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Israeli tanks fired warning shots to disperse a crowd around an aid convoy in Gaza on Thursday, after seeing that people in the crowd were being trampled, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari claimed at a briefing.The IDF has provided a conflicting account to that of eyewitnesses throughout the day.In an update late Thursday, Hagari insisted that the tanks were at the site “to secure the humanitarian corridor” so the aid convoy could reach its destination.The IDF released a short video, which appears to show a tank driving parallel to the crowd, several meters away.“As you can see in this…

CNN  —  Here’s some background information about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war. Abu Ghraib prison was a US Army detention center for captured Iraqis from 2003 to 2006. An investigation into the treatment of detainees at the prison was prompted by the discovery of graphic photos depicting guards abusing detainees in 2003. The facility was located 20 miles west of Baghdad on 280 acres. At the height of the scandal, the prison held as many as 3,800 detainees. Most of the detainees lived in tents in the prison yards. The abuses took…

Officials from Israel, Hamas and Qatar have cautioned against US President Joe Biden’s optimism that a hostage-for-ceasefire deal in Gaza could be reached by the end of this week. Follow for live news updates. Source link

An almost empty Red Square in Moscow is seen at dawn on January 30. Alexander Zemlianichenko/APTwo years ago, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I was among the many longtime observers of the Kremlin who got it wrong.Few could fathom why President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s calculating leader, would embark on such a risky military adventure, especially when the mere threat of a Russian invasion was already yielding results.There were others, though, who rightly saw the invasion as inevitable, better reading the Kremlin’s intentions and confidently predicting a swift Russian victory at the hands of Moscow’s vastly superior forces.Two years…

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko called for continued US support as Ukraine enters the third year of war against the Russian invasion.In an interview with CNN on Saturday, Klitschko addressed US lawmakers, saying, “We are fighting for our democratic future, if you have the same values please still support us.”He added that the choice was simple. “Today’s world is black and white, you are for the war or you are against the war, you [are] for democracy or for dictatorship,” Klitschko said.Thanking the US for its financial and military support, Klitschko said that while the country is better protected than before…

Ukraine has offered Poland a plan to end the border blockade, Ukraine’s prime minister said, according to a statement published on the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers’ website. Denys Shmyhal said he arrived at the Polish border with other members of Ukraine’s government on Friday to negotiate with his Polish colleagues, but they didn’t show up.The prime minister said the so-called Plan of Understanding consists of five steps, which include launching “a joint control system at the border between Ukraine and the (European Union)” and adopting “a joint appeal to the EU commission calling for a ban on Russian agricultural exports to the EU.”On…

CNN  —  Here is a look at the life of Ratko Mladic, former leader of the Bosnian Serb army, sentenced to life in prison for genocide and other war crimes. Birth date: March 12, 1942 Birth place: Kalnovik, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) Birth name: Ratko Mladic Father: Nedja Mladic Mother: Stana Mladic Marriage: Bosiljka Mladic Children: Darko and Ana 1965 – Graduates from a military academy and joins the Communist Party. 1992 – As a commander in the Bosnian Serb army, Mladic leads the siege of Sarajevo. July 1995 – Mladic spearheads an attack on the town of Srebrenica.…

CNN  —  Here’s a look at the March 2004 bombings of commuter trains in Spain, which killed 193 people and injured more than 1,800. The bombings are the deadliest terrorist attack in Spain’s history. On March 11, 2004, 10 bombs in backpacks and other small bags exploded on four commuter trains. One bomb did not explode and was defused. The police did controlled explosions of three other bombs. ETA, a Basque group labeled a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, and al Qaeda were the original suspects cited by the Spanish government. Through anonymous phone calls…

Story highlights NEW: United Nations says such violence could signal new refugee crisis Car bombings strike predominantly Shiite neighborhoods, authorities say More than 5,000 have died across the country in 2013, U.N. agency says CNN  —  A string of car bombings in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods across Baghdad on Monday killed 37 people and wounded 155, adding to rising concern about sectarian violence across Iraq. According to police officials, 11 bombs exploded in busy areas of the city and its suburban districts, including three bombings in the predominantly Shiite Al-Shaab suburb. After several years of relative stability in Iraq, violence has…

US officials had been working on a new sanctions package for Russia ahead of last week’s death of Alexey Navalny, and are now supplementing them in the wake of the opposition leader’s death, according to a senior US official.The package will be timed around the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and officials are coordinating with European partners on the new package, the official said.US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday the new measures would be a “substantial package” that covers a wide range of elements linked to the Russian defense industrial base and sources of revenue for…