Tag: Conflict
Australia won’t commit in advance to joining hypothetical US-China conflict, Pat Conroy says
Comments come amid reports Washington seeking guarantees about how Canberra would respond in event of Indo-Pacific conflict Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia will refuse any US request to join a “hypothetical” conflict with China over Taiwan and won’t make any advance commitment, the defence industry minister, Pat Conroy,…
Rising poverty in conflict zones ‘causes a billion people to go hungry’
In first assessment since pandemic in 2020, World Bank urges other countries to step up support Extreme poverty is accelerating in 39 countries affected by war and conflict, leaving more than a billion people to go hungry, according to the World Bank. Civil wars and confrontations between nations, mostly in Africa, have set back economic…
The US has changed the course of the conflict – how will Iran respond?
As Benjamin Netanyahu stood at the podium in the Israeli prime minister’s office this morning, he did not at first address the Israeli people in Hebrew, to update them on the latest, dramatic development in this, his latest war. Instead he spoke in English, speaking directly to, and lavishing praise upon, US President Donald Trump…
Is the UK about to get dragged into Iran-Israel conflict?
Is this, some will be wondering, 2003 all over again? In 2003 Britain joined the US in a highly controversial military campaign against Iraq in a quest to rid it of its supposed arsenal of “weapons of mass destruction”. These turned out to have all been destroyed years previously. As America’s closest but junior ally,…
Steve Rosenberg: Russia fears another loss in Middle East from Iran’s conflict with Israel
When Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, officials in Russia described the current escalation in the Middle East as “alarming” and “dangerous.” Still, Russian media were quick to stress the potential positives for Moscow. Among them: However, the longer Israel’s military operation goes on, the greater the realisation that Russia has much to lose from current…
Israel-Iran conflict set to dominate G7 summit
This week’s G7 summit in Canada will be dominated by war – only not one of those that the world leaders had expected. High on the agenda had been Russia’s war against Ukraine and Donald Trump’s tariff war against America’s trading partners. Instead the three-day gathering in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta will inevitably be…
Kurdish militant group PKK declares ceasefire after decades of conflict with Turkey
By Willem Marx Militants from the Kurdish ethnic group who have fought an insurgency against Turkish authorities for more than four decades have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political breakthrough for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The announcement came just two days after the leader of the militant PKK group, Abdullah…
Rwandan and Congolese leaders join summit on eastern DRC conflict
Leaders from across Africa call for immediate ceasefire at cross-party summit in Tanzania A summit of regional leaders has called for an immediate unconditional ceasefire within five days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, and the president of the DRC, Felix Tshisekedi, joined a summit in Tanzania on Saturday,…
Bowen: Long-overdue deal may stop the killing but won’t end the conflict
A senior Palestinian official told the BBC that Hamas would release three female soldiers on the first day of the ceasefire. Mediators in Doha are trying an earlier start to the ceasefire, Thursday evening instead of Sunday. Until the ceasefire does come into effect, the war that started when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October…
Almost one in five children live in conflict zones, says Unicef
UN humanitarian body warns that dramatic increase in harm to children should not become the ‘new normal’ Nearly one in five of the world’s children live in areas affected by conflicts, with more than 473 million children suffering from the worst levels of violence since the second world war, according to figures published by the…
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has intensified
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has intensified in recent days, with military operations and attacks affecting both front-line areas and regions further afield. Below is a summary of the latest developments:
Context of the Ceasefire
The ceasefire agreement, which came into effect at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, mandates the withdrawal of Hezbollah forces from southern Lebanon and the repositioning of Israeli troops to their territory. Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers were deployed to oversee the truce’s implementation. However, disagreements persist over Israel’s right to respond militarily to ceasefire violations.