Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurashi was appointed head of the so-called caliphate in October 2019, following the death of the terror group’s previous leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a US raid in Syria. Far from being a shadowy mystery, al-Qurashi is well-known to US counterterrorism officials – because he was once …
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Ukrainian security chief Oleksiy Danilov suggested on Wednesday that Russia has been massing troops near its border with Ukraine for one sole purpose: to switch focus from domestic problems, which in his view includes the trial and imprisonment of Navalny, an opposition activist who was jailed for 2.5 years in …
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Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday with his Indian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters that “Russian-Chinese relations have reached the best level in history.” However, he said, “these relations will not lead us to pursue the goal of creating an armed forces alliance.” He criticized “talk of …
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Godzilla vs Kong has debuted to a gargantuan box office and critical response, but overlooked in the excitement over a genuine tentpole release – something that has been missing during the pandemic – is the tale of the Pentagon’s involvement in monster movies. It is not a natural or easy …
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Biden overturned Trump’s ban in January, with a White House statement at the time saying that “gender identity should not be a bar to military service.” Trump announced a ban on new transgender recruits in 2017, citing “tremendous medical costs” and “disruption.” After two years of legal wrangling, the Supreme …
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How did Covid-19 originate? Where did it come from? We’ll probably never know, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, in a much-anticipated report following a field trip to Wuhan, China, where the virus first presented itself to the world just over a year ago. The study, carried out by …
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On Monday night, America’s first female and black Veep chose to ignore the salute given to her as she boarded her official aircraft, thus causing a major backlash from those on the political right. Harris’ precedent-breaking (in)action was in stark contrast to her immediate predecessors, former Vice President Mike Pence, …
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Compiled by the IDF Home Front Command, the comprehensive map included testing facilities located on Israeli military bases, without considering whether the installations had previously been disclosed to the public. As a result, previously secret military intelligence and air force bases were listed on the map, Haaretz reported. The map …
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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday that the Department of Health and Human Services requested to use facilities at Joint Base San Antonio and Fort Bliss, both in Texas, to house an unspecified number of minors apprehended after crossing the border from Mexico. “We have just received this …
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“They are capable of starting a war,” Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said when asked whether Beijing could attack Taiwan. “My goal is for us to be ready at all times.” He was addressing the parliament of the island nation regarded by mainland China as an integral part of the …
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