The US says its military forces in Iraq have killed 15 Islamic State (IS) “operatives” in a joint operation with Iraqi Security Forces that targeted the militant group’s leadership. US Central Command (Centcom) said it had performed the joint operation in western Iraq early on Thursday. American and Iraqi troops were met by IS members…
President Zelenskyy dismisses Mykola Oleshchuk, says country needs to ‘protect personnel’. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country’s air force, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The order to dismiss Mykola Oleshchuk was published on…
Aug 30 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed Ukraine’s Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk on Friday, according to a presidential decree. The dismissal was announced just a day after the Ukrainian military reported that an F-16 jet crashed and its pilot died while repelling a major Russian strike on Monday. “I have decided to replace the commander of…
TAIPEI, Aug 31 – A former mayor of Taipei who heads a small opposition party was arrested early on Saturday as part of a graft probe of a major property development in the Taiwanese capital. Ko Wen-je, mayor from 2014 to 2022 and who came third in January’s presidential election, was arrested after investigators raided…
Peace can never mean surrender and sovereignty can never mean occupation, Ursula von der Leyen has said in a fresh rebuke to those pressuring Ukraine into agreeing to a settlement with Russia that would likely entail giving up parts of its territory. Warning that “peace cannot be taken for granted,” the European Commission president urged…
Russia is withdrawing 100 of its paramilitary officers from Burkina Faso to help in the war in Ukraine. They are part of about 300 soldiers from the Bear Brigade – a Russian private military company – who arrived in the West African nation in May to support the country’s military junta. On its Telegram channel,…
SAVANNAH, Georgia/WASHINGTON, Aug 29 – Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the U.S. southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organization since becoming the Democratic nominee for president. In the interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash, Harris sought to show she is…
Ukraine said it shot down two missiles and 60 drones over nine regions in an overnight attack, after Russia stepped up its assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure earlier this week. About 15 drones launched by Russia in its third attack on the Ukrainian capital in four days did not reach their targets, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s…
The Director of China’s Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held a new round of China-U.S. strategic communication in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday. The discussions were “candid, substantive and constructive,” according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. On China-U.S. relations Wang, also a member…
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said more than 200 missiles and drones were used in an attack that ranged from Kyiv to Odesa to Ukraine’s West. Moscow launched more than 200 missiles and drones across a wide swath of Ukraine on Monday, damaging energy facilities and sending residents of Kyiv into basements and subways to seek…
In a meeting with Qatar’s prime minister in Tehran, Iran’s president has said that human rights and international laws are being violated in the Gaza Strip every hour. Masoud Pezeshkian said countries that claim to defend human rights “are not only staying silent against these crimes but also support the perpetrator of these crimes and…
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in Riyadh. RIYADH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Riyadh on Monday, Saudi Press Agency reported. He was received at King Khalid International Airport by the Deputy Governor of Riyadh Region Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and other officials. …
Hamas official says terror group relayed its response to American ‘bridging proposal,’ denies hostage-ceasefire agreement could be imminent; lower-level negotiators to reconvene. There was no agreement on Sunday in the hostage-ceasefire talks that took place in Cairo, with neither Hamas nor Israel agreeing to several compromises presented by mediators, two Egyptian security sources told Reuters,…
US-Israeli team working intensively for 10 months on locating Hamas leader in Gaza, report says, though one source claims Jerusalem is benefiting more from the relationship than DC. Israel and the US have been cooperating for more than 10 months in the hunt for elusive Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, The New York Times reported on Sunday, detailing…
