Regional conflicts
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has held further discussions with Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of deploying Western troops to Ukraine to safeguard a potential peace deal with Russia. Speaking of the security guarantees required for such a peace to be implemented, Zelenskyy said: “As one of these guarantees, we discussed the French initiative to deploy…
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Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims ‘drone attack on Jordan Valley’ The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) has said it launched a drone attack on a target in the Jordan Valley in the “occupied territories”. The IRI is an umbrella term used by a number of Iran-backed groups in Iraq. In recent months, groups under their…
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Bulgaria’s state security agency has said it will investigate a company linked to the sale of pagers to Hezbollah. DANS is working with the interior ministry to investigate the role of a company registered in Bulgaria, the agency said, without naming the company. Bulgarian media reports allege a Sofia-based company facilitated the sale of the…
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Kyiv predicts Moscow will have around 200,000 extra forces in Ukraine by the end of the year, according to a report. Forbes Ukraine cited deputy defence minister Ivan Havryliuk as saying some 800,000 Russian troops were expected in the country by the end of 2024. Currently, there are around 600,000 soldiers in occupied areas of…
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Welcome to our latest summary of news from the war in Ukraine. Yesterday marked a big day for Kyiv’s forces, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy announcing his troops had captured the largest Russian town so far – Sudzha in the Kursk region. Footage filmed in the Sumy region of Ukraine, which is close to the border with…
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Vladimir Putin has said the Russian military must “dislodge” Ukrainian troops from border regions, according to reports. Speaking at a meeting with top security and defence officials, the Russian president said the invasion in Kursk was an attempt by Kyiv to stop Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine and gain a better negotiation position. Mr Putin said…
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The Pentagon said it was “strengthening” its force posture in the Middle East, deploying a guided missile submarine and hastening the transit of a carrier strike group to the region amid soaring fears that an Iranian retaliatory attack will widen the ongoing Hamas-Israel war. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement Sunday night…
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The recent geopolitical landscape, marked by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and return of great power competition, necessitates a reevaluation of NATO’s stance on cluster munitions. Under the leadership of Jens Stoltenberg, NATO embraced the Convention on Cluster Munitions, or CMC, in 2008, which barred 124 member nations from stockpiling, using or manufacturing these weapons due to their…
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Israeli troops launched a new assault Friday into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, targeting Hamas fighters who the military claims still operate there despite repeated offensives, as American, Qatari, and Egyptian mediators renewed their push for Israel and Hamas to reach a cease-fire deal. Israeli evacuation orders triggered yet another exodus of Palestinians…
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud discussed the “serious regional escalation in the past few days” during a phone call on Friday. The escalation was attributed to Israel’s “extremist policies” and “adopted assassination approach,” according to a statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. The two ministers emphasized…
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One of the few things working in Iran’s favor after the humiliating news that Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital overnight is that the regime controls most of the information the world gets to see. What Iran has said so far is that Haniyeh died after being hit by an “airborne guided projectile” in Tehran where he…
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As tensions escalate between Israel and Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon issued a video Monday urging Americans to leave the country before a crisis begins. Twelve children were killed by a rocket strike Saturday in the Golan Heights. Israel has blamed Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, though Hezbollah has denied responsibility…
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Poland is set to impose restrictions on the movement of Russian diplomats, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski said on Monday. “These will be decisions both regarding the embassy and the consular staff of the Russian Federation in Poland,” Sikorski said in Brussels after a meeting of European Union (EU) foreign ministers. According…
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A helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials crashed in the mountainous north-west reaches of Iran on Sunday May 19, sparking a rescue operation in thick fog and driving rain. On Monday, search and rescue teams reached the crash site and “found no signs of the helicopter’s occupants being…
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The Philippines has recently escalated provoking actions in the South China Sea. Thousands of miles away, the United States threatened the use of the U.S.-Philippines mutual defense treaty against China, seriously violating the principles of the UN Charter and jeopardizing regional peace and stability. In a bid to protect its hegemony, the United States is…
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The UN World Food Program (WFP) announced on Tuesday that it needs 228 million U.S. dollars between April and September to expand its humanitarian assistance efforts in Somalia. The latest projections for the April to June period indicate that 3.4 million people in Somalia are facing acute food insecurity, showing improvement, especially in rural areas…
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