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Nov 22, 2024 | 
smh.com.au | David Sanger |Julian Barnes
By David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes November 23, 2024 — 1.17pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: China’s recent breach of the innermost workings of the US telecommunications system reached far deeper than the Biden administration has described, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee said, with hackers able to listen in on telephone conversations and read text messages.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
watoday.com.au | Julian Barnes
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
spokesman.com | Julian Barnes |Eric Schmitt |Michael Schwirtz
WASHINGTON — The Russian military has assembled a force of 50,000 soldiers, including North Korean troops, as it prepares to begin an assault aimed at reclaiming territory seized by Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials. A new U.S. assessment concludes that Russia has massed the force without having to pull soldiers out of Ukraine’s east — its main battlefield priority — allowing Moscow to press on multiple fronts simultaneously.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
spokesman.com | Julian Barnes |Arijeta Lajka
U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia is behind a video that appeared on social media this week falsely claiming that Haitians illegally voted multiple times for Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia. The U.S. government issued a new warning Friday, one that followed another video that began circulating a week ago falsely claiming that ballots in Pennsylvania were destroyed.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
brisbanetimes.com.au | Julian Barnes
By Julian E. Barnes September 14, 2024 — 2.39pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: Donald Trump’s running mate, Senator J.D. Vance has outlined a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. But objectively, it sounds a lot like Vladimir Putin’s. Vance’s critics immediately said he had described a Russian victory, while his supporters said he had offered the only realistic path to peace.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
spokesman.com | Ronen Bergman |Adam Rasgon |Aaron Boxerman |Julian Barnes
TEL AVIV, Israel — International mediators are finalizing a new cease-fire proposal to narrow the gaps between Israel and Hamas, U.S. and regional officials said, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists he will not give up control of the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt — a key stumbling point for a deal.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
thenewstribune.com | Mark Mazzetti |Ronen Bergman |Julian Barnes |Adam Goldman
WashingtonIn January, Israeli and U.S. officials thought they had caught a break in the hunt for one of the world’s most wanted men. Israeli commandos raided an elaborate tunnel complex in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 31 based on intelligence that Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader, was hiding there, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. He had been, it turned out.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
spokesman.com | Aaron Boxerman |Matthew Bigg |Julian Barnes |Michael Levenson
Two Israeli strikes killed more than 20 people in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, including at a United Nations school-turned-shelter, according to local health officials, the latest in a string of recent bombardments that have hit U.N. buildings in the enclave. Paramedics found at least five bodies and eight injured people at the former school in central Gaza, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, an emergency medical service.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
theage.com.au | Adam Rasgon |Julian Barnes
By Adam Rasgon and Julian E. Barnes July 13, 2024 — 1.46pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Doha, Qatar: For nearly two decades, Hamas has been in charge of governing the Gaza Strip, overseeing its border crossings, schools and hospitals.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
smh.com.au | Julian Barnes |Eric Schmitt
Washington: Russia is unlikely to make significant territorial gains in Ukraine in the coming months as its poorly trained forces struggle to break through Ukrainian defences that are now reinforced with Western munitions, US officials say. Through the spring and early summer, Russian troops tried to take territory outside the city of Kharkiv and renew a push in eastern Ukraine, to capitalise on their seizure of Avdiivka.
