A Ukrainian pilot was killed when a US-made F-16 crashed in Ukraine on Monday, CNN reported on Thursday, citing a Ukrainian military official. The crash is a blow to Ukraine, which just received its first batch of F-16s from NATO countries a few weeks ago. So far,...
French Authorities Issue Preliminary Charges Against Telegram CEO
On Wednesday, French judicial authorities indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on six preliminary charges relating to illicit activity on the messaging app. The case against Durov has sparked a global backlash since charging the head of a tech platform for the activity...
Ukraine Says Its Biggest Problem Is Western Concern for Escalation
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Wednesday that the biggest problem Kyiv has faced in its war against Russia is the Western concern for escalation and the risk of provoking Moscow. "Ever since the beginning of the large-scale invasion, the biggest problem...
Houthis Agree To Allow Tugboats To Tow Damaged Oil Tanker
The Houthis have agreed to allow tugboats to reach the Sounion, a Greek-flagged oil tanker that's anchored in the Red Sea that was struck by Houthi missiles last week. The Sounion was disabled by the Houthi strike and is reportedly still on fire. A French destroyer...
EU Considers Training Ukrainian Troops Inside Ukraine
The EU has said it would consider a Ukrainian request for training soldiers inside Ukraine "should the necessary political and operational conditions be met," POLITICO reported on Tuesday. An EU External Action Service document from July, obtained by POLITICO, says...
Israeli Forces Launch Major Assault on the West Bank, Killing at Least 10 Palestinians
Israeli forces launched a major assault on the West Bank early Wednesday that appears to be the largest Israeli operation in the occupied territory since the Second Intifada in the early 2000s. The assault focused on northern areas of the West Bank, including Jenin,...
US Military Open To Escorting Philippine Ships in South China Sea
Adm. Samuel Paparo, the head of US Indo-Pacific Command, said Tuesday that the US military was open to consultations with the Philippines on escorting Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, which would put the US in direct confrontation with China. The US has...
Biden Was Told Gaza Pier Would Undermine Efforts To Get Israel To Allow More Aid Into Gaza
President Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier off Gaza despite concerns from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that the project would undermine efforts to pressure Israel to allow more aid into the Strip via land crossings, USAID's...
Israel Kills 41 Palestinians Across Gaza
On Tuesday, Gaza's Health Ministry said that Israeli forces killed at least 41 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the previous 24-hour period. "Israeli forces killed 41 people and injured 113 others in three ‘massacres’ of families in the last 24 hours," the ministry...
Russia Warns US Will Face ‘Much Harsher’ Consequences for Backing Kursk Invasion
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday that the US would face "much harsher" consequences for backing Ukraine's offensive in Russia's Kursk Oblast. "The impression is that our colleagues [in Washington] have discarded the remnants of common...