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Russia Agrees to Stop Sending Kenyans to War

Countries agree to halt controversial wartime recruitment amid Kenyan protests

(Newser) - Kenya says it has struck a deal with Moscow to shut down a controversial pipeline sending its citizens to fight for Russia in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi, speaking alongside his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Monday, said the two governments agreed that Kenyans "will no longer be...

Relations Between Spain, Israel Get Frostier

Spain has permanently pulled its ambassador

(Newser) - Spain just made a diplomatic snub to Israel permanent. Madrid on Tuesday formally ended its ambassador's posting to Israel, confirming that the role is being scrapped and the embassy in Tel Aviv will now be headed indefinitely by a charge d'affaires. The ambassador had been recalled in September...

Iran War May Be Fortifying Kim Jong Un's Faith in Nukes

Analysts point out that Iran, unlike North Korea, stopped short of making a weapon

(Newser) - Multiple analyses about the war in Iran come to the same conclusion: The bombardment may be giving Kim Jong-un a real-time argument for never giving up his nukes. As Joshua Keating writes at Vox , two nuclear-armed nations—the US and Israel—"are overwhelming the defenses of a country that...

Hegseth: Iran War Is 'Bringing Your Enemy to Their Knees'

Defense secretary says US strikes will intensify until Iran's capabilities collapse

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the outcome in Iran is already set: capitulation, whether Tehran says the word or not. In an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes , Hegseth said US strikes had hit roughly 3,000 targets in Iran as of Friday and warned the campaign is "only just...

Trump: End of War Will Be Mutual Call With Netanyahu

President tells Israeli outlet that the strikes may have saved Israel from destruction

(Newser) - It's not clear when the Iran war will end, but President Trump says it will be a (mostly) joint decision between him and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu. "I think it's mutual ... a little bit," he tells the Times of Israel . "I'll make a decision...

Service Member Dies of Injuries, Pentagon Says

Death toll among US armed forces reaches 7

(Newser) - Another US service member has died of wounds suffered in the fighting with Iran, the Pentagon announced Sunday, raising the American military death toll to seven. US Central Command said the service member, whose name has not been released pending family notification, was wounded on March 1 in an Iranian...

Senator Who's Never Served Slammed Over 'Smell of War' Comment

Rep. Pat Ryan, Iraq veteran, questions senator's combat experience after Iran remarks

(Newser) - Sen. Markwayne Mullin's attempt to describe the "smell" of war is drawing fire from a House member who's actually been there, the Hill reports. Appearing on Fox News' America Reports Monday, Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, praised President Trump's response to Iran and launched into a graphic...

Kesha Slams White House for Using Her Song

Singer condemns administration's TikTok war clip as violent, 'inhumane' propaganda

(Newser) - Kesha says the White House just crossed a line with "Blow." On Monday, the singer accused the Trump administration of using her 2010 track in a Feb. 10 TikTok that shows US bomber jets and a strike on a ship timed to the lyric "This place about...

Strait of Hormuz Showdown Could Be a 'Historic' One

Traffic through key waterway has ground to a halt, with higher oil prices looming

(Newser) - Oil tankers are all but sidelined in one of the world's most important energy conduits. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has plunged since US and Israeli strikes began on Iran , as ship operators steer clear of the narrow passage that usually carries about a fifth of the world'...

Trump Floats Weeks-Long Military Campaign in Iran

President offers different scenarios on how things might play out

(Newser) - President Trump said in a quick interview on Sunday that the US is prepared to continue the military campaign against Iran for four to five weeks. "It won't be difficult," Trump told the New York Times . "We have tremendous amounts of ammunition. You know, we have...

In Ukraine, Soldiers Freeze Sperm for Free—Just in Case

State-funded fertility program aims to preserve future Ukrainian generations

(Newser) - Ukraine is fighting a war on two fronts: the one with Russia, and the one over its future population. The BBC reports on a state-backed effort that now pays for soldiers to freeze their sperm, a bid to protect both individual fertility and what one MP bluntly calls the country'...

Russian Soldiers Allegedly Shot Themselves for Payout

$2.6M fraud scheme allegedly led by a commander formerly described as a war hero

(Newser) - Russian state media once cast a paratroop officer nicknamed "Executioner" as a war hero. Now Lt. Col. Konstantin Frolov stands accused of masterminding a scheme in which more than 30 soldiers and medics allegedly shot themselves to cash in on wartime injury payouts—and then kicked back a cut...

Pope Urges Global Truce During Winter Games
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Pope Urges Truce During Games, Adds Warnings

Glory of sports shouldn't be used for nationalism, Leo writes

(Newser) - Pope Leo XIV used the occasion of the Winter Olympics' opening in northern Italy on Friday to urge a halt to warfare and to caution governments against turning sports into a political tool. In a formal papal letter, he called for military conflicts to be suspended as they used to...

Iran Warns US Move Against Khamenei Would Mean War

Threat follows Trump's suggestion about a change at the top

(Newser) - Iran's president warned Sunday that his country would consider any US attack on its top leader to be a declaration of war. In what appeared to be a response to President Trump's comment the day before to Politico that "It's time to look for new leadership...

The Obstacle to Peace in Ukraine? Not Putin, Trump Says

Kremlin backs the view that Zelensky is the hurdle, which reportedly runs counter to US intel agencies

(Newser) - Blame for the stalled Ukraine peace talks, President Trump says, lies in Kyiv—not Moscow. In an Oval Office interview with Reuters , Trump asserted that Vladimir Putin is "ready to make a deal" to end Russia's nearly four-year invasion, and that it is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who...

Trump Offers Ukraine 15-Year Security Guarantee

Zelensky is pushing for up to 50 years

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says President Trump has offered a security pledge that would last for 15 years, but Ukraine is pushing for longer. On Monday, the day after a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort , Zelensky said Trump proposed US-backed security guarantees for 15 years after the war ends,...

Iran Essentially Is at War With US and Allies, Its President Says

Masoud Pezeshkian cites sanctions, isolation

(Newser) - Iran's president says his nation is effectively in a state of war with the US, Israel, and Europe, accusing them of trying to weaken the country on multiple fronts. "We are in a full-fledged war with America, Israel, and Europe; they do not want our country to stand...

Ukraine's Birth Rate Hits Crisis Levels as War Drags On

Millions have fled, life expectancy has dropped, and deaths outpace births amid Russian invasion

(Newser) - Ukraine is facing a dramatic population crisis, with birth rates plummeting and millions fleeing the country amid the ongoing war. The hospital in small town Hoshcha has near-empty maternity ward that underscores the severity of the crisis, with just 139 births recorded so far this year—a sharp decline from...

Putin: Russia Must Be Given Full Control of Donbas

Russian leader appears to be drawing a red line

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stark warning that Ukrainian forces must leave Ukraine's eastern Donbas region or Russia will take it by force, making clear that in Russia's view there is no room for compromise over the disputed territory, the BBC reports. "Either we liberate...

Putin Doubles Down on Demand for Ukrainian Territory

He says Russia is ready to fight 'until the last Ukrainian dies'

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia is prepared to continue its assault on Ukraine "until the last Ukrainian dies," demanding that Kyiv surrender territory if it wants an end to the conflict. Speaking during a visit to Kyrgyzstan, the Russian president insisted his military is advancing on all...

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