Conflicts · Pollar

Conflicts·7h ago

Ukraine hits St. Petersburg and Krasnodar with mass drone strikes after Putin rejects direct talks

Ukrainian forces struck a military base near St. Petersburg and an oil depot in Krasnodar overnight, prompting a shelter-in-place order for the city as Russia's economic forum concluded.

St. Petersburg · Kronstadt · Ust-Labinsk · Zaporizhzhia

Volodymyr Zelensky Vladimir Putin Alexander Beglov Aleksandr Drozdenko Sergei Sobyanin Ivan Fedorov Oleksandr Ganzha

Conflicts·1h ago

Putin rejects Zelensky's open-letter offer of direct talks, says war will end only when Russia's goals are met

Vladimir Putin on Friday dismissed Volodymyr Zelensky's open-letter proposal for a face-to-face meeting, insisting hostilities will cease only once Russia achieves its objectives. Zelensky responded that Moscow 'simply does not want to end the war.'

Saint Petersburg · Kyiv · Donetsk

Vladimir Putin Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump

Conflicts·14h ago

US strikes Iranian radar sites after Iran fires drones and ballistic missiles at Gulf neighbours

American forces struck Iranian coastal radar installations after shooting down drones and intercepting ballistic missiles fired by Tehran toward the Strait of Hormuz, Kuwait and Bahrain.

Goruk · Qeshm Island · Manama · Kuwait City · Strait of Hormuz

Donald Trump

Conflicts·5d ago

Trump-Backed Deal: Hezbollah Accepts Ceasefire as Israel Issues Warnings

President Trump announced Monday that Hezbollah agreed to stop all attacks on Israel through intermediary talks, a breakthrough that came as Israel ordered strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs. The Lebanese embassy confirmed the militant group accepted a mutual cessation, but Prime Minister Netanyahu insisted Israel would attack unless the rockets stopped.

Beirut · Jerusalem · Washington D.C.

Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Katz Joseph Aoun Marco Rubio Nabih Berri Hassan Fadlallah

Conflicts·2d ago

Israel and Lebanon agree to US-brokered ceasefire, but strikes continue and Hezbollah stays silent

Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a new ceasefire after US-mediated talks, but Israel's defence minister said strikes would continue for now and Hezbollah has yet to comment on the deal.

Beirut · Jerusalem · Kuwait City · Washington

Joseph Aoun Israel Katz Donald Trump Giorgia Meloni Benjamin Netanyahu

Conflicts·May 28

US and Iran Trade Strikes Across the Strait of Hormuz, Testing Fragile Ceasefire as Kuwait Is Drawn In

The United States and Iran accused each other of violating a months-long truce after a night of tit-for-tat strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, with Iranian missiles targeting Kuwait and oil prices surging.

Bandar Abbas · Kuwait City · Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump Esmaeil Baqaei

Conflicts·4d ago

Russian missiles and drones kill at least 22 in overnight barrage across Ukraine

Russia launched 73 missiles and 656 drones at multiple Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 22 people and wounding over 100, with Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv hardest hit.

Kyiv · Dnipro · Kharkiv

Volodymyr Zelensky Vitali Klitschko Vladimir Putin Igor Terekhov

Conflicts·6d ago

Israel Seizes Crusader Castle Beaufort in Deepest Lebanon Incursion Since 2000, Complicating Iran Truce Talks

Israeli forces seized the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon on Sunday, marking their deepest incursion into the country in over a quarter-century and threatening to unravel a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

Beaufort Castle · Nabatieh · Tyre · Jerusalem

Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Katz Nawaf Salam Jean-Noël Barrot Orna Mizrahi Avichay Adraee Haim Har-Zahav

Conflicts·3d ago

House votes to curb Trump's Iran war powers as four Republicans break ranks, but veto looms

The US House of Representatives passed a war powers resolution ordering the withdrawal of troops from the Iran conflict, marking the first time Congress has approved a measure to restrict the three-month-old military campaign.

Washington, D.C. · Tehran

Donald Trump Thomas Massie Tom Barrett Warren Davidson Brian Fitzpatrick Gregory Meeks Mike Johnson Brian Mast

Conflicts·3d ago

Ukrainian drones strike St Petersburg oil terminal and naval base on opening day of Putin's economic forum

Ukrainian drones struck an oil export terminal and a naval base in St Petersburg on Wednesday, hours before President Vladimir Putin's flagship economic forum opened in his home city.

St Petersburg · Kronstadt

Volodymyr Zelenskiy Vladimir Putin Alexander Beglov Dmitry Peskov Alexander Drozdenko

Conflicts·May 29

Russian Drone Strikes Romanian Residential Building, Drawing Sharp Condemnation from NATO and EU

A Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in the eastern Romanian city of Galati, lightly injuring two people and triggering international outrage. NATO and EU leaders denounced the incident as a reckless escalation, with Romania demanding advanced anti-drone defenses and summoning Moscow's envoy.

Galati

Nicusor Dan Mark Rutte Matthew Whitaker Oana Toiu Kaja Kallas António Costa Ursula von der Leyen Maia Sandu Andriy Sybiha Allison Hart Wadephul

Conflicts·6d ago

Colombia presidential election heads to runoff between hard-right 'Tiger' de la Espriella and leftist Cepeda

Hard-right populist Abelardo de la Espriella and leftist senator Ivan Cepeda will face off in Colombia's June 21 presidential runoff after a polarizing first round that saw de la Espriella outperform expectations.

Bogotá · Barranquilla · Uribia

Abelardo de la Espriella Iván Cepeda Paloma Valencia Gustavo Petro Álvaro Uribe Donald Trump Kristin Wesemann Catalina Devia Sergio Fajardo Claudia López Nayib Bukele Daniel Noboa