The World Bank has upgraded Russia from an "upper-middle-income" to a "high-income country," demonstrating the failure of the US-led sanctions campaign against Moscow. The World Bank said in a report issued on Monday that "economic activity in Russia was influenced by...
There were more Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping in June than any other month of this year, Middle East Eye reported Wednesday, citing data from the UK's Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). According to the UKMTO, there were 16 confirmed Houthi attacks on shipping in...
Ukraine will be told that it is too corrupt to join NATO at the alliance's summit in Washington next week, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The report cited a US State Department official who said Ukraine needed to take "additional steps" before talks on its NATO...
Nine members of the same family who evacuated Khan Younis were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday in an area of the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah that Israel declared a so-called "safe zone," The Associated Press has reported. Around a dozen members of the...
The deputy leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah reiterated on Tuesday that attacks on northern Israel would only end if there was a ceasefire in Gaza. "If there is a ceasefire in Gaza, we will stop without any discussion," Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made his first wartime visit to Ukraine on Tuesday and suggested to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he agree to a ceasefire with Russia. Zelensky's so-called "peace formula," which he has been pushing as a way to end...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington on Tuesday and said the US would soon announce a $2.3 billion weapons package for Ukraine. "I am proud that the United States will soon announce more than $2.3 billion in new security...
A former US military intelligence analyst has warned that Israel is risking a major war in Lebanon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political survival. Former US Army Maj. Harrison Mann resigned from the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency earlier this year...
Israel's top generals want a ceasefire in Gaza even if it keeps Hamas in power, putting them at odds with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The report, which cited current and former security officials, said one...
The German newspaper Bild reported on Monday that Israel is planning to invade Lebanon in the second half of July as Israeli forces and Hezbollah continue to trade fire across the border. The report, which cited diplomatic sources, said Israel would launch the assault...
