Summary Ships circle in high seas “cat and mouse” Four days of Chinese drills due to end at midday China’s Foreign Minister: Taiwan is not a part of the U.S. Chinese state media condemns Pelosi’s ‘political stunt’ TAIPEI, Aug 7 – Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high seas […]
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel said Sunday it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in a crowded Gaza refugee camp, the second such targeted attack since launching its high-stakes military offensive against the militant group just before the weekend. The Iran-backed militant group has fired hundreds of […]
HAVANA, Aug 6 – A second fuel storage tank near Cuba’s supertanker port in Matanzas exploded on Saturday morning following a blaze which burned through the night after lightning hit another tank on Friday evening. Cuban state-run television said at least 67 people were injured in the second […]
Summary Chinese ships and aircraft conduct simulated attack Taiwan says it scrambles jets to warn away aircraft Blinken calls China’s cessation of dialogue ‘irresponsible’ China calls for U.S. to ‘rectify mistakes’ TAIPEI, Aug 6 – Taiwan officials said Chinese aircraft and warships rehearsed an attack on the island […]
BEIRUT — A ship bringing corn to Lebanon’s northern port of Tripoli normally would not cause a stir. But it’s getting attention because of where it came from: Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa. The Razoni, loaded with more than 26,000 tons of corn for chicken feed, is emerging from […]
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza on Saturday and rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted, raising fears of an escalation after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 12 people, including a senior militant and a 5-year-old […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 – The only way out of the crisis in U.S.-Chinese relations triggered by a visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is for the United States to immediately rectify its mistakes, a senior Chinese Embassy official in Washington said on Friday. Jing Quan, a […]
WASHINGTON — China declared Friday it was stopping all dialogue with the United States on major issues, from climate change to military relations, in a day of rapidly escalating tensions over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The White House summoned China’s ambassador to protest what it […]
KEELUNG, Taiwan — China conducted “precision missile strikes” Thursday in waters off Taiwan’s coasts as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China earlier announced that military exercises by its navy, […]
Summary Grain-carrying ship from Ukraine inspected in Turkey Ship, headed for Lebanon, transits Bosphorus Shipment is first of kind to leave Ukraine in wartime But Ukrainian leader says much more is needed Kyiv urgently needs to ship 10 mln tonnes to cut deficit KYIV/ISTANBUL, Aug 3 – Ukrainian […]
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