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27.10.2024 - 11:26 [ Shafaq.com ]

Iran says Israel used US-controlled airspace in Iraq for strikes, warns of retaliation

In a statement broadcast on Iranian state television, the Iranian Armed Forces Communications Center said, “We inform the brave and honorable Iranian people that hostile Zionist aircraft, in a blatant violation of international law, used airspace provided by the American terrorist army in Iraq early this morning to launch multiple long-range, air-launched missiles from 100 kilometers away from the Iranian border.” The statement was followed by calls to Iran’s media and experts to rely solely on official sources amid circulating rumors.

The missiles, reportedly fitted with warheads one-fifth the size of Iranian ballistic warheads, targeted radar systems in the provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan, and areas near Tehran, the statement noted.

“Thanks to timely intervention by Iran’s air defense, the damage was limited; several radar systems sustained minor damage, with some already repaired and others undergoing restoration.”

14.10.2024 - 06:45 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Südkorea, Japan, Australien und Neuseeland beraten sich wegen NATO-Verteidigungsministerkonferenz

Am Rande der anstehenden NATO-Verteidigungsministerkonferenz werden Südkorea, Japan, Australien und Neuseeland ihr erstes Treffen abhalten.

Das Treffen zwischen den sogenannten IP4-Staaten, Ländern im Indopazifik, findet am Donnerstag im NATO-Hauptquartier in Brüssel statt.

Laut Berichten ist dies das erste Mal, dass sich die vier Länder ohne andere NATO-Mitgliedsstaaten treffen.

Bei dem Treffen wird voraussichtlich über Möglichkeiten zur Vertiefung der Zusammenarbeit mit der NATO diskutiert.

14.10.2024 - 06:20 [ Newsweek ]

New NATO Member Joins First Nuclear Weapons Drill

(October 7,2024)

Finland became a member of NATO, an alliance led by the United States, in April last year. The Nordic country, which borders Russia to the east, changed its policy of military non-alignment following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022.

After the completion of accession to NATO, Finland‘s Defense Ministry said it would take part in the nuclear planning and support operations of the alliance. However, the country has also decided it would not permit the deployment of nuclear weapons on its territory.

23.09.2024 - 21:55 [ New York Times ]

Pentagon to Send More U.S. Troops to Middle East as Tensions Rise

The troops will number in the dozens, one official said, and will head to the region to help protect the thousands of Americans who are stationed there.

(…)

About 40,000 American troops are stationed in the region on bases in Iraq, in Syria and in the Persian Gulf countries. The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln is in the Gulf of Oman, and a second aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman, left Norfolk, Va., on Monday for the Mediterranean as part of a regularly scheduled deployment.

22.09.2024 - 20:10 [ JillStei2024.com ]

Jill Stein on Supreme Court decision keeping Greens off Nevada ballot: “another win for Democrats’ war on democracy”

(September 20, 2024)

“The Nevada Green Party submitted more than 29,000 signatures for ballot access, almost three times the required number, yet the Nevada Secretary of State, the Democratic Party, and the supreme courts of both Nevada and the United States believe they should be disenfranchised because the Democratic Secretary of State provided us with incorrect petition forms. This is a slap in the face to democracy, to the rule of law, and to the millions of voters in Nevada who are being denied a real choice in the presidential election.

“To quote our legal brief to the Supreme Court, ‘there is only one Due Process Clause. [The Nevada Green Party] contends that it violates that Clause for the government to tell someone to stand on a carpet and then pull that carpet out from under them.’

10.09.2024 - 14:25 [ Tass.com ]

FACTBOX: Drone attack on Moscow and other Russian regions

MOSCOW, September 10. /TASS/. At least 14 drones were shot down by air defense forces during an attempt to attack Moscow and the Moscow Region. A 46-year-old woman died in Ramenskoye, while earlier information about the death of a 9-year-old child was not confirmed. Several people were injured.

The effects of the fall of UAV fragments in the area of Zhukovsky airport are being eliminated.

10.09.2024 - 14:15 [ Reuters ]

Ukraine strikes Moscow in biggest drone attack to date

Moscow and Kyiv have both sought to buy and develop new drones, deploy them in innovative ways, and seek new ways to destroy them – from using shotguns to advanced electronic jamming systems.
Both sides have turned cheap commercial drones into deadly weapons while ramping up their own production and assembly to attack targets including tanks and energy infrastructure such as refineries and airfields.

01.05.2024 - 07:53 [ CNN ]

‚Never seen a response like this‘: CNN correspondent on NYPD action at Columbia

CNN‘s Shimon Prokupecz breaks down the NYPD‘s response at Columbia University, where police arrested dozens after the university requested their assistance to respond to on-campus protests.

01.05.2024 - 07:46 [ CNN ]

Dozens arrested at Columbia University as NYPD clears occupied building

Over 100 protesters were arrested Tuesday at Columbia University and City College of New York, according to a law enforcement official.

Most of the arrests were made at Columbia, including about two dozen protesters who police say tried to prevent officers from entering the campus, the official said.

15.04.2024 - 15:02 [ CNN ]

April 14, 2024 – Iran‘s attack on Israel

The Middle East was plunged into uncharted waters after Iran launched scores of missiles toward Israel late Saturday. Israel‘s military said „99%” of the more than 300 projectiles were intercepted by Israel and its partners.

11.04.2024 - 22:32 [ Kyiv Post ]

Final Version of Mobilization Bill Approved, Ukraine’s Soldiers ‘Not Happy’ About It

However, at the same time, the rule on demobilization after 36 months of service disappeared from the final version. (…)

The military members, who have been serving since 2022, were waiting for this provision, wrote DPSU officer Maksym Nesmyanov.

“This is a disaster… How could it be possible to promise demobilization to soldiers from December 2023, only to abandon them at the end!!! You can‘t take away hope from soldiers that they will return home,” Nesmyanov wrote on Facebook.

30.03.2024 - 19:45 [ Times of Israel ]

In surprise close call, Lapid holds on to party leadership by a mere 29 votes

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid beat out opponent MK Ram Ben Barak by the skin of his teeth in Thursday afternoon’s Yesh Atid primary, the party’s first leadership contest since it was founded by Lapid in 2012. (…)

Ben Barak had not presented a strong challenge to the longtime leader, stating repeatedly that he does not differ materially in his policy outlook from Lapid and is mainly running in order to promote the “democratization” of the party, which has been under the same leadership for over a decade.

30.03.2024 - 18:02 [ Yahoo ]

King Charles’ Funeral Plans Unveiled After Monarch Is Given 2 Years to Live With Pancreatic Cancer

Royal watchers have begun to witness his decline, too. Though he will be stepping out on Easter Sunday for a service at Windsor, the king is missing from the royal calendar for the foreseeable future, instead relying heavily on his sister, Princess Anne, to do the work of the royal family. While many would have assumed his heir, Prince William, would be stepping up to the plate, he too is missing from the royal schedule due to Princess Kate Middleton’s own cancer diagnosis and treatment.

23.03.2024 - 17:15 [ RT.com ]

Video released of first interrogation of suspected terrorist

The man also said that the curators, whom he supposedly does not know personally, had contacted him via Telegram messaging app, and arranged an arms cache for the assailants.

According to the suspect, he had been “listening to sermons… by a preacher” on Telegram for some time before being approached by the supposed masterminds of Friday’s attack “around a month ago.”

23.03.2024 - 16:50 [ de.RT.com ]

Simonjan veröffentlicht Videos der Terrorverdächtigen: Sie töteten für 500.000 Rubel

Aus dem aufgezeichneten Verhör geht hervor, dass alle vier Verdächtigen am 4. März aus der Türkei nach Russland eingereist sind. Einer von ihnen spricht gebrochenes Russisch, kann sich aber ohne Dolmetscher verständigen. Bei einem anderen wurde eine Dolmetscherin, offenbar für Tadschikisch, hinzugezogen. Die massenhafte Tötung von Menschen in der „Crocus City Hall“ am Freitagabend haben die Männer ohne Umschweife gestanden.

Einer der Vernommenen gab auf die Frage, warum er die Konzertbesucher ermordet hat, an, die Tat für Geld verübt zu haben. Als Summe nennt er 500.000 Rubel (etwa 5.000 Euro).

21.03.2024 - 21:41 [ Al Jazeera ]

With record of Gaza truce vetoes, US unveils new, ambiguous UN resolution

A copy of the new draft resolution, obtained by Al Jazeera, reads: “The Security Council determines the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire to protect civilians on all sides, allow for the delivery of essential humanitarian assistance, and alleviate humanitarian suffering and towards that end unequivocally supports ongoing international diplomatic efforts to secure such a ceasefire in connection with the release of all remaining hostages.” (…)

No vote has yet been scheduled on this text.

21.03.2024 - 21:37 [ Axios ]

Blinken: U.S. submitted draft resolution to UN calling for Gaza ceasefire

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday the U.S. has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that calls „for an immediate ceasefire“ in Gaza that‘s „tied to the release“ of hostages held by Hamas.

13.03.2024 - 17:39 [ DeccanHerald.com ]

Putin says Russia will deploy troops to Finland‘s border now it is in NATO, RIA reports

„We didn‘t have troops there (at the Finnish border), now they will be there. There were no systems of destruction there, now they will appear,“ he said.

13.03.2024 - 00:47 [ France24.com ]

Pro-Ukrainian armed groups launch incursion into Russia

The Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion said they conducted a string of raids into the Belgorod region in May and June 2023, claiming to have taken temporary control of several settlements after breaking through a border checkpoint.

In March last year, Russia launched a wave of retaliatory missile strikes on Ukraine after it said a sabotage group killed civilians in the Bryansk border region.

17.02.2024 - 08:44 [ CNN ]

Russia has captured soldiers, Ukrainian commander says, as Kyiv’s forces withdraw from key town of Avdiivka

Withdrawal was “the only correct solution,” Ukraine’s commander of southern forces Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said in a Telegram post Friday, adding that some Ukrainian troops had been captured during the process.

“In a situation where the enemy is advancing on the corpses of their own soldiers with a ten-to-one shell advantage, under constant bombardment, this is the only correct solution,” he said. Russian troops are “numerically superior in terms of personnel, artillery and aviation,” Tarnavskyi added.

16.02.2024 - 17:16 [ Associated Press ]

Western officials and Kremlin critics blame Putin and his government for Navalny’s death in prison

Navalny, 47, was serving a 19-year prison sentence on extremism charges in a remote penal colony above the Artic Circle at the time of his death. He has been behind bars since he returned from Germany in January 2021, serving time on various charges that he rejected as a politically motivated effort to keep him imprisoned for life.

23.01.2024 - 04:44 [ Times of Israel ]

No-confidence motion against Netanyahu fails in Knesset, with only 18 votes in favor

With the government’s popularity plummeting, a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nevertheless garnered only 18 votes in the Knesset on Monday evening, falling far short of the necessary majority to pass in the 120-strong Knesset plenum.

The vote was boycotted by the coalition, whose heads stated earlier in the day that they would “not take part in political theater during wartime.”

26.12.2023 - 20:30 [ GlobalTimes.cn ]

Latest control of Maryinka ‚hardly break stalemate‘ of Russia-Ukraine war

Although some Western media view Russia‘s latest control of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine, which is a small town in the Donetsk region, as Moscow‘s „most significant battlefield gains since May,“ some Chinese experts believe that this single progress will not provide the means to break the military stalemate between the two sides that has persisted for nearly two years.

26.12.2023 - 20:21 [ S p r i n t e r / Twitter ]

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny confirmed the withdrawal of the Ukrainian army from Maryinka, and also predicted the capture of Avdiivka by the Russian army “in 2-3 months”

26.12.2023 - 20:16 [ MDR.de ]

Ukrainischer Oberbefehlshaber bestätigt Rückzug aus Marjinka

Saluschnyj sprach außerdem von der Möglichkeit, dass es den russischen Truppen gelingen würde, die nördlich von Donezk gelegene Stadt Awdijiwka in „zwei bis drei Monaten“ zu erobern. Der ukrainische Oberbefehlshaber warnte davor, sich an bestimmte Siedlungen zu klammern und eine „Show oder Trauer“ darum zu veranstalten.

30.11.2023 - 09:41 [ Washington Post ]

Blinken arrives in Israel as resumption of Gaza war looms

(November 29, 2023)

What began as a “bear hug” strategy of intense support by President Biden has become one in which U.S. officials, facing growing blowback at home and internationally, have distanced themselves from scorched-earth Israeli tactics and pushed for a more targeted battlefield approach.

For now, the U.S. effort includes pushing for an extension of the combat pause that began last week to enable the release of additional hostages held by Hamas. But although Blinken and other American officials in the region, including CIA Director William J. Burns, have advocated a longer pause, the administration continues to support the war’s eventual resumption and Israel’s overarching goal of dismantling Hamas, officials said.

23.11.2023 - 15:50 [ NLTimes.nl ]

PVV most polarizing of the large parties, but half of voters can tolerate Wilders as PM

According to the Hart van Nederland poll, a right-wing coalition of PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB has the most support among voters. 61 percent support this coalition, which has 88 of the 150 seats in parliament, according to the latest forecast. The same coalition without the BBB can count on support from 56 percent of voters. The PVV, VVD, and NSC coalition would have 81 seats, still a majority.

23.11.2023 - 15:28 [ NLTimes.nl ]

Wilders impresses Europe’s far-right; Draws scorn from others

Far-right politicians across Europe across Europe celebrated Geert Wilders’ election victory in the Netherlands. His PVV stands at 37 seats in parliament – clearly the largest party, according to ANP’s latest projections. Liberal and progressive politicians in the Netherlands and abroad are looking at the future with trepidation.

“The winds of change are here! Congratulations Geert Wilders on winning the Dutch elections!” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote on X. “The Hungarian model works! Many people in Western Europe would give half their lives if they could have a country without illegal migrants again.”

17.11.2023 - 07:47 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Another Hadash MK Sanctioned Over Statements Against Gaza War

(15.11.2023)

Touma-Sliman, who the committee said did not apologize and did not recant her statements, is barred from Knesset committee and plenum sessions for two months, and also receives a two-week pay deduction.

On October 19, the Ethics Committee of the Knesset suspended another Communist lawmaker, MK Ofer Cassif (Hadash), for what it deemed as “anti-Israel statements after the war in Gaza broke out.” Cassif has been suspended for 45 days.

30.09.2023 - 19:50 [ Times of Israel ]

‘Basic framework’ in place for Israel-Saudi normalization, US says

Saudi Arabia has also been seeking security guarantees, including reportedly a defense treaty, with the United States in return for normalizing with Israel.

16.09.2023 - 08:53 [ Antiwar.com ]

Act Now To Save Ukrainian Peace Activist From Prosecution

We’ve just learned that the office of the prosecutor and the “security service” of Ukraine have published press releases claiming to have put a stop to the activities of the “vicious Russian propagandist Yurii Sheliazhenko.”

This is, of course, very strange because Yurii, a Board Member of World BEYOND War, has — like World BEYOND War — denounced and opposed Russian warmaking from Day 1.

Yurii Sheliazhenko has been formally charged by the Ukrainian government with the crime of justifying Russian aggression. The evidence is this statement which explicitly condemns Russian aggression.

09.09.2023 - 15:52 [ associated press ]

Russia holds elections in occupied Ukrainian regions in an effort to tighten its grip there

The voting for Russian-installed legislatures in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions has already begun and concludes Sunday. It has been denounced by Kyiv and the West.

“It constitutes a flagrant violation of international law, which Russia continues to disregard,” the Council of Europe, the continent’s foremost human rights body, said this week.

07.09.2023 - 22:02 [ Reuters ]

Exclusive: US military repositions some troops in Niger, pulls non-essential personnel

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to say how many personnel would be departing and how many were repositioning within Niger from Air Base 101 in Niamey, the capital, to Air Base 201 in the city of Agadez.

Before this movement, there were 1,100 troops in the West African country.

28.08.2023 - 14:19 [ France24.com ]

French ambassador will stay in Niger despite junta ultimatum, says Macron

During a major foreign policy speech to ambassadors gathered in Paris, Macron confirmed that French envoy Sylvain Itte was listening in from Niger capital Niamey despite being given a 48-hour deadline to leave the country last Friday.

05.08.2023 - 17:26 [ Al Jazeera ]

Pakistan’s Imran Khan sentenced to three years in prison, arrested

In a video recorded before his arrest and posted on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Khan called on his supporters to take to the streets in protest.

“I only have one request, one appeal for you. You must not sit quietly inside your homes. The struggle I am doing is not for my own self, it’s for my nation, for you. For the future of your children,” he said.

“If you don’t stand up for your rights, you will live lives of slaves and slaves don’t have a life.”

31.07.2023 - 07:21 [ New York Times ]

West African Nations Threaten Military Action Unless Niger Coup Is Undone

The new junta, however, insisted it was going nowhere. In a statement before the summit, it warned forcefully against any foreign military intervention.

“We want to once more remind ECOWAS or any other adventurer of our firm determination to defend our homeland,” a junta spokesman said on Saturday night in a televised statement.

02.06.2023 - 08:50 [ News 19 WLTX / Youtube ]

VIDEO: President Biden falls down at Air Force academy graduation

President Joe Biden tripped and fell down after addressing graduating cadets at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 1, 2023.
He was helped up by an Air Force officer as well as two members of his U.S. Secret Service detail. As he got back on his feet, Biden pointed to the place on stage where he lost his balance. “He’s fine,” tweeted Ben LaBolt, the White House communications director. “There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands.

29.05.2023 - 22:25 [ Ansa.it ]

11 Italians among KFOR troops hurt in Kosovo clashes

Tensions rose over newly elected mayors in the region on Monday.

27.05.2023 - 13:21 [ Amerika21.de ]

Kongress in Peru genehmigt Präsenz bewaffneter US-Truppen

Der sozialistische Politiker und frühere Außenminister des linken Präsidenten Pedro Castillo, Héctor Béjar, kritisierte das Gesetz scharf: „Es ist offensichtlich, dass die Anwesenheit dieser Soldaten der Abschreckung dient und Teil einer Politik ist, die darauf abzielt, die peruanische Bevölkerung zu terrorisieren, die für den kommenden Juli neue Proteste angekündigt hat.“ Er warnte zugleich, dass die Präsenz ausländischer Truppen Peru auch zu einer potenziellen Bedrohung für Nachbarländer mit fortschrittlichen Regierungen wie Bolivien und Kolumbien mache.