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Israel steps up attacks after Hamas shifts position on cease-fire
New York Times, Published on 07/05/2024
» JERUSALEM — Israel stepped up attacks Monday in the southern city of Rafah hours after Hamas said it would accept the terms of a cease-fire plan drawn from a proposal by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
Ukraine under drone attack on Easter night, downs Russian jet
Published on 05/05/2024
» Russia marked Orthodox Easter on Sunday with a drone attack across much of Ukraine, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv’s forces had shot down another Russian fighter jet.
New Chinese aircraft carrier begins sea trials
Published on 01/05/2024
» China on Wednesday began sea trials of the Fujian, its most advanced and first homemade aircraft carrier, state media said.
Pro-Palestinian protests shake US campuses
Published on 30/04/2024
» US universities from Columbia to UCLA are rushing to confront pro-Palestinian demonstrations, with disciplinary actions escalating and campus life thrown into turmoil as the academic year comes to a close.
King Charles resumes public duties
Published on 30/04/2024
» LONDON - King Charles visited a cancer treatment centre on Tuesday on his return to public duties after being diagnosed with the disease himself in February.
UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by Gaza mass grave reports
Published on 23/04/2024
» GENEVA - The United Nations’ human rights chief said on Tuesday that he was “horrified” by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies in the ruins of two hospitals in Gaza, according to a spokesperson.
Ragtag Myanmar resistance sees tide turning in forgotten war
Published on 21/04/2024
» LOIKAW, Myanmar — The night Suu Kyi thought she would die of her wounds on the front lines of a forgotten war, a crescent moon hung overhead. A pendant of the Virgin Mary dangled around her neck. Maybe those augurs saved her. Or maybe, she said, it was not yet time for her to die.
Ukraine downs Russian strategic bomber for first time
Published on 20/04/2024
» Ukraine said it shot down a Russian strategic bomber in combat for the first time since the invasion began in 2022, after the plane launched a missile strike that killed at least seven people.
Russia seeks more contract soldiers
Published on 18/04/2024
» Russia is preparing to enlist more contract soldiers as it presses its invasion of Ukraine, aiming to avoid — at least for now — another mass call-up that could undermine popular support for the war.
Germany uncovers plot to ‘sabotage’ military
Published on 18/04/2024
» BERLIN - Two German-Russian nationals have been arrested in Germany for allegedly plotting sabotage attacks, including on US military facilities, designed to undermine military support for Ukraine, prosecutors said on Thursday.