Kremlin denies claim that Vladimir Putin died from cancer as 'absurd' Kremlin rejects claims of Putin's poor ill-health and even death as 'absurd information' Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023
Zelensky vows to keep up pressure on Crimea: ‘This is historic achievement’ ‘We have not yet gained full fire control over Crimea and surrounding waters, but we will’ The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023
Ukraine-Russia war - live: Putin turns to new weapon for winter attacks as bombing of Avdiivka continues The longer-range weapon is harder to detect than the Iranian-made Shahed drone and may be used over winter The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023
The ‘kamikaze’ weapons Israel’s soldiers will fear most in Gaza Hamas is believed to have weaponised thousands of commercial drones with the help of Iran The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023
Two more Israeli hostages released from inside Gaza as Qatar and Egypt broker deal Hamas, who took more than 200 hostages in an attack in Israel two weeks ago, said it released the hostages – two elderly Israeli women – on ‘humanitarian grounds’ The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023
Ukraine destroys all Russia-launched drones and cruise missile in overnight attacks Kyiv says Western weapons have ‘proven and continue to prove their effectiveness on the battlefield’ The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 606 As the war enters its 606th day, these are the main developments. Al Jazeera · Oct 22, 2023
Is cryptocurrency helping Hamas fund terrorism? The US and Israel have stepped up their efforts to limit cryptocurrency transfers to Hamas since the group’s brutal October 7 attacks on Israel. Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Ethereum are increasingly blamed as conduits of funding for Islamist groups, but to what extent is this justified? France 24 · Oct 22, 2023
Ukraine-Russia war: Six postal workers killed in Kharkiv missile strike Six people have been killed and at least 14 injured after a Russian missile attack on a postal distribution centre in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2023
Russian missile strike on mail depot in Ukraine kills six, officials say At least 14 people were injured in the Russian missile strike on an ‘ordinary civilian’ site, Kyiv says. Al Jazeera · Oct 22, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 606 of the invasion Six dead in Russian missile strike on Kharkiv postal distribution centre, says governor; Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds talks with Turkish counterpart ahead of peace summit next week The Guardian - AU · Oct 22, 2023
Ukrainian officials say civilians were killed and wounded in Russian overnight attacks Ukrainian officials say at least two civilians were killed and others wounded across Ukraine in the past 24 hours as Russian forces continued to shell front-line areas and other parts of the country The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2023
AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion An Associated Press analysis of more than a dozen videos found that the deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital Tuesday was likely caused by a rocket fired from inside Palestinian territory that veered off course and broke up in the air before crashing back to the ground The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war: UN probe finds new evidence of Russian war crimes; Zelenskiy ‘grateful’ to Biden for support – as it happened Russian forces have committed ‘indiscriminate attacks’ and war crimes in Ukraine, says UN committee of inquiry The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023 A fake Ryanair hijack – and the fear that has stalked Belarus’s people ever since When a passenger plane was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, one man screamed: ‘They’ll kill me’. Many of his countrymen and women now realise they are also not safe, even in exile
Al Jazeera · Oct 19, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 603 As the war enters its 603rd day, these are the main developments.
Fortune · Oct 18, 2023 Glitch on Elon Musk’s X allowed CIA spy recruitment channel to be hijacked, hacker says. ‘It was a perfect storm for something pretty bad to happen’ The hacker said the error could have allowed hostile countries to intercept secret information intended for the intelligence agency.
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023 Russia threatens US with ‘serious consequences’ after Ukraine fires first long-range ATACMS missiles Russian envoy says US’s secret deliveries of long range munitions could lead to direct conflict between Nato and Russia
Zenger · Oct 13, 2023 Crypto Market Reacts To CPI Increase, Stocks Decline On Treasury Yield Concerns Major cryptocurrencies trade mixed as CPI surpasses estimates, while stocks drop on rising Treasury yields.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023 Israel’s darkest day: the 24 hours of terror that shook the country How Israeli military bases, kibbutzim and a music festival were overrun by gunmen under orders to kill and take hostages
The Guardian - US · Oct 13, 2023 Israel-Hamas war poses early disinformation test for Meta’s Threads Young app seems to have few viral falsehoods, perhaps because it’s still small and used differently from competitors
The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war: IOC bans Russian Olympic Committee for including annexed regions of Ukraine International Olympic Committee says inclusion of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia merits immediate suspension
The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023 Anti-lockdown alliances find new focus in backing voice no campaign Conspiracy theorists and other opponents of Covid pandemic measures are influencing the referendum debate
Zenger · Oct 10, 2023 Hamas-Aligned Cyber Group Takes Credit For Threatened Tel Aviv Airport Attack A secret web war is underway between Israel and its Iran-backed foes, which could shut down airports and tank Israeli start-ups.
Al Jazeera · Oct 10, 2023 What to know about the deadly Hamas attack on an Israeli music festival At least 260 people died at the Supernova music festival after armed fighters arrived in trucks and on motorcycles.