The Israeli air force intercepted a missile launched at Israel by Yemen’s Houthis on Saturday morning, the IDF reported. The missile had triggered sirens across central Israel which sounded in major cities including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Israel’s emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, stated that it had not received reports of a rocket … Read more
Yemen’s Houthi forces fired a missile at Israel early on Tuesday, triggering sirens in wide areas, including Tel Aviv and some Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to an Israeli military statement. “Several attempts were made to intercept the missile,” the military said, adding, “It was likely intercepted.” No injuries were reported, but … Read more
SEOUL: North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday (Jan 14), according to Seoul’s military, in what experts said could be a message to US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. The launch comes as Japan’s foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya visits South Korea for a series of meetings with top officials, with … Read more
Rocket sirens sounded across Tel Aviv and central Israel following a missile that was launched from Yemen early Tuesday morning. The IDF stated that several attempts were made to intercept the missile that was launched and that it was likely intercepted. MDA paramedics have been deployed to search an area of a reported rocket … Read more
However, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen organized a meeting with party leaders on Thursday to discuss the issue, while Rasmussen backpedaled on his initial nonchalant reaction. “We are taking this very seriously, but we don’t have any ambition to escalate a war of words with a president that is on the way into the White … Read more
As many as 10,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to have been sent to the area as part of an agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang, amid warnings of dwindling Russian manpower. While Zelenskyy gave no further details, a battalion is typically made up of as many as 1,000 personnel. In December, Kyiv warned the foreign … Read more
Moscow threatened to retaliate after claiming to have downed eight U.S.-manufactured missiles fired from Ukraine toward Russia’s southwestern Belgorod region. “These actions by the Kyiv regime, which is supported by Western curators, will be met with retaliation,” the Russian defense ministry said in a statement on Telegram Saturday, without specifying what countermeasures it intended to … Read more
The Iran-backed Houthi terror group in Yemen claimed on Tuesday morning that they “successfully hit” Ben-Gurion Airport and a power station in Jerusalem – despite the IAF intercepting the Houthi attack. The terror group also claimed to have thwarted a US attack with an aerial launch. The Houthis made their claims after the IDF … Read more
At the other end of Europe, Russia’s war in Ukraine continues. Ukrainians chalked up some successes in 2024, becoming a dominant force in the Black Sea despite the country’s tiny navy, and mounting a counteroffensive into Russia’s Kursk region in August. But they are ending this year on the back foot, having lost many of … Read more
As the dust settles on another wild one, let POLITICO help you reminisce by rattling through, in no particular order, the 37 words on every extremely-online political type’s lips this year. TWO-TIER JUSTICE: A big talking point of comeback kid Nigel Farage and his fans. They argued that the British justice system treated white and … Read more
