Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for sufficient humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages. Israel has, under massive pressure from the U.S. and other allies, started to allow more aid into Gaza this week, but it has not eased its […]
Pro-Russian ex-Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov reportedly killed outside American School in Spain
A pro-Russian former politician from Ukraine was fatally shot Wednesday morning outside his children’s school in the Spanish capital Madrid, according to the Reuters news agency and multiple Spanish outlets. Andriy Portnov was killed outside the American School of Madrid by an unidentified gunman or gunmen, according to the reports. “Several persons shot him in […]
China says Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense plan increases risk of “space becoming a battlefield”
China said Wednesday that the Trump administration’s plan to construct a so-called “Golden Dome” missile defense system to protect the U.S. from missile attacks carries “strong offensive implications” and will increase the risks of a global arms race and militarizing outer space. President Trump said Tuesday that his administration had “officially selected an architecture for […]
17-year-old U.S. soldier who went missing in Korean War is accounted for
A 17-year-old soldier who was killed during the Korean War has been accounted for 75 years after he went missing, officials said Monday. Army Cpl. Albert J. Estrada was a member of Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a news release. […]
Israel lets limited aid into Gaza, as Netanyahu says allies can’t tolerate “images of mass famine”
A soaring death toll in the Gaza Strip and an increasingly vocal outcry over near-famine conditions in the Palestinian territory are piling pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a negotiated ceasefire with Hamas and drop his country’s near-total blockade of the enclave. Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry said Tuesday that at least 87 […]
Trump says he’ll meet with Putin on Ukraine war “as soon as we can,” amid low hopes for Ukraine-Russia talks
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — President Trump said Friday that he’s moving to set up direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as he can, after Putin opted to skip peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey. “I think it’s time for us to just do it,” Mr. Trump told reporters as […]
Trump says “a lot of people are starving” in Gaza, as death toll from Israel’s assault reportedly hits 53,000
Abu Dhabi — President Trump said Friday that the United States would have the situation in Gaza “taken care of,” telling reporters that people were starving in the besieged Palestinian territory, echoing a warning that aid agencies have repeated for months. “We’re looking at Gaza. And we’re going to get that taken care of. A […]
Putin skips Ukraine talks in Turkey as Russia shirks pressure from Trump, hurls insults at Zelenskyy instead
Istanbul — Russia and Ukraine traded insults on Thursday as negotiators were due, tentatively, to meet in Turkey for the first direct peace talks in more than three years. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed Russia for sending a “decorative” delegation as he touched down in Ankara for a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip […]
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill scores, dimming hope for a ceasefire despite Trump’s mounting pressure
Israeli airstrikes pounded northern and southern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 60 people, including almost two dozen children, according to local hospitals and health officials in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory. The strikes came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was “no way” he would halt Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian […]
Ukraine says Russia attacking with drones despite ceasefire calls; Zelenskyy challenges Putin to meet in Turkey
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, after the Kremlin rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the war it sparked more than three years ago. There was no response from the Kremlin, meanwhile, to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s challenge for […]