More strikes on Hezbollah escalate decades-long conflict | Israel-Palestine conflict

More strikes on Hezbollah escalate decades-long conflict | Israel-Palestine conflict

NewsFeed Hezbollah has been rocked by days of suspected Israeli sabotage, bombings and assassinations. The Lebanese armed group launched a barrage of rockets at Israel in response. How did a once-shadowy guerrilla group become one of Israel’s most formidable enemies? Soraya Lennie breaks it down. Published On 20 Sep 202420…

More than 70 killed in Mali attack: What happened, why it matters | Conflict News

More than 70 killed in Mali attack: What happened, why it matters | Conflict News

An estimated 77 people have been killed in an attack on Mali’s capital, Bamako, according to the AFP news agency. About 200 others were injured in the attack, which took place on Tuesday and caused hospitals to be overwhelmed with wounded patients, a diplomat who asked to remain anonymous told…

Israeli air attack on Beirut kills eight as cross-border fire intensifies | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli air attack on Beirut kills eight as cross-border fire intensifies | Israel-Palestine conflict News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Israeli army says it hit near key Hezbollah facilities and killed top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil. Lebanon’s health ministry says at least eight people have been killed and 59 wounded in an Israeli air attack on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Lebanon’s National News…

Diplomatic failings and ‘elite bargains’ prolonging Libya turmoil: Analysts | Corruption News

Diplomatic failings and ‘elite bargains’ prolonging Libya turmoil: Analysts | Corruption News

After weeks of tension that saw the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) shuttered, salaries go unpaid and cash vanish, the country’s two rival governments appeared ready to accept a United Nations-brokered agreement to resume operations,  before once more reverting to a deadlock familiar to many in the country. The internationally…

Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Mali killed more than 70 people | Al-Qaeda News

Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Mali killed more than 70 people | Al-Qaeda News

Attack on police training academy and nearby airport one of the worst since unrest began more than a decade ago. More than 70 people are thought to have been killed in an attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group on Mali’s capital Bamako earlier this week, according to diplomatic and security sources….

US believes Gaza ceasefire deal unlikely in Biden’s term: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US believes Gaza ceasefire deal unlikely in Biden’s term: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Wall Street Journal cites multiple US officials saying they are sceptical a ceasefire can be achieved before January. Officials in the United States believe that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is unlikely before President Joe Biden leaves office in January, according to the Wall Street Journal….

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 938 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 938 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 938th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, September 20, 2024. Fighting At least one person was killed and 13 injured after Russia bombed a nursing home in the northeastern city of Sumy, the region’s military administration said. Russia also…

Thailand to prosecute eight over 2004 Tak Bai deaths | Conflict News

Thailand to prosecute eight over 2004 Tak Bai deaths | Conflict News

The incident remains one of the deadliest in the long-running armed rebellion in Thailand’s southern provinces. Thailand has said it will prosecute eight former security personnel over the 2004 Tak Bai killings in which 78 protesters suffocated after they were arrested and piled on top of each other in army…

North Korea says it tested new ballistic missile with ‘super-large’ warhead | Weapons News

North Korea says it tested new ballistic missile with ‘super-large’ warhead | Weapons News

Kim Jong Un attends launches, stressing the need for North Korea to improve its conventional and nuclear capabilities. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the successful tests of two types of tactical ballistic missiles, including one with a “super-large conventional warhead” and an “improved” cruise missile, according to…

Haiti sets up council to prepare for first elections since 2016 | Elections News

Haiti sets up council to prepare for first elections since 2016 | Elections News

Country is mired in political strife with international peacekeepers drafted in to restore stability. Haiti’s government has set up a provisional electoral council to prepare the troubled Caribbean country for its first general elections since 2016. The electoral council represents groups including farmers, journalists, human rights activists and the Vodou…