Israeli airstrikes continued on Monday as the country’s military called up about 300,000 reservists ahead of a potential ground invasion of Gaza. Fighting between Israeli soldiers and Islamist Hamas militants continued in the border area with Gaza on Monday, as Israel’s defence minister vowed a “complete siege”...
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As the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated on Monday, more than 900 Israeli civilians, including over 250 people attending a music festival, and members of the military have so far been killed by the Palestinian militant group, with another 2,150 wounded, as confirmed by Israeli officials...
Romania and Hungary flew of 460 of their citizens out of Israel in the wake of ongoing multi-front attack by Gaza militants, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said on Monday morning. A total of 245 persons were flown out the Israel to Romania. Four planes flew to Israel, two...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to avenge what he said was a “black day” for Israel Saturday, saying the army will strike back at Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza with full force. “The IDF (army) is about to use all its force to destroy Hamas’s capabilities,”...
Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza and sending fighters to kill or abduct people as Israel retaliated with devastating air strikes. At least 70 people were reported killed in Israel, while Gaza authorities released...
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused 151.2 billion dollars in direct damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure as of September this year, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported, citing a recent study. According to the study conducted by the Kyiv School of Economics, the housing sector was hit the most by...
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Wednesday called for expansion of the UN Security Council and reform of the right of veto granted to its permanent members. Zelenskyy spoke in his first in-person address around the iconic horseshoe table in a meeting in the Security Council chamber at the...
Russian Courts are convicting a growing number of men for desertion, indicating low morale among soldiers, according to the latest assessment by Britain’s Ministry of Defence. “Refusal to fight likely reflects the lack of training, motivation and high stress situations Russian forces face along the entire Ukrainian frontline,’’...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is keen to hold national elections even amid the ongoing Russian invasion, but financial support would be needed from the U.S. or the EU. “According to the law, it is forbidden to hold elections under martial law, Zelensky said. “It would...
The leader of the mutineers who seized power in Niger, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, said on Saturday that his country does not want war, but will be ready to defend itself if necessary. “Neither the army nor the people of Niger want war, but we will resist any manifestation...
After a family of four was killed by Russian artillery shelling of the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced retaliation. “Every occupier destroyed, every piece of Russian equipment burned, fire instead of their headquarters and warehouses, the very eloquent smoke on Kerch bridge and...
African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their peace plan to end the Ukraine conflict and to renew a deal on the safe wartime export of Ukrainian grain that Moscow tore up last week. While not directly critical of Russia, their interventions...
UN political affairs chief, Ms Rosemary DiCarlo says Russia’s bombardment of Ukrainian ports along the Black Sea could have far-reaching impacts on global food security. DiCarlo said this while briefing the Security Council on Friday at the UN headquarters in New York. DiCarlo strongly condemned the aerial strikes this...
A war between military factions in Sudan is putting at risk the production of staple crops this year, farmers in several states say, threatening to drive the African nation deeper into hunger and poverty. Reuters spoke to more than a dozen people including farmers, experts, and aid workers who...
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, says warring factions in Sudan should stop targeting aid workers and civilians. “Humanitarians cannot work under the barrel of a gun,” Griffith said in a statement on Saturday, adding that the warring factions must respect international law as the...
The wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says she frequently cries over the Russian war of aggression against her home country. In comments published on Thursday by local media, Olena Zelenska said “today, I might cry again. It happens to me very often.” “After all, I am a human...
Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank) says the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine crisis exposed the vulnerability of Africa in many ways.afre According to him, these events dramatise Africa’s over-dependence on others for our basic needs of food and healthcare....
Britain on Monday introduced legislation that will allow it to keep sanctions against Russia in place until Moscow pays compensation to Ukraine. “As Ukraine continues to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, the terrible impacts of Putin’s war are clear. “Ukraine’s reconstruction needs are, and will be immense,” British foreign...
South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop. His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement”, a day...
High interest rates and the Russian war in Ukraine continue to significantly slow global economic growth, according to a new report from the World Bank. Following growth of 3.1 per cent last year, the global economy would slow to 2.1 per cent in 2023, the World Bank said on...