Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson calls election for November, cites policy disagreements as responsible for government collapse. Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has dissolved the country’s three-party coalition government and called for a new election to take place in November. In a press conference on Sunday, Benediktsson said problems had mounted within the left-right coalition on … Read more
Demands come as Israel launches air attacks and ground offensive against its neighbour. Lebanon is again under attack as Israel wages war against the country’s dominant political and military force – Hezbollah. Although its primary target is the armed group, Israel’s attacks have been indiscriminate, killing civilians and medical workers just as it has done … Read more
“I call again for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the return of the sausages — the hostages — and a recommitment to the two state solution, a recognized Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure Israel.” The mix-up comes just before Starmer heads to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he said … Read more
Hamas releases heartbreaking video of slain Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, family calls it a ‘wake-up call to the world’ New York Post Hamas Releases Video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin Filmed Before He Was Killed – WSJ The Wall Street Journal Hamas’s Release of Hostage Videos Inflames Divisions in Israel The New York Times Mapping Israeli protests since October 7 Al Jazeera … Read more
Ukraine has been struggling to fend off Russia’s assault in the east, hence the calls for accelerated weapons deliveries. Russia is rapidly advancing near Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region. Russian forces almost seized Krasnohorivka and occupied New York, a town in the Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army brigade said in a … Read more
A landslide in Russia’s Amur region pinned the miners more than 120 metres underground. Russian emergency services have called a halt to an operation to rescue 13 men trapped in a gold mine in the far east of the country. The operator of the Pioneer gold mine announced the decision on Monday, two weeks after … Read more
The United States on Thursday branded Russian officials “pretty good manure salesmen” after Moscow sought to link the attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue to “Ukrainian nationalists.” “My uncle used to say that the best manure salesmen often carry their samples in their mouths. Russian officials seem to be pretty good manure salesmen,” … Read more
Nick Schifrin: And we’re now joined by the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy for the European Union, Josep Borrell. Thank you very much. Welcome back to the “NewsHour.” Let me start with Israel and Gaza. Today, as you saw, the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, made a speech at Congress, and he … Read more
Israel Calls Hamas ‘Cancer’, Palestine Blasts Netanyahu’s War For ‘Political Survival’ At UN | Watch Hindustan Times Israel’s UN envoy swats back at Russia, pointing to Iranian drones in Ukraine The Times of Israel Israel on war with Hamas: ‘Middle East is suffering from cancer and UNSC has only discussed providing Aspirin’ Times of India Israel Drags Russia … Read more
Somalia calls Ethiopia-Somaliland agreement act of aggression BBC.com Ethiopia Negotiates Sea Access Barron’s Somalia vows to defend sovereignty after Ethiopia-Somaliland deal The Guardian Ethiopia signs agreement to use Somaliland’s Red Sea port Al Jazeera English Somalia rejects Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal and summons ambassador Reuters Source link