Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at Israel on Saturday in retaliation for the targeted killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut this week amid mounting fears of a larger regional war, according to media reports. Hezbollah said in a statement Saturday that it targeted an Israeli air surveillance base in northern Israel with … Read more
Turkey’s decision to stop two naval ships from being handed over to Ukraine is at odds with its commitments to NATO, the defense alliance’s former Supreme Allied Commander Europe said, calling on Ankara to take a tougher line against Russia. Retired U.S. Admiral James Stavridis told POLITICO the decision to deny passage through Turkish waters … Read more
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says no fewer than 43 terrorists have been neutralised and 115 others arrested by troops in different operations in the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, a major general, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Mr Buba said the military remained focused in its … Read more
LONDON — Britain accused Russia of using North Korean missiles in Ukraine in an act of “desperation.” The White House on Thursday said it had intelligence indicating “the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea recently provided Russia with ballistic missile launchers and several ballistic missiles,” and that Russian forces had launched “at least one of these … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Back in November, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the far-right and religious nationalists in his coalition government to pipe down and “be careful with their words” when talking about their desired outcomes for the war … Read more
Countries traditionally aligned with Israel are warning its right-wing government against contemplating a displacement of people who live in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli officials repeatedly suggest Canada could take in Palestinians. This week, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said his country should “encourage migration” of Palestinians from Gaza and re-establish Israeli settlements there, echoing similar … Read more
A strike apparently carried out by Israel on Tuesday killed Saleh al-Arouri, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Beirut, according to Hamas and Hezbollah officials cited on Lebanese state-run media and Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and according to U.S. officials cited in U.S. media outlets. Al-Arouri was a senior official for Hamas … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Iran dispatched a naval frigate to the Red Sea amid an escalating standoff between Western nations and Tehran-backed militants that has seen maritime traffic attacked by drones, missiles and speedboats. Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported Monday that the warship Alborz crossed the Bab el-Mandeb … Read more
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is confident Sweden will join the military alliance by July at the latest, he told German news agency DPA this week. The next NATO summit will be held in Washington from July 9-11 and the Nordic country will be a fully-fledged member by then, he said. Sweden and Finland abandoned decades … Read more
