Questions are mounting in Canada and Europe about whether large purchases of high-end US weaponry, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, remain a wise strategic choice for Western countries concerned about their investment in US defense technology. In less than two months, US President Donald Trump has upended decades of US foreign policy. He…
Gaza’s civil defense agency said Wednesday that 13 people had been killed in Israeli air strikes on the Palestinian territory since midnight. Israel “carried out several air strikes… which resulted in the deaths of 13 people and wounded dozens, including women and children, in Khan Younas and Gaza City”, Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the agency,…
A Russian Mi-28 attack helicopter crashed in the Leningrad region during a scheduled training flight, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on March 18. The crash resulted in the deaths of both crew members. According to the ministry, the helicopter went down in an uninhabited area, away from populated locations. Local media sources also confirmed the…
Vladimir Putin has rejected a proposal for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine but agreed to halt attacks on energy and infrastructure. Russia has repeatedly damaged Ukraine’s energy grid since its invasion in February 2022. After what the Kremlin called a “frank” phone call with Donald Trump, the two leaders agreed that formal negotiations on a 30-day…
Yemen’s Houthis will not “dial down” their action against Israeli shipping in the Red Sea in response to US military pressure or appeals from the group’s allies such as Iran, the Yemeni militant group’s foreign minister said. Jamal Amer spoke to Reuters late on Monday after the US launched a wave of strikes in areas of Yemen…
The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will hold a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday, Seoul’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and his Japanese and Chinese counterparts, Takeshi Iwaya and Wang Yi, will discuss cooperation since the last trilateral leaders’ summit in May last…
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called Tuesday for the international community to “compel” Israel to end its “aggression” in Gaza, after a wave of overnight Israeli strikes killed more than 400 people, according to the territory’s health ministry. Abbas’ spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned the strikes in a statement and called on “the international community to…
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned and denounced with the “strongest terms” the resumption of Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip. The Kingdom’s foreign ministry said in a statement that Saudi Arabia denounced Israel’s “direct bombardment of areas populated by defenseless civilians, without the slightest regard for international humanitarian law.” Israeli airstrikes targeted Gaza, killing more…
The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had intercepted a projectile launched from Yemen that crossed into Israeli territory. Houthis in Yemen targeted Israel’s “Negev Nuclear Research Center” with a missile, but it was intercepted. Sirens had earlier sounded in several areas of Israel. The Iran-backed Houthi group has repeatedly fired drones and missiles towards…
Responsibility for the resumption of hostilities in Gaza lies solely with Hamas, and the United States supports Israel in its next steps, the acting US ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday. Ambassador Dorothy Shea made the statement to a United Nations Security Council briefing after Palestinian health authorities said Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Europe must bolster its defence capacities in the face of threats including Russia. Speaking at the Royal Danish Military Academy in Copenhagen, von der Leyen said “Europe faces a fundamental choice about its future”. “Do we keep reacting to each challenge in an incremental and cautious way,…
As Trump and Putin hash out Ukraine’s fate over the phone, its embattled leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy landed in Helsinki ahead of an official visit to Finland on Wednesday. He is set to discuss military and political support for Ukraine with Finnish President Alexander Stubb. According to Stubb’s office, talks will cover Finland’s assistance to Ukraine,…
Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza, killing more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, threatening the complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire as Israel vowed to use more force to free hostages held by Hamas. The Palestinian militant group, which still holds 59 of the 250 or so hostages seized in its October 7, 2023 attack…
US authorities deported a Lebanese doctor working at an American university after pictures of Hezbollah were reportedly found on her phone, and she said she went to the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, the group’s leader assassinated by Israel. Rasha Alawieh, a 34-year-old doctor and professor at Brown University, was detained and then deported hours later…
