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Yemen: Hostilities escalate between Israel and the Houthis
Yemen: Hostilities escalate between Israel and the Houthis
August 27, 2025
Israeli fighter jets carried out a massive air strike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday. According to the Israeli army (IDF), several military targets were hit: a complex also housing the presidential palace, two power stations and a fuel depot.
Israel emphasizes that all these installations were being used by the Houthis for military purposes, supplying command centers with electricity, or refuelling drones.
The Houthi authorities report that at least six people were killed and almost 90 injured, including many civilians. Images from Sanaa show burning fuel storage depots and damaged apartment blocks.
This attack is not the first Israeli operation against the Houthis, but it is one of the heaviest attacks since the opening of this new front.
Why is Israel responding now?
On August 22, the Houthis fired a missile at Israel that, according to the IDF, was equipped for the first time with submunitions, i.e. a warhead containing cluster bombs. These weapons are subject to international prohibitions, as they are responsible for a great many civilian casualties.
Israel clearly views the cluster bomb attack as a qualitative escalation. With this retaliatory strike, the Israeli government seems to be signalling that it will no longer simply defend itself against Houthi attacks, but will hit back with even greater force at their place of origin.
Rocket and drone attacks from Yemen have been more frequent in recent months. Hannah Porter, an independent Yemen analyst, believes they have also assumed a new quality.
“The Houthis apparently have a slightly new military capability, which is including submunitions in their missiles that they’re launching toward Israel,” Porter told DW. “So I think the logic behind that is that they know the vast majority of their missiles will be intercepted over Israeli airspace. If some of the shrapnel, or some of the fragments, actually contain submunitions that will explode upon impact, I think they are hoping that will allow a more severe impact of their targeting in Israel, and potentially reaching Ben Gurion Airport.”
When did the Houthis start attacking Israel?
The confrontation began in the autumn of 2023. Shortly after the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7, the Houthis announced that they would carry out attacks against Israel “in solidarity.”
On October 19, 2023, the US Navy shot down Houthi rockets, believed to be aimed at Israel, over the Red Sea for the first time. On October 31, the Houthis officially confirmed that they had fired drones and rockets at the Israeli city of Eilat.
Since then, they have launched repeated attacks, some of which have triggered air alerts in Israel. July 19, 2024 was particularly severe: A Houthi drone hit the center of Tel Aviv, killing one civilian.
Israel responded with air strikes on Houthi targets in Hodeidah, a Red Sea port city in western Yemen that had already been targeted repeatedly in air attacks by Saudi Arabia.
Yemen analyst Hannah Porter sees a strategic logic in the Houthi attacks. “The Houthis have consistently been targeting Israel since around October 7, 2023,” she said. “There have been some pauses and some ups and downs in terms of the frequency of targeting, but the Houthis have made it clear repeatedly, no matter what kind of airstrikes they sustain, from Israel or the US, that they will continue this campaign against Israel.”
What interests are the Houthis pursuing?
The Houthis, who refer to themselves as Ansar Allah (Helpers/Supporters of God), have controlled the majority of northern Yemen since 2014. They are fighting a civil war against a government supported by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The Houthis are internationally isolated and dependent on their ally Iran.
The United Nations has established that, for years now, Tehran has been supplying the Houthis with weapons and missile and drone technology, as well as supporting them with military training. The Houthis are important to Iran, as they provide it with leverage in the region. With their help, Tehran is able to put pressure on Saudi Arabia and the US, as well as on Israel.
The Houthis, meanwhile, are using the war in Gaza to portray themselves as part of the “resistance camp.” They present their attacks on Israel as an expression of Muslim solidarity with Palestinians, which gains them support among their own people. At the same time, they hope to attract international attention, which they can use in the negotiations aimed at ending the Yemeni civil war.
The humanitarian situation in Yemen is dire. Hunger, malnutrition, and undernourishment are at a record high. According to the UN, more than half the population is dependent on humanitarian aid. Infrastructure and the health system have practically collapsed as a result of the civil war.
What consequences will the conflict have for the region?
This new escalation doesn’t only affect Israel and Yemen: It also has an impact on global trade. Since late 2023, the Houthis have regularly threatened cargo ships in the Bab el-Mandab Strait, one of the most important shipping lanes in the world. Shipping companies often have to take the longer route around the Cape of Good Hope, and this significantly increases costs.
Consequently, in December 2023, the US and Britain launched the naval Operation Prosperity Guardian to protect shipping traffic in the Red Sea. Since then, there have been repeated strikes by Western forces against Houthi positions. This latest strike by Israel is therefore part of a wider pattern of international military action aimed at limiting Houthi attacks.
This article was originally published in German.
Israel uses 'double tap' tactic in Gaza: Former IDF soldier
August 26, 2025
Middle East updates: Trump to host meeting on post-war Gaza
Middle East updates: Trump to host meeting on post-war Gaza
Published August 27, 2025last updated August 27, 2025
What you need to know
The White House’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said US President Donald Trump will chair a meeting with top US and Israeli officials on Wednesday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also due to meet his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar in Washington, D.C.
The meetings come as Israel continues to expand its offensive in Gaza City, warning that a population displacement of the enclave’s largest city is “inevitable.”
Meanwhile, German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan, who is visiting Israel and the Middle East this week, was forced to take shelter after Yemen-based Houthi rebels fired a missile at Israel on Wednesday morning.
The missile launch comes amid an escalation in recent days between the Iran-backed militants and Israel.
Follow the latest developments of Israel’s war in Gaza and the wider Middle East region on Wednesday, August 27:
Israeli army raids West Bank’s Nablus
Dozens of Israeli army soldiers and armored vehicles were involved in an operation in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
The Israeli military has confirmed the raid to AFP news agency, but did not say what the goal of the operation was.
“The assault on Nablus is merely a show of force with no justification,” Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas told AFP.
The head of the organization Palestinian Medical Relief in Nablus, Ghassan Hamdan, told AFP that the Israeli troops were “storming and searching houses and shops inside the old city, while some houses have been turned into military posts.”
Residents of Nablus said the raid began at around 3:00 a.m. (00:00 UTC). They said Israeli soldiers stormed several districts in the old city, which is home to approximately 30,000 people.
Palestinian media Wafa said the raid lasted nine hours, and resulted in one Palestinian being detained.
Several families were also evacuated from their homes, Wafa reported.
Since the outbreak of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, violence in the West Bank — which Israel has occupied since 1967 — has also spiked.
Nablus’ old city has seen several major Israeli army operations targeting Palestinian militants.
Turkey dismisses Netanyahu’s Armenian genocide ackowledgement
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry voiced harsh criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying his effective acknowledgement of the 1915 killings of Armeniansby the Ottoman Empire as genocide is “an attempt to exploit past tragedies for political reasons.”
“Netanyahu who is on trial for his role in the genocide committed against the Palestinian people, is attempting to cover up the crimes he and his government has committed,” the ministry said in a statement.
While Netanyahu is currently not on trial on such a charge, he has an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court against him over alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel’s war in Gaza against Hamas.
When did Netanyahu make his comment on the Armenian genocide?
The host of the US-based PBD podcast late Tuesday had asked Netanyahu why he had not recognized the Armenian genocide.
In response, Netanyahu said “I just did.” The host of the PBD podcast, Patrick Bet-David, has Armenian ancestry.
Up to 1.5 million people were killed during the Armenian genocide carried out by the Ottoman Empire, which took place between 1915 and 1917.
IAEA inspectors return to Iran after 7 weeks
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have returned to Iran, authorities in Tehran confirmed Wednesday.
The UN watchdog’s inspectors had left the country in June in the wake of Israeli and US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Although IAEA director Rafael Grossi said the experts are set to resume their work, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian state television that there was still no agreement on how the UN-backed inspectors would cooperate with Iran.
“No final text has yet been approved on the new cooperation framework with the IAEA and views are being exchanged,” Araghchi said.
Tehran allowed the IAEA inspectors back into the country as a deadline set by Germany, France and the United Kingdom was set to expire.
The three European countries — known as the E3 — had said UN sanctions would be reintroduced if Iran did not resolve the dispute over its nuclear programme diplomatically.
The dispute, as well as the strikes in June, are a result of a belief that Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons.
Tehran has strongly and repeatedly denied those allegations, insisting that its nuclear activities are intended for civilian purposes.
Gaza City displacement ‘inevitable’ — Israeli military
The displacement of Gaza City’s population is “inevitable,” an Arabic language spokesperson for the Israeli military has said.
The IDF has intensified its offensive as part of plans to take control of the city, the biggest in the Palestinian enclave, in recent weeks.
“Evacuating Gaza City is inevitable,” Avichay Adraee said in a post on X.
The spokesman dismissed “false rumors” that there is no space in the south of Gaza for people to go to.
“There are vast empty areas in the southern Strip, just as is the case in the central camps and in Al-Mawasi,” Adraee said.
“Every family that relocates to the south will receive the most abundant humanitarian aid,” he said.
Israel has been heavily criticized by the United Nations, aid organizations and numerous countries for failing to prevent the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, where a famine was declared last week.
Israeli authorities have consistently denied those allegations.
Iran security forces kill at least 13 militants in restive southeast
Iran’s security forces killed at least 13 militants in the southeast of the country, state media reported on Wednesday.
In a statement broadcast by Iranian state television, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said “13 terrorists have been killed and a number of others arrested” in Zahedan, in Sistan-Baluchistan province, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The TV report said that some of the dead were suspects in last Friday’s killing of five police officers who were on a patrol in the province.
Those killings have been claimed by Jaish al-Adl, a Sunni separatist militant group that wants greater rights for the ethnic Baluch minority.
The group is classified as a terrorist organization by Iran and the United States.
The state-run Tasnim news agency reported that eight others were killed in the city of Iranshahr, during an operation by local police and the IRGC.
Last month, Jaish al-Adl stormed a courthouse in Zahedan, killing nine people and injuring 22 others.
The province, which is home to a large Sunni Baluch community, is one of the poorest in Shiite-majority Iran.
Israel troops in Gaza ‘enabling expansion’ of offensive
Gideon Sa’ar’s trip to Washington comes amid stalled efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, where Israel’s military campaign shows no sign of relenting.
Israel on Wednesday said its forces were “engaged in combat” in Jabaliya and on the outskirts of Gaza City, in the north of the enclave.
In a statement published on Telegram, the IDF said their action “enables the expansion” of its offensive in Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses in Gaza City said Israeli tanks had entered a new area on the outskirts of the city, which was the enclave’s most populated before the war began in October 2023.
Israel FM visits Washington, Trump set to host meeting at White House
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar is heading to Washington, D.C. for a meeting with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday.
The trip will be Sa’ar’s first in the role, which he took over in November last year. The pair met during Rubio’s visit to Israel in February.
US President Donald Trump will chair a meeting of top US and Israeli officials at the White House on Wednesday, envoy Steve Witkoff said.
It was unclear which officials would attend the meeting, which is expected to focus on post-war plans for the devastated Palestinian enclave.
Witkoff reportedly said Tuesday that Washington expects the conflict in the war-torn territory to be resolved by the end of 2025.
The White House meeting is the latest attempt by Trump — who has portrayed himself as a “peacemaker” — to bring about an end to the conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has even nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Earlier this year, Trump stirred widespread outrage when he suggested that the US take control of the Gaza Strip and redevelop the enclave into a Mediterranean resort.
Attempts to broker a ceasefire have so far proved unsuccessful.
The Islamist militant group Hamas said recently that it has agreed to a ceasefire deal proposed by mediators Qatar and Egypt. But Qatar said on Tuesday that Israel has yet to respond.
That proposal, which was a revision of one initially put forward by Witkoff, would see the staggered release of hostages over 60 days in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
Last week, Netanyahu ordered talks with Hamas to secure the release of the remaining 50 hostages, only 20 of whom are believed to still be alive.
But Netanyahu also insisted that Israel would push on with widely decried plans to seize Gaza City.
German minister shelters from Houthi strike on Israel
German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan, who is on a visit to Israel and the Middle East region, was brought to an air raid shelter on Wednesday after Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired a missile at Israel.
The IDF said air raid sirens sounded “in several areas in Israel following a projectile that was launched from Yemen.” The IDF statement added that the missile had been intercepted.
Alabali Radovan said that after the alarm sounded, German Federal Criminal Police (BKA) officers, who were accompanying her on the trip, brought her from her hotel room in East Jerusalem to an air raid shelter.
The politician from the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the junior partner in Germany’s governing coalition, then continued her trip as planned.
She met in Tel Aviv with the relatives of Israeli hostages, and also visited villagers in the central West Bank.
After visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories, Alabali Radovan is due to travel to Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
The missile launch from Yemen comes amid an escalation in recent days between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Israel.
Israel’s Air Force on Sunday pounded Yemen’s capital city Sanaa, killing at least 10 people, in response to a missile fired last week that targeted Tel Aviv airport.
Israeli authorities said that attack marked the first time the Houthis had used cluster munitions.
Since the conflict in the enclave began in October 2023, the rebels have repeatedly attacked Israel with drone and rocket-fire.
The Houthis say their attacks on Israel are in solidarity with Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired another missile at Israel early on Wednesday morning.
After air raid sirens had sounded, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the projectile was intercepted.
German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan, who is visiting the Middle East this week, was brought from her hotel room in East Jerusalem to an air raid shelter.
The missile is the latest that the Houthis have launched at Israel. Last week, the rebels fired a rocket towards Tel Aviv airport that, according to the IDF, was equipped for the first time with a warhead containing cluster bombs.
Stay tuned for more live updates of developments in Israel and the Middle East.
Germany updates: Cabinet passes military service bill
Germany updates: Cabinet passes military service bill
Published August 27, 2025last updated August 27, 2025
What you need to know
- German Cabinet greenlights voluntary military service draft bill, more than a decade after suspending compulsory duty
- Cabinet also approves creation of National Security Council
- Activists blockade army careers office in Cologne as the government meets on boosting military
- Merz, Macron and Tusk head to Moldova for independence anniversary
Below is a roundup of news and analysis on a range of issues making headlines in Germany on Wednesday, August 27:
German trans neo-Nazi accused of abusing the law
A convicted high-profile extremist and transphobic activist has presented themselves as a transwoman, demanding to be sent to a womens’ prison. German conservatives demand a change in the law that made this possible.
Read more here
Rheinmetall unveils new ammunition plant
Germany’s largest arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall, cut the ribbon of a new factory for the production of artillery ammunition.
Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger said production of 155-millimeter caliber rounds will be ramped up gradually and reach up to 350,000 rounds per year by 2027.
The plant in Unterlüß in northern Germany will be the largest in Europe and Papperger says similar plants can be built at a similar pace in NATO countries.
The production plants could contribute to a “pan-European defense ecosystem,” Papperger said at an event attended by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil.
“Building this factory proves that Germany can do things quickly when it really matters,” Papperger said.
The new plant — whose groundbreaking was in February 2024 — boasts a total investment volume of €500 million ($585.35 million).
German students spend more than half their income on rent
Germany’s Federal Statistical Office has revealed that students with their own household spent on average 53% of their disposable income on housing in 2023, more than double the 25% average across the population.
The findings matter because they show young people in education face a housing burden well above the national level, leaving many officially “overburdened” and at risk of financial insecurity.
Students living alone spent 54% of their income on rent and utilities, while those sharing with others spent 37%. Trainees with their own household spent 41% on average, rising to 42% for those living alone. By contrast, shared trainee households faced costs equal to 26% of income.
Students and trainees earn comparatively little, often combining studies with part-time work. Half of students with their own household had less than €930 (just over $1,000) a month in disposable income. Trainees reported a median of €1,278. These low income levels magnify the effect of high housing costs
Cabinet approves creation of National Security Council
The German government has approved the establishment of a National Security Council (NSR) aimed at streamlining security policy and decision-making ability in times of crisis.
The NSR — to be chaired by Chancellor Friedrich Merz — will meet regularly and also take on strategic forecasting and planning.
The NSR will include key ministers as well as officials from allied countries and organizations, including the European Union and NATO.
Merz linked the establishment of the NSR and the move to bolster troop numbers with the threat posed by Russia.
“Russia has long been carrying out hybrid attacks against us,” said Merz, highlighting “massive interference” in German democracy and targeted attacks on IT security.
WATCH — How does Germany plan to boost number of Bundeswehr recruits?
Against a backdrop of war in Ukraine and simmering conflicts elsewhere, Germany’s government is introducing new rules around military service and is even considering reintroducing compulsory service.
What the new military service model entails
According to the German Defense Ministry, Minister Boris Pistorius wants to create a new military service model without having to amend Basic Law.
The draft bill approved by Cabinet seeks to strengthen defensive capabilities with military reservists playing a key role.
“The goal of the New Military Service is to contribute to strengthening the reserve — that is, increasing the number of available reservists — and to strengthening the active troops, especially among the enlisted personnel,” the Defense Ministry said.
In accordance with the draft law, there will be a mandatory survey among men dealing with willingness to perform military service.
This will be sent in a letter with a QR code after a man’s 18th birthday, leading to an online questionnaire.
“For persons of other genders, answering the questions is voluntary, as they are not subject to conscription,” the Defense Ministry said on its website.
The ministry said that German security could not be taken for granted and that another goal of the New Military Service was to provide young people the opportunity of serving Germany.
In light of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the ministry said that the Bundeswehr was focusing on national and alliance defense and creating the necessary structures for this.
German Cabinet passes bill for voluntary military service
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced that the government passed a bill for voluntary military service, as the country seeks to significantly bolster troop recruitment.
The new military service model proposed by Pistorius is largely based on voluntary service, and there are currently no plans to reinstate compulsory service.
Pistorius wants to increase the number of soldiers in service from 180,000 to 260,000 by the early 2030s to meet new NATO force targets.
In a press conference after the approval of the proposal, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said: “From today’s perspective, I am confident that we will initially achieve the numbers we need.”
Merz also said that Russia is and will continue to be the greatest threat to Europe’s security for a long time to come.
Lawmakers are expected to rigorously debate the bill and possibly add changes before approving it.
Merz among European leaders heading to Moldova for independence anniversary
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will be heading to Moldova on Wednesday.
The visit comes as the country marks the 34th anniversary of its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
The leaders are showing support for President Maia Sandu and her pro-European government ahead of the September parliamentary elections.
In 2021, President Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won 63 of the 101 parliamentary seats, but the ruling party may lose its majority due to the challenging economic situation.
Moldova borders Ukraine’s western border, and the country is divided between pro-European and pro-Russian forces.
Since the 1990s, Russia has had forces stationed in Transnistria, a narrow strip of land in the east of the republic and a breakaway region.
Russia has had forces stationed in its breakaway region of Transnistria, a narrow strip of land in the east of the republic, since the 1990s.
WATCH — How well have 2015 refugees integrated in German job market?
Ten years on, a new study shows 64% of refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq who arrived in Germany in 2015 are employed — revealing deeper trends.
Feeling of being welcome in Germany has declined among refugees — study
A long-term analysis by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) shows that the feeling of being welcome in Germany among refugees has seen a steady decline.
Researchers asked refugees: “Do you feel welcome in Germany today?”
According to the study, only 65% of respondents said they felt welcome in 2023, compared to 84% in 2017.
The figure was 78% in 2020.
The study saw people who applied for asylum or temporary protection in Germany between 2013 and September 2022, surveyed annually between 2017 and 2023, regardless of whether their applications were successful.
The authors of the study found a correlation between the debate on tightening migration measures and the decline in the sentiment of feeling welcome.
“In addition, 2023 saw, as today, a high level of group-focused enmity and increased visibility of migration-critical positions in political discourse,” the analysis states.
Labor costs in Germany 22% highers than foreign competitors — study
Labor costs in Germany were 22% higher last year than the average of 27 other industrialized countries studied by the German Economic Institute (IW).
“The shortage of skilled workers is driving wages further up, and costs in Germany are likely to continue to rise in the coming years,” warned IW economist Christoph Schröder.
The IW suggested that the federal government could help limit this trend by curbing the growth of non-wage labor costs and responding to the demographic challenge. “Without a reform of the social systems, the country will gradually slide into deindustrialization,” the think tank warned.
From 2018 to 2024, a period marked by multiple economic and geopolitical crises, unit labor costs in German industry rose by 18%.
Despite this, German industry remains among the most productive in the world.
Activists block entrance to German armed forces career center
An anti-war alliance called “Rheinmetall Entwaffnen” or “Disarm Rheinmetall” has blocked access to a regional armed forces careers center in the western German city of Cologne.
The group posted videos on social media showing members dressed in white overalls standing in a line outside the premises with police in close attendance.
“We are not ready for war! We want nothing to do with the wars of the ruling class and are not prepared to die for a country that is increasingly cutting away our entire social infrastructure,” the alliance said in a statement. The blockade was confirmed by local police.
The protest is taking place ahead of the Cabinet’s discussion of the new draft law seeking to address the shortfall in military recruitment.
A spokeswoman for the Bundeswehr in Cologne said freedom of opinion and assembly were fundamental rights and among the highest
values of democracy.
“We also fight for people to be able to be against us,” she was quoted as saying by the dpa news agency.
German government to discuss military service bill
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is due to present a draft law to Germany’s Cabinet, focusing initially on voluntary recruitment for the Bundeswehr — the country’s armed forces.
Germany and other NATO member states have committed to upgrading their defensive capabilities in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, needs around 80,000 additional professional soldiers and 140,000 reservists under NATO plans.
The draft law up for discussion will initially focus on voluntary recruitment to address the shortfall.
The government wants to “send a very clear signal (…): We are focusing on voluntary service, we are getting these numbers,” Pistorius said on Wednesday on Deutschlandfunk radio, referring to the number of additional troops needed for the armed forces.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that there is consensus among coalition partners with “no fundamental disagreement” when it comes to the objective.
Germany suspended compulsory military service in 2011 but it and can be reintroduced with a simple majority in parliament, should the expansion plan progress too slowly.
Welcome to our coverage
Guten Tag from the DW newsroom in Bonn.
Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is due to present a draft bill to the Cabinet on Wednesday, focusing initially on voluntary recruitment for the German military.
The Bundeswehr has a current shortfall of 80,000 professional soldiers and 140,000 reservists.
Meanwhile, a group an anti-war alliance blocked the entrance of a German armed forces regional career center this morning in Cologne.
Stay with us for more throughout the day!
EU leaders join Moldovan independence celebrations
August 27, 2025
text: Located on Ukraine’s western border, the small Eastern European nation of Moldova quickly applied for European Union accession when Russia invaded its larger neighbor in 2022. Three years on, however, Moldova’s path to full EU membership has become embroiled in an internal EU dispute linked to tensions with Hungary. With celebrations marking independence from the Soviet Union just around the corner and crucial parliamentary elections only weeks away, European leaders are in the capital, Chisinau, to boost morale amid growing Russian interference.
Ukraine wants US weapons to strike within Russia
August 27, 2025
Despite years of efforts to bring the war between Ukraine and Russia to an end, the conflict continues unabated.
While US President Donald Trump has urged Ukraine to take a more aggressive stance, the Pentagon has quietly restricted the use of US weapons inside Russia. Yet Washington is also supplying Ukraine with long-range ERAM missiles, capable of reaching deep into Russian territory.
