Biden Strengthens Diplomatic Ties With European Allies In Berlin President Biden's meeting with Chancellor Scholz in Berlin to strengthen ties, support Ukraine, and rally allies amid geopolitical challenges. Top News · Oct 17, 2024
Israel Strikes Syria, US Pounds Huthis In Yemen Syria, the Huthi rebels in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza all belong to the so-called axis of resistance led by Iran, which on October 1 conducted a missile strike on Israel. Latin Times · Oct 17, 2024
Iran Guards Chief Warns Will Hit Israel 'Painfully' If Attacks Iranian Targets Abbas Nilforoushan, a top commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force foreign operations arm, was killed on September 27 alongside Hassan Nasrallah, the chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah, in an Israeli strike on south Beirut. Latin Times · Oct 17, 2024
Putin introduces bizarre new law to tackle Russia’s declining birth rate Russia’s birth rate had slid to its lowest in a quarter of a century The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024
Iranian foreign minister discusses regional tensions with Egyptian officials in Cairo Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has discussed rising tensions in the region with Egyptian officials in Cairo during the first such visit by a top Iranian official to the North African nation in around a decade The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024
Israeli strike hits Syria’s Latakia, state media reports Two injured in rare strike on port city that is a stronghold of President al-Assad and located near a Russian airbase. Al Jazeera · Oct 17, 2024
Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky in fresh talks on long-range missiles to target bases deep inside Russia The discussions came ahead of a meeting in Berlin of the US president, Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2024
Middle East latest: An Israeli strike wounds 2 civilians in Syria, its military says Syria’s military says Israel carried out a strike in the coastal city of Latakia, wounding two civilians and damaging a military post The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024
Israel Pounds Hezbollah Strongholds In Lebanon Israel's latest bombardment of Hezbollah targets caused widespread destruction in southern Lebanon, ahead of US and Israeli strikes in the wider region Thursday. International Business Times · Oct 17, 2024
Iraq militias step up Israel attacks as Iran looks to junior proxies Analysts suggest proxies in Syria, Iraq and Yemen fighting hidden conflict could be targets for Israel as it considers retaliation against Tehran The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2024
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 965 As the war enters its 965th day, these are the main developments. Al Jazeera · Oct 17, 2024
Ukraine war briefing: Australia to send 49 Abrams tanks to Kyiv Zelenskyy details victory plan and heads to Nato meeting; Biden to visit Germany; calls to punish North Korea for sending troops. What we know on day 967 The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2024
Commonwealth should become a trade bloc and invite Ukraine to join, says new report Ahead of next week’s Commonwealth heads of government summit in Samoa, a major report recommends a complete overhaul of the organisation with historic links to the British Empire The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024
West’s spy chiefs alarmed at recklessness of Russian counterparts After expulsion of hundreds of embassy-based spies, Kremlin is using riskier and less conventional methods The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024 Does the drop in inflation mean things are going to get better? As the CPI shows a fall in the overall rate at which prices are rising, Sean O’Grady looks at what it might mean for those of us hoping for an improvement in our everyday finances – and for the chancellor, too, as she prepares to announce her first Budget in…
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024 Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in chilly Sea of Okhotsk describes his ordeal A Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk has described how he survived by battling shivering cold and drinking rain water
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024 Is Israel’s Iron Dome impenetrable - and why have the US sent more air defences? Israel says the Iron Dome air defence system shoots down around 90 per cent of rockets and drones fired by enemies
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024 Polish president criticizes government's no-asylum-for-irregular-migrants plan as a 'grave mistake' Polish President Andrzej Duda has condemned the government's plan for a temporary suspension of the right to asylum for irregular migrants, calling it a “fatal mistake.”
Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2024 Record high deaths in the Russia-Ukraine war: What you should know Recent reports suggest a million people killed to date, with a high civilian death toll in Ukraine over the summer.
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024 Israel hits Beirut for first time in nearly a week as fresh strikes kill Lebanon mayor Strikes on Beirut come after the Prime Minister was assured Israel would descalate
Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2024 Mayor among 16 killed in Israeli attack on south Lebanon municipal building Israel resumes air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs despite US concerns over ‘scope’ of campaign in Lebanon.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024 First Thing: Israel bombs Beirut after US says it opposes ‘scope’ of strikes US appears to take harder line with Israel. Plus, Diddy asks for the identities of his accusers to be disclosed
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024 North Korean troops for Russia’s war in Ukraine: what we know so far Volodymyr Zelenskyy has backed reports that Pyongyang is sending large numbers of personnel to help Putin
International Business Times · Oct 16, 2024 Israel Strikes Hezbollah Strongholds After Rejecting Lebanon Ceasefire Israel conducted strikes on Wednesday targeting Hezbollah's main bastion and a city in southern Lebanon where it holds sway, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed calls for a ceasefire.
Radio France Internationale · Oct 16, 2024 Ukrainian soldiers get crash course in combat at French military base More than 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers have swapped a country at war for a military camp in eastern France, where they’re receiving a crash course in combat. But with only a few months before the recruits head to the front lines, their French trainers are seeking to recreate the conditions in…