As the war enters its 900th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Kursk incursion Ukraine’s army chief, Oleksandr Syrskii, said Kyiv controls about 1,000sq km (386sq miles) of the Russian region of Kursk after launching a surprise incursion across the border…
The move comes amid concerns of Iran’s response following the killings of senior Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area….
A deadly Israeli attack on a school in Gaza has renewed calls for the United States to stop providing staunch support for Israel, including weapons transfers that rights advocates say are fuelling atrocities in the Palestinian enclave. The Gaza civil defence agency said more than 100 Palestinians were killed and…
Beirut, Lebanon – The first time Eliah Kaylough, 26, heard the thunderous blast, he was so terrified, he instinctively ran for cover. On Tuesday this week, he had just started his shift as a waiter at a restaurant on bustling Gemmayze Street in east Beirut when he was suddenly startled…
As the war enters its 896th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, August 9, 2024. Fighting Fierce battles continued in Russia’s southwestern Kursk region, after some 1,000 Ukrainian troops launched a cross-border raid supported by tanks and armoured vehicles early on August 6. Officials…
As the war enters its 895th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, August 8, 2024. Fighting Russia declared a local state of emergency and evacuated thousands of residents from areas close to the border in its southern Kursk region after reporting hundreds of Ukrainian…
As the war enters its 894th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Fighting At least one person was killed and 12 others, including an eight-month-old baby, injured on Tuesday when a Russian missile struck a residential area of northeastern Kharkiv, Ukraine’s…
North Korea has been expanding its short-range weaponry designed to overwhelm missile defences in neighbouring South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presided over a ceremony to mark the delivery of 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers to military units at the border. State media KCNA shared images…
As thw war enters its 892nd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Monday, August 5, 2024. Fighting Ukraine announced the mandatory evacuation of children and their guardians from areas in the eastern region of Donetsk, where Russia has been claiming advances. Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin…
As the war enters its 889th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, August 2, 2024. Fighting A mother and her daughter were killed by Russian shelling that hit the town of Nikopol in Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. Local governor Serhiy Lysak said private houses,…
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