The Arakan Army (AA) captured Kyeintali town in Gwa Township in southern Rakhine State in western Myanmar on Wednesday morning.
Kyeintali is just 67 km from Gwa, the southernmost town in Rakhine State bordering Ayeyarwady Region.
Thursday, 15 August, 2024
Burma-Myanmar: Arakan Army (AA) captures town of Kyeintali in far south of Rakhine State
Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
Ukraine: Ukraine claims to control 1,000 sq km of Russian territory
Ukraine’s top commander has said Kyiv’s forces control 1,000 sq km of Russian territory as they press their biggest cross-border incursion in two-and-a-half years of full-scale war.
Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukraine continued to “conduct an offensive operation in the Kursk region” seven days after it began.
Monday, 12 August, 2024
Iran: Iran could attack Israel in less than 24 hours, sources say, as Western powers issue Tehran a warning
Western powers have issued a joint statement Monday warning Iran and its allies to “refrain from attacks that would further escalate regional tensions” in the Middle East as they appear to soon be heading toward a breaking point.
Regional sources told Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst on Monday that they are concerned Iran and its proxies could attack Israel within the next 24 hours in retaliation for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last month.
Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
Ukraine: Ukraine says at least 31 people killed, children’s hospital hit in major Russian missile attack
Russia launched dozens of missiles at cities across Ukraine on Monday in an attack that killed at least 31 people and smashed into a children’s hospital in Kyiv, officials said. The rare day-time Russian barrage came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due in Warsaw, the Polish government said, before he flies to a NATO summit in Washington.
Explosions rang out and black smoke could be seen rising from the centre of Kyiv, AFP journalists reported.
Sunday, 7 July, 2024
Colombia: 6 soldiers killed in clashes with National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Central General Staff (EMC) rebels
Six soldiers were killed in rural Colombia on Thursday after they entered a minefield during clashes with rebels, military officials told AFP.
The group “fell into an area prepared with explosives” while fighting with members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Central General Staff (EMC) in the northern province of Valdivia, according to the military.