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The United Kingdom is set to ban goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank as part of a comprehensive reset in its Israel-Palestine policy under Prime Minister Andy Burnham, drawing strong criticism from Israel and the US.
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv overnight, killing two and injuring up to ten, hours after a three-day moratorium on capital strikes expired following talks between Ukrainian President Zelensky and Donald Trump's envoys.
Situation report on Ukraine war: Russian losses, intelligence assessment of war sustainability through 2028, US winter de-escalation considerations, Ukrainian MP skepticism on talks, and new European production of Bars strike drones.
Indonesian airports including Soekarno-Hatta in Jakarta reopened Tuesday after Anak Krakatau volcanic ash disruptions that affected over 170,000 passengers, while Mount Ili Lewotolok's latest eruption closed Wunopito Airport.
Global earthquakes today include a magnitude-4.0 event in Colombia amid a post-7.4 swarm, continued Indonesian health deployments for trauma in NTT, and smaller tremors in the US and Peru.
Houthi attacks injure 73 in Saudi Arabia while Yemeni government forces advance on multiple frontlines; Israeli ministers push Gaza depopulation plans amid continued strikes and West Bank violence; Russian forces launch 39 attacks on Pokrovsk front in Ukraine.
Russia resumed large-scale missile and drone strikes on Kyiv after a three-day diplomatic pause, killing two civilians, injuring 10 and damaging homes, schools, a metro station and warehouses in seven districts.
At least 12 people including two children, four women and a paramedic died in Israeli strikes on Kfar Roummane in southern Lebanon, the health ministry said, as President Aoun warned the attacks jeopardise a US-brokered ceasefire.
Indonesia reopened Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta and other airports Tuesday after volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau’s eruptions dispersed, though new activity continued and thousands of passengers including stranded domestic helpers remained affected.
A Cairo criminal court sentenced television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 co-defendants to death by hanging for manufacturing and trafficking over 750 kg of synthetic drugs. Nine others received life terms.
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