Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Thursday that “Israeli raids on Gaza” had hit the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City, condemning “the attacks against the civilian population that Israel has been carrying out for months” as unacceptable. “No military action can justify such behavior,” the Italian leader said on social media. The … Read more
Damascus, Syria — The Israeli military launched a rare airstrike in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and drawing a call from the Trump administration for “the fighting to stop” as clashes in the southern Syrian city of Sweida continued. Israel’s attack came hours after a drone strike on … Read more
More than a dozen countries from Asia to the Middle East and South America are potentially in President Trump’s crosshairs if he goes ahead with his threat to impose 100% tariffs on goods exported to the United States over their economic ties with Russia. “We’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t … Read more
Russia has rejected President Trump’s “ultimatum” for Moscow to sign a ceasefire deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days on Tuesday as “unacceptable,” calling for continued negotiations and insisting that the invasion ordered by President Vladimir Putin would continue until its goals are achieved. In response to President Trump’s threat to impose … Read more
Moscow — An American who spied on Ukrainian troops to help Moscow’s military offensive in the country has been granted Russian citizenship, Moscow-installed authorities said Tuesday. Daniel Martindale spent two years in Ukraine after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, transmitting coordinates of military facilities to Russia’s secret services, according to reports in … Read more
Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that two Chinese nationals — a father and a son — had been detained and accused of attempting to illegally transfer classified documents on a key Ukrainian missile system to Beijing. According to a statement by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office, an investigation by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) intelligence … Read more
Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine in a single day since the war began more than three years ago when, the Ukrainian Air Force said Wednesday. In a statement, the air force said Russia fired 728 Shahed and decoy drones, as well as 13 missiles, overnight. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social … Read more
Tel Aviv — President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the second time in two days on Tuesday at the White House. They discussed efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and, Netanyahu stressed, to secure the release of the 50 Israeli hostages still thought to be held … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea killed three mariners and wounded two others, a European Union naval force said Tuesday. The attack on the Greek-owned Eternity C followed a claim by the Houthis to have attacked and sank another vessel on Monday … Read more
Russia’s Minister of Transport reportedly killed himself just hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, according to the country’s state-run news agency, which cited the national Investigative Committee. A second senior Transport Ministry official reportedly died soon after, for reasons which remain unclear. Roman Starovoy fatally shot himself Monday in his car in Odintsovo, … Read more