Trump allies criticize Biden’s decision on Ukraine weapons
Donald Trump’s allies voiced vehement criticism Monday of President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine use US-supplied long-range missiles for attacks inside Russia, accusing him of a dangerous escalation. With two months left in office, lame-duck US President Biden made a major policy change that yields to a long-standing request from Ukraine as it fights the Russian…
Reports that Hamas office moved to Turkey not true, Turkish source says
A Turkish diplomatic source dismissed on Monday reports that Hamas had moved its political office to Turkey from Qatar, adding that members of the Palestinian militant group only occasionally visited the country. Doha said last week it had told Hamas and Israel it will stall efforts to mediate a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal…
G20 leaders wrestle with wars, climate and poverty as Trump’s return looms
G20 leaders meeting in Rio urged cooperation on climate change, poverty, and tax reform, while addressing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. A narrow consensus highlighted humanitarian suffering and economic fallout. Leaders called for urgent civilian aid, ceasefires, and multilateral unity ahead of Trump’s January return to power. Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies on Monday…
Five dead in new Israeli strike on Beirut’s center
Israel bombed central Beirut again Monday, killing five people a day after previously rare strikes in the same area killed 10, and as rocket fire from Lebanon killed one and injured others in Israel. For weeks Israeli airstrikes have pounded the now largely emptied southern Beirut stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah, but raids on the city center…
Biden envoy heads to Lebanon in last-ditch effort for Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire
Lebanon agreed to most of the US draft proposal; Netanyahu says Israel will keep attacking regardless US President Joe Biden’s special envoy for Lebanon left Washington for Beirut on Monday in a last-ditch effort by the outgoing administration to mediate a ceasefire between Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel. Beirut acknowledged that it had agreed to a US draft…
US envoy Hochstein will be in Beirut on Tuesday: Source
US envoy Amos Hochstein will travel to the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday for talks on a ceasefire between militant group Hezbollah and Israel, a Lebanese political source told Reuters on Monday. Lebanese media outlet Voice of Lebanon also reported the visit, quoting Lebanese member of parliament Kassem Hashem. The US has submitted a new…
UK to put Sudan resolution to vote by UN Security Council
Britain will seek backing from other United Nations Security Council members on Monday for its demand that Sudan’s warring parties stop hostilities and allow deliveries of aid, the British foreign ministry said. With London holding the rotating presidency of the council, British foreign minister David Lammy is due to chair a vote on a UK/Sierra…
Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in ‘massive’ air strike
Russia unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes on Ukraine in almost three months on Sunday, firing 120 missiles and 90 drones in a sweeping attack that killed at least seven people and caused “severe damage” to the power system, officials said. Ukrainians have been bracing for weeks for an attack on the hobbled energy system, fearing…
Three suspects arrested after flares near Israel PM’s home: Police
Three suspects were arrested, Israeli police said Sunday morning, after two flares landed near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in the central town of Caesarea. “Three suspects were arrested overnight for their involvement in the incident” that took place Saturday evening, the police said in a statement, adding that the suspects would be interrogated jointly with the…
Russian lawmaker says Biden risking WW3 by allowing Ukraine to use US weapons
Russian lawmaker Maria Butina said on Monday that the administration of President Joe Biden was risking World War Three if it had allowed Ukraine to use US-made weapons to strike deep into Russia. “These guys, Biden’s administration, is trying to escalate the situation to the maximum while they still have power and are still in…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah open to US ceasefire deal with Israel
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has expressed openness to a ceasefire proposal drafted by the US to end the devastating war with Israel, officials and diplomatic sources said late Sunday. While there has been no explicit agreement on the draft Washington delivered to Beirut last week, the group has provided “positive indications” that it is prepared for a deal, according…
UK lawmaker harassed by pro-Israeli group ahead of anti-racism conference in London
Jeremy Corbyn was accused of antisemitism by pro-Israeli protesters ahead of speech to panel on anti-racism, antisemitism. British MP Jeremy Corbyn on Saturday was harassed by a group of pro-Israeli protesters outside a conference venue where an anti-racism conference is taking place. The incident took place when Corbyn, a prominent former Labour Party leader, was…
Austria says Russia to stop gas supply from Saturday
Austrian ‘gas storage facilities full, from tomorrow we will receive sufficient gas from other sources,’ says Chancellor Nehammer.The Austrian chancellor said on Friday that Russia’s Gazprom will stop gas supply to Austria from Saturday. “What we have been preparing for since the outbreak of war in Ukraine has happened. I was informed this afternoon that…
Russia captures two villages in eastern Ukraine, defense ministry says
Russian forces have captured the villages of Makarivka and Hryhorivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Russia’s defense ministry said on Saturday. Makarivka is located to the south of Velyka Novosilka while Hryhorivka, which Moscow calls by its previous name of Leninskoye, is situated to the west of the town of Selydove, captured by Russia last month….