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In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a battleship-grey Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the tower down. The air strike came 40 minutes after Israel warned people to evacuate two buildings in the area that it said were located […]
The conflict in Sudan has intensified with the death of Brigadier General Ahmed Shaa Al-Din. Fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ambushed his unit near Tambul in Al Jazirah state. This incident marks a significant escalation in the ongoing power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF. The RSF, a paramilitary […]
(EXPLAINER) Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation last year that gunmen — acting on behalf of the Indian government — were connected to the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader near Vancouver sent relations between the two nations spiraling. A year later and the rift has grown worse. Both countries have expelled diplomats, while […]
THE PESO could move sideways against the dollar this week as investors stay cautious amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East ahead of the US presidential elections. The local unit closed at P57.511 per dollar on Friday, strengthening by 28.9 centavos from its P57.80 finish on Thursday, Bankers Association of the Philippines data showed. […]
(ANALYSIS) One year ago, on the last day of the celebratory Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles), the unthinkable happened, and a living hell was unleashed on the people of Israel. That was Oct. 7, 2023, a day that will live in infamy in the decades to come, a day that has still not ended for the […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the headquarters of the 2nd Corps of North Korean army, October 17, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has shipped 1,500 special forces troops to Russia’s Far East […]
Screen grab: Russian Defence Ministry (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Friday, each side bringing home 95 prisoners in an agreement in which the United Arab Emirates acted as mediator. Russia’s Defence Ministry, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said the returning Russian service members […]
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for the strengthening of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, during a visit to Beirut. The premier decried attacks against UNIFIL, whose forces have been targeted by Israeli troops in recent weeks. “Only by strengthening UNIFIL while maintaining its impartiality will we be able […]
The Falklands War of 1982 holds several modern geopolitical and tactical precedents that apply to a potential conflict between China and the United States over Taiwan. In both cases, the contested islands are located near a continental nation-state aimed at reunifying such islands to the mainland, despite long periods passing wherein the island residents either […]
Zelensky names only one of three possible scenarios for conflict to go on after US election Kyiv sees three scenarios for the development of the conflict in Ukraine after the US presidential election in November 5, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with The Financial Times. Photo: Flickr by President Of Ukraine, PDM […]