Russia’s Defense Ministry shared a video on Tuesday purporting to show the destruction of a Czech-made Vampire Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) used by Ukrainian forces near the Russian border. According to the ministry, the Western-built MLRS was discovered moving and firing on Russian positions by servicemen of the ‘North’ …
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Netanyahu lambastes UK for suspending weapons sales
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at the UK over its decision to suspend sales of some weapons components used by Israeli forces in Gaza. The British government announced a halt on Monday to 30 out of 350 weapons export licenses to the Jewish state, citing a “clear …
Read More »Russia targets Poltava military training center with devastating strike
Russian Iskander ballistic missiles have struck a training center in the Ukrainian city of Poltava, according to the government in Kiev, which has estimated the death toll at 50. The School of Military Communications and Information Technology on the north side of Poltava was home to the 179th Training Center …
Read More »EU ‘regrets’ Mongolian refusal to arrest Putin
The European Union has “taken note” of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Mongolia and expressed regret that the government in Ulaanbaatar did not detain its guest. Putin spent two days in Mongolia, engaging in bilateral talks and marking the 85th anniversary of the WWII victory over Imperial Japan at …
Read More »Israel targets West Bank with new wave of strikes and assassinations
Israel has killed around a dozen suspected militants in a series of airstrikes and raids in the occupied West Bank, as well as an assassination near the Syrian-Lebanese border, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday. The strikes allegedly targeted members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. Israeli forces …
Read More »Nuclear weapons could save Earth – study
Nuclear weapons may be the best means of protecting the Earth from asteroids, according to scientists from China’s deep space exploration program. In a paper published this month in the Chinese journal SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica, the team of researchers warned that despite recent developments in near-Earth object detection technologies, inaccuracies …
Read More »Ukrainian draft office threatens lethal force against citizens
Draft officers are within their rights to use lethal force in “self-defense” against citizens, a Ukrainian regional enlistment authority warned on Tuesday. The head draft office of the western Ukrainian region of Volyn stated that officers had already been instructed to use lethal force in situations requiring self-defense. “All personnel …
Read More »Durov taken to French court – media
Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov has been transferred to a Paris courthouse, where a decision will be made on whether he will be put under formal investigation following his arrest last week, according to several news outlets. Durov’s detention period expired on Wednesday according to AFP, citing a source …
Read More »Shielding Israel: Germany is still drawing the wrong lessons from the Holocaust
On 6 August, a court in Berlin sentenced a young woman called Ava Moayeri to a fine of €600 for shouting “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.” One of Moayeri’s lawyers, Alexander Gorski, deplored this as “a rather dark day for freedom of expression in Germany.” …
Read More »Kanye West blames ‘Hennessy’ for anti-Semitic tweet
Rapper Kanye West has admitted that he was drunk when he posted a tweet announcing that he would go “death con 3” on Jewish people, claiming that “demons” took over his mind after he drank Hennessy cognac. The rapper’s run-ins with the Jewish community began in 2022, when he announced …
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