Paramilitary commander killed in Baghdad drone strike: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

Paramilitary commander killed in Baghdad drone strike: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

Abu Baqir al-Saadi of the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah group has been killed in eastern Baghdad, officials say. A senior commander from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon linked to an attack that killed three US troops, died in a drone strike on a vehicle in…

Photos: Qatar reach AFC Asian Cup final with 3-2 victory against Iran | Football

Photos: Qatar reach AFC Asian Cup final with 3-2 victory against Iran | Football

From the first minute of a breathless match, Qatar and Iran went directly at each other when in possession and they delivered a treat to watch. Iran opened the scoring in the third minute with Sardar Azmoun producing a brilliant overhead kick, leaving the Qatari goalkeeper and the defence as…

‘Reckless’: Proposed ban on US funding for UNRWA raises alarm | Israel War on Gaza News

‘Reckless’: Proposed ban on US funding for UNRWA raises alarm | Israel War on Gaza News

A United States security bill that would curtail funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees is raising alarm, as rights advocates say a years-long effort to dismantle the agency is gaining steam amid Israel’s war on Gaza. The proposed $118bn legislation, a draft of which (PDF) was blocked…

Why are farmers protesting across Europe? | European Union News

Why are farmers protesting across Europe? | European Union News

Demonstrators are denouncing EU policies that they say could drive them out of business. Furious farmers across the European Union are driving their protests home to their countries’ leaders. They say EU policies, which national governments must enforce, could put many of them out of business. And more demonstrations are…

Blinken says ‘a lot of work’ remains on Israel-Hamas truce talks | Israel War on Gaza News

Blinken says ‘a lot of work’ remains on Israel-Hamas truce talks | Israel War on Gaza News

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said “a lot” of work remained to secure a deal on an extended truce in Israel’s war on Gaza and a captive-prisoner exchange after the Palestinian group Hamas responded to a truce proposal with its own plan. “There’s a lot of work to…

Thousands flee in eastern DR Congo as M23 rebels advance near Goma | Armed Groups News

Thousands flee in eastern DR Congo as M23 rebels advance near Goma | Armed Groups News

Thousands of people are fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as fighting intensifies between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group. Fighters reportedly surrounded the strategic town of Sake on Wednesday, a crucial step before reaching Goma, the capital of North Kivu. Capturing Sake would deal…

Ukraine’s Zaluzhny touts drones as path to victory; Russia suffers strikes | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine’s Zaluzhny touts drones as path to victory; Russia suffers strikes | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine’s commander-in-chief has outlined a plan to massively scale up the use of unmanned systems to overcome Russia’s advantages in manpower and materiel and break the deadlock in this war. The effectiveness of such systems was proved again last week as they sank a Russian missile corvette, grounded three planes…