EU members to discuss Bosnia entry into Union
Brussels, Belgium - A group of EU countries including Germany on Tuesday pushed for a green light to start membership negotiations...Geostrategy
Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia, Egypt to discuss Gaza ceasefire: spokesman
Blinken will hold talks with Saudi leaders in Jeddah on Wednesday before travelling to Cairo on Thursday for talks with...Geostrategy
UN attempts rescue as Russia pummels Mariupol
The Russian military had announced a three-day ceasefire at the site starting on Thursday, but a Ukrainian commander said there...Since failing to take Kyiv early on in its invasion, which began February 24, Russia has focused its efforts on Ukraine's east and south
Seizing Mariupol would allow it to link the pro-Russian regions in eastern Ukraine to Crimea, which it annexed in 2014
Yemen’s war-weary Taez choked by siege despite truce
Overloaded trucks and cars packed with families ply narrow, bumpy mountain roads surrounding this Yemeni city long-besieged by Huthi rebels...In normal times, one such road, known as "Al-Aqroudh", should allow drivers to reach the village of Al-Hawban east of Taez in just 15 minutes
Yemen's war pits the Iran-aligned Huthis against the Saudi-led military coalition backing the country's internationally recognised government
Israel launches manhunt after attack kills three
Israeli forces launched a manhunt Friday for attackers who killed three people in the central city of Elad as the...No details on the alleged assailants had emerged, but Defence Minister Benny Gantz announced measures to stop the attackers from escaping
Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said "the joy of independence day had been interrupted in an instant"
1,000 Palestinians face eviction after Israeli court ruling on Hebron land
Israeli civil rights groups denounced a High Court decision that approved the eviction of roughly 1,000 Palestinian villagers to make...In the early 1980s the army declared the 3,000-hectare (30 square kilometer) territory a restricted military area and claimed it was uninhabited.
The roughly 1,000 Palestinians living there said it was their people's home long before Israeli soldiers set foot in the West Bank, which the Jewish state has occupied since 1967.
Financial institutions exposed to high risk by global water crisis: Report
Financial institutions are exposed to significant risks posed by depleted and contaminated water supplies, a report released by non-profit Carbon...A first-of-its-kind report by CDP and Planet Tracker shows how global companies in key industries are already losing billions as a result of the global water crisis.
By focusing on oil & gas, electric utilities, coal and metals & mining sectors, the report found that $13.5 bn in assets are already stranded and $2 bn at risk due to water issues.
EU eyes Russian oil import ban amid new bid to evacuate Mariupol
State Department spokesman voiced skepticism about the ceasefire, saying that Moscow has repeatedly resumed shelling after announcing pauses.European Union vowed to "significantly increase" its support for Moldova which has been targeted by a Moscow-backed separatist region
Ukrainian Foreign Minister said that EU countries would be "complicit" in Russia's crimes in Ukraine if they block an oil embargo against Moscow
Drone swarms can now fly autonomously through thick forest
It's only a matter of a few years before we see such drones deployed in real-life work, said a roboticist...Swarms could be used during natural disasters as they do not rely on any outside infrastructure, such as GPS
Pentagon expressed interest in carrying out its own tests on swarms that shows, it could be weaponized by militaries
Russia practises nuclear-capable missile strikes: ministry
The announcement came on the 70th day of Moscow's military action in the pro-Western country.The announcement came on the 70th day of Moscow's military action in the pro-Western country
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made thinly veiled threats hinting at a willingness to deploy Russia's tactical nuclear weapons
Tunisia probes leaked ‘presidential aide’ recordings
Prosecutors in Tunisia have opened an investigation to determine the authenticity of recorded conversations purported to involve a former top...Akacha has denied that it is her in the recordings, describing them as fakes that aim to undermine her former boss
The 41-year-old was appointed as Saied's legal advisor in late 2019 before becoming his head of staff in January 2020
Prisoners in Syria hopeful of release after amnesty by government
Half a million people have been detained in Syria's prisons since the start of the war, with about 100,000 dying...President Bashar al-Assad has issued several amnesty decrees during the country's devastating 11-year war.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that more than 250 detainees have already been freed.
