US-Made ‘Ninja Bomb’ Reportedly Used Again in Strike on Northern Syria
July 22, 2020 at 02:00 AM
New reports out of the Middle East allege that the use of the US’ sword-carrying Hellfire R9-X “ninja bomb” has increased in recent weeks, and that it was most recently used in a Monday attack on alleged terrorists in northern Syria Read More »
US Defense Secretary Says 'No Orders to Withdraw Forces' From South Korea
July 22, 2020 at 01:45 AM
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is pushing back against recent troop reduction reports and clarifying that the Pentagon is not developing a plan geared toward a pullback in troops from South Korea. Read More »
Ankara’s project: The total destruction of Libya
July 21, 2020 at 07:05 AM
Tensions caused by the Libyan conflict have hardened not just between two parties in the country – the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) – but between foreign powers as well. Read More »
Tokyo protests over China’s maritime survey off southern islets
July 21, 2020 at 02:02 AM
Japan has protested to Beijing over a Chinese survey ship that operated for 10 days inside the exclusive economic zone claimed by Japan around Okinotorishima, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean. Read More »
Turkey urges end to Haftar support as presidents of Egypt & US discuss Libya
July 21, 2020 at 02:00 AM
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed by phone on Monday the Libya conflict and talks about Ethiopia’s giant Blue Nile Dam, the Egyptian presidency has said. Read More »
Iranian Government Releases About 36,000 Prisoners as Part of Fight Against COVID-19
July 21, 2020 at 01:51 AM
The Iranian authorities have released about 36,000 inmates as part of a new phase of the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in the country's prisons, Iranian prison service chief Mohammad Mehdi Haj-Mohammadi said on Monday. Read More »
Beijing Promises to 'Resolutely Respond' to UK Interference in Chinese Internal Affairs
July 21, 2020 at 01:49 AM
A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the UK urged the UK to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs, which China considers its own internal affairs. Read More »
Denmark Tries Returned Jihadist for High Treason in Historic Case
July 20, 2020 at 08:35 AM
Should 29-year-old Ahmed El-Haj be found guilty, he would become the first Danish citizen brought to justice for high treason in over 70 years, since Nazi collaborators were tried in the aftermath of World War II. Read More »
The African Continent is Breaking Apart as a New Ocean is About to Flood Over the Afar Region
July 20, 2020 at 03:43 AM
The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden emerged as the result of a deep geological process that has been going on for the last 30 million years with Arabia moving away from Africa. Read More »
Israeli Media Reports Claim Huge Explosion Occurred at Iranian Oil Pipeline
July 20, 2020 at 03:38 AM
At the beginning of July, an explosion occurred at the country’s Natanz nuclear facility, which an anonymous Middle Eastern intelligence official blamed on Israel. In an interview with The New York Times, the man claimed that Tel Aviv had planted a powerful bomb at the site. Read More »
