Singapore ‘tightens screws’ on Myanmar generals with arms trade crackdown | Conflict News

Singapore ‘tightens screws’ on Myanmar generals with arms trade crackdown | Conflict News

Bangkok, Thailand – Singapore has responded to United Nations pressure by cracking down on sales of weapons through its territory to Myanmar, delivering a serious blow to the embattled generals, who seized power in a coup more than three years ago. Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on the human…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 776 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 776 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 776th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Fighting The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission said it verified at least 604 civilians killed or injured in Ukraine in March, a 20 percent increase from February.  The…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 775 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 775 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 775th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Fighting At least three people were killed and eight injured in the southern city of Zaporizhzia after a Russian missile hit several apartment blocks, an industrial building as well…

South Korea puts second military spy satellite successfully into orbit | Military News

South Korea puts second military spy satellite successfully into orbit | Military News

Seoul and Pyongyang are in a race to put more reconnaissance satellites into orbit amid rising tensions on the peninsula. South Korea has successfully launched its second military reconnaissance satellite, days after North Korea reiterated its intention to launch multiple spy satellites this year. The satellite entered orbit after its…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 774 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 774 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 774th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Monday, April 8, 2024. Fighting Ukraine’s military said that fighting around the front line city of Chasiv Yar was “difficult” and “tense” but that its forces were resisting Russian air and infantry attacks….

German civil servants demand ‘immediate’ end to Israeli arms supplies | Israel War on Gaza News

German civil servants demand ‘immediate’ end to Israeli arms supplies | Israel War on Gaza News

A group of German civil servants have written to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other senior ministers calling on the government to “cease arm deliveries to the Israeli government with immediate effect”. “Israel is committing crimes in Gaza that are in clear contradiction to international law and thus to the Constitution,…

Israeli fire ‘most likely’ killed woman taken captive on October 7: Army | Israel War on Gaza News

Israeli fire ‘most likely’ killed woman taken captive on October 7: Army | Israel War on Gaza News

Efrat Katz was reportedly in a vehicle with her abductors when an Israeli aircraft fired at it. An Israeli investigation has found that a woman who was seized during the October 7 Hamas attack was “most likely” killed when an Israeli combat helicopter fired on her kidnappers’ vehicle. Efrat Katz,…

Denmark missile launcher fault closes busy shipping strait | Weapons News

Denmark missile launcher fault closes busy shipping strait | Weapons News

Denmark’s National Maritime Authority warns ships not to sail through the Great Belt strait. An activated but faulty missile launcher on a Danish navy vessel has triggered a closure of airspace and shipping traffic in the Great Belt strait, according to the Danish military. Denmark’s armed forces said a technical…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 770 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 770 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 770th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Fighting Kharkiv regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said three emergency workers were killed in a Russian attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city. The three had gone to help after a Russian…