World
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War in Ukraine
3/13/2024 8:51:44 PM
EU member states on Wednesday agreed to add five billion euros ($5.5 billion) to a central fund to pay for weapons sent to Ukraine.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/13/2024 10:35:17 AM
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to its statehood, sovereignty, or independence, voicing hope that the U.S. would refrain from actions that could trigger a nuclear conflict.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/12/2024 10:37:03 PM
The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least $10 billion to replenish all the weapons it has pulled from its stocks to help Kyiv in its desperate fight against Russia, the White House announced Tuesday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/12/2024 2:51:22 PM
US officials said an Israeli military operation in Rafah would likely lead to a significant shift in U.S. policy including an end to the defense of Israel at the United Nations and restrictions on the use of US weapons by the Israeli army in Gaza, Axios reported on Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/28/2024 1:21:20 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meet with Balkan leaders in Albania on Wednesday, seeking to keep support and weapons flowing to Kyiv as Russia makes gains on the battlefield two years after invading its neighbour.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
2/27/2024 11:58:08 AM
The United States on Monday named a special envoy on Sudan in a new push to persuade dueling generals to lay down their weapons after 10 months of bloodshed.
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World
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Region
2/26/2024 8:45:43 PM
The UN nuclear watchdog has voiced growing concern over Iran's ability to build nuclear weapons, fuelled by public statements in the country, a confidential report seen by AFP on Monday said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/26/2024 4:17:07 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry has urged for legally binding security guarantees not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states, especially amid current global tensions. Shoukry made particular reference to the recent threat to use nuclear weapons against Gazans.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/23/2024 6:49:20 PM
A group of United Nations (UN) experts has issued a strong call for an immediate cessation of arms exports to Israel, stating that any transfer of weapons or ammunition to be used in Gaza would likely violate international humanitarian law.
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World
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International
2/21/2024 3:42:39 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that Moscow has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space, claiming that the country has only developed space capabilities similar to those of the US.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/18/2024 8:10:26 PM
US forces in the Red Sea have "successfully conducted five self-defense strikes" to foil attacks by land and sea from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the Pentagon said Sunday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/17/2024 11:38:00 PM
The White House is sending more air-dropped bombs to Israel amid Tel Aviv's pronounced intentions to carry out a ground assault on Rafah.
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World
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International
2/13/2024 10:08:58 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lamented Tuesday the emphasis placed by some governments on buying weapons at the cost of policies tackling global warming and hunger.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/12/2024 7:06:39 PM
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday urged allies of Israel -- primarily the United States -- to stop sending it weapons due to the high number of civilians it killed in Gaza.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/10/2024 2:05:08 PM
Head of Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) Diaa Rashwan hit back at US President Joe Biden’s remarks that Egypt is delaying the delivery of aid to Gaza pointing out that the US has been delivering weapons to Israel rather than aid to Palestinians.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/1/2024 11:40:00 PM
On the 118th day of the Israeli war on Gaza, the occupation army conducted airstrikes on Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, and its forces also stormed the premises of Al-Amal Hospital west of Khan Younis in the south, while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades engaged in clashes with the Israeli soldiers using automatic weapons and RPG shells east of Al-Bureij refugee camp.
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World
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Region
1/31/2024 9:19:59 PM
U.S. officials are revising their preliminary findings on what happened to two Navy SEALs who died during a mission to board an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/24/2024 5:45:54 PM
Sixteen international humanitarian and rights organisations on Wednesday called for a halt to weapons transfers to Israel and Palestinian groups in a bid to end the war in Gaza.
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World
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Region
1/12/2024 4:12:51 AM
The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. The military targets included logistical hubs, air defense systems and weapons storage and launching locations, they said.
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World
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International
1/11/2024 8:38:39 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for more European weapons production and warned that any pause in the conflict would only benefit Russia.
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