Author: Disha Mishra
Ukraine’s military stated on Sunday that it shot down 70 drones out of the 151 that Russia carried out to attack the nation overnight. Ukraine’s air force stated that 74 drones did not reach their targets, likely due to electronic warfare, and two were still in the air, it stated in a statement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that over this week, Russia had launched 1,260 aerial bombs, approx 750 drones, and more than 10 missiles of several types against Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that Russian military production relies on sanctions evasion schemes, high oil prices and an insufficient number…
The Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday, Egypt will host an emergency Arab summit on 27 February to discuss what it described as “serious” developments for Palestinians. The summit comes amid regional and global condemnation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion to “take over the Gaza Strip” from Israel and create a “Riviera of the Middle East” following resettling Palestinians elsewhere.
Hamas stated on Sunday that the Israeli military has withdrawn from an area of Gaza known as the Netzarim corridor that bisects the enclave, a move that was expected under the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas . An Israeli security source, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed the Israeli military was withdrawing from its positions in central Gaza. Israeli forces had already reduced their presence there. Hamas celebrated the withdrawal as a victory and the Hamas-run police force deployed to the area to manage the flow Palestinians crossing through. The…
The U.S. Army on Saturday released the name of the third soldier who died on a Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport this week, killing 67 people in all. The soldier was identified as Captain Rebecca Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina. She was an aviation officer in the regular Army since 2019 and assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The Army had initially declined to identify Lobach, an unusual decision that the agency said was made at the request of the family. But on Saturday the…
At least four Palestinians were injured in an Israeli attack on Sunday on a vehicle on the coastal road west of the Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, medics told Reuters. Medics first announced that a young boy had been killed in the strike, but later said they had managed to resuscitate him. The Israeli military said an Israeli aircraft fired on what the military described as a suspicious vehicle moving towards northern Gaza outside the inspection route laid down by the ceasefire agreement. “The IDF (Israeli military) is prepared for any scenario and will continue…
U.S. forces carried out airstrikes in Somalia on Saturday targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner and other members of the militant group, killing many of them, President Donald Trump said. “These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians.” Saturday’s strikes were carried out in the Golis Mountains and an initial assessment indicated many militants were killed, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said. No civilians were harmed,…
Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage of a truce aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza. Ofer Kalderon, a French-Israeli dual national, and Yarden Bibas were handed over to Red Cross officials in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis before being transferred to Israel. Israeli-American Keith Siegel was separately handed over at the Gaza City seaport. Hours later, 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in the exchange. Among them, 150 arrived in Gaza while 32 got off…
(Forelines) – On Saturday at least 54 people were died and 158 injured in a attack by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a market in the city of Omdurman, according to the statement by health ministry. In a statement the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) refused targeting the market and instead alleged the Sudanese army of carrying out strikes targeting civilians. The army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) both have struck densely packed areas in a battle that burst out in April 2023 over the integration of two forces. The dispute has killed ten thousands people, moved millions from…
The United States wants Ukraine to hold elections, potentially by the end of the year, especially if Kyiv can agree a truce with Russia in the coming months, President Donald Trump’s top Ukraine official told Reuters. Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, said in an interview that Ukrainian presidential and parliamentary elections, suspended during the war with Russia, “need to be done”. “Most democratic nations have elections in their time of war. I think it is important they do so,” Kellogg said. “I think it is good for democracy. That’s the beauty of a solid democracy, you…
According to state media Syrian officials have detained a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad seen by some as responsible for sparking the country’s 2011 uprising due to a crackdown on protests in the southern city of Daraa. Atef Najib, a brigadier general and former head of the Political Security Department in Daraa, was arrested by General Security forces in the country’s western Latakia province, state media SANA said. Syria’s new ruling authority has carried out security crackdowns in several regions that it says aim to detain remnants of the former government, arresting dozens of…