In seeking to “reconstitute,” the Islamic State jihadist terror organization has intensified its attacks in Syria and Iraq to the extent that these war-torn Muslim-majority countries may see twice as many IS attacks this year as they suffered last year, the US Central Command warned Wednesday.
Hungary’s prime minister says if elected in November, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump is ready to act “immediately” as a peace broker in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Police confronted protesters across Kenya and fired tear gas to disperse crowds demanding the resignation of President William Ruto.
French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s government, ushering in a period of political instability ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris.
Amid rising concern about the exploitation of vulnerable migrants in Italy, the Italian government recently granted “instant” residency to 33 Indian farm laborers whom police recently freed from “slave-like” working conditions in the north of the country, Independent UK reports. Italy consistently recorded the highest number of modern slavery incidents in Europe between 2018-2023, Moody’s Analytics reported in March.
The Kremlin’s vital mouthpiece has tested America’s attention span by threatening to strike the European capitals of U.S. allies shortly after ex-President Donald J. Trump survived an assassination attempt over the weekend.
Iranian-backed militia groups in Iran threatened Saudi Arabia for allegedly supporting Israel and aiding in the “battle against the Palestinians.” The groups reiterated previous threats towards Riyadh and criticized the “malicious role of Saudi Arabia’s rulers in using their land routes to sustain the conflict against the Palestinians.”
The Netherlands has unveiled a statue in memory of Peter R. de Vries, the Duch investigative journalist who was assassinated three years ago.
A major new survey shows that 96% of Jews across Europe had experienced some form of antisemitism, even before the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas triggered the ongoing war in Gaza and a global outpouring of anti-Israel sentiment, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. Conducted by the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), the poll surveyed nearly 8,000 self-identified Jews in 13 European countries.
U.S.-led forces struck the Hodeidah International Airport and other sites in Yemen as part of a crackdown on Houthis, who are designated as “terrorists” by the U.S. and allies, several sources confirmed Sunday.
On July 14, Chinese and Russian naval forces launched a joint exercise at a military port in southern China, according to the Chinese official news agency Xinhua. This development followed shortly after NATO allies characterized Beijing as a “decisive enabler” of the conflict in Ukraine.
Russian authorities said Saturday that an oil depot caught fire in Russia’s southwest in Ukraine’s drone attack that came hours after Russian forces reportedly hit two Ukrainian territories, killing some seven people and injuring nearly 30 others. The attacks raised fears that the war in Ukraine was further escalating.
Amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Poland’s military Chief of Staff General Wieslaw Kukula has warned that his country must prepare its army for a “full-scale” conflict, Reuters reports.
Taiwan said Thursday that China sent a record number of warplanes across a U.S.-drawn boundary in the Taiwan Strait as military tensions mount in the strategic region.
U.S. President Joe Biden, physically and politically frail, has presided over what his supporters fear could be his final NATO Summit at a moment when diplomats say the military alliance needs to remain strong to tackle the war in Ukraine and other challenges. Delegates used the summit to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary, announce more aid for Ukraine, and commit to the most significant overhaul in defense measures since what was believed to be the end of the Cold War.
China and Belarus continued joint military exercises Thursday near the border of Poland, a member of NATO, while the military alliance gathered for its 75th anniversary summit.
The United States Director of National Intelligence has warned that Iran’s Islamic regime has been encouraging and funding anti-Israel, pro-Hamas protests in the US in an effort to divide America and stoke hatred against Israel, Ynet News reports. Vehemently anti-semitic, the Iranian regime has publicly declared its desire for the Jewish state to be annihilated.
Despite concerns about a subsequent direct confrontation with Russia, member states are expected to declare that Ukraine has an “irreversible” path to joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance that obligates members to protect each other from any threat, Politico reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States and its allies to take decisive action against Russia as his nation plunged into mourning following a suspected Russian strike at Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital in Kyiv and other sites that authorities said killed at least 42 people and injured more than 100 others. Zelenskyy’s appeal came at the start of a NATO military alliance summit in Washington, although Moscow denied responsibility for the deaths.
Recent satellite images show that major expansions are underway at two key missile facilities in Iran, suggesting Tehran is working to boost its conventional ballistic missile production, Reuters and Algemeiner report.