Current Events

Irish Prime Minister

11 Oct 2024 6 2

Ramesh Poola

Inserted 3 hours ago

“Obviously, we were looking for more details on what exactly his future plans are going to be and how he's [Elon Musk] going to monetise this new AI and robotics. He's shown the prototypes and definitely, there's some excitement around it. But widespread adoption of autonomous Cybercabs, where riders can hail rides through an Uber-style app, are still maybe three to four years away.”

Co-chief investment officer at Creative Planning, which holds Tesla shares

11 Oct 2024 6 3

Matthew Wansley

Inserted 3 hours ago

“Tesla software is at least years behind where Waymo is. That's the hard part. No flashy vehicle design is going to change that.”

Professor at New York’s Cardozo School of Law

11 Oct 2024 2 2

Ross Gerber

Inserted 4 hours ago

“His [Elon Musk] vision is lovely, but somebody has to actualise it. For now, for the next 24 months, Tesla has to sell EVs. Why aren't we focused on that?”

Tesla shareholder and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management

11 Oct 2024 3 3

Noemi Di Segni

Inserted 4 hours ago

“We are experiencing hours of grave tension for what happened with the attacks of the Israeli army against UNIFIL outposts, in a situation on the ground that is extremely complex and dangerous for everybody. We are fully aware of the critical nature of the ongoing situation, including on a political level, of these episodes which, we have learned, are being subjected to a careful investigation by all the appropriate.”

Ansa

President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities

11 Oct 2024 3 2

Dorsa Jabbari

Inserted 9 hours ago

“Hezbollah is standing firm; just this afternoon, we heard from the media relations department, which delivered a message to the internal parties in Lebanon not to bet on Hezbollah's defeat. The organisation has suffered hits, but they are not out. They haven't even used most of the military potential that they have despite the continuous Israeli bombardment. Of course, we are now seeing a huge civilian toll that is now caught in the middle of this fighting.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Beirut

11 Oct 2024 3 3

Touraj Atabaki

Inserted 10 hours ago

“Pezeshkian [Masud Pezeshkian] is trying to gauge to what extent Iran can rely on Russia for help. Russia wants to stand with Iran due to Iran's support in its war on Ukraine but Moscow doesn't want to darken its relationship with Israel further and cut all ties.”

Professor emeritus of Middle East and Central Asia social history at Leiden University in the Netherlands

11 Oct 2024 5 6

Masoud Pezeshkian

Inserted 10 hours ago

“European countries and the United States don't want relations between countries [in the Middle East] to develop peacefully. The situation in the region has escalated dramatically because Israel doesn't recognize any international legal and humanitarian standards.”

Tass

Iranian President

11 Oct 2024 4 6

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 11 hours ago

“This is exactly what we need - the restoration of a just peace for Ukraine, and this is a victory for us, and this is what we are working for. Today I will present Olaf [German Chancellor Olaf Scholz] with a plan on how, in our opinion, to force Russia to peace, that is, how to end this war, I would like to say, no later than 2025. That is, this plan is not to replace our peace initiative, but to strengthen Ukraine's position for the sake of getting closer to peace.”

President of Ukraine

11 Oct 2024 4 3

Daniel Seidemann

Inserted 12 hours ago

“Since last year, the Israeli military and particularly the political echelons have become more promiscuous with how many human casualties they can tolerate. Any military operation requires proportionality. What we witnessed in Gaza and Lebanon and engagement with UNIFIL, it goes well beyond any reasonable interpretation of what proportionality is. These are unnecessary casualties. But my government is not interested in a diplomatic solution, my prime minister has a vested interest in prolonging the war.”

Aje

Specialist on Israeli-Palestinian relations

11 Oct 2024 5 4

Guy Shalev

Inserted 13 hours ago

“There are more than 20,000 Palestinians who await medical evacuation in Gaza who can't be treated there and can't get out. Only several hundred have been allowed to leave since May. In the occupied West Bank, the organisation is working closely with Palestinians to document settler violence and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian communities while trying to assist prisoners. Access is very restricted. For instance, the ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross] has not had any access to any Israeli prison in the past year, which is a dire violation of prisoners' human rights and of international law. We're getting a lot of medical requests that we can't fully address because of the sheer amount and scale of violations. We're now trying to address the needs of people who weigh just 40kg and are in very bad health conditions after long months of not getting proper medical care and nutrition.”

Aje

Executive director of Physicians for Human Rights Israel

11 Oct 2024 9 2

Mohammed Afif

Inserted 13 hours ago

“Some media outlets, including global international outlets, cannot dare address the Israelis and tell them openly you are killing unarmed, defenceless innocent civilians. The Israeli army continues to bombard residential areas and kill civilians, under the false pretext that these are weapons depots. The Israelis are even targeting Dahiyeh with bombs saying there are weapons there. Above all, they impede and deny the civil defence and paramedics access to the areas.”

Aje

Hezbollah’s media chief

11 Oct 2024 8 1

Trissia Wijaya

Inserted 23 hours ago

“I don't think the planned tariffs would have a major effect on Indonesia-China economic cooperation overall. This can be traced back to the real mainstay of our [Indonesian] relationship over the past few years, which is critical mineral trade volume, in which China absorbed more than 80 percent of our nickel output. The nickel supply is pivotal for China's strategic interests. As long as the mainstay is not destroyed, I don't think it would infuriate Beijing either as it is applicable to textiles, ceramics, and electronics.”

Senior research fellow at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan

11 Oct 2024 4 5

Siwage Dharma Negara

Inserted 23 hours ago

“Just reducing imports may not be an ideal goal. We need imports for raw materials and local industrial materials and, if tariffs are imposed, these industries will be affected. The government should place emphasis on supporting the growth of local businesses in addition to curbing imported goods. Businesses need to be helped to be more efficient and grow stronger, and for this the government needs to provide clear targets.”

Senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore

11 Oct 2024 3 5

Ian Wilson

Inserted 23 hours ago

“Jakarta has pursued a model of new developmentalism that aims to foster rapid economic growth while shielding local businesses from competition. Southeast Asian style developmentalism is a well-known model beginning in the 1970s with a high degree of government intervention in the economy overseeing a transition of labour, output, and exports away from low productivity agriculture towards higher productivity manufacturing sector and industrialisation. The immediate question, however, is what is the calculation in imposing tariffs of this kind?”

Lecturer in politics and security studies at Murdoch University in Perth

11 Oct 2024 6 5

Barack Obama

Inserted 10 hours ago

“We don't need four more years of arrogance and bumbling and bluster and division. America is ready to turn the page. We are ready for a better story, one that helped us work together instead of turning against each other. Pennsylvania, we're ready for President Kamala Harris. I am the hopey changey guy so I understand people feeling frustrated, feeling we can do better. What I cannot understand is why anybody would think that Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that is good for you, Pennsylvania. I don't understand that.”

Cnn

Former US president

10 Oct 2024 6 3

Nicholas Eberstadt

Inserted 10 hours ago

“For the first time since the Black Death in the 1300s, the planetary population will decline. But whereas the last implosion was caused by a deadly disease borne by fleas, the coming one will be entirely due to choices made by people. With birthrates plummeting, more and more societies are heading into an era of pervasive and indefinite depopulation, one that will eventually encompass the whole planet. What lies ahead is a world made up of shrinking and aging societies.”

Foreignaffairs

Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute

10 Oct 2024 4 1

Elon Musk

Inserted 13 hours ago

“With autonomy, you get your time back. It'll save lives, a lot of lives, and prevent injuries. With that amount of training data it's obviously going to be much better than a human can be because you can't live a million lives. It doesn't get tired, and it doesn't text. It'll be 10, 20, 30 times safer than a human.”

Theguardian

CEO of Tesla

10 Oct 2024 4 3

Lin Jian

Inserted 23 hours ago

“China will closely follow possible safeguard tariffs Indonesia may impose on specific products, and take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman

10 Oct 2024 3 4

Husam Abu Safiyeh

Inserted 23 hours ago

“We have seven cases in intensive care … all these cases are very severe and they all need intensive surgical or medical care. Moving or transporting these patients puts their life in serious danger, it is not possible to transfer them. In addition, there is no facility in Gaza that has capacity to take them as they are all overrun with their own similar cases.”

Theguardian

Director of Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya

10 Oct 2024 3 2

Dan Ives

Inserted 1 day ago

“I think it's one of the most important events that Tesla has ever held. I think it will be viewed five to 10 years from now as what the iPhone launch moment was for Apple.”

Cnn

Analyst with Wedbush Securities and a Tesla bull

10 Oct 2024 1 1

Rob Geist Pinfold

Inserted 1 day ago

“Israel sees UNIFIL not as someone to fight, but as an impediment - as people getting in their way - so they are trying to squeeze them and force them to withdraw. Should southern Lebanon be free of peacekeepers and civilians, Israel would have easier control over the territory and therefore stay for as long as they want until they get the deal they want. Removing UNIFIL troops would also reduce the risk of killing an international soldier - something that would create political pressure to stop Israeli operations. Israel wants to see UNIFIL gone and without anybody dying.”

Aje

Lecturer in international peace and security at Durham University in the UK

10 Oct 2024 7 3

Mao Ning

Inserted 1 day ago

“Lai's [William Lai] speech exposed his hell-bent position on Taiwan independence and his sinister intention to escalate tensions in the Taiwan Strait for political self-interest. Taiwan has never been a country and can never become one, so it does not have any so-called 'sovereignty'. Lai's comments arbitrarily severed the historical connection between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and used all manner of tactics to peddle the fantasy of Taiwan independence.”

Taipeitimes

Spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry

10 Oct 2024 6 4

William Lai

Inserted 1 day ago

“The Republic of China has already put down roots in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. And the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China [PRC] are not subordinate to each other. The People's Republic of China has no right to represent Taiwan. My mission as president is to ensure that our nation endures and progresses and resist annexation or encroachment upon our sovereignty.”

Taipeitimes

President of Taiwan

10 Oct 2024 7 3

Feleti Penitala Teo

Inserted 1 day ago

“It was hypocritical of the UN to not include Taiwan and its people in its system even though the world body has championed inclusivity and the principle of not leaving anyone behind. As long as I'm in office, I and Tuvalu will continue ... the strong advocation in support of Taiwan's participation and reintegration into the global system.”

Taipeitimes

Prime Minister of Tuvalu

10 Oct 2024 3 1

Guido Crosetto

Inserted 1 day ago

“The hostile acts carried out and repeated by the Israeli forces could constitute war crimes. These are extremely serious violations of the norms of international law, not justified by any military reason. There is no justification in saying that the Israeli armed forces had warned UNIFIL that some bases had to be vacated. I told the ambassador to tell the Israeli government that the United Nations and Italy cannot take orders from the Israeli government.”

Ansa

Italian Minister of Defence

10 Oct 2024 7 3

Marwan Bishara

Inserted 1 day ago

“If you observe the correlation between what is happening in Palestine and what's happening with the cause of Palestine around the world, you will notice that the better it gets for the cause in terms of popular movements, and government recognition, the worse it gets for Palestine. Israeli aggression, bolstered by the United States, has been so severe that the rise in popular support and official recognition has yet to yield significant improvements. And that's a horrific fact in international relations. The fact that the entire international community, the United Nations, recognise the Palestinian right to self-determination in their own homeland, while Israel and the United States continue to deny them that.”

Aje

Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera

10 Oct 2024 5 3

Assed Baig

Inserted 1 day ago

“The attack has devastated the area, shattering windows up to 200 metres (650 feet) away from the blast site. I saw families outside covering their faces in complete shock. Tensions here are very high. People are very angry.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Karak - Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon

10 Oct 2024 3 2

Dmitry Gorenburg

Inserted 1 day ago

“The repeated attacks [on commercial vessels carrying Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea] suggest the implicit bargain behind a period of relative calm in the Black Sea - which enabled Ukraine to operate its corridor without Russia's approval - may be coming to an end. Russia wasn't targeting grain ships and Ukraine was largely staying away from Russian Navy ships in the eastern Black Sea. Ukraine may now respond by resuming drone attacks on Russian assets. The reasoning behind Moscow's targeting of grain-exporting ships was not yet clear. Russia may be emboldened by its recent gains in Donbas, or it may be seeking retaliation for Ukraine's surprise attack across the border in the region of Kursk. It may also simply be looking for new ways to weaken Ukraine. If you can weaken Ukraine economically, that reduces its ability to resist. Rather than targeting ports, the intimidation of commercial shippers is a much better way to do that.”

Senior research scientist at CNA, a US-based security-focused think tank

10 Oct 2024 13 4

Pavlo Martyshev

Inserted 1 day ago

“The recent attacks [on commercial vessels carrying Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea] could affect Ukraine's competitiveness, making Russian exports more profitable and benefitting its war machine. The more money comes in, the more Russia can buy weapons for the war. The recent strikes on ships bring uncertainty for farmers who need cash to buy seeds for next winter's sowing season. They are trying to maximise their own profits as planting depends on their earnings now. It makes it much more difficult psychologically for our traders and exporters to face attacks on their infrastructure, and this creates a bottleneck in our logistic supply chain.”

Expert in food markets at the Kyiv School of Economics

10 Oct 2024 8 3

Borges Nhamirre

Inserted 1 day ago

“The integrity of the electoral process is a serious problem. Frelimo's decision to pick the relatively inexperienced Chapo [Daniel Chapo] as its candidate could be a strategy to influence his choice of appointees to key government positions.”

Rfi

Researcher, Election Investigator and Observer

09 Oct 2024 3 2

Borges Nhamirre

Inserted 1 day ago

“The credibility of the election was expected to come under scrutiny. Frelimo was accused of ballot-stuffing and falsifying results in previous votes, including last year's local elections. Those elections were manipulated by Frelimo and that more of the same was expected this time. In Mozambique, the person who is declared the winner is not always the winner at the polls.”

Sfchronicle

Researcher, Election Investigator and Observer

09 Oct 2024 4 2

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Inserted 2 days ago

“The United States is concerned by the situation in northern Gaza, including the announcement by Israel of a new evacuation order for several communities. We are particularly concerned that Palestinian civilians have nowhere safe to go. Already, there are devastating reports of the squalid conditions in the humanitarian zone in southern and central Gaza, where more than 1.5 million displaced civilians have fled. These catastrophic conditions were predicted months ago, and yet, have still not been addressed. That must change, and now. We call on Israel to take urgent steps to do so, and I reiterate the United States' expectation that Palestinian civilians, including those evacuated from the north be permitted to return to their communities and rebuild. We are also concerned by recent actions by the Israeli government to limit the delivery of goods into Gaza. When combined with new bureaucratic limits placed on humanitarian goods arriving from Jordan, and the closure of most border crossings in recent weeks, these restrictions would only have the effect of intensifying suffering in Gaza.”

United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden

09 Oct 2024 9 4

Raymond Zhong

Inserted 2 days ago

“In the past year and a half we've seen a level of warmth in much of the Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico, that scientists are having a hard time fully explaining. What really matters for hurricanes is the temperature right at the surface. That's where the storm is interacting with the ocean. That's where the air and the ocean are mixing. In a really violent storm, the surface is sort of becoming almost a fine mist. What happens down below is also important, though, as well, because when you have these powerful winds mixing up the water, usually that can cool the water down at the surface - because the water down below is cooler, it gets mixed up to the top. But if you have a lot of heat in the ocean, not just at the surface but below as well, then you get less of this cooling in the wake of a hurricane. Rapid intensification is when a hurricane gains a lot of strength really quickly. What matters is just that you have conditions that are favorable to a hurricane gaining strength. So you have warm ocean water. You have winds in the air that are sort of conducive to allowing a hurricane to form without obstructions. When all those pieces come together, you can get a hurricane explode in strength like Milton did on Monday. Rapid intensification is something that's pretty difficult for hurricane forecasters to predict very well. One thing scientists do have some confidence in, although this is still an area of open research, is that rapid intensification is becoming more common. It matters just because it can really ramp up the threat to coastal communities in a really short amount of time.”

Climate and environment reporter - The New York Times

09 Oct 2024 5 2

Hong Min

Inserted 2 days ago

“I would say the amendment on unification was delayed for the next SPA [Supreme People's Assembly] to minimize internal confusion. The intention behind the announcement to cut off railways appears to be more about gathering justification for future steps, rather than immediately altering the constitution. The regime will take further steps to publicly show that it still upholds the 'two-Koreas' narrative.”

Koreatimes

Senior researcher at the state-run Korea Institute for National Unification

09 Oct 2024 4 4

Ali Qassem Tafeh

Inserted 2 days ago

“That mosque [destroyed by a controlled explosion] was over 300 years old. This is the main mosque where daily prayers are held, and where religious holidays and occasions are celebrated. This is the land of our ancestors. We will not abandon it.”

Mayor of the Lebanese village of Yaroun

09 Oct 2024 3 4

Balakrishnan Rajagopal

Inserted 2 days ago

“Humanitarian law is clear. Civilian objects, homes, cultural buildings are protected under the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Convention. Although Hezbollah may have used homes or civilian spaces, Israel must show that the sites pose an ongoing military threat. Hostilities are nowhere to be seen and instead we see Israeli forces doing controlled demolitions.”

UN special rapporteur on the right to housing

09 Oct 2024 6 3

Barry Andrews

Inserted 2 days ago

“In my opinion, nothing more clearly exemplifies how European development policy is off track than in what has happened in Sudan over the last five years.”

Africanews

Irish politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency

09 Oct 2024 4 4

Věra Jourová

Inserted 2 days ago

“The conflict in Sudan has generated displacement at levels unseen since the war in Syria. It's now 10.9 million internally displaced persons in Sudan and an additional 2.2 million people having crossed the border into the neighboring countries.”

Africanews

European Commission Vice President

09 Oct 2024 4 2

Farzan Sabet

Inserted 2 days ago

“Major disruption of regional oil and gas exports is likely to have a material impact on the global economy. If Israel carries out a major attack against Iran's oil or gas facilities, Tehran could resort to placing pressure on important transit chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz. Any Iranian retaliation against a possible Israeli attack that affects global energy prices or trade would be viewed as an act of aggression and lead to further pressure on Iran. Western consumers [in case of a major disruption to the flow of oil and gas from the Middle East] will feel the price hike at the pump. [But] it will be much less than it might have been in a previous era. A major disruption to the flow of oil and gas from the Middle East would have an outsized effect on the Chinese economy. Increased energy prices for China would filter through the supply chain to the manufactured goods the country exports to the United States, Europe, and elsewhere and potentially result in more inflation for consumers.”

Senior research associate at the Geneva Graduate Institute

09 Oct 2024 17 2

Pedro Sánchez

Inserted 2 days ago

“It is clear that there has been an invasion by a third country of a sovereign state such as Lebanon, and therefore, the international community cannot remain indifferent. We denounced (this situation) in Ukraine, we also denounce it in Gaza and now we are also denouncing the invasion of Lebanon.”

Aje

Prime Minister of Spain

09 Oct 2024 6 2

Dorsa Jabbari

Inserted 2 days ago

“Many people view displacement being used as a political tool by Israel to try and create divisions within the Lebanese society. And people are worried because they are not sure where they can go and how long they will have a place to stay. Many people see Netanyahu's threat as more rhetoric coming out of the Israeli government trying to sow discord. Many believe this has given the Lebanese an opportunity to unite despite all the differences.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Beirut

09 Oct 2024 5 1

Borges Nhamirre

Inserted 1 day ago

“The new president will say something like, 'I'm still trying to understand what's going on in Cabo Delgado'. It's all going to take a backseat for at least the first 2-3 years the new president is in office. IDPs [internally displaced persons] are forced to find accommodations with relatives and friends, and people of goodwill. But the hosts are already poor. All the burden of IDP has been transferred from government responsibility to just normal people. Some local authorities are telling IDPs they have to return or will be expelled. You have district government authorities writing to teachers and nurses, forcing them to return or else threatening to cut their salaries.”

Thenewhumanitarian

08 Oct 2024 3 5

Borges Nhamirre

Inserted 2 days ago

“We see a new pattern of rigging where you have state apparatus engaged in the rigging. What I mean is electoral bodies, police, and the courts, which rule on the election results. All of them are engaged in the rigging.”

Youtube

Researcher, Election Investigator and Observer

08 Oct 2024 2 3

Mahdi Khanalizadeh

Inserted 2 days ago

“The issue of deterrence has always been of paramount importance in a volatile region like West Asia. But in the wake of the past year's events, the concept of deterrence has transcended the realm of academic discourse and become a subject of contemplation not only for researchers and analysts but also for ordinary citizens. Despite Israel's status as a nuclear power and Tehran's lack thereof, Iran has twice attempted to establish deterrence against Israel within the past year. Once in April when Israel attacked the Iranian embassy in Damascus, and once earlier this month in response to the regime's assassination of Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Both operations against Israel, which involved the firing of hundreds of drones and missiles at the occupied territories, have been successful and Israel has decided to de-escalate in return. However, given the rogue nature of the regime, nobody knows if Iran will have to make similar decisions in the future. That's why more and more people are thinking about nuclear weapons. Because Israel has them, and Iran doesn't.”

Tehrantimes

West Asia expert and scholar

08 Oct 2024 12 5

Geoffrey Hinton

Inserted 3 days ago

“It [Artificial Intelligence] would be comparable with the Industrial Revolution. Instead of exceeding people in physical strength, it's going to exceed people in intellectual ability. We have no experience of what it's like to have things smarter than us. And it's going to be wonderful in many respects. But we also have to worry about a number of possible bad consequences, particularly the threat of these things getting out of control.”

Apnews

British-Canadian computer scientist

08 Oct 2024 3 3

Zeina Khodr

Inserted 3 days ago

“The Israeli military has carried out extensive air strikes across southern Lebanon, ordering people in more than 100 towns to leave. Air raids are targeting what Israel says are Hezbollah's command and control structures as well as its fighting capabilities as the army prepares to expand its ground incursion. Troops have moved into some areas, but Hezbollah is still positioned along the border and is still fighting. The group has also been sending missiles across the border targeting Israel's third largest city, Haifa, in the biggest attack in a year of hostilities.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Beirut

08 Oct 2024 8 1

Mehran Kamrava

Inserted 3 days ago

“The conflict could end up hurting Israel if it bogs down in a ground war in Lebanon, for example. After four decades of deep animosity between Israeli and Iranian leaders, the cold war between them has turned into a hot war. And this is significantly changing - is bound to change - the strategic landscape in the Middle East. We are certainly at the precipice of change. But the direction and nature of that change is very hard to predict at this stage.”

Apnews

Professor and Middle East expert at Georgetown University in Qatar

08 Oct 2024 4 3

Benjamin Netanyahu

Inserted 3 days ago

“Israel has degraded Hezbollah's capabilities; we took out thousands of terrorists, including [longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah himself, and Nasrallah's replacement [Hashem Safieddine], and the replacement of his replacement. Today, Hezbollah is weaker than it has been for many many years.”

Prime Minister of Israel

08 Oct 2024 4 2

António Guterres

Inserted 3 days ago

“Every air strike, every missile launch, every rocket fired pushes peace further out of reach and makes the suffering even worse for the millions of civilians caught in the middle. That is why we cannot and will not give up on our calls for an immediate ceasefire both in Gaza and Lebanon, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages, and immediate lifesaving aid to all those who desperately need it.”

Aje

Secretary-general of the United Nations

08 Oct 2024 6 4

Oleksandr Okhrimenko

Inserted 3 days ago

“Accepting the responsibility over the defensive line, an assessment of the situation was conducted, including an evaluation of the enemy's forces and means. We were met with opposition from the 36th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army of the Russian Federation, the 39th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade, the 57th Brigade, the 91st Separate Rifle Regiment, and other forces. That is, the opponent had better tank and infantry combat vehicle capabilities, as well as artillery systems, anti-tank weapons, and people. If we look at battle potentials in general, the opponent had an almost 1:9 advantage. Any theoretical calculations show that with a 1:3 balance of troops and means, the opponent will gain an edge. Near Vuhledar, the ratio was 1:9. Objectively, you can see what the prospects were of holding this settlement and the defence strip, which are within the brigade's jurisdiction.”

Commander of the Black Zaporozhians 72nd Mechanised Brigade

08 Oct 2024 2 3

Jonathan Lin

Inserted 3 days ago

“It is exceedingly rare for a hurricane [Milton] to form in the western Gulf, track eastward, and make landfall on the western coast of Florida. This has big implications since the track of the storm plays a role in determining where the storm surge will be the largest.”

Atmospheric scientist at Cornell University

08 Oct 2024 5 2

Raed Jarrar

Inserted 3 days ago

“The only way to prevent a full-scale war in the region is declaring an immediate arms embargo on Israel and imposing a ceasefire in Gaza, with sanctions for non-compliance. Without a ceasefire in Gaza, there won't be a de-escalation with Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, or Iran.”

Aje

DAWN's advocacy director

08 Oct 2024 9 1

Anastasiia Bobovnikova

Inserted 3 days ago

“The situation is unstable, fighting is taking place literally at every entrance (to the city of Toretsk). The Russians have entered the eastern outskirts of the city.”

Spokesperson of the Operational Tactical Group “Luhansk”

08 Oct 2024 2 3

Borges Nhamirre

Inserted 1 day ago

“The president to be elected will find a very difficult situation because he is in transition during a period of war, and every transition that takes place during a period of war is very difficult.”

Apnews

Researcher, Election Investigator and Observer

07 Oct 2024 1 2

Sergey Lavrov

Inserted 4 days ago

“The world is currently going through a multipolar moment. This process is a natural part of power rebalancing, which reflects objective changes in the world economy, finance and geopolitics. The West waited longer than the others, yet it has also started to realize that this process is irreversible.”

Aa

Russian Foreign Minister

07 Oct 2024 5 2

Nour Odeh

Inserted 4 days ago

“It seems like there are two Israels at the moment... On one hand, you have the right-wing Israel that is overtaken by rage and the desire to exact revenge and wanting to change the face of the Middle East, as PM Benjamin Netanyahu says. He wants to go to Lebanon, he wants to decapitate Hezbollah, he wants to end Hamas, he's striking at Yemen, he's threatening Iran. And the Israeli right wing is using this as an opportunity. Then you have the other Israel. You have the families of Israeli captives who want to refocus attention on getting them released and reaching a ceasefire deal, knowing that only a deal that ends the war on Gaza could give the captives the possibility of being released. Whoever is still alive can come home. So there is a lot of frustration on that end.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist

07 Oct 2024 10 2

Leonid Gozman

Inserted 4 days ago

“The USSR said that it would never strike first … Now Putin says that he will strike whenever he wants. He obviously doesn't have that moral barrier to using nuclear weapons, that understanding that it's a step toward destroying the planet that both [Soviet leaders Nikita] Khrushchev and [Leonid] Brezhnev had. He certainly doesn't care how many Ukrainians will die, and how many of them and his own soldiers will die from radiation sickness later, either.”

Russian opposition politician and political analyst

07 Oct 2024 10 2

Alexey Malinin

Inserted 4 days ago

“A reassessment of nuclear capabilities was necessary in the face of encirclement by hostile powers. Russia does not want to use nuclear weapons, understanding the seriousness of the consequences of a conflict with the use of such weapons. However, at present, our country is forced to respond to the growing threats directed against us. The West continues to pump Ukraine with weapons, including F-16 fighters and long-range missiles like [US-made] ATACMS. Moreover, NATO is developing its infrastructure around the borders of Russia: new units are being created in Finland. Although Russia is trying to avoid the use of nuclear weapons, Moscow is forced to demonstrate that it is ready to defend integrity and sovereignty by any possible means.”

Moscow-based founder of the Center for International Interaction and Cooperation

07 Oct 2024 10 4

Denys Shmyhal

Inserted 4 days ago

“Ukraine will not extend the transit agreement with Russia after its expiry. We understand the acute dependence of some countries, in particular Slovakia, on this resource. But we are counting on gradual diversification of supplies.”

Prime Minister of Ukraine

07 Oct 2024 4 3

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Inserted 4 days ago

“It should not be forgotten that Israel will sooner or later pay the price for this genocide that has been going on for a year. Just as humanity's common alliance stopped Hitler, Netanyahu and his murder network will be stopped in the same way. Those dying in Gaza, Palestine, and Lebanon these days are not only women, children, babies, and innocent civilians but also humanity and the international system. Many journalists, representatives of civil society organizations, and ambassadors of peace are no longer among us. For a year, what has been killed before the eyes of the world is humanity itself and all of humanity's hopes for the future.”

Aa

Turkish President

07 Oct 2024 6 2

Robert Fico

Inserted 4 days ago

“As long as I am Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, I will ensure that the MPs under my political control, as the chairman of the [ruling] party, never agree to Ukraine's NATO membership.”

Slovak Prime Minister

07 Oct 2024 2 3

Benjamin Netanyahu

Inserted 4 days ago

“We're fighting like lions with the support of the American government and the American people, and its representatives here. I want to thank you both for your stellar support for Israel throughout the war.”

Prime Minister of Israel

07 Oct 2024 4 1

Lindsey Graham

Inserted 4 days ago

“To my friends in France, you've got this ass backwards. You should be doubling down on helping Israel because the people that want to destroy Israel also want to destroy the French people. You're fighting our fight. We're going to help you with your military needs. The Twin Towers fell not because of a hurricane, [but] because radical Islamist terrorists killed 3,000 of us on a single day. And they would kill all of us if they could. If Iran ever got a nuclear weapon, they would use it. The question would be who would they use it against first. Me? You? Saudi Arabia? We can never let that happen. So we're going to help you. Whatever it takes to get your people back in their homes, you do it.”

Senator from South Carolina and member of the Republican Party

07 Oct 2024 5 3

Josep Borrell

Inserted 4 days ago

“One year after the terrible attack against Israel, the situation is only getting worse. The people in the region are more insecure than ever and are caught in an unending cycle of violence, hatred, and revenge. The October 7 anniversary only reinforces the EU efforts on the need to achieve that regional ceasefire.”

Aje

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

07 Oct 2024 4 3

Kenneth S. Rogoff

Inserted 4 days ago

“This is an extraordinarily precarious global situation. The world is probably the most unstable that it's been since the Cold War. That's not even mildly an overstatement. It could get worse in a hurry. That would certainly have a big impact on the global economy.”

Former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund - Professor at Harvard University

07 Oct 2024 2 2

Ruben Brekelmans

Inserted 4 days ago

“For the first time, I can officially announce that the first Dutch F-16s have been delivered to Ukraine. This is urgently needed. During my visit to Kharkiv, I saw the damage of Russian air strikes and the air raid sirens went off frequently. The rest of the 24 aircraft will follow in the coming months.”

Minister of Defence of the Netherlands

06 Oct 2024 5 6

Eyal Hulata

Inserted 5 days ago

“At the moment, the [Israeli] political echelon isn't doing enough work on how we can conclude this issue. I fear that our successes could be undone without a clear strategy to achieve a political settlement.”

Senior international fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

06 Oct 2024 3 2

Yaakov Amidror

Inserted 5 days ago

“Hezbollah is 10 times more powerful than Hamas. But the I.D.F. was 20 times more prepared for Hezbollah than it was for Hamas.”

Former major general and National Security Advisor of Israel

06 Oct 2024 4 1

Mohamed Gabobe

Inserted 5 days ago

“The government, having no monopoly on the use of force, is completely incapable of taming the militias it has empowered. As a result, instead of dealing with the threat of one armed group in the country - al-Shabab - Mogadishu is now facing threats from multiple armed groups, some of them hailing from clans at odds with the Somali president. In essence, the government is responsible for the worsening security situation in the country and the unraveling of the war effort.”

Freelance journalist based in Mogadishu - Somalia

06 Oct 2024 3 2

Sarah Matthews

Inserted 5 days ago

“I don't think anyone would ever say that Trump is the most polished speaker, but his more recent speeches do seem to be more incoherent, and he's rambling even more so and he's had some pretty noticeable moments of confusion. When he was running against Biden, maybe it didn't stand out as much.”

Trump’s deputy press secretary until breaking with him over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack

06 Oct 2024 4 3

Khalil al-Hayya

Inserted 5 days ago

“Not abiding by international law and international humanitarian law and not stopping Israel's aggression against our people and the people of the region will lead to more insecurity and instability in the region and globally.”

Aje

Hamas official

06 Oct 2024 4 1

Herzi Halevi

Inserted 5 days ago

“October 7 is not only a day of remembrance, but also a day calling for a deep soul-searching. To recognize failures and learn from them, while examining the challenges, those that have been and those that are yet to come. We are changing and adapting the defense conception on all borders, and understand that the IDF must be a larger army, that takes good care of its people. We are destroying the capabilities of our enemies, and we will know how to act so that these capabilities are not rebuilt, so that October 7 is not repeated.”

Israeli armed forces chief

06 Oct 2024 3 1

Alon Liel

Inserted 5 days ago

“As it is seen here there will be a response. I think it will be limited especially because the Americans are very close to their election and do not want us to cause any problems during the election. The question is how will this war look after the American election, because until [it's over] both sides will limit themselves a little bit.”

Aje

Former director of Israel’s foreign ministry

06 Oct 2024 5 1

Joseph Daher

Inserted 5 days ago

“It is fair to say that Hezbollah is in the most dangerous situation since its foundation, which is unlikely to improve soon given Israel's continued attacks, and the party's isolation within Lebanon.”

Newarab

Author of Hezbollah: The Political Economy of Lebanon's Party of God

05 Oct 2024 2 2

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Inserted 6 days ago

“But I do want to say it will be for a multilateral event. I am not going there to discuss India-Pakistan relations. I am going there to be a good member of the SCO [Shanghai Cooperation Organisation], but since I am a courteous and civil person, I will behave myself accordingly.”

Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India

05 Oct 2024 3 1

Ruslan Suleymanov

Inserted 6 days ago

“Russia has been closely cooperating with Iran for the past two-and-a-half years, but exclusively in the military sphere. Iranian weapons are in great demand. They have never been in such demand, and Russia has become dependent on Iranian weapons. Iranian military instructors now visit Russia and are helping to build a factory for the production of Shahed drones inside Russia. As a result, Russia is forced to support Iran's allies in the Middle East such as the Hezbollah movement.”

Independent Russian specialist on the Middle East based in Baku, Azerbaijan

05 Oct 2024 7 2

Alexey Malinin

Inserted 6 days ago

“The ongoing escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict is of serious concern to Russia. Russia's repeated calls for a diplomatic solution. However, these efforts are constantly encountering opposition, which is expressed in the desire of the United States to support Israel in almost any situation, primarily in military terms. And this support, which is subsequently used to turn Lebanon into a battlefield, nullifies all statements about the US desire to ensure peace in this region.”

Founder of the Center for International Interaction and Cooperation and member of the Digoria Expert Club think tank

05 Oct 2024 5 3

Benny Gantz

Inserted 6 days ago

“In a post-Oct. 7 reality, it is clear that Israel must - and the world should - be proactive and determined in the face of the threat the Iranian regime poses to Israel's existence and the region's future. The world cannot overlook Iran's role in the strangling of freedom of navigation and the harming of global commerce in the Red Sea or its technological and military support for Russia in Ukraine. The regime and its axis must face a strong and united Middle East, led and supported by the United States, that is ready to take the initiative to prevent the realization of the Iranian vision of a regional Oct. 7. Now is the time to bolster regional cooperation and make a broad effort to confront Iran.”

Former Israel minister of defense and Chairman of the National Unity Party

05 Oct 2024 7 2

Nader Hashemi

Inserted 6 days ago

“The wording that they've lost contact with him [Hashem Safieddine] is an attempt to prepare Hezbollah supporters with the coming announcement that he has been confirmed dead. This is reflection of how sophisticated Israel's intelligence operation has been and continues to be that it can track the movement of senior Hezbollah leaders and one by one eradicate them.”

Aje

Associate professor of Middle East and Islamic politics at Georgetown University

05 Oct 2024 4 3

Marwan Bishara

Inserted 6 days ago

“Hezbollah losing contact with its leader Hashem Safieddine shows that Israel is able to deliver one blow after another to the group. It is also significant that it proves there is an intelligence breach when it comes to Hezbollah, allowing Israel to locate and attack one leader after another. From the rigging and detonating of communication devices and the assassination of one Hezbollah leader to another, all the way to Hassan Nasrallah and now apparently his successor, underlines that either Israel is getting help or it has infiltrated Hezbollah in various ways digitally, electronically or perhaps with human resources.”

Aje

Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera

05 Oct 2024 5 4

Emmanuel Macron

Inserted 6 days ago

“I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza.”

President of France

05 Oct 2024 4 2

Christophe Ayad

Inserted 6 days ago

“The reorganisation of the movement, which is still trying to contend with its losses, will take months, if not years. Especially since Israel now controls its supply of arms after destroying a large part of its arsenal; it won't allow Hezbollah to rebuild [another one] like it did over the past 20 years. I think Hezbollah will return to a more modest form of guerilla warfare. Hezbollah, which has also lost a lot of its commanders in the targeted strikes - especially in the drone unit - will finally do what it does best: wage guerilla warfare on the ground, like it did in the 1980s and the 1990s during the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, and in 2006 during the 33-day war against Israel. Hezbollah units are made up of autonomous cells that consist of all the different types of specialities within a single group. They are often made up of men from southern Lebanon who are perfectly familiar with the terrain, the arms caches and the tunnels, and are therefore more than capable of fighting where they are. Hezbollah, whose survival is now truly at stake, can hardly hope for anything better than to save face by inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli army and pushing it back beyond Lebanon's borders.”

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Reporter at French daily Le Monde and author of 'Géopolitique du Hezbollah'

04 Oct 2024 6 3

Marwan Bishara

Inserted 1 week ago

“The fascists and the fanatics of the Israeli government that have been carrying out the genocide in Gaza this past year, and that are responsible for expanding that war against the people in Gaza and later on against the people of the West Bank, are the ones who are expanding the war against Lebanon and beyond. Instead of finishing up with one war, accepting a ceasefire, they decided that they're going to start another war. The world, the so-called international community, including the 'Western world' community, is seeing more and more that this Israeli government is simply mad. It's actually going crazy. It's totally apocalyptical.”

Aje

Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera

04 Oct 2024 8 3

Mojata Najafi

Inserted 1 week ago

“Khamenei's speech "didn't say anything new and appeared to be aimed at lifting the morale of his followers and to dispel the fear about a potential act of terror by Israel. Even his comments about the Islamic republic not hesitating [to retaliate] while also not rushing is not new. This has been the policy of the Islamic republic in this current crisis from the start, [Tehran] has attempted to avoid falling into an all-out war.”

Paris-based analyst of Iranian affairs

04 Oct 2024 2 2

Noah Barkin

Inserted 1 week ago

“The risk is that Beijing feels a need to respond to the duties with retaliatory measures of its own, which torpedo the chances of a negotiated solution.”

EU-China expert and Managing editor at Rhodium Group

04 Oct 2024 7 3

Resul Serdar

Inserted 1 week ago

“His [Ali Khamenei] speech was focused on unity because he has seen now that the possibility of a regional war is real and that's why he is asking Muslims to be united, to somehow eliminate this threat as a common action, so a regional war can be aborted.”

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Tehran

04 Oct 2024 4 2

Ali Khamenei

Inserted 1 week ago

“The resistance in the region will not back down even with the killing of its leaders.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader

04 Oct 2024 3 2

David Wood

Inserted 5 days ago

“That killing [Nasrallah's predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi] didn't make Hezbollah's military operations necessarily weaker. It didn't make it harder to recruit people to join Hezbollah. If anything, Hezbollah continued to develop its military programme. This time, Israel's strikes may prove more consequential, since they decimated Hezbollah's senior military leadership.”

Rfi

Senior analyst in Lebanon for the International Crisis Group

03 Oct 2024 4 3

Sergei Ryabkov

Inserted 1 week ago

“We categorically do not accept and completely reject the idea of negotiations with the United States on strategic stability, which, as Washington would like, would be conducted without preconditions. The main goal [of the US] is to try, under catchy slogans, to push us into allowing such negotiations, and within the framework of these negotiations to try to assert some unilateral advantages for themselves.”

Tass

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister

03 Oct 2024 3 1

Joe Biden

Inserted 1 week ago

“Today's tentative agreement on a record wage and an extension of the collective bargaining process represents critical progress towards a strong contract. I congratulate the dockworkers from the ILA [International Longshoremen's Association], who deserve a strong contract after sacrificing so much to keep our ports open during the pandemic. And I applaud the port operators and carriers who are members of the US Maritime Alliance for working hard and putting a strong offer on the table.”

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President of the United States

03 Oct 2024 5 1

Mark Rutte

Inserted 1 week ago

“Ukraine is closer to NATO than ever before. And will continue on this path until you become a member of our Alliance. I very much look forward to that day... NATO stands with Ukraine. For your security, and for ours.”

Aa

Secretary General of NATO

03 Oct 2024 1 2

Masoud Pezeshkian

Inserted 1 week ago

“Any type of military attack, terrorist act or crossing our red lines will be met with a decisive response by our armed forces.”

Iranian President

03 Oct 2024 3 2

Ali Rizk

Inserted 1 week ago

“The neutralization of Nasrallah in particular could end up actually swelling the ranks of Hezbollah. While crushing the morale of the organization's supporters was probably one of Israel's goals behind the assassination, Nasrallah's status as an idol amongst his followers may actually galvanize those who support Hezbollah but are nonetheless not active members to seek to join its ranks given their thirst for revenge. Should such a scenario play out, Israel's assassination may turn out to be a strategic miscalculation.”

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Security and political analyst

03 Oct 2024 2 3

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Inserted 1 week ago

“Many (other) health workers are not reporting to duty and fled the areas where they work due to bombardments. This is severely limiting the provision of mass trauma management and continuity of health services.”

Director-General of the World Health Organization

03 Oct 2024 3 1

Assaf Orion

Inserted 1 week ago

“The trick is to find an exit before the inflection point when things can start going wrong. For now we are still in the middle of the movie.”

Retired Israeli brigadier general - Senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

03 Oct 2024 3 1

David Wood

Inserted 1 week ago

“Israel's air superiority over Lebanon has long been known. What's become clear is its willingness to use it.”

Senior analyst in Lebanon for the International Crisis Group

03 Oct 2024 3 1

David Lammy

Inserted 1 week ago

“This government inherited a situation where the long-term, secure operation of the Diego Garcia military base was under threat, with contested sovereignty and ongoing legal challenges. Today's agreement secures this vital military base for the future. It will strengthen our role in safeguarding global security, shut down any possibility of the Indian Ocean being used as a dangerous illegal migration route to the UK, as well as guaranteeing our long-term relationship with Mauritius.”

UK Foreign Secretary

03 Oct 2024 3 2

Assed Baig

Inserted 1 week ago

“What we are seeing at the moment is that - at least from the Hezbollah side - the group is causing casualties on the Israeli side and Israel is not really making the gains that it expected to make.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Riyaq - Lebanon

03 Oct 2024 3 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 week ago

“Without appropriate weapons, we cannot stop the Russian Federation. When they destroy our soldiers' positions, we must protect their lives, which are worth more than any building. These are our people, and they are Ukrainian citizens. As a result, they are quite right in retreating and attempting to save themselves. For the sake of the state and their valiant service. These are certainly the right steps. Ukraine must strengthen its frontline positions in order to put pressure on Russia in the name of genuine, honest diplomacy. As a result, we need the appropriate volume and quality of weapons, particularly long-range ones, which, in my opinion, the partners are already deferring.”