Israel is urging the U.S. to keep Syria fragmented, including allowing Russia to maintain military bases to counter Turkey’s growing influence, Reuters reported.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that he has signed a declaration to expedite the delivery of roughly $4 billion in military aid to Israel, as concerns rise that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas may soon collapse and intense conflict could resume.
The Israeli government has agreed to a U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire during Ramadan and Passover. However, Hamas rejected Israel’s terms for extending the first phase of the hostage-ceasefire deal, which would involve maintaining the ceasefire and releasing more hostages in exchange for Palestinian detainees and terrorists.
Germany’s top prosecutor has charged an alleged Islamic extremist with “murder, attempted murder and membership in a terrorist organization abroad” following a deadly knife attack last year at a festival in the western German city of Solingen.
China is flexing its military muscles in the Indo-Pacific region, with pilots of civilian aircraft anxiously hearing about Chinese live-fire naval exercises while on the ground in the Philippines, suspected high-profile Chinese spies were detained.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London, reaffirming Britain’s support for Ukraine, a day after the Ukrainian leader’s disastrous trip to Washington D.C.
Hungary and Slovakia threaten to derail the emergency European Union summit on war-torn Ukraine and defense.
Rescue teams salvaged a ferry that was hit by an oil spill cleaning vessel on a river in southern China, killing 11 people, but at least five people remained missing Saturday, officials said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Friday he doesn’t apologize for the blowup with U.S. President Donald J. Trump about the war in his nation.
The world’s leading stock exchange in Wall Street ended higher on Friday following a choppy trading session, with Dell Technologies dipping and other tech stocks climbing after a meeting between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy ended in a disaster.