war

Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Thursday, 3 October 2024. Photo: AP/UNB
Middle East

UN peacekeepers stay on Lebanon's border despite Israeli ground incursion

A tank manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, 7 August. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Israel kills 40 Palestinians in Gaza airstrikes amid fears of wider war

Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2024. File Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran by Israeli airstrike, Hamas say

The Russians used fake targets to deceive the Ukrainians. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
Thoughts

The art of deception: Decoys in modern warfare

Rescuers work at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital that was damaged during a Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 8, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
World+Biz

Russian missile attack kills 29, hits children's hospital, Ukraine says

Mar Champion. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Netanyahu's strategy is war, war and more war

Flags of Ukraine fly in front of the EU Parliament building on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, in Brussels, Belgium February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Europe

Ukrainians better treated than others displaced by war, Council of Europe says

File Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz (not pictured) in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, 28 October 2023. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Netanyahu denounces tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid

An Israeli tank manoeuvres inside Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
World+Biz

Israeli army announces 'tactical pause' in part of southern Gaza

Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Israeli far-right ministers call for ‘complete destruction’ after Hamas ambush in Rafah

A firefighting plane disperses fire retardant as it assists in extinguishing fire following over border rockets launching to Israel from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in northern Israel 12 June 2024. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Hezbollah fires most rockets yet in war after Israel kills a top commander

Photo: Bloomberg.
Thoughts

War and climate funding

Palestinians fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah during an Israeli ground and air offensive in the city, May 28, 2024. Defense experts who've reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians question why Israel didn't use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby. File Photo: AP
Hamas-Israel war

Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say