U.S. Rejects Putin’s Latest Call for Ukraine Negotiations

Hong Kong celebrates the New Year of the Dragon with a colorful parade on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Together with other popular Chinese New Year elements, such as blooming flowers, felicitous couplets, lucky windmills and firecrackers, the colourfully adorned floats bring to the parade diverse interpretations of the New Year with various…

SKIP ADVERTISEMENTPhotosUkraine Goes on DefenseE.U. Deal to Fund UkraineUkraine’s Combat MedicsHow Russia Silences DissentSkepticism remains high about the Russian leader’s intentions after he told Tucker Carlson that the war in Ukraine could be settled with a peace deal.Share full articleShare free access“Despite Mr. Putin’s words, we have seen no…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s firing of his commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhny is fraught with risk, a former CIA director has said, amid divided opinion over the wisdom of the decision and its impact on Kyiv’s fight against Russia.Tensions in the relationship between the pair had been reported in recent months. It intensified after Zaluzhny…

ICYMI, Netanyahu has no interest in pausing war.

Joe Biden’s tone on Israel has been hardening in recent days, but when he called the country’s response in the Gaza Strip “over the top” this week, the US president crossed into new territory.The comments made Thursday were the strongest by the US leader since Israel launched its barrage on Gaza following Hamas’ October 7 attacks — leaving the White…

ALBAWABA – Hazem, the son of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, was reportedly targeted by Israeli forces, according to Palestinian reports on Saturday…

BERLIN: NATO’s secretary general called on Europe to increase its arms production to support Ukraine and prevent “potentially decades of confrontation” with Moscow, in an interview published by German media Saturday. Ahead of a key meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels and the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, Jens Stoltenberg…

GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: Israeli air strikes pummeled densely crowded Rafah on Saturday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his troops to “prepare to operate” in the southern border city that has become a last refuge for displaced Palestinians. Netanyahu’s planned offensive on Rafah, where an estimated 1.3 million people have…