Myanmar’s military government, which overthrew an elected government in a 2021 coup, is battling an armed insurgency in large swathes of the country and facing global condemnation for a deadly crackdown on dissent and pro-democracy movements. According to Thai officials and an aid worker, about 5,000 people, many of them women and children, had crossed […]
“We are aware of the reported social media posts and the (Department of Defense) department is reviewing the matter,” said Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh. A CIA spokeswoman said the agency was also aware of the post and was investigating the claims. A document posted on social media states that 16,000 to 17,500 Russian soldiers have […]
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor of the more than a decade-old conflict in Syria, said Jabouri was killed in a US drone strike in the northwestern Idlib region, an area controlled by jihadists. It said that he was killed while talking on the telephone as he was walking in the open […]
Sky News reported on Saturday that plans could be announced by the British government to move migrants out of hotels and into military bases or even disused ferries. The report noted that previous suggestions involving the use of holiday camps and student halls were less likely to be implemented. The government has indicated that it […]
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with army engineers on Saturday and reviewed their training, saying defending democracy is a “noble” mission of the armed forces ahead of a visit to the United States and Central America next week. China, which views Taiwan as its territory, has ramped up its military and political pressure over the […]
The US military swiftly denied the claims, telling AFP that “the PRC statement is false”, using the acronym for the People’s Republic of China. The vessel “has been conducting routine operations in the South China Sea and was not fired upon”, said a spokesman for the US Indo-Pacific Command. “The United States will continue to […]
Throughout the war, Russia has struggled to muster enough personnel, ammunition and weapons to overcome the fierce Ukrainian resistance – forcing Putin to turn to mass conscription, mercenary groups and imports. Did. Meanwhile, Ukraine managed to fend off the Russian juggernaut and even gain the lead. But some experts believe the war is at an […]
“In case of aggression, the response will be swift, tough and fair,” Lukashenko said on Monday. Defense Minister Viktor Khrinin said the Territorial Defense Force would have 100,000–150,000 volunteers or more if needed. The paramilitary force would ideally be set up in every village and town. According to the 2022 International Institute for Strategic Studies […]
Beijing insists it was a meteorological vehicle that went off course and accuses Washington of sending similar equipment into its airspace, a charge the US denies. Taiwan’s military said “unidentified objects” were seen falling from the sky on Thursday over Matsu Island, about 280 km from the capital Taipei. There they found the remains of […]
Taiwan’s military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a crashed weather balloon believed to be from China on a remote and strategically located island off the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the US over spy balloons. Taiwan, claimed by China as its territory, has over the past three years […]
still unclear The object that fell over Canada on Saturday was described by the Canadian Defense Minister as a balloon. But two other objects can be something else entirely. For example, a US official described the object shot over Lake Huron on Sunday as an octagon with wires dangling from it. Alex Kostinsky, a physicist […]
“Most of the balloons near our waters were used for meteorological purposes,” the official, Major General Huang Wen-chi, told a regular briefing in Taipei, adding that the weather balloons posed no serious security threat. He said the military would destroy any balloons coming into Taiwan’s territory that presented a “high security threat” but that no […]
