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A Russian cargo plane carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) for exchange was downed last week by a US-made Patriot air defense system, the country’s Investigative Committee has confirmed. In a statement on Thursday, the agency said that it had identified the type of weapon used to shoot …

On Wednesday, an Il-76 transport plane was downed in Russian airspace. It was reportedly carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs scheduled for a prisoner swap, escorted by three Russian military guards, as well as six crew members. All on board were killed. It seems the aircraft was destroyed by missiles launched from …

The Panama-flagged ship Navistar, carrying around 33,000 tons of Ukrainian corn to Ireland, has reached Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait and dropped anchor in Istanbul, the Turkish Defense Ministry confirmed in a tweet on Saturday. The vessel is now expected to undergo an inspection by the members of the Joint Coordination Center …

Several schools in Toronto, Canada were placed on lockdown after police shot and killed a man said to be toting a firearm in public. Authorities have offered few details about the deadly incident, which follows two mass shootings in the United States in recent days. Toronto police responded to “reports …

To make matters worse, local media outlets have reported that the driver of the truck was “probably” under the influence of narcotics. According to the Limburg news site, police confirmed that the driver will be taken for blood tests to prove whether “drugs or sleeping pills” were involved. The outlet …

The move, announced on Sunday by the country’s energy minister, Jaden Ali Obaid, on the Asharq TV channel, comes amid ongoing protests by the Beja tribes in eastern Sudan, which led to the shutting down of ports and road blockages. Tribal protesters claim their actions aim to draw attention to …

On Thursday, officials revealed that the Knyaz Oleg submarine had completed its final stage of technical assessments after launching a Bulava missile. The rocket took off from the White Sea, an inland body of water close to Scandinavia, and was confirmed to have struck ground at the Kura firing range …

The L-410 light aircraft, which belonged to a local aero club, hit the ground immediately after takeoff, witnesses said. Its hull was destroyed by the impact, while the tail part mostly remained intact. There were 23 people on board the aircraft, most of whom were skydivers, according to the emergency …

Actress Yulia Peresild, movie-maker Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport in a Soyuz-2.1a rocket. They plan to shoot a screenplay called ‘The Challenge,’ which is set to soar into the record books as an unprecedented feat of cinematographic achievement. According to Russia’s space agency, …

Tucker Carlson is once again causing a stir in the United States and there have been renewed calls to have him taken off the air.  What is causing so much offence is the Fox News presenter’s opinion that the Democrats have been using the very real immigration crisis in the …