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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Max Delany

The Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives to attend an informal EU leaders summit in Brussels, on June 17, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP)
June 26, 2024, 1:29 pm
NATO picks Dutch PM Mark Rutte as next chief, as alliance faces perilous times
Seen as safe pair of hands amid threat posed by Putin, possible election of Trump; predecessor Stoltenberg hails ‘true transatlanticist, strong leader, consensus-builder’
By Max Delany
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2ndr) applauds a speech at the start of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 4, 2023. (Olivier MATTHYS / POOL / AFP)
April 4, 2023, 7:41 pm
Finland joins NATO in historic realignment sparked by Russian invasion of Ukraine
Western officials to up pressure on Hungary and Turkey to allow Sweden to follow suit; ‘Era of military non-alignment has ended,’ says alliance’s chief
By Max Delany
Local residents examine a crater following a missile strike in Dnipro on October 10, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)
October 12, 2022, 6:27 pm
Ukraine’s Western allies say air defense ‘the top priority’ amid Russian strikes
US defense chief denounces latest Russian attacks, says they have ‘only deepened the determination of the Ukrainian people and further united countries of goodwill’
By Max Delany and Sylvie LANTEAUME
Britain's King Charles III waves as he leaves after a visit to the Metropolitan Police Service Special Operations Room (SOR) to thank Emergency Service workers for their work and support, ahead of the funeral of late Queen Elizabeth II, at the Lambeth headquarters in London, September 17, 2022. (Carl de Souza/Pool via AP)
September 19, 2022, 2:59 am
King Charles thanks public, as UK holds minute of silence ahead of Queen’s funeral
New monarch says he’s ‘moved beyond measure’ at public sympathies for Elizabeth II; world leaders pay respects to queen’s casket as it lies in state; queue closed to new entrants
By Helen Rowe, Robin MILLARD and Max Delany
People queue to pay their respects to late Queen Elizabeth II who's lying in state at Westminster Hall in London, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
September 14, 2022, 11:38 pm
Mourners form miles-long line along the Thames to walk past Queen Elizabeth’s coffin
Westminster Hall is opened for the public, with many braving downpours to camp out overnight and pay their respects after queen’s coffin brought from Buckingham Palace
By Jitendra Joshi, Max Delany and Juliette MONTESSE
Britain's King Charles III leaves Aberdeen Airport as he travels to London, September 9, 2022. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)
September 10, 2022, 10:07 am
With trumpets and balcony declaration, Charles III to be formally proclaimed king
Centuries-old proceedings to be televised for 1st time Saturday; Accession Council, including Queen Consort Camilla, Prince William, PM Truss, to officially recognize sovereignty
By Danny Kemp and Max Delany
A farmer stands next to wheat field near Mykolaiv, Ukraine, July 21, 2022. (Bulent Kilic/AFP)
July 22, 2022, 12:34 pm
Ukraine farmers hope UN-brokered deal will free grain for export
Wheat and other grains trapped in country amid Russian blockade; ‘We don’t have any other choice — we have to hope something works,’ Ukrainian farmer says
By Max Delany
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after the summit of Caspian Sea littoral states in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, June 30, 2022. (Dmitry Azarov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
June 30, 2022, 10:22 am
As NATO expands with Sweden and Finland, Putin slams ‘imperial’ alliance
Russian president accuses Western military bloc of using Ukrainan war for its own purposes
By Max Delany and Dmytro Gorshkov
A Ukrainian tank is in position during heavy fighting on the front line in Severodonetsk, the Luhansk region, Ukraine, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak)
June 15, 2022, 3:52 pm
Ukraine pleads with West for heavy weapons as Russia presses to cut off key city
Zelensky aide says Ukrainian artillery outnumbered 10 to one; Moscow announces humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from besieged chemical plant in Severodonetsk
By Anna MALPAS and Max Delany
US President Joe Biden speaks to the press about the situation in Ukraine, after arriving on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on January 28, 2022. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
January 29, 2022, 9:16 am
Biden to send troops to eastern Europe amid Ukraine diplomacy push
US president says small deployment will bolster the NATO presence in region as tensions remain high
By Paul Handley, Max Delany and Michael MAINVILLE
The penal colony where a hospital for convicts is located in Vladimir, a city 180 kilometers (110 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Sergei Fedotov)
April 19, 2021, 8:17 pm
Russia moves Navalny to prison hospital after US, EU threaten ‘consequences’
Prison service insists Kremlin critic’s condition is ‘satisfactory,’ despite outcry over his deteriorating health
By Jonathan Brown and Max Delany
In this file photo taken in Nov. 15, 2006, George Blake, a former British spy and double agent in service of the Soviet Union, seen in Moscow, Russia (AP Photo, File)
December 26, 2020, 2:12 pm
British-Soviet Cold War double agent George Blake dies in Moscow aged 98
Spy passed names of hundreds of MI6 agents to KGB; escaped London jail with rope ladder; said he hated Nazis ‘because of my background. I was a British subject; I was half-Jewish’
By Max Delany
An Israeli Navy Sa'ar 5 corvette defends a natural gas extraction platform off Israel's coast, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 23, 2018, 10:31 pm
Tensions flare in east Mediterranean gas scramble
In an area riven by geopolitical feuds, quest for underwater resources has sparked dreams of economic transformation
By Max Delany
Belarusian army vehicles prepare for war games at an undisclosed location in Belarus on Sept. 11, 2017. (Vayar Military Agency photo via AP)
September 14, 2017, 4:35 pm
Rattling neighbors, Russia launches war games on NATO’s eastern flank
Huge drills, involving 12,700 troops, 70 aircraft, 250 tanks and 10 battleships near borders with Poland and Baltics, have West worried
By Max Delany
This photo taken on December 29, 2016 shows people walking past the Consulate-General of Russia in San Francisco, California. (AFP PHOTO / Josh Edelson)
September 2, 2017, 12:33 am
US-Russia ties battered by new row over diplomats
Moscow official says FBI planning to conduct search in San Francisco consulate on Saturday
By Max Delany
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