Essay: Shadow war no more – hostilities between Israel and Iran have strayed into direct warfare. Is there any going back?
In an article first published on The Conversation, JAVED ALI, an expert on national security and the Middle East, looks at the background to the escalating conflict in the Middle East…
Ukraine says Russia has launched over 8,000 missiles, 4,630 drones during war
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia has launched more than 8,000 missiles and 4,630 drones at targets in Ukraine since its invasion two years ago, Ukrainian air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said on Thursday. Ukrainian air defences have shot down 3,605 of the drones, he said in televised comments that gave an idea of the scale of […]
Ukraine says it sank Russian large landing warship in Black Sea
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine destroyed a Russian landing warship off the coast of occupied Crimea in an operation with naval drones that breached the vessel’s port side on Wednesday and caused it to sink, Kyiv’s military spy agency and armed forces said. There was no immediate comment from Russia, which said earlier that it had […]
In Mexico, mothers of the missing turn to drones to look for unmarked graves
Guadalajara, Mexico Reuters Maria Aguilar has been searching for her son for over a decade. She, like thousands of Mexicans whose loved ones are missing, has spent countless days scanning vast tracts of barren land for clues, in the hope of finding his remains. Now Aguilar and the “missing persons” collective she founded will be […]
Four killed in combined Russian air strike on Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia sent dozens of missiles across Ukraine early on Monday, killing at least four civilians and hitting residential areas and commercial sites in its latest combined air attack, Ukrainian authorities said. Two people were killed in the western Khmelnytskyi region, local officials reported, where critical infrastructure had also been struck. A view shows […]
Russia pounds Ukraine’s two biggest cities in new wave of attacks
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia pounded Ukraine’s two biggest cities in a new wave of heavy air strikes on Tuesday, killing at least five civilians and prompting calls for the West to quickly provide more military assistance. The missile and drone attacks on the capital Kyiv and the north-eastern city of Kharkiv also wounded dozens of people, […]
Russian air strikes wound eight in Odesa, damage museum, port, Ukrainian officials say
Odesa, Ukraine Reuters Russia launched a major air attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa late on Sunday, wounding at least eight people, setting ablaze trucks loaded with grain and damaging one of the city’s principal art galleries, officials said. About 20 multi-storey buildings and more than two dozen cars were damaged in […]
Russian shelling kills three in Ukraine, Kyiv attacked overnight
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian shelling killed three people in Ukraine on Thursday and four were hurt in Kyiv after the capital came under attack for the third successive night, Ukrainian officials said. An woman of 85 and a man in his forties were killed in the south of Ukraine and a 60-year-old person was killed in […]
Ukraine notes progress after “difficult’ week”, upsurge in Bakhmut fighting; Russian drones kill two in Sumy
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine said on Monday its troops had regained more ground along eastern and southern fronts in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as progress in a “difficult” week for Kyiv’s counter-offensive against Russian forces. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar also noted a surge in fighting around the shattered eastern city of Bakhmut, captured by […]
US lawmakers make new push for expanded drone shootdown authority
Washington DC, USReuters A group of bipartisan US lawmakers said on Monday they are making a new push to expand government authority to detect and destroy drones that could pose security threats. Representatives Chrissy Houlahan, Mike Gallagher, Troy Carter and Mike Johnson introduced legislation that would allow state and local law enforcement and critical infrastructure […]