Russia aims to pierce Ukraine defences in north-east, general says
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia is aiming to break through Ukrainian defences in the north-eastern Kupiansk-Lyman area after a sharp increase in fighting, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces said on Monday. Footage released by Ukraine’s ground forces showed their commander, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, meeting troops at an undisclosed location in a wooded area. It quoted him […]
Israeli cyber experts start ‘war room’ to track missing after Hamas attack
Tel Aviv, Israel Reuters Hundreds of Israeli high-tech experts have temporarily put their private sector jobs aside to help locate Israelis missing after last week’s attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Hamas gunmen evaded heavy Israeli security measures to escape the Gaza Strip and storm Israeli towns and kibbutzes, killing 1,300 people and taking […]
US and Israel to develop aid plan for Gaza civilians, Blinken says, as he announces Biden visit
Tel AvivReuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States and Israel had agreed to develop a plan to get humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza without benefiting Hamas, and that President Joe Biden would visit Israel this week to hear how it would minimize civilian casualties in its war effort. Blinken made […]
Qatar helping four Ukrainian children go home from Russia to Ukraine
Doha, QatarReuters Qatar is helping four Ukrainian children return home from Russia this week under a mechanism Doha has set up with cooperation from both sides, and hopes to help bring more home in the future, a Qatari official told Reuters on Monday. A seven-year-old boy returned to Ukraine on Monday via Estonia after he […]
Over 8,500 migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands in two weeks – ministry data
Madrid, SpainReuters At least 8,561 migrants have reached the Canary Islands over the past two weeks, representing more than a third of this year’s total arrivals, data from Spain’s interior ministry showed on Monday. Between 1st January and 15th October of this year, the islands in the Atlantic received 23,537 migrants, an 80 per cent […]
Painful memories: In Hamas’ horrific killings, Israeli trauma over the Holocaust resurfaces
TIA GOLDENBERG, of Associated Press, reports…
In Gaza, people resort to drinking salty water, garbage piles up
GazaReuters As Israeli air strikes pounded the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground offensive, the enclave’s residents were getting more desperate by the hour as water runs out, garbage piles up, explosions flatten homes and hospitals struggle to cope. Desperate to get some drinking water, some people began digging wells in areas adjacent to […]
Essay: Cardinal Newman – pro-slavery views of prominent 19th-century cleric raise questions about his educational legacy
CHRIS EVANS, professor of history at the University of South Wales in the UK, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what recent scholarship has revealed about the church prelate’s views…