forces along the entire border, the Belta state news agency reported. Lukashenko, a…
Key civilian leader says attack on Russia’s Kursk region is first of ‘several stages’ in taking the fight to Moscow Ukraine has captured more than 150 Russian prisoners of war on some days in the cross-border military operation that a key civilian official said was the first of “several stages” in taking the fight to…
US secretary of state flies into Tel Aviv amid signals that a breakthrough may not be as close as had been suggested The US secretary of state has arrived in Israel for 11th-hour talks aimed at shoring up a deal for a lasting ceasefire in the war in Gaza, amid signals from Israeli and Hamas officials that…
Republican senator urges Trump to focus on policy issues instead of making personal attacks against Harris The Republican senator and Donald Trump loyalist Lindsey Graham has warned that Trump is in danger of losing the US presidential election if he continues to talk about Kamala Harris’s race and make other personal attacks instead of focusing on policy…
Thailand’s parliament has picked Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of billionaire tycoon and former leader Thaksin, as prime minister. At 37, she will be the country’s youngest PM and the second woman in the post, after her aunt Yingluck. Her selection comes just two days after former PM Srettha Thavisin was dismissed by a constitutional court….
Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk advanced a few kilometres further today, according to its army chief, though Moscow claims to have repelled attacks in numerous areas and has dug defensive trenches in order to slow Ukraine’s progress. The aim of the attack on Kursk was to force Russia to the negotiating table for peace talks, an…
A pro-Kremlin Telegram channel has reported that a bridge over the Seym River at Glushkovo, in the Kursk region, has collapsed, showing images of the bridge and quoting an adviser to the acting governor of the region. We have looked for previous versions of these images online and believe they must have been first posted…
Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin says there is a “high probability of an armed provocation” from neighbouring Ukraine, according to local state-run media. Khrenin, who did not provide any evidence to back his claims, made the comments at a meeting on military security with President Alexander Lukashenko. “Given the presence of Ukrainian armed formations in…
Poland has denied any involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, after accusations from a former German intelligence chief. “I think this is Russian disinformation resonating through the words of German politicians,” deputy prime minister, Krzysztof Gawkowski, told Polish TV channel Polsat News. “Poland did not take part…
The figure given by the strip’s health officials does not tell the full story of Palestinian losses, excluding those missing or buried in rubble Dalia Hawas was 24 years old when an Israeli airstrike flattened the apartment building where she lived in February, burying the young mother with her 10-month-old daughter, Mona. They are not…
The president of the Palestinian Authority tells Turkish legislators he will stand by the Palestinian people even at the cost of his life. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has promised to go to the besieged Gaza Strip, saying he will stand by the Palestinian people even if it costs him his life. Speaking to Turkey’s…
