Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk-warns-russian-strikes-black-sea-delay-grain-supplies-palestinians-global-2024-10-22/ Russia has started to increase its attacks on ports in the Black Sea which has started to decrease the amount of food that can reach Palestinians. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a press conference that these indiscriminate strikes on ports in the Black Sea have shown that Putin is willing to gamble food security… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/britain-germany-bolster-defence-cooperation-with-new-agreement-2024-10-22/ Germany and Britain’s intentions with this new agreement will be very beneficial to not just themselves but to the European pillar within NATO. With this agreement they would “strengthen their ability to cooperate and conduct exercises on the bloc’s eastern flank, improving their deterrence in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”. However the main focus is… Read more »
Raiffeisen Bank International announced on Friday that it will be selling its Belarus business to an inventor from the United Arab Emirates after facing pressure to pare back its Russian arm. Following the sale, RBI has stated that they will “spin off its Russian business” after facing “pressure from international regulators on the biggest Western bank in remaining in the… Read more »
Following the Israeli attack on Hezbollah by planting bombs into radios and pagers and leaving 37 dead and 3,000 wounded, Israel has begun to drop bombs on Lebanese rocket-launcher barrels in southern Lebanon that were going to be used to launch rockets at Israel. The Lebanese prime minister , Najib Mikati, sent a letter to the U.N. claiming that Israel… Read more »
With the war in Ukraine still going on, Defense Minister Bill Blair has decided to supply Ukraine forces with 80,840 unmanned air-to-surface rockets and additional 1,300 warheads. These missiles will be supplied in the coming months. Blair has also announced that there will be a shipment of 2,160 CRV7 rockets (unarmed) and will also donate the chassis assemblies from 29… Read more »
