Ukraine thanks Germany for new €3 billion in military aid

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy on Friday thanked Germany for the latest multibillion-euro aid package to help Kiev keep up the fight against Russia. Germany … Read more

Israeli Supreme Court suspends firing of intelligence chief

Israel’s Supreme Court suspended the government’s dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service on Friday, hours after the Cabinet agreed on the decision. A judge issued a temporary injunction on Friday, which, according to the court, will remain in place until a hearing has been held. This is to take place … Read more

Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri has been detained. Here’s what we know : NPR

Healy Hall, the flagship building of Georgetown University’s main campus in Washington, D.C., is seen in 2011. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge has blocked immigration officials from deporting a Georgetown University professor and postdoctoral scholar who was detained by the Trump administration earlier … Read more

Russian Bomber Base Suffered Major Damage To Munitions Area In Ukrainian Drone Attack

Satellite imagery obtained by The War Zone confirms that ammunition and weapons storage bunkers at Russia’s Engels Air Base were destroyed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Thursday. The attack resulted in a massive fireball and mushroom cloud. You can read our initial story about it here. A high-resolution image, taken today by Maxar Technologies, … Read more

Developing Countries Chart New Climate Path as Trump Returns

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has become a leading champion of small economies in global climate discussions. And so I took note at last year’s United Nations climate conference when she said she thought countries should engage then-President elect Trump to try to explain the importance of climate work.  “I am not one of those … Read more

Italy’s Constitutional Court allows singles to adopt foreign minors, ending a 40-year ban

ROME (AP) — Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled Friday that unmarried people can adopt foreign minors, ending a 40-year-ban on the practice and setting a precedent that could pave the way to allowing Italian singles to adopt from within the country. Friday’s court ruling declared unconstitutional the exclusion of singles from international adoptions under a 1983 … Read more

Next week’s talks in Saudi Arabia are of a technical nature

The talks between Ukrainian and US representatives in Saudi Arabia on Monday will focus primarily on technicalities surrounding a potential limited ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry in Kiev said. “This is a meeting to establish the parameters for the various proposed ceasefire options currently on the table,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii … Read more

Israel’s army destroys former hospital in Gaza

The Israeli army says it has destroyed a former hospital in the Gaza Strip. The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in Nezarim was used by Hamas cadres, a spokesman for the armed forces told the Israeli media on Friday. Hamas, the Israelis said, had converted it into a “terrorist infrastructure.” The military had struck a group of … Read more