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LATEST NEWS Apr 3, 2024

Zelenskyy lowers military mobilization age amid soldier shortage Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday signed a bill into law that will lower the military mobilization age from 27 to 25. Read More

Missiles Hit Ukraine's Dnipro After Drone Attack On Industrial Targets Deep Inside Russia Russian forces launched a missile attack on the city of Dnipro that injured at least 18 people on April 2, hours after drones reportedly targeted industrial sites, including drone-production facilities, in Russia's Tatarstan region. ... Read More

Operation Iron Swords - Day 179 - 02 April 2024 The leadership of the families of Israeli prisoners held by Hamas, which is setting up a protest tent city in Jerusalem, warned of new "tricks" being followed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his management of negotiations with the Palestinian movement, such that their outcome would be similar to the obstruction and obstacles that have occurred so far. The families of the prisoners did not accept the statement of Netanyahu's office with confidence, especially since Egyptian sources were quoted as confirming that "the Israeli delegation did not present anything new through which the tense situation in the negotiations aimed at reaching a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement could be breached," and that the mediators began working on a "path Alternative" in order to reach a three-day humanitarian truce starting by Eid al-Fitr, after the failure to reach a truce during Ramadan. ... Read More

Gaza: Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned as humanitarians renew access call The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes in central Gaza has been strongly condemned by senior UN humanitarian officials who on Tuesday reiterated repeated concerns that "there is no safe space left in Gaza". ... Read More

Tehran Vows Revenge For Damascus Embassy Attack It Blames On Israel Tehran has vowed revenge after several people, including a senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), were killed in an air strike on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus over the weekend that has been attributed to Israel. ... Read More

DoD Releases 2024 DoD Commercial Space Integration Strategy The Department of Defense released the 2024 DoD Commercial Space Integration Strategy. In line with the National Security Strategy and the 2022 National Defense Strategy, this strategy seeks to align the Department's efforts and drive more effective integration of commercial space solutions into national security space architectures. ... Read More

Xi and Biden hold first phone call in nearly 2 years U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke in a rare phone call on Tuesday morning, according to the White House, which described the talks as a "check-in" on bilateral ties. ... Read More

China names 30 places in Indian-controlled Arunachal Pradesh Beijing has issued Chinese names for 30 locations in Arunachal Pradesh to bolster its claims on the territory that is controlled by India, which quickly dismissed the move as meaningless. ... Read More

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