Latvia is deploying additional border agents to counter what it describes as mounting migration pressure from neighboring Belarus, with the country’s military also stepping in to reinforce the area, authorities have said. In a statement on Tuesday, the Latvian State Border Guard explained that the decision was made due to …
Read More »Coast Guard finds signs of missing Titanic sub
The US Coast Guard has announced the discovery of a “debris field” near the sunken wreck of the Titanic. The debris could provide clues as to the fate of a deep-sea submersible that vanished near the wreck on Sunday. “A debris field was discovered within the search area by [a …
Read More »US officials caught off guard by Biden’s ‘Xi dictator’ remarks – NBC
Senior US officials were taken aback by US President Joe Biden’s remarks labeling Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator,” which came shortly after a landmark visit of Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Beijing, NBC reported on Wednesday, citing sources. On Tuesday, speaking at a fundraiser in California, the US …
Read More »National guard soldier dead after attack in Russian region
A Russian national guard service member has died of his injuries in hospital after he and his colleague were attacked by unknown assailants on Friday. Taking to Telegram on Saturday, Russia’s Investigative Committee revealed that a criminal probe had been launched into the assault. “According to the information at hand, …
Read More »US capital requests National Guard
Washington, DC mayor Muriel Bowser appealed to the Pentagon and the White House for National Guard aid to deal with thousands of illegal migrants being bused in from Texas and Arizona, but did not receive a response, a local outlet reported on Thursday. Bowser complained the capital’s resources were “overwhelmed” …
Read More »NATO has completed its post-Cold War transformation from Europe’s guard dog into America’s attack dog
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, has just wrapped up its annual summit in Madrid, Spain. The one-time trans-Atlantic defensive alliance has, over the past three decades, transformed itself from the guardian of Western Europe into global cop, seeking to project militarily a so-called values- and rules-based posture. NATO’s …
Read More »Iran Revolutionary Guard colonel assassinated
Sayyad Khodaei, a colonel in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite foreign operations squad, the Quds Force, has been shot dead by a pair of motorcycle-mounted assassins outside his home on Mojahedin-e Eslam Street in Tehran, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. Khodaei was shot five times while sitting in …
Read More »Russian guard post on Ukraine border hit by artillery shell – Moscow
A guard post along the border between Russia and Ukraine has been hit by a projectile launched from across the frontier, the country’s top security agency has reported, amid a worsening military standoff in the neighboring Donbass region. In a statement released on Monday, officials from the FSB’s press service …
Read More »National Guard commander resigns after mass shooting
One of Ukraine’s top military officers has announced that he will step down in the wake of a mass shooting that saw a guardsman turn his gun on five people at a rocket factory in the Eastern European nation. Lieutenant General Mykola Balan said that he had submitted his resignation as …
Read More »Manhunt launched after border guard kills 3 fellow servicemen
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces have launched a manhunt for a border guard sergeant who killed three military staff members at a border outpost before fleeing the military base on Sunday. The reasons for the incident remain unclear since the suspect is still on the run, the military said in a …
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