Category: 3. Middle East

Here is how things stand on Monday, August 25:

Fighting

• Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s Donetsk region 23 times in a day, killing one person in Kostiantynivka, Governor Vadym Filashkin said in a post on Telegram on Sunday.
• Russian forces…

Israel has completely destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City since it started its invasion of the city on August 6, trapping hundreds under the rubble, the Palestinian Civil Defence says.

The…

AEMET says the 16-day August heatwave was part of a ‘trend toward more extreme summers’ due to climate change.

Spain suffered “the most intense” heatwave on record this month, the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has said, as…

Real Madrid claimed a 3-0 La Liga win at newly-promoted Real Oviedo, with Kylian Mbappe scoring in each half before Vinicius added a late third to seal the match.

For Oviedo, returning to Spain’s top flight after an absence of almost a quarter…

PARIS (Reuters) -France summoned the American ambassador Charles Kushner after he wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging France had failed to do enough to stem antisemitic violence, a French foreign ministry spokesperson said…

France’s foreign ministry said Sunday it would summon the US ambassador after he criticised the government for what he said was its insufficient action against antisemitism in a letter to President Emmanuel Macron.

The letter from Charles Kushner,…

Israeli bulldozers uprooted hundreds of trees in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir on Sunday in the presence of the Israeli military, according to AFP journalists who witnessed the scene.

Most of the felled vegetation appeared to be olive…

Canadian PM floats the possibility of ‘presence of troops’ from allied countries to protect Ukraine against Russia.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has expressed support for Ukraine’s calls for security guarantees as part of any peace…

Democratic leaders in the United States are warning that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to deploy US troops to Chicago amid reports of administration plans to send National Guard soldiers to the Midwestern city.

Trump, a…

Tens of thousands of people have marched through Australia’s major cities and towns, organiers said, demanding action to save dying and starving Palestinians.

More than 40 protests took place across Australia on Sunday, the group Palestine…