For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, Anadolu Agency, Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent, and to commentary from Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 5-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, YEMEN and LAWRENCE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Ukraine says it’s ready to resume talks with Russia but needs clarity on Kremlin’s terms, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, but Ukrainian officials have insisted that the Kremlin provide . . . READ MORE . . .

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Putin open to high-level Ukraine talks, but Kremlin demands progress first, by Alperen Aktaş | Anadolu Agency  ISTANBUL — Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for high-level negotiations on Ukraine, but a concrete outcome must first be achieved in direct talks between the delegations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today, according to Russian state-run media. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine proposes land, sea, air ceasefire with international monitoring – Russia stalls, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post  Ukraine has submitted a detailed proposal for ending the war with Russia, centered on a full ceasefire monitored by international partners, but accused Moscow of dragging its feet and possibly setting the stage to sabotage upcoming peace talks. According to a Ukrainian official who spoke to the New York Times, the proposal . . . READ MORE . . .

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NATO expansion ‘fair’ concern for Putin, Kellogg says, by Kateryna Denisova and news desk | The Kyiv Independent  NATO’s eastward expansion is a “fair” concern for Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg said in an interview on Thursday. As a condition for ending . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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Ukraine attacks elite Russian unit base nearly 7,000km away in Vladivostok, source claims, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent | Ukraine’s military intelligence agency was behind explosions near Desantnaya Bay in Russia’s Vladivostok today, which reportedly damaged military personnel and equipment, a source said.  READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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Trump won’t walk away from Ukraine war, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline  President Donald Trump has been on a learning curve, as he began sensing that the Kremlin is determined to realise the objectives it had set for itself last June. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to reports from the Cradle and Anadolu Agency; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (YEMEN 5-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE, GAZA and LAWRENCE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Yemen adds Israel’s national airline to target bank: report. From the Cradle. The Yemeni Armed Forces and Ansarallah resistance movement are planning to begin operations targeting Israel’s national airline, sources in Sanaa told Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 28  Yemeni Houthi group threatens Israel with ‘hot summer’ after strikes on Sanaa airport, by Shukri Hussein and Mohammad Sio | Anadolu Agency  SANAA / ISTANBUL — The Yemeni Houthi group reaffirmed its commitment Wednesday to supporting the Gaza Strip, seemingly undeterred by Israeli airstrikes that targeted the Sanaa International Airport. READ MORE . . .

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A link to commentary from Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on its name below. (UKRAINE, GAZA and YEMEN entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 28  The White House as mad house, by Patrick Lawrence | Special to Consortium News  I have come to three different ways to reckon with how one might best understand who the occupant of the White House truly is such that one’s expectations of our 47th president remain in line with reality between now and Jan. 20, 2029. READ MORE . . .

For today, reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Middle East Eye; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK 5-27-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  IRAN and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 13, officials say, by Julia Frankel and Natalie Melzer | AP  JERUSALEM — Israel said today it would establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization. Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip meanwhile killed at least 13 people overnight, local health officials said. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM MAY 28  Israeli forces kill Palestinian sleeping in his home, by Fayha Shalash | Middle East Eye  RAMALLAH, occupied Palestine — Israeli forces shot dead a 20-year-old Palestinian man while he slept in his home in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to reports from the the Cradle and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (IRAN 4-25-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 28  Trump says he warned Netanyahu to hold off on an Iran strike to give U.S. more time for nuclear talks, by Jon Gambrell, Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani | AP  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off on striking Iran to give the U.S. administration more time to push for a new nuclear deal with Tehran. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 28  White House ‘concerned’ Israel preparing attack on Iran to upend nuclear talks: report. From the Cradle. Israel is looking to “upend” Omani-mediated nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington with a military attack against Iranian nuclear facilities, and could possibly strike quickly with “little warning,” according to sources cited by the New York Times on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to six reports: from Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, and the Cradle; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK and IRAN entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Israeli government ministers reject U.S. envoy’s proposal for Gaza ceasefire, by Ahmed Asmar | Anadolu Agency  ANKARA — Israeli government ministers have strongly opposed U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff’s proposal for a Gaza ceasefire to end Israel’s brutal onslaught on the Palestinian enclave. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli strikes on kindergarten and homes in central and northern Gaza kill 44, by Mera Aladam | Middle East Eye  The Israeli military today struck residential areas in northern and central Gaza, including a kindergarten in Jabalia refugee camp, killing at least 44 people. READ MORE . . .

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Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 13, officials say, by Julia Frankel and Natalie Melzer | AP  JERUSALEM — Israel said today it would establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization. Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip meanwhile killed at least 13 people overnight, local health officials said.

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FROM MAY  28  U.S. and Israel are at odds with the UN over new aid program for Gaza. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR  The U.N. Security Council meets on Gaza, as the U.S. backs a new aid group and dismisses concerns by the U.N. that aid is being “politicized.” Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM MAY  28  Deadly break-in at UN warehouse as aid trickles into Gaza, by Nidal al-Mughrabi, James Mackenzie and Michelle Nichols | Reuters  CAIRO / JERUSALEM / UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations warehouse in war-torn Gaza was broken into by “hordes of hungry people” on Wednesday as aid trickles into the Palestinian enclave on the brink of famine and the United States readies new terms for a possible truce between Israel and Hamas. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY  28  GHF says operating ‘without incident’ in south Gaza as Israeli army guns down aid seekers. From the Cradle. The U.S. and Israeli-led Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said on Wednesday it was continuing operations “without incident” — this amid continued violence against starving Palestinians by Israeli forces, a day after . . . READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to nine reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, and the Cradle, and to an exchange via Consortium News; other published material or at least headlines is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  YEMEN, UKRAINE and  MEDIA entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Netanyahu says Hamas chief Mohammed Sinwar has been eliminated. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that Hamas Gaza chief, Mohammad Sinwar, one of its most wanted and the younger brother of the deceased group’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, had been eliminated. READ MORE . . .

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One killed, 48 wounded when forces fired on crowd overrunning aid site, Gaza officials say, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Melanie Lidman | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least one Palestinian was killed and 48 others wounded when forces opened fire on a crowd overrunning a new aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip set up by an Israeli and U.S.-backed foundation, Gaza’s Health Ministry said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from NPR, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and the Cradle.

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UN official blasts new U.S.-backed aid distribution system in Gaza. From Middle East Eye. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, today condemned the U.S.-backed aid system in Gaza after 47 people were injured during a chaotic food distribution, calling it “a waste of resources and a distraction from atrocities.” READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 27  Hamas accepts U.S. ceasefire proposal, calls for ‘global rage’ against Israeli genocide. From the Cradle. Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim announced on Tuesday that the Palestinian resistance movement has accepted U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s Gaza ceasefire proposal – coming one day after Witkoff publicly denied such reports. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for May 26 report from the Cradle.

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FROM MAY 27  On the ground in Gaza. Via Consortium News. Australian physician Mohammed Mustafa speaks and answers questions at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Tuesday. He returned from volunteering at Nasser and European hospitals in Khan Younis in Gaza. He is campaigning to build and sustain an Australian children’s hospital in Gaza. Independent senator David Pocock intoduces him. Click HERE for YouTube video. (Intro begins about 17 minutes in, and Mustafa begins talking about 24 minutes in.)

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First, a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (YEMEN 5-23-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israeli warplanes launch new strikes on Yemen’s main airport. From the Cradle. Israeli fighter jets carried out the airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport today, the latest in a series of attacks launched against the country by Tel Aviv. The Israeli army said it “attacked the main airport in Sanaa and aircraft belonging to the Houthi terrorist organization,” adding that . . . READ MORE . . .

First, links to eight reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Kyiv Post, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 5-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  YEMEN, GAZA and MEDIA entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Zelenskyy visits Berlin as he seeks more support for Ukraine in the war against Russia, by Stafanie Dazio | AP  BERLIN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was to meet with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin today as Ukraine seeks further military support amid a recent escalation in Russia’s bombing campaign,despite U.S.-led efforts to end the war. Germany has been the second-biggest supplier READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Putin’s demands for peace include an end to NATO enlargement, sources say, by Guy Faulconbridge | Reuters  MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin’s conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia, according to three Russian sources with knowledge of the negotiations. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from Kyiv Post and Tass.

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U.S and Russia row in public as Moscow masses 50,000 troops near Ukrainian region. From Reuters. The United States and Russia quarrelled in public today over the intensifying Ukraine war after US President Donald Trump warned that President Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire,” and Moscow massed 50,000 troops near a Ukrainian region. Swarms of drones were being launched by both sides while . . . READ MORE . . .

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Germany to help finance Ukrainian-made long-range systems, by Martin Fornusek, Chris York and Tim Zadorozhnyy | The Kyiv Independent  Germany and Ukraine will sign a memorandum on the joint purchase of “long-range fires” made by Ukrainian producers, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced today. Berlin will also help finance  . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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A link to a report from Politico; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (MEDIA 5-26-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  YEMEN, UKRAINE and GAZA entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 27  NPR sues Trump over funding cuts amid ongoing battle between administration and press, by Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing | Politico  NPR and three Colorado member stations sued the Trump administration today over the president’s executive order seeking to halt federal funding for public media. The lawsuit argues that . . . READ MORE . . .

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