Posts Tagged ‘global-impact events’
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Launch Boat-Borne Bomb Attack Against Greek-Owned Ship In Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a boat-borne bomb attack against a commercial ship in the Red Sea on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest escalation despite a U.S.-led campaign trying to protect the vital waterway. The use of a boat loaded with explosives raised the specter of 2000’s USS Cole attack, a suicide assault by al-Qaida on…
Read MoreUs Lifts Ban On Sending Weapons To A Controversial Ukrainian Military Unit
The U.S. has lifted a ban on providing American weapons and training to a controversial Ukrainian military unit that was key to the defense of the major port city of Mariupol, the State Department said on Tuesday. The Azov Brigade is among Ukraine’s most effective and popular fighting units — but has been dogged by…
Read MoreRussia may be behind Prague bus arson attempt, Czech premier says
Russia may be behind an attempted arson attack on Prague city buses last week, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Monday. Police said they arrested a 26-year-old man on Saturday in connection with the foiled plot and charged him with terrorism. “There is suspicion that the attack was organised and financed probably from Russia,”…
Read MoreEU elections: Meet the winners and losers in Brussels and across Europe
Hundreds of millions of Europeans have voted to select 720 Members of the European Parliament, and rising support for the far right prompted Emmanuel Macron to call shock early elections in France. With final tallying under way for European parliamentary elections, it’s clear who the winners and losers are across the EU’s 27 member states.…
Read MoreThree Americans implicated in a coup attempt in Congo go on trial before a military court
Three Americans accused of being involved in last month’s coup attempt in Congo appeared in a military court in the country’s capital, Kinshasa, on Friday, along with dozens of other defendants who were lined up on plastic chairs before the judge on the first day of the hearing. The proceedings before the open-air military court…
Read MoreD-Day anniversary 2024: World leaders, veterans, commemorate Normandy landings
Moving letters from veterans were read out as ceremonies took place in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded France by sea and air to drive out the forces of Nazi Germany. At the British ceremony in Ver-sur-Mer, veterans were…
Read MoreSudan’s RSF kills at least 100 in attack on village, activists say
The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Gezira State on Wednesday, killing at least 100 people, according to local activists. If confirmed, the attack would be the latest in a string of dozens of attacks by RSF soldiers on small villages across the farming state after it took control of the capital…
Read MoreIsraeli Strike Kills At Least 33 People At A Gaza School The Military Claims Was Being Used By Hamas
An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from within the school. It was the latest instance of mass casualties among Palestinians trying to find…
Read MoreIsraeli Troops Launch Attacks In Central Gaza, Possibly Widening Their Offensive
The Israeli military said it has started “operational activity” in two areas of central Gaza in a possible broadening of its monthslong ground offensive against Hamas. The military said Wednesday its forces were operating “both above and below ground” in eastern parts of Deir al-Balah and Bureij, a built-up Palestinian refugee camp dating back to…
Read MoreHouthi Rebels Say At Least 16 Killed, 35 Others Wounded In Joint Us-British Airstrikes In Yemen
Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others, the rebels said Friday, the highest publicly acknowledged death toll from the multiple rounds of strikes carried out over the rebels’ attacks on shipping. Three U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe a then-ongoing attack, described the…
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