JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel said Saturday its military offensive in the Gaza Strip may extend over a week. Army spokesman Ran Kochav said the military is preparing for week-long operations in the Palestinian territory. More than 11 Palestinians have been killed and 80 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza since Friday. Kochav claimed th...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): A senior leader of Islamic Jihad was among more than 15 people killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip Friday, prompting the group to warn that Israel has “started a war”. A child was among those killed in the strikes, the enclave’s health ministry said, while Israel’s m...
BRUSSELS (AA) – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on Thursday that if Russia wins in Ukraine, it could continue the war in neighboring countries. It is a “moral responsibility” to support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion and also serves “our own interest that President (Vladimir) Putin does not succeed in his ambitions [&hell...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada has said that it will send up to 225 military personnel to the UK to join in training as many as 10,000 new Ukrainian troops. The Ukrainians will undergo about five weeks of military instruction from Canadian and UK personnel designed to hone them into battle-ready troops, Canadian Defense Minister […...
ANKARA (AA) – Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew a UN-mediated truce for an additional two months, the UN envoy’s office announced late Tuesday. A press statement by UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg hailed the achievement and urged all parties to strive for lasting peace in the war-torn country. “In the com...
Moscow, Russia – (AFP): The Kremlin has supported China’s stance on Taiwan after Chinese President Xi Jinping warned US leader Joe Biden not to “play with fire” over the self-ruled island. “Certainly we are in solidarity,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We respect China’s sovere...
ANKARA (AA) – A senior French officer warned Australia that owning nuclear-powered subs bought from the US and UK will be “much more difficult” than the plan it scrapped to build a new fleet of conventionally powered boats, local media said on Friday. French Vice Adm. Nicolas Vaujour, chief of operations of the joint staff [&hellip...
BEIRUT (AA) – A Syrian ship carrying stolen grain from Ukraine anchored in Lebanon’s Tripoli Port, a Lebanese minister has said. “The Ministry of Agriculture and the General Customs Office are following the developments regarding the Syrian ship, which carried stolen flour and barley of Ukraine and anchored in Tripoli Port,” Lebanese Tra...
ANKARA (AA) – Russia has said that at least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed and 75 others wounded in an overnight attack by Ukraine at a pre-trial detention center in the Russia-controlled territory of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. A majority of those killed were captured at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol city, […]
LONDON (AA) – Over 104,000 Ukrainians have settled in the UK through special visa schemes, British government figures showed on Thursday. The two visa initiatives are the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. In a statement, the British government thanked the British public for their “generosity and goodwill.” “We would not b...
