German foreign minister says first phase of Trump's Gaza plan achievable by next week
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday that the initial stage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the conflict in Gaza must...
Finland is closely watching Russia’s ongoing Zapad-2025 military exercises in Russia, Belarus, and the Baltic and Barents Seas, Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) commander Janne Jaakkola said on Monday.
Speaking at the National Defense Course in Helsinki, Jaakkola warned the exercises could signal Russia’s wider ambitions and stressed they come during a tense period as Moscow continues its strikes in Ukraine.
“We remember how Zapad 21 was used as a framework for preparations for the war in Ukraine,” he said, noting troops remained in training areas after the 2021 exercise.
Jaakkola cautioned that unexpected developments could occur, highlighting that around 13,000 troops are reported to participate, though past drills involved far higher numbers than initially announced. He also flagged Russia’s recent airspace violations over Poland and Romania and stressed the need for new responses to cheap drone threats.
The Zapad-2025 military drills, running through to the 16th of September, are designed to test Russia and Belarus’ ability to repel an enemy attack, retake lost territory, and secure the borders of what they call their Union State, according to Russian and Belarusian Defence Ministries. Russia said the exercises will play out in two phases, with the first phase focused on defensive operations and the second on offensive manoeuvres.
Finnish Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen said Finland and U.S. forces will conduct extensive joint training this autumn, with more U.S. personnel expected in Finland on land, sea, and in the air. He described Russia as “weak but dangerous,” noting that President Vladimir Putin may increasingly rely on China and North Korea.
Finland shares the EU’s longest border with Russia, a frontier historically fortified following the 1939 Soviet invasion.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday that the initial stage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the conflict in Gaza must be implemented by the beginning of next week at the latest, while acknowledging that other elements of the proposal would take longer to resolve.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday found a militia leader guilty for the first time over atrocities committed in Sudan’s Darfur region more than two decades ago.
Protesters once again took to the streets of Madagascar’s cities on Monday, marking a third consecutive week of anti-government demonstrations now calling for President Andry Rajoelina to step down.
Iran and France indicated on Monday that talks on the release of two French citizens held in Iran in exchange for an Iranian national detained by France were progressing.
Ukraine’s military says it has carried out strikes on one of Russia’s main explosives factories and an oil terminal in occupied Crimea, escalating long-range attacks on key sites supporting Moscow’s war effort.
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