RAMALLAH: Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man Monday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, with the army saying it returned fire after being shot at. “Saleh Mohamed Sabra, 22, was killed by live bullets during an Israeli attack in Nablus,” the ministry said, adding that another Palestinian was wounded by gunfire. […]
General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan is fighting against his one time ally Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti. The battle in Sudan is expanding daily and has so far reached most big cities in the country including the capital Khartoum. The events are not only catastrophic for Sudan but also for neighbouring Libya. The two […]
Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday its air defense forces intercepted a GLSDB guided missile fired by Ukrainian forces in the last 24 hours. Russian news agencies reported it was the first time the defence ministry said it had intercepted a Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) – dubbed a “smart bomb” – since they were […]
Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin told Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a letter published on Monday that the Ukrainian army was planning an imminent offensive aimed at cutting off his Wagner forces from the main body of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine. In the letter published by his press service, Prigozhin said the “large-scale attack” […]
The US has given $200 million to the Czech Republic as compensation for sending military weapons and equipment to Ukraine. The donation is on top of the $106 million that Washington pledged last year under Foreign Military Financing. According to the US Embassy in Prague, the money is intended to strengthen the European nation’s defense capabilities amid […]
Russia on Wednesday said that it would respond if Britain sends warplanes to Ukraine, warning of an escalation. “Russia will find a response to any unfriendly steps taken by the British side,” Moscow’s embassy in London said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies. The Russian embassy said that London would bear responsibility for […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has rejected requests to send Leopard tank ammunition to Germany over fears that it would be transferred to Ukraine. According to a report by local media outlet Folha de Sao Paulo, former Brazilian ground forces commander Julio Cesar de Arruda made the request before he was relieved of his post earlier this month. He made […]
In the capital, people sheltered in a metro station
Berlin on Wednesday approved the delivery of powerful German-made Leopard tanks to help Ukraine repel Russia’s invasion, after weeks of pressure from Kyiv and many allies. Germany will provide a company of 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks from the Bundeswehr stocks, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in a statement. It also granting approval for other European countries to […]
KYIV/BERLIN, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Ukraine pleaded on Thursday for the West to finally send it heavy tanks as the defence chiefs of the United States and Germany headed for a showdown over weapons Kyiv says could decide the fate of the war. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will be in Germany on Thursday and […]