#hostilities — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hostilities, aggregated by home.social.
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#israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #hezbollah / #truce / #hostilities / #aidworkers / #crossfire / #ifrc / #who / #ohchr / #unifil / #uno
„Before heading to strike sites in war-torn Lebanon, rescue workers and paramedics often say goodbye to one another – a ritual captured in widely shared videos reflecting the growing dangers faced by aid workers since hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel erupted on 2 March.“
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#israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #hezbollah / #truce / #hostilities / #aidworkers / #crossfire / #ifrc / #who / #ohchr / #unifil / #uno
„Before heading to strike sites in war-torn Lebanon, rescue workers and paramedics often say goodbye to one another – a ritual captured in widely shared videos reflecting the growing dangers faced by aid workers since hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel erupted on 2 March.“
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#israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #hezbollah / #truce / #hostilities / #aidworkers / #crossfire / #ifrc / #who / #ohchr / #unifil / #uno
„Before heading to strike sites in war-torn Lebanon, rescue workers and paramedics often say goodbye to one another – a ritual captured in widely shared videos reflecting the growing dangers faced by aid workers since hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel erupted on 2 March.“
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Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Big Hit’ If There’s No Deal Soon
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump threatened to resume strikes on Iran in the coming days as part of…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Bloomberg #DonaldTrump #Headlines #hostilities #Iran #iranwar #StraitofHormuz #TopStories
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/96360/ A bulk carrier near Strait of Hormuz reports being attacked as Iran makes new peace proposal #AbbasAraghchi #ceasefire #DonaldTrump #DozenAttack #Economy #GlobalMarkets #HormuzReport #hostilities #Iran #Israel #Lebanon #macnd #NargesMohammadi #NavalBlockade #NewPeaceProposal #NobelPeacePrize #OilTrade #OmaniMediation #Pakistan #rial #Sanctions #saturday #SecurityOrganizations #ship #strait #StraitOfHormuz #sunday #Tehran #US #UnitedStates #uranium #War #World
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/95916/ A bulk carrier near Strait of Hormuz reports being attacked as Iran makes new peace proposal #AbbasAraghchi #ceasefire #DonaldTrump #DozenAttack #Economy #GlobalMarkets #HormuzReport #hostilities #Iran #Israel #Lebanon #macnd #NargesMohammadi #NavalBlockade #NewPeaceProposal #NobelPeacePrize #OilTrade #OmaniMediation #Pakistan #rial #Sanctions #saturday #SecurityOrganizations #ship #strait #StraitOfHormuz #sunday #Tehran #US #UnitedStates #uranium #War #World
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A bulk carrier near Strait of Hormuz reports being attacked as Iran makes new peace proposal https://www.byteseu.com/1987495/ #AbbasAraghchi #ceasefire #Conflicts #DonaldTrump #DozenAttack #economy #GlobalMarkets #HormuzReport #hostilities #Iran #Israel #Lebanon #macnd #NargesMohammadi #NavalBlockade #NewPeaceProposal #NobelPeacePrize #OilTrade #OmaniMediation #Pakistan #rial #Sanctions #saturday #SecurityOrganizations #ship #strait #StraitOfHormuz #Sunday #Tehran #US #UnitedStates #uranium #War #World
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/95905/ A bulk carrier near Strait of Hormuz reports being attacked as Iran makes new peace proposal #AbbasAraghchi #ceasefire #DonaldTrump #DozenAttack #Economy #GlobalMarkets #HormuzReport #hostilities #Iran #Israel #Lebanon #macnd #NargesMohammadi #NavalBlockade #NewPeaceProposal #NobelPeacePrize #OilTrade #OmaniMediation #Pakistan #rial #Sanctions #saturday #SecurityOrganizations #ship #strait #StraitOfHormuz #sunday #Tehran #US #UnitedStates #uranium #War #World
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War in the Middle East: latest developments
Lebanon’s health ministry said 12 people were killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes in the south (-) ·…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #ChuckGrassley #Farsnewsagency #geopolitics #healthministry #hostilities #Iran #iranleader #Israel #Israeliairstrikes #Lebanon #middleeast #MojtabaKhamenei #SpeakerMikeJohnson #trump
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/92853/ At the 60-Day Mark, the Iran War is Triply Illegal #Article2(4) #ArticleI #Chadha #CongressionalOversight #constitution #Courts #hostilities #Iran #LegislativeVeto #OperationEpicFury #SeparationOfPowers #UNCharter #WarPowers #WarPowersResolution
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Monday, March 2, 2026
Russia's war is erasing Kostiantynivka's Soviet-era mosaics; why it matters -- The day Russia didn't show up for Iran -- Ukraine hits Russia's S-300 air defense radars in series of strikes, shows footage -- Can Trump actually end Russia's war? Vlogs ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/monday-march-2-2026/
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Monday, March 2, 2026
Russia's war is erasing Kostiantynivka's Soviet-era mosaics; why it matters -- The day Russia didn't show up for Iran -- Ukraine hits Russia's S-300 air defense radars in series of strikes, shows footage -- Can Trump actually end Russia's war? Vlogs ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/monday-march-2-2026/
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Monday, March 2, 2026
Russia's war is erasing Kostiantynivka's Soviet-era mosaics; why it matters -- The day Russia didn't show up for Iran -- Ukraine hits Russia's S-300 air defense radars in series of strikes, shows footage -- Can Trump actually end Russia's war? Vlogs ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/monday-march-2-2026/
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Monday, March 2, 2026
Russia's war is erasing Kostiantynivka's Soviet-era mosaics; why it matters -- The day Russia didn't show up for Iran -- Ukraine hits Russia's S-300 air defense radars in series of strikes, shows footage -- Can Trump actually end Russia's war? Vlogs ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/monday-march-2-2026/
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Monday, March 2, 2026
Russia's war is erasing Kostiantynivka's Soviet-era mosaics; why it matters -- The day Russia didn't show up for Iran -- Ukraine hits Russia's S-300 air defense radars in series of strikes, shows footage -- Can Trump actually end Russia's war? Vlogs ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/monday-march-2-2026/
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#gaza #palestine #genocide #israel #wounded #women #children #crisis #palestinian #civilians #suffering #children #humanitariancrisis #hostilities #gazastrip #armedgroups
#refugees #khanyunis #gazastrip #netanyahu #idf #fighting #military #ochaSituation Report from United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/11351/ Why blocking Hormuz could threaten the world’s food supply #food #FoodProduction #Hormuz #hostilities #InternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute #NaturalGasPrices #OilExports #OilPrices #OilTankers #StraitOfHormuz
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Russian soldier shoots civilian near Pokrovsk, video shows; prosecutors launch war crimes probe — Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian railway logistics hub in Rostov Oblast for second night — Death toll of Russian July 31 attack on Kyiv rises to 32 as another victim dies in hospital — Russian troops arrive in Belarus ahead of massive Zapad-2025 drills … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-7-2025/
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A #Lebanese #journalist was interrupted by a #MissileStrike while reporting live on the escalation of cross-border #hostilities between #Israeli forces and the #Iranian-backed group #Hezbollah. #RifAkil of ... #AlJadeed was with a group of journalists in #Yaroun, within sight of the Israeli border... . She escaped without injury, according to reports. #Israel's military has not commented on the incident.
[Video] https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2023/nov/14/lebanese-live-broadcast-interrupted-by-missile-strike-video
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#Trump’s #Iranian campaign: an #illegal #war that risks becoming the new normal.
The #usisraeli military action will test the fragile rules governing the use of force.
The killing of #Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by a US-Israeli strike is a targeted #assassination of a head of state. It also marks a grave escalation in a region already burdened with smouldering wars and fragile states.
The consequences of the deliberate strike will reverberate across a #MiddleEast marked by the aftershocks of foreign intervention. Revulsion against the hardline regime in Tehran, or the desire for a better future for the Iranian people, does not confer a legal justification.
Force is lawful, under the UN charter, only in self-defence against an imminent attack or with security council approval. Neither condition has been met. There was no evidence of an “instant, overwhelming” Iranian attack being prepared. What Trump’s #OperationEpicFury looks like is not pre-emption but prevention: a decision to eliminate a future risk while an enemy appeared weak. It is a war of choice. Mr Trump’s call to #overthrow a #sovereign government was extraordinary.
Unlike pre-emptive wars, preventive ones are deemed #unlawful because they grant the powerful licence to #strikeatwill. The distinction is important; it is why many European governments rejected #Russia’s justification of its invasion of #Ukraine by claiming to head off a future threat. Law cannot be optional for allies and binding only for adversaries. The domestic foundations of Trump’s action are also shaky. There’s little public support in the US for this #attack, and #Congress was not asked to #authorise #hostilities. There will be even less appetite as the #civiliandeath toll mounts and #USsoldiers come home in #bodybags.
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Friday, June 20, 2025
Russia just accidentally admitted to its staggering troop losses in Ukraine — Unwanted by their homeland: Ukraine confirms Russia returned bodies of its soldiers disguised as Ukrainian — Trump’s peace push falters in both Ukraine and the Middle East; for similar reasons — Death toll in Russia’s mass strike on Kyiv rises to 30 dead, 172 wounded … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/friday-june-20-2025/
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#Trump’s #Iranian campaign: an #illegal #war that risks becoming the new normal.
The #usisraeli military action will test the fragile rules governing the use of force.
The killing of #Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by a US-Israeli strike is a targeted #assassination of a head of state. It also marks a grave escalation in a region already burdened with smouldering wars and fragile states.
The consequences of the deliberate strike will reverberate across a #MiddleEast marked by the aftershocks of foreign intervention. Revulsion against the hardline regime in Tehran, or the desire for a better future for the Iranian people, does not confer a legal justification.
Force is lawful, under the UN charter, only in self-defence against an imminent attack or with security council approval. Neither condition has been met. There was no evidence of an “instant, overwhelming” Iranian attack being prepared. What Trump’s #OperationEpicFury looks like is not pre-emption but prevention: a decision to eliminate a future risk while an enemy appeared weak. It is a war of choice. Mr Trump’s call to #overthrow a #sovereign government was extraordinary.
Unlike pre-emptive wars, preventive ones are deemed #unlawful because they grant the powerful licence to #strikeatwill. The distinction is important; it is why many European governments rejected #Russia’s justification of its invasion of #Ukraine by claiming to head off a future threat. Law cannot be optional for allies and binding only for adversaries. The domestic foundations of Trump’s action are also shaky. There’s little public support in the US for this #attack, and #Congress was not asked to #authorise #hostilities. There will be even less appetite as the #civiliandeath toll mounts and #USsoldiers come home in #bodybags.
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#Trump’s #Iranian campaign: an #illegal #war that risks becoming the new normal.
The #usisraeli military action will test the fragile rules governing the use of force.
The killing of #Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by a US-Israeli strike is a targeted #assassination of a head of state. It also marks a grave escalation in a region already burdened with smouldering wars and fragile states.
The consequences of the deliberate strike will reverberate across a #MiddleEast marked by the aftershocks of foreign intervention. Revulsion against the hardline regime in Tehran, or the desire for a better future for the Iranian people, does not confer a legal justification.
Force is lawful, under the UN charter, only in self-defence against an imminent attack or with security council approval. Neither condition has been met. There was no evidence of an “instant, overwhelming” Iranian attack being prepared. What Trump’s #OperationEpicFury looks like is not pre-emption but prevention: a decision to eliminate a future risk while an enemy appeared weak. It is a war of choice. Mr Trump’s call to #overthrow a #sovereign government was extraordinary.
Unlike pre-emptive wars, preventive ones are deemed #unlawful because they grant the powerful licence to #strikeatwill. The distinction is important; it is why many European governments rejected #Russia’s justification of its invasion of #Ukraine by claiming to head off a future threat. Law cannot be optional for allies and binding only for adversaries. The domestic foundations of Trump’s action are also shaky. There’s little public support in the US for this #attack, and #Congress was not asked to #authorise #hostilities. There will be even less appetite as the #civiliandeath toll mounts and #USsoldiers come home in #bodybags.
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#Trump’s #Iranian campaign: an #illegal #war that risks becoming the new normal.
The #usisraeli military action will test the fragile rules governing the use of force.
The killing of #Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by a US-Israeli strike is a targeted #assassination of a head of state. It also marks a grave escalation in a region already burdened with smouldering wars and fragile states.
The consequences of the deliberate strike will reverberate across a #MiddleEast marked by the aftershocks of foreign intervention. Revulsion against the hardline regime in Tehran, or the desire for a better future for the Iranian people, does not confer a legal justification.
Force is lawful, under the UN charter, only in self-defence against an imminent attack or with security council approval. Neither condition has been met. There was no evidence of an “instant, overwhelming” Iranian attack being prepared. What Trump’s #OperationEpicFury looks like is not pre-emption but prevention: a decision to eliminate a future risk while an enemy appeared weak. It is a war of choice. Mr Trump’s call to #overthrow a #sovereign government was extraordinary.
Unlike pre-emptive wars, preventive ones are deemed #unlawful because they grant the powerful licence to #strikeatwill. The distinction is important; it is why many European governments rejected #Russia’s justification of its invasion of #Ukraine by claiming to head off a future threat. Law cannot be optional for allies and binding only for adversaries. The domestic foundations of Trump’s action are also shaky. There’s little public support in the US for this #attack, and #Congress was not asked to #authorise #hostilities. There will be even less appetite as the #civiliandeath toll mounts and #USsoldiers come home in #bodybags.
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#Trump’s #Iranian campaign: an #illegal #war that risks becoming the new normal.
The #usisraeli military action will test the fragile rules governing the use of force.
The killing of #Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by a US-Israeli strike is a targeted #assassination of a head of state. It also marks a grave escalation in a region already burdened with smouldering wars and fragile states.
The consequences of the deliberate strike will reverberate across a #MiddleEast marked by the aftershocks of foreign intervention. Revulsion against the hardline regime in Tehran, or the desire for a better future for the Iranian people, does not confer a legal justification.
Force is lawful, under the UN charter, only in self-defence against an imminent attack or with security council approval. Neither condition has been met. There was no evidence of an “instant, overwhelming” Iranian attack being prepared. What Trump’s #OperationEpicFury looks like is not pre-emption but prevention: a decision to eliminate a future risk while an enemy appeared weak. It is a war of choice. Mr Trump’s call to #overthrow a #sovereign government was extraordinary.
Unlike pre-emptive wars, preventive ones are deemed #unlawful because they grant the powerful licence to #strikeatwill. The distinction is important; it is why many European governments rejected #Russia’s justification of its invasion of #Ukraine by claiming to head off a future threat. Law cannot be optional for allies and binding only for adversaries. The domestic foundations of Trump’s action are also shaky. There’s little public support in the US for this #attack, and #Congress was not asked to #authorise #hostilities. There will be even less appetite as the #civiliandeath toll mounts and #USsoldiers come home in #bodybags.
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/35317/ Canada Condemns Israeli Plan to Occupy Southern Lebanon #a #An #and #Arab #calling #canada #clear #condemned #Condemns #country’s #end #escalating #hostilities #in #Islam #Israeli #it #Lebanon #Occupy #of #on #PLAN #provocative #regime’s #southern #sovereignty #strongly #territory #the #Times #to #tuesday #urging #violation
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#usa #israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #truce / #infighting / #government / #hezbollah
„Ambassadors are set to meet in Washington on Thursday as President Aoun hopes to ‘save Lebanon’ amid a fragile ceasefire.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that planned talks with Israel aim to end #hostilities and the #occupation in southern Lebanon, even as Hezbollah and its supporters rejected the #negotiations.“
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Frantic Trump Demands Allies Urgently Fix His Mess in Middle East
President Donald Trump is demanding that U.S. allies commit to clearing up the mess his war with Iran…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #DonaldTrump #hostilities #Iran #StraitofHormuz #WhiteHouse #World
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Beyond Hormuz: Busy and risky global shipping channels
Once again, the Strait of Hormuz has become the unfortunate ground zero for the world’s power brokers. But, it’s definitely not the only major shipping channel that has geopolitical risks associated with it. Of the busiest global shipping channels, at least four are currently experiencing instability, not to mention the usual risks from weather, pirates (yes pirates), and navigational dangers.
Source: theconversation.comThe Kerch Strait (see map below in the list) between Russia and Ukraine has been impacted by the ongoing war between those two nations and the Taiwan Strait is affected by tensions between China and Taiwan. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait (see map below in the list) between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula has been the scene of attacks on shipping, as well.
Ukraine attacked two Russian vessels transporting weapons and military equipment through the Kerch Strait on March 14, 2026. (Ukraine’s military intelligence agency / Telegram) – Source: kyivindepedent.comWhile the Strait of Hormuz is vital to oil and natural gas, it pales on in comparison to other global shipping channels listed below for the total number of ships/year passing through it. This maybe due to the immense size of oil tankers compared to other ships, but it is also located a bit off-the-beaten-path from the main shipping routes plus the Strait of Hormuz has only one real outlet. Furthermore, two pipelines have redirected a portion of the crude oil away from the Strait of Hormuz (see map just below) to other shipping points.
Source: eia.govFortunately, most of world’s busiest shipping channels are presently peaceful. But the risks associated with them does point to their strategic and tactical importance. And while they are now quiet, they haven’t always been so. Unfortunately, with increased importance comes added risk(s) or at least the potential for upheaval.
Unlike other resources that combine all Danish and St. Lawrence shipping channels into one number, this blogpost breaks these two routes down into their subparts to provide a more detailed picture. Given that there are multiple shipping channel options through the Danish Straits alone, it did not seem accurate to combine them all into one category. Similarly, at 1,900 miles, the sheer length of the St. Lawrence Seaway system was out of character with these other major passages.
The busiest global shipping channels (whether currently peaceful or risky) are provided below. As always, any additions, corrections, or suggestions to the list below are most welcome.
Peace!
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Source: worldatlas.comListed based on commercial ships per year passing through:
- English Channel = 350 miles long and ~182,500 ships/year
- Strait of Gibraltar = 37 miles long and ~109,500 ships/year
- Luzon Strait = 175 miles in length and ~100,000 ships/year
- Strait of Malacca = 310 miles long and ~94,000 ships/year
- Taiwan Strait = 220 miles long and ~91,250 ships/year
- Singapore Strait = 70 miles long and ~90,000+ ships/year
- Strait of Sicily = 370 miles long and ~85,000 ships/year
Subsections of the Danish Straits are provided below:
- Storebaelt = 40 miles long and ~ 76,000 ships/year
- Oresund Strait = 73 miles long and ~35,000 ships/year
- Bosphorus Strait = 20 miles long and ~55,000 ships/year
- Kanmon Strait = 17 miles long and ~50,000 ships/year
- Darndanelles Strait = 38 miles long and ~44,500 ships/year
- Kiel Canal = 61 miles long and ~32,850 ships/year – see Danish Straits map above
- Suez Canal = 119 miles long and ~20,440 ships/year
- Strait of Hormuz = 104 miles long and ~20,000 ships/year
- Bab el-Mandeb Strait = 70 miles long and ~20,000 ships/year
- Korea Strait ~ 170 miles long and ~17,410 ships/year
- Messina Strait = 20 miles long and ~15,000 ships/year
- Panama Canal = 51 miles long and ~14,000 ships/year (less during drought periods)
- Kerch Strait = 23.5 miles long and ~9,000 ships/year (fewer than prior to the invasion of Ukraine)
Subsections of the St. Lawrence Seaway are provided below:
- St. Mary’s Canal = 1.6 miles long and ~8,500 ships/year
- St. Clair River/Strait = 40 miles long and ~5,000 ships/year
- Welland Canal = 27.5 miles long and ~3,000 ships/year
- Straits of Mackinac = 30 miles long and ~2,500 ships/year
- Detroit River/Strait = 30 miles long and ~1,500 ships/year
- Strait of Juan de Fuca = 100 miles and ~8,000 ships/year
- Strait of Magellan = 350 miles long and ~1,500 ships/year
SOURCES:
- https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/02/worlds-busiest-ocean-shipping-routes-trade/
- https://iamovers.org/news/top-10-shipping-lanes-revealed/
- gemini.google.ai
- https://www.marineinsight.com/busiest-shipping-lanes-in-the-world/
- https://porteconomicsmanagement.org/wp-content/uploads/Map-Passages-with-Shipping-Routes.pdf
- https://en.macromicro.me/charts/94484/imf-bab-el-mandeb-strait-number-of-ships-and-transit-volume
- maps.google.com
- https://www.container-xchange.com/blog/shipping-routes
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Sicily#:~:text=The%20Strait%20of%20Sicily%20(also,the%20middle%20of%20the%20strait.
- https://www.salvogrima.com/salvo-grima-news/over-85000-tankers-and-ships-sail-by-malta-annually/
- https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-claims-successful-strike-on-2-russian-ships-ferrying-weapons/
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#Hostilities in the occupied #Palestinian territory (oPt) - 11 November 2025 - Public Health #Situation #Analysis (PHSA) (#WHO, summary), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/11/hostilities-in-occupied-palestinian.html
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Letters from an American – November 1, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, November 1, 2025
By Heather Cox Richardson, Nov 01, 2025
Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J. Trump’s celebration of his new marble bathroom in the White House was so tone deaf at a time when federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay their bills, healthcare premiums are skyrocketing, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are at risk, that it seemed likely to make the history books as a symbol of this administration.
But that image got overtaken just hours later by pictures from a Great Gatsby–themed party Trump threw at Mar-a-Lago last night hours before SNAP benefits ended. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby skewered the immoral and meaningless lives of the very wealthy during the Jazz Age who spent their time throwing extravagant parties and laying waste to the lives of the people around them.
Although two federal judges yesterday found that the administration’s refusal to use reserves Congress provided to fund SNAP in an emergency was likely illegal and one ordered the government to use that money, the administration did not immediately do as the judge ordered.
Trump posted on social media that “[o]ur Government lawyers do not think we have the legal authority to pay SNAP,” so he has “instructed our lawyers to ask the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible.” Blaming the Democrats for the shutdown, Trump added that “even if we get immediate guidance, it will unfortunately be delayed while States get the money out.” His post provided the phone number for Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer’s office, telling people: “If you use SNAP benefits, call the Senate Democrats, and tell them to reopen the Government, NOW!”
“They were careless people,” Fitzgerald wrote, “they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
This afternoon, Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson of the Washington Post reported that the administration is claiming it does not have to consult Congress to continue its attacks on Venezuela. The 1973 War Powers Act says it does.
In 1973, after President Richard M. Nixon ordered secret bombings of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution to reassert its power over foreign wars. “It is the purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations,” it read.
The law requires a president to notify Congress in writing within 48 hours of the start of hostilities, including the legal grounds for those hostilities, the circumstances that caused them, and an estimate of their scope and duration. The law requires the president to get the approval of Congress for any hostilities lasting more than 60 days.
On September 4, 2025, Trump notified Congress of a strike against a vessel in the Caribbean that he said “was assessed to be affiliated with a designated terrorist organization and to be engaged in illicit drug trafficking activities.” The letter added: “I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution.”
Monday will mark 60 days from that announcement, but the administration does not appear to be planning to ask for Congress’s approval. It has been reluctant to share information about the strikes, first excluding senior Senate Democrats from a Senate briefing, then offering House members a briefing that did not include lawyers and failed to answer basic questions. The top two leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Jack Reed (D-RI), have both said the administration has not produced documents, attack orders, and a list of targets required by law.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: November 1, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson
#2025 #America #Caribbean #Congress #DonaldTrump #Education #FScottFitzgerald #Health #History #Hostilities #HungryAmericans #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Murder #Opinion #Politics #Reading #Resistance #Science #SNAP #Substack #TheWashingtonPost #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates #Venezuela #WarPowersAct
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Top Russian official urged Putin to halt war
Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of Putin’s administration, recently urged Putin to stop war in #Ukraine & begin #PeaceTalks
#Kozak, longtime #Putin ally & 1 of few senior #Russian officials privately opposed to #war, presented plan to end #hostilities with proposals for internal reforms
Before full-scale invasion in 2022, he warned Putin about risks of fierce Ukrainian resistance
https://kyivindependent.com/top-russian-official-reportedly-urged-to-halt-war/
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Diplomatic means in Russia-Ukraine war‘exhausted
Comments come as recent #Russian-Ukrainian #PeaceTalks failed to reach any progress in ending the #hostilities
“When a #criminal regime openly questions another country’s right to exist with military force and sets out to destroy the political order of freedom on the entire #European continent, the federal government I lead will do everything in its power to prevent this,” Merz said
https://kyivindependent.com/diplomatic-means-in-russia-ukraine-war-have-been-exhausted-merz-06-2025/
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#Health #system at breaking point as #hostilities further intensify in #Gaza, #WHO warns, https://www.who.int/news/item/22-05-2025-health-system-at-breaking-point-as-hostilities-further-intensify--who-warns
#Israel’s intensified military operations continue to threaten an already weakened health system, amidst worsening mass population #displacement and acute shortages of #food, water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter.
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"The situation in #Aleppo Governorate remains extremely dynamic. As of 29 November, intense #hostilities continued in areas in Aleppo Governorate allegedly resulting in some significant #TerritorialChanges with implications for #civilians as well as humanitarian operations."
Pls. everyone be careful with #news of any type about the current situation in #Syria. Basically there are NO INDEPENDENT observer on the ground, all #info you get is from different #ArmedFactions!
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Russian soldier shoots civilian near Pokrovsk, video shows; prosecutors launch war crimes probe — Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian railway logistics hub in Rostov Oblast for second night — Death toll of Russian July 31 attack on Kyiv rises to 32 as another victim dies in hospital — Russian troops arrive in Belarus ahead of massive Zapad-2025 drills … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-7-2025/
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Russian soldier shoots civilian near Pokrovsk, video shows; prosecutors launch war crimes probe — Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian railway logistics hub in Rostov Oblast for second night — Death toll of Russian July 31 attack on Kyiv rises to 32 as another victim dies in hospital — Russian troops arrive in Belarus ahead of massive Zapad-2025 drills … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-7-2025/
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Russian soldier shoots civilian near Pokrovsk, video shows; prosecutors launch war crimes probe — Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian railway logistics hub in Rostov Oblast for second night — Death toll of Russian July 31 attack on Kyiv rises to 32 as another victim dies in hospital — Russian troops arrive in Belarus ahead of massive Zapad-2025 drills … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-7-2025/
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Russian soldier shoots civilian near Pokrovsk, video shows; prosecutors launch war crimes probe — Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian railway logistics hub in Rostov Oblast for second night — Death toll of Russian July 31 attack on Kyiv rises to 32 as another victim dies in hospital — Russian troops arrive in Belarus ahead of massive Zapad-2025 drills … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-7-2025/
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Wednesday, April 23 2025
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial] Russia’s war against Ukraine A view of damage after a Russian guided aerial bomb hit a residential neighborhood in Zaporizhzhia on April 22, 2025. The Russian strike killed a 69-year-old woman and injured 38 others, including children. (Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) Putin offers US to freeze Ukraine war along current front line, FT reports. This could be the first formal indication from Russian […]https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/wednesday-april-23-2025/
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Wednesday, April 23 2025
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial] Russia’s war against Ukraine A view of damage after a Russian guided aerial bomb hit a residential neighborhood in Zaporizhzhia on April 22, 2025. The Russian strike killed a 69-year-old woman and injured 38 others, including children. (Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) Putin offers US to freeze Ukraine war along current front line, FT reports. This could be the first formal indication from Russian […]https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/wednesday-april-23-2025/
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Wednesday, April 23 2025
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial] Russia’s war against Ukraine A view of damage after a Russian guided aerial bomb hit a residential neighborhood in Zaporizhzhia on April 22, 2025. The Russian strike killed a 69-year-old woman and injured 38 others, including children. (Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) Putin offers US to freeze Ukraine war along current front line, FT reports. This could be the first formal indication from Russian […]https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/wednesday-april-23-2025/
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Wednesday, April 23 2025
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial] Russia’s war against Ukraine A view of damage after a Russian guided aerial bomb hit a residential neighborhood in Zaporizhzhia on April 22, 2025. The Russian strike killed a 69-year-old woman and injured 38 others, including children. (Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) Putin offers US to freeze Ukraine war along current front line, FT reports. This could be the first formal indication from Russian […]https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/wednesday-april-23-2025/
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
Ukrainian drones hit Russian fiber optic plant in Saransk — Theater, drag shows, an&d art studios; Kharkiv’s cultural scene thrives, even in wartime — Military communications in Moscow Oblast sabotaged amid Russia’s Victory Day celebrations — [video/vlog] How Putin weaponized WW2 and Victory Day, historian explains … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/thursday-may-8-2025/
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
Ukrainian drones hit Russian fiber optic plant in Saransk — Theater, drag shows, an&d art studios; Kharkiv’s cultural scene thrives, even in wartime — Military communications in Moscow Oblast sabotaged amid Russia’s Victory Day celebrations — [video/vlog] How Putin weaponized WW2 and Victory Day, historian explains … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/thursday-may-8-2025/
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
Ukrainian drones hit Russian fiber optic plant in Saransk — Theater, drag shows, an&d art studios; Kharkiv’s cultural scene thrives, even in wartime — Military communications in Moscow Oblast sabotaged amid Russia’s Victory Day celebrations — [video/vlog] How Putin weaponized WW2 and Victory Day, historian explains … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/thursday-may-8-2025/
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
Ukrainian drones hit Russian fiber optic plant in Saransk — Theater, drag shows, an&d art studios; Kharkiv’s cultural scene thrives, even in wartime — Military communications in Moscow Oblast sabotaged amid Russia’s Victory Day celebrations — [video/vlog] How Putin weaponized WW2 and Victory Day, historian explains … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/thursday-may-8-2025/