Washington has reportedly proposed a UN resolution opposing Israel’s planned Rafah offensive US President Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly dropped its opposition to a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and proposed a UN resolution calling on Israel to cancel its planned military offensive in the Palestinian enclave’s last refuge for displaced civilians.

A mop-up operation is underway in the fortified city, and Ukrainian troops are in “disorderly retreat,” Russia’s Defense Ministry has said Russian troops have captured the strategically important Avdeevka Coke and Chemical plant, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. Ukrainian troops had occupied the complex and turned it into a heavily fortified launchpad for attacks on…

Kiev’s worsening prospects on the battlefield and uncertainty over new funding have dominated the Munich Security Conference The Ukrainian military’s worsening prospects on the battlefield have prompted Western officials to call for more US military aid at the Munich Security Conference, Politico reported on Sunday.