• Blinken assures U.S. support of Black Sea allies as Ukraine urges military aid during conference

    The U.S. secretary of state assured allies bordering the Black Sea on Monday that they could depend on his country's support to make the region more secure, prosperous and integrated. Addressing the attendees of the Second Black Sea Security Conference in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, via a video feed, Anthony

  • Biden calls congressional leaders, urges them to pass aid to allies

    President Biden held a phone call with the top four congressional leaders on Sunday and stressed the “urgent need” for the House to pass the national security supplemental, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces mounting pressure to bring the Senate-passed foreign aid package to the floor for a vote. The White House released a statement

    • CHCH

    Allies urge Israel not to retaliate following Iran's attack

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. In world news, Israel’s war cabinet held another meeting to talk about its response to Iran’s attack over the weekend. However, officials did not share if a decision had been reached. Iran’s foreign minister says his country will respond within “seconds” if Israel tries to retaliate. Iran says it has launched these strikes in response […]

  • Albanese urges transparency on Gaza aid worker deaths

    Anthony Albanese has called for Israel to be more transparent and accountable in its investigation into the air strike deaths of multiple aid workers. Seven aid workers, including Australian Zomi Frankcom, were killed during the Israeli Defence Force strikes on a World Central Kitchen convoy in early April as they were delivering food in Gaza. […]

  • UN pledges some 600 million dollars to boost aid to Ethiopia

    Geneva, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) reported on Tuesday that donor countries pledged humanitarian aid to Ethiopia for over US$ 600 million to mitigate current crisis in the African nation. The post UN pledges some 600 million dollars to boost aid to Ethiopia first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Why Biden urges allies’ restraint, the real Mideast war and other commentary

    President Biden is “always telling his friends to hold back, at least internationally,” fumes National Review’s Jim Geraghty.

  • Russia's Military Is Recruiting Female Prisoners for Ukraine War: Kyiv

    A top Ukrainian official said Russia has been actively recruiting women from penal colonies to fight in its war with Ukraine.Andriy Yusov, spokesman for Ukraine's military intelligence service (GUR), told the Kyiv Post in a story published on Friday that Moscow's forces have been using the female convicts for active battlefield duty."We are not only talking about auxiliary units, but combat units as well, if needed," Yusov said.Newsweek could not independently verify the claims made by Yusov,...

  • Dutch donate €1 billion extra for military aid to Ukraine

    The Dutch cabinet has agreed to free up a further €1 billion for military help for Ukraine, taking the total so far in 2024 to €3 billion. This week’s attacks on power plants and the death of citizens in attacks on the city of Kharkiv highlight the fact that Ukraine needs more to protect itself, prime minister Mark Rutte said on social media. Ministers also decided the Netherlands will make €3 billion available for military support in 2024 and €400

    • Axios

    Biden ally Coons open to putting conditions on aid to Israel

    Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), one of the top Democratic backers of Israel and

  • Dutch to provide extra €1 billion in military aid to Ukraine this year

    The Netherlands will allocate an extra one billion euros this year for military aid to Ukraine. The caretaker Cabinet announced the decision on Friday during a conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Rutte wrote on social media.By the end of December, the Netherlands will have contributed three billion euros in military support to Ukraine this year alone. That will be matched with another three billion euros for military aid in Ukraine next year, the prime...

  • Gaza: Israel urged to publish full report on aid worker deaths

    World Central Kitchen, which had seven of its staff killed in Gaza, said Israel must be transparent.

  • Cameron urges Israel to follow aid strike dismissals with independent review

    Israel must follow up its report into how aid workers were killed with “a wholly independent review to ensure the utmost transparency”