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May 19, 2025
Israel threatens Huthi leaders after striking Yemen ports

Hodeida, Yemen (AFP) May 17, 2025
Israel threatened to target the leadership of Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels after the air force struck two rebel-held ports on Friday, following repeated Huthi missile attacks in recent days. The Huthis agreed earlier this month to stop firing on international shipping in the Red Sea after the United States stepped up air strikes on rebel-held areas with British support. But the rebels vowed to keep up their strikes on Israel despite the deal and fired three missiles in as many days this week ... read more
Putin made 'mistake' sending 'low-level' team to Ukraine talks: NATO chief
Tirana (AFP) May 16, 2025
NATO chief Mark Rutte said Russian leader Vladimir Putin had made a "big mistake" sending a lower-rank delegation to conduct Friday's first direct peace talks with Ukraine in three years. ... more
Arab summit presses for end to Gaza 'bloodshed'
Baghdad (AFP) May 17, 2025
Arab leaders meeting Saturday at a summit in Baghdad urged the international community to press for a Gaza ceasefire, as Israel launched an expanded military offensive in the Palestinian territory. ... more
Gaza rescuers say children among 33 killed in Israeli strikes
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) May 18, 2025
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 33 people, more than half of them children, a day after Israel announced an expanded military campaign in the besieged territory. ... more
Hamas leader's body found as peace talks with Israel pick back up
Washington DC (UPI) May 18, 2025
Israel reported Sunday it found the body of Hamas' de facto leader, Muhammad Sinwar, in a tunnel in Khan Younis after he was killed in a series of airstrikes last week. ... more
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Putin sacks chief of military's land forces
Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2025
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sacked Russia's chief of land forces, General Oleg Salyukov, the Kremlin said, in the latest removal of a high-profile military establishment figure amid the offensive on Ukraine. ... more
Time 'to put pressure on Putin': UK defence minister
Berlin (AFP) May 15, 2025
UK defence minister John Healey said on Thursday that Ukraine's allies "need to act" and "put pressure on Putin", amid uncertainty over highly anticipated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey. ... more
Ecuador says 1,500 troops deployed to Amazon after deadly guerrilla clash
Quito (AFP) May 12, 2025
Ecuador's Ministry of Defence on Monday said it had deployed 1,500 troops to an Amazon region to "find and eliminate" leftist guerrillas blamed for a recent ambush that killed 11 soldiers. ... more
'I thought she'd survive': Story of slain Gaza photojournalist touches Cannes
Cannes, France (AFP) May 15, 2025
A documentary whose main subject, 25-year-old photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza weeks before it premiered at Cannes stunned viewers into silence at the festival Thursday. ... more
Decorated Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation appeal
Sydney (AFP) May 16, 2025
One of Australia's most decorated soldiers on Friday lost a legal bid to overturn bombshell court findings that implicated him in war crimes while serving in Afghanistan. ... more
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400 flee to Thailand as Myanmar rebels strike junta base
Bangkok (AFP) May 15, 2025
More than 400 Myanmar people fled across the Thai border on Thursday as ethnic minority armed groups bombarded a junta base with drones, the kingdom's armed forces said. ... more
US says 'impatient' for progress in Ukraine peace efforts
Turkey (AFP) May 15, 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that Washington was "impatient" for progress in peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia, and willing to consider "virtually any mechanism" to reach a lasting end to the war. ... more
'Children are innocent': Myanmar families in grief after school air strike
Tabayin, Myanmar (AFP) May 14, 2025
Ko Min said he found his son and daughter's bodies in the ruins of a schoolhouse in central Myanmar, moments after a deadly air strike that witnesses said came as a military jet circled the village. ... more
Syrian leader to miss Arab summit in Iraq
Damascus (AFP) May 12, 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa will not attend an upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad, the Syrian presidency said on Monday, with Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani to represent Damascus at the event. ... more
Myanmar junta airstrike kills 22 at school: witnesses
Depeyin, Myanmar (AFP) May 12, 2025
A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said, despite a purported humanitarian ceasefire called to help the Southeast Asian nation recover from a devastating earthquake. ... more
Gaza rescuers say 12 killed in Israeli strikes; 1000s gather for rare peace event in Jerusalem

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) May 11, 2025
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 12 people, including young children, mostly in the south of the besieged Palestinian territory. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that Israeli fighter jets hit three tents overnight where dozens of displaced people were sheltering in the southern city of Khan Yunis. "Eight people, including four children aged two to five and two women" were killed, Bassal said. AFP footage showed rescuers working in t ... read more
Zelensky vows to meet 'personally' with Putin for talks to end war
Washington DC (UPI) May 11, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is willing to meet face to face with Russian President Vladimir Putin following a demand by the Trump administration for the two leaders to meet in an effort to end the war between the two nations. ... more

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Ecuador declares national mourning for 11 troops killed by guerrillas
Quito (AFP) May 10, 2025
Ecuador's president declared three days of national mourning starting Saturday over the deaths of 11 soldiers who the army said were killed by dissident FARC guerrillas in an ambush near the Colombian border. ... more
Lebanon state media say series of Israeli strikes hit south
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) May 8, 2025
Lebanese official media said Israel conducted heavy air strikes on the south on Thursday, the latest raids despite a fragile November ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. ... more
China vows to stand with Russia in face of 'hegemonic bullying'
Moscow (AFP) May 8, 2025
China's Xi Jinping was in Moscow on Thursday for a state visit ahead of the Kremlin's grand Victory Day celebrations, as Ukraine accused Russia's army of launching air strikes just hours into a supposed truce. ... more
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike killed five
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) May 8, 2025
Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike killed five people in the north of the war-ravaged Palestinian territory early Thursday. ... more
Kremlin says taking 'all measures' to protect May 9 parade
Moscow (AFP) May 7, 2025
The Kremlin insisted Wednesday it was taking "all necessary measures" to ensure the safety of foreign leaders set to attend its flagship May 9 parade after a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks closed airports in several cities, disrupting hundreds of flights. ... more
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