Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that Israel’s incursions into Syrian territory in the occupied Golan Heights “must stop”. – “Violations by Israel of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces…
The US military did not conduct any air strikes on Iranian military targets on Friday night. That’s the first time in two full weeks that there have not been any…
A spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Britain would become a “definite and legitimate target” if it supported the U.S. in any war with Tehran, according to…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russia wanted to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to take part in its more than four-year-old conflict and was already preparing…
Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told Russia’s Vladimir Putin Saturday that the Ukraine war should end, calling for the conflict to be “frozen,” in a rare such face-to-face comment to the…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says there’s no military solution to the escalating conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi rebels in Yemen after both sides traded attacks. – “We…
US President Donald Trump has stated that he would be willing to listen to proposals from Iranian representatives to resolve the ongoing conflict. – “By the way, they are talking…
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center said an incident involving a tanker and the armed forces of an unidentified country had occurred in the Gulf of Oman. – UKMTO…
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Damascus on Saturday for the first trip to Syria by a serving United Nations’ chief since 2009, before the start of a civil…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, a White House official said, amid renewed efforts to end the war with Russia. – “President…