Category: World News
US allies accuse Russia of ‘escalating hybrid activities’ against NATO, EU nations after data cables severed
Fox News U.S. allies in Europe allege Russia is “escalating hybrid activities” against NATO and EU nations following the severing of two data cables in the Baltic Sea. The declaration comes as Moscow says Ukrainian forces have fired six U.S.-made missiles into Russian territory on Tuesday. In the two days beforehand, the cables linking Finland…
Read MoreIsrael’s war on Hezbollah takes terrible toll on Lebanon’s children
Washington Post At least 231 children have been killed and 1,330 injured, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/19/children-killed-lebanon-israel-hezbollah/
Read MoreGermany suspects sabotage after undersea internet cables are severed
Washington Post The C-Lion1 cable between Finland and Germany was severed in the Baltic Sea, its operator said, after damage was reported to another cable linking Lithuania and Sweden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/19/germany-undersea-internet-cables-cut-baltic/
Read MoreUkraine fires first barrage of US-made long-range missiles into Russia, Kremlin says
Fox News Moscow says Ukrainian forces have taken advantage of President Biden’s green light and launched 6 U.S.-made ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile Systems) into Russian territory Tuesday. Russia says it shot down five of the missiles and damaged the sixth. It added that debris landed in the area of a Russian military facility, but that…
Read MoreUkraine uses U.S.-made ATACMS missiles inside Russia for the first time
Washington Post The attack comes two days after it was reported that the Biden administration had lifted restrictions on the use of the missiles against targets inside Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/19/ukraine-russia-atacms-bryansk/
Read MoreOut of Gaza
New York Times We photographed badly wounded Gazans who made it out for treatment. Many can think of little but the dead they left behind. “We wanted to go with them, too,” one child told us. https://www.nytimes.com/card/2024/11/19/world/middleeast/palestinians-qatar-israel-hamas-war
Read More45 pro-democracy Hong Kong activists sentenced to up to 10 years in prison under China-backed law
Fox News Authorities in Hong Kong sentenced 45 prominent pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for violating a wide-ranging national security law imposed on the area by China. The activists are accused of agreeing to veto government-proposed budgets indiscriminately after securing a majority to force a dissolution of the legislature…
Read MorePutin signs revised doctrine lowering threshold for nuclear response if Russia is attacked
Fox News Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised nuclear doctrine on Tuesday stating that any attack on Russia supported by a country with nuclear power could be grounds for a nuclear response. Putin signed the new policy on the 1,000th day of the war with Ukraine and the day after President Biden authorized Ukraine…
Read MoreSweden and Finland, wary of war, give new guidance on how to survive one
Washington Post The two Nordic nations joined NATO after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. With tensions rising, they are preparing their citizens in the event the threat spreads. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/19/nato-sweden-finland-war-guidance/
Read MoreHong Kong sentences 45 pro-democracy leaders to prison terms of up to 10 years
Washington Post The activists were arrested over a single day in 2021 and charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” for taking part in an unofficial primary election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/18/hong-kong-democracy-activists-sentenced/
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