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World·Analysis Dwindling ammunition threatens Ukraine’s hold on the 1,000-kilometre front line under withering assault by Russian artillery. Defensive lines are in jeopardy. Biden links loss of Avdiivka to congressional inaction on $60B US in military aid Samya Kullab · The Associated Press · Posted: Feb 19, 2024 10:45 AM EST |Continue Reading

World A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that damaged a Belize-flagged ship travelling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden has forced the crew to abandon the ship, authorities said Monday. G7 transport ministers, including Canada’s, set to discuss Red SeaContinue Reading

World Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said on Monday that she would press on with her husband’s fight for a free Russia and called on supporters to battle President Vladimir Putin with greater fury than ever. Yulia Navalnaya accuses Kremlin of hiding opposition leader’s bodyContinue Reading

World The United Nations’ top court on Monday opened a week of hearings on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, with more than 50 states due to address the judges. Opinion will be non-binding but could increase political pressure as war in Gaza continuesThomson Reuters · Posted:Continue Reading

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday brushed off growing calls to halt the military offensive in Gaza, vowing to “finish the job” as a member of his war cabinet threatened to invade the southern city of Rafah if remaining Israeli hostages are not freed by the upcoming Muslim holyContinue Reading

World Hostile drones have been winding their way across the Russian landscape this winter, striking refineries and related oil and gas infrastructure all the way from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. Ukraine showing increased ability to strike targets deeper inside Russia, analysts say Geoff Nixon · CBC News ·Continue Reading

World New York governor apologizes for implying it is ‘Israel’s right’ to destroy GazaIn a statement on Friday night, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she regretted “using an inappropriate analogy that I now realize could be hurtful to members of our community,” and she apologized for her “poor choiceContinue Reading

World Israeli forces say they were hunting for militants in Gaza’s largest functioning hospital. Officials in Gaza say a ‘large number’ of medical personnel were detained. Israel says it was hunting for militants; Gaza officials say ‘large number’ of medical personnel detainedThomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 17, 2024 11:12 AMContinue Reading

Aldrich Ames was done selling secrets, but the unravelling of his treachery had just begun.   On Feb. 21, 1994, the bespectacled, Jaguar-driving, Central Intelligence Agency lifer, with a cash-purchased home in a Washington suburb, was arrested and charged with espionage. By that point, the CIA knew it’d been a mistake to have hadContinue Reading