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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : President Biden on Thursday directed that Ukraine receive the remaining $5.5 billion worth of American weapons and equipment previously authorized by Congress, underlining his commitment to Kyiv’s cause ahead of his meeting Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. The administration’s announcement also includes separate funding of about $2.4 billion through what’s known as the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which will provide Ukraine with air defenses, drones and other weapons that over the long term will help to sustain its military needs.

France and other allies jointly called Wednesday for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to allow for negotiations in the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that has killed more than 600 people in Lebanon in recent days. The joint statement, negotiated on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, says the recent fighting is «intolerable and presents an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation.» «We call for an immediate 21-day cease-fire across the Lebanon-Israel border to provide space for diplomacy,» the statement said. «We call on all parties, including the governments of Israel and Lebanon, to endorse the temporary cease-fire immediately.»

United Nations General Assembly, Kyiv said Thursday. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who had earlier met Russia's top diplomat, told a Security Council session this week that diplomacy was the only solution to the war in Ukraine. Wang met Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Sybiga and the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mirae Asset Investment Managers entered India at the fag end of 2008, just as the global financial crisis took hold. Between 2008 and 2011, its assets under management (AUM) saw little growth, even as 12 major foreign players, including Standard Chartered, AIG, Fidelity, and Morgan Stanley, exited the market.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hezbollah is dealing with some disagreement among its ranks over how to respond to a series of devastating attacks on the Lebanese militant group, according to people familiar with the group’s deliberations. With no good options available, the group faces one of the most consequential decisions in its four-decade history.

Trump argued Ukraine should have made concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the months before Russia's February 2022 attack, declaring that even «the worst deal would've been better than what we have now.» Trump, who has long been critical of U.S. aid to Ukraine, frequently claims that Russia never would have invaded if he was president and that he would put an end to the war if he returned to the White House. But rarely has he discussed the conflict in such detail.

rockets fired by Hezbollah pounded Kiryat Shmona, the northernmost Israeli city near the border with Lebanon. Refrigerators stored at the site were charred and mangled, a small sign of the damage Hezbollah has inflicted on northern Israel since the Lebanese militant group and the Israeli military had escalated their attacks against each other over the past week. «Kiryat Shmona has turned into Hezbollah's playground,» said Guy Hayun, 45, the security coordinator for the city over the past year.

Putin says that a nuclear power supporting another country's attack on Russia will be considered a participant in aggression. Speaking during Wednesday's meeting of Russia's Security Council that considered changes in Russia's nuclear doctrine, Putin announced that a revised version of the document says that an attack against Russia by a non-nuclear power with support of a nuclear power will be seen as their "joint attack on the Russian Federation." Putin didn't specify whether Russia could respond to such an attack with nuclear weapons. The change in the doctrine follows Putin's warning to the U.S.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BERLIN—Governments across Europe are raising new barriers to immigrants, aiming to curb near-record inflows of people from poor countries that are triggering a surge in support for nationalist populist parties. The biggest swing in sentiment has been in Germany, long a proponent of generous policies toward refugees.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The war in West Asia has intensified. With its Gaza operations against Hamas not yet over, Israel has aimed its firepower at Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia based in Lebanon to its north.

Antonio Guterres in recent years that the global situation is becoming intolerable and unsustainable. «We can't go on like this,» the secretary-general said in an alarming state-of-the-world address as he opened the annual high-level gathering of the U.N.'s 193 member nations. He said the world is in «an era of epic transformation» and facing challenges never seen before, with geopolitical divisions deepening, the planet heating and wars raging in the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan and elsewhere with no clue how they will end.

Ukraine's president dismissed the notion of peace talks with Moscow on Tuesday, calling instead for unspecified global «action» to force Russia into peace for invading his country and to comply with the U.N. Charter's requirement that every country respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all other nations. Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. Security Council that Russian President Vladimir Putin is committing «an international crime» and has broken so many international rules that he won't stop on his own. «And that's why this war can't simply fade away. That's why this war can't be calmed by talks,» Zelenskyy said at a meeting on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the General Assembly. «Russia can only be forced into peace, and that is exactly what's needed — forcing Russia into peace as the sole aggressor in this war, the sole violator of the U.N. Charter.»

U.S. Navy replenishment ship operating in the Middle East sustained damage after refueling vessels and the cause is under investigation, officials said Tuesday. The USNS Big Horn was damaged after it resupplied the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group. The carrier group remains in the region amid heightened tensions over the Israel-Hamas war and Israel's ongoing strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon. A U.S. Navy official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss matters yet to be made public, declined to elaborate on where the damage took place. A photo released by the U.S. military dated Sept. 5 showed sailors aboard the Lincoln receiving supplies from the Big Horn, while another on Sept. 11 showed the Big Horn alongside the Lincoln. The Lincoln is patrolling the Arabian Sea.

The suspensions have multiplied following a day of Israeli bombardment that Lebanon's authorities said killed 558 on Monday — the deadliest day of violence in the country since the 1975-90 civil war. — Emirates - Emirates announced the temporary suspension of its flights to Beirut on Tuesday and Wednesday. Its sister United Arab Emirates-based airline flydubai also cancelled flights to Beirut on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Vovchansk in Ukraine's northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials said Tuesday. The plant, a partly steel structure with some 30 buildings, had been a Russian stronghold in the Kharkiv border region since May when Russia sought to further stretch Ukraine's weary forces by launching a fresh push in the area. Taking back the plant was likely intended to demonstrate that Ukraine is not giving up the fight despite being outmanned and outgunned by the Russian army. The accomplishment coincided with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's trip to the United States where he is looking to ensure continuing foreign support for his country with the war deep into its third year.

Trump made a statement during a rally at Pennsylvania that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in support of the Democratic Party and wants to see Vice President Kamala Harris as the upcoming US President. According Reuters, Donald Trump also added that Volodymyr Zelensky is the best salesman, the world has ever seen because whenever Volodymyr Zelensky visits the US, he walks away with approximately $60 billion. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is in US right now to attend the 79th session of UN General Assembly where some important decisions might be taken regarding the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War. Former US president Donald Trump’s camp claimed that Volodymyr Zelensky is having a wrong idea because only Donald Trump as a US President has the capacity of having a peaceful conversation with Russia which will eventually help Ukraine, reported Reuters. Also Read: If Trump loses U.S. elections, his son Donald Trump Jr. may be dumped by his girlfriend Kimberley Guilfoyle for adultery

conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grabs global attention, Palestinians in Gaza wonder: What will become of their plight after nearly a year of devastating war? They are petrified that international concern has been diverted, and that a dark possibility looms: abandonment. The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza have the same worry. Nezar Zaqout, one of some 1.9 million Palestinians forced to flee their homes since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, said he fears the fighting across the Israel-Lebanon border will overtake interest in the abysmal living conditions in Gaza and efforts to negotiate a cease-fire.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Thousands of Lebanese are fleeing their homes in the country’s south as Israel intensifies its military campaign against Hezbollah, raising fears of an all-out war a day after a barrage of strikes killed hundreds in the country. In the early hours of Tuesday, the Israeli military launched dozens more airstrikes against Hezbollah after downing projectiles fired from Lebanon.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. AFTER ALMOST 300 days, planning for the end of the fighting in Gaza is beginning to seem otherworldly. Politicians and generals have been talking about what might happen when the shooting stops since the start of the war in October.

China has made several moves in recent months to advance its ambitious aim to become the trade and transportation hub of Asia. To its west, China has agreed to build a rail line across Central Asia. Beijing also said it would help Vietnam plan three rail lines leading to the countries' shared border. And China is trying to persuade Russia and North Korea to let it reopen a long-closed port on the Sea of Japan. If successful, the plans would give China closer ties to the economies of Northeast and Southeast Asia, the Mideast and even the Arctic, the latest steps in its 11-year-old Belt and Road Initiative to create a more China-centered global order.