The U.S. Navy has announced that French Navy Rubis-class attack submarine FS Émeraude (S-604) and Loire-class tender and support vessel FS Seine (A 604) arrived at Naval Base Guam. French nuclear attack submarine and support vessel arrived at Polaris Point, Guam as part of their long-term deployment. “Seine and Émeraude are in the Western Pacific on a routine deployment demonstrating the strength of our bilateral relationship and mutual […]
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The NYT’s Trump Iran ‘Attack’ Story By Ben Armbruster, Responsible Statecraft. November 23, 2020 The NYT’s Trump Iran ‘Attack’ Story2020-11-232020-11-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/nyt.png200px200px Above photo: Inspired By Maps and PixieMe via Shutterstock.com. And the failures of foreign policy reporting. The New York Times published a major story this week, reporting that President Trump recently sought options for a military strike on Iran’s nuclear program in response to a new International Atomic […]
The Russian military is sending attack helicopters to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone following the start of the peacekeeping operation. According to a press release issued Thursday by the Russian Defense Ministry, An-124 Ruslan military transport aircraft delivered eight Mi-8 transport and Mi-24 attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces army aviation to the airfield in Yerevan, Armenia. “Helicopters will be involved in the peacekeeping operation to […]
On Friday, the Ministry Of Defense Of Azerbaijan has released footage showed a drone attack targeting an Armenian 280mm BM-30 Smerch rocket launcher. Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 armed drone operated by the Azerbaijan Air Force has destroyed the Armenian rocket launcher platform which was attacking civilian infrastructure in Barda, eastern Azerbaijan, near Nagorno-Karabakh. “The firing position of the “Smerch” MLRS [Multiple Launch Rocket System] belonging to the […]
Branding Nicaraguan Meat As ‘Conflict Beef’ Is The Latest Political Attack By John Perry, Alliance for Global Justice. October 29, 2020 Branding Nicaraguan Meat As ‘Conflict Beef’ Is The Latest Political Attack2020-10-292020-10-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nicaragua-1-e1603988077651.jpg200px200px Above photo: Nicaragua is the largest exporter of milk in Central America and the fourth in Latin America, according to the Pan-American Dairy Federation (Fepale). Wilder Pérez R. for Mongabay. The latest political attack […]
The Ministry Of Defense Of Azerbaijan claimed Thursday that its Air Defense Forces shot down two Armenian Su-25 Frogfoot attack jets. “On October 29, at about 13:18 and 13:20, the two Su-25 attack aircraft of the Armenian armed forces that attempted to inflict airstrikes on the positions of the Azerbaijan Army in the Gubadli direction of the front were shot down by Azerbaijan Air Defense Units,” the […]
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has activated MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft for imagery support in wildland fire fighting, according to a recent U.S. Air Force news release. At the request of the National Interagency Fire Center and upon approval by the DoD, U.S. Northern Command activated the 432nd to provide Incident Awareness and Assessment support using the MQ-9 aircraft to aid civil authorities in […]
Communities Of Color Hurt The Most By Postal Service Attack By Taryn MacKinney, the Union of Concerned Scientists. October 21, 2020 Communities Of Color Hurt The Most By Postal Service Attack2020-10-212020-10-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/usps-1-e1603283726449.png200px200px The Postal Service is Under Attack. Our Research Shows Who This Hurts Most. With just weeks until the 2020 election, the USPS is racing to prepare for a historic surge in mail-in voting. Our recent analysis […]
Free Speech Under Attack In Australia By Daniel Hurst, The Guardian. October 21, 2020 Free Speech Under Attack In Australia2020-10-212020-10-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/aus-e1603284841861.jpg200px200px Above photo: Darren England/EPA. ‘Chilling attack on democracy’: proposed Asio powers could be used against journalists. Environmental and human rights groups could also be targeted under a new government bill, legal experts argue. Journalists and advocacy groups could face compulsory questioning by Asio as part of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107939/38/1079393825_0:77:2759:1629_1200x675_80_0_0_c6f13b54003c3c055531998d2996baeb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Henry Batyaev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010171080803481-chechen-leader-kadyrov-slams-beheading-attack-in-france-says-chechens-have-nothing-to-do-with-it/ The French prosecutor earlier in the day confirmed that the gruesome beheading attack in France on Friday was perpetrated by an 18-year-old Chechen man born in Moscow. The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has condemned the decapitation attack in a Parisian suburb and extended his condolences to the family of the victim. In a message […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010171080801130-supporters-of-iraqs-pmf-attack-kurdistan-democratic-party-building-in-baghdad—photos-videos/ CAIRO (Sputnik) – Supporters of the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Front (PMF), an Iran-backed conglomeration of Shia militias, attacked and set fire to the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Baghdad over comments made by a Kurdish leader, media reported. Images shared by national broadcaster al-Sumaria TV showed supporters of PMF gathering outside the building as smoke billowed. They […]
Syrian Militants Delivered Chlorine Barrels to Stage Provocation in Idlib – Russian Military …from Sputnik News, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: Here we go again with another White Helmets attempted clorine attack to stir things up against the Assad regime. One would think that with their track record they would stay away from the staged gas attacks. But then on the other hand, when you have built […]
Tennessee’s Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is on the hunt for an unidentified individual who was filmed over the weekend attacking a photojournalist with the WSMV local news station. The attack unfolded on Sunday in front of Nashville’s Napier Elementary School, where broadcast journalist Caresse Jackman and a station photojournalist were filming for an upcoming segment, according to a release published by WSMV. Mediate reported that the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0b/1080736555_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_6e56a73d63d41054beba8de049afd1c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010111080738430-video-allegedly-showing-plumes-of-smoke-rise-over-azeri-city-of-ganja-after-missile-attack-released/ Earlier in the day, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said that seven people were killed and more than 30 others were injured after an Armenian missile hit a residential building in Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second-largest city. Yerevan has refuted Baku’s claims. The surveillance camera of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan recorded the moment of the alleged strike […]
The Presidential Office of Ukraine has announced on Wednesday that was signed a Memorandum on enhancing cooperation between Ukraine and the United Kingdom in the military and military-technical spheres. The details were given in a 7 October media release, to announce Ukraine signed a memorandum with the United Kingdom, securing 1.25 billion pounds ($1.61 billion) to build new fast attack crafts for the Ukrainian Navy. “This […]
On Tuesday night, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah took a break from clowning on first lady Melania Trump’s hatred of the White House Christmas to address the more serious news wafting from its walls: President Trump’s made-for-TV return to the White House, even though he is still battling the novel coronavirus (and surely contagious). Trump made a big show of his premature return from Walter Reed […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper has unveiled the Pentagon’s plan for building up a Navy that proposes having up to 80 attack submarines in service by 2045. “Under our proposal, Battle Force 45 will posses the following characteristics: first, a larger and more capable submarine force,” Esper said on Tuesday. “The study reached a clear consensus on the need to rapidly increase […]
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who is currently awaiting coronavirus test results, coughed through a Fox News interview on Monday night in which he attacked Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for consistently wearing a mask, claiming it was a “political statement” meant to “scare” people. Moments after President Donald Trump returned to the White House despite still battling COVID-19—a homecoming that included a photo-op moment featuring the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/11/1079909167_0:308:3058:2028_1200x675_80_0_0_b29c0fd7be4f570d2c8ddc0770e0ed70.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Advitya Bahl. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010051080670064-two-members-of-indian-security-forces-killed-three-injured-in-terrorist-attack-in-jammu-and-kashmir/ Despite an increase in force deployment on transport links between Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of India, terrorists have attacked police and security forces on several occasions in the past few months. Government records suggest that around 110 terror attacks have been carried out in the valley since January. At least two members of India’s paramilitary […]
Viewers of the FIA Karting World Championship final have called for Luca Corberi to be banned for life after he hurled his bumper at a car from the side of the track before appearing to physically assault a rival after the race. The 23-year-old former junior champion was declared “public enemy number one” by commentators after he stood by the side of the circuit and waited to […]
Over the past year-and-a-half, Iraq’s pro-government paramilitary forces have accused Israel of targeting them in air raids on multiple occasions. Tel Aviv has accused ‘Iranian-backed’ militias of using Iraq to ship weapons to Syria, but has declined to comment on whether or not it has carried out any operations inside Iraqi territory. A Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) militia unit was bombed by unidentified aircraft west of […]
For the first time in three decades, residents of Stepanakert, the capital of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, have hidden in bomb shelters as rocket fire from the Azeri forces hit the city, RT’s crew on the ground has found. Nagorno-Karabakh – a predominantly ethnic Armenian mountainous region – split from Azerbaijan and, with Armenia’s help, fought a bloody war in the 1990s. Amid the ongoing escalation of […]
Madison police found no evidence to corroborate Althea Bernstein’s claim four white men tried to set her on fire during a night of riots in the Wisconsin capital in June, but will not charge her with filing a false report. Bernstein, 18, had claimed that four white men sprayed her with lighter fluid through the open window of her car as she sat at a red […]
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A gang of raccoons attacked journalists outside the White House, with one of the trash pandas allegedly grabbing a photographer and a correspondent. Are they President Trump’s anti-media stormtroopers, people on Twitter ask. A raccoon “attacked multiple news crews” on the North Lawn of the White House on Monday morning, CBS journalist Paula Reid reported on Twitter. One of the critters “allegedly grabbed [the] pant leg […]
On this Speaking of Bitcoin episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for an in-depth discussion about what’s really at risk when blockchains suffer the dreaded 51% attack. On today’s show we’re talking 51% attacks, the much discussed, infrequently seen and fairly misunderstood doomsday scenarios. It’s a topic of discussion that’s recently re-emerged as Ethereum plans its transition to Proof-of-Stake and […]
Armenia has asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to pressure Azerbaijan into stopping its military operation against the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan is violating basic human rights by targeting the civilian population and infrastructure and using indiscriminate weapons, Armenia argued. As a top European body tasked with defending those rights, the ECHR can pressure Baku into halting the hostilities, Yerevan believes. A request to do […]
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia has posted on social media a new short video of an attack on an Azerbaijani military convoy in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian military have released a video they say shows a deadly attack on an Azerbaijani military convoy composed of infantry fighting vehicles and military trucks. Some sources claim that the video shows a convoy of Azerbaijani BMP-3 infantry […]
Turkey on Sunday strongly condemned the Armenian attack on Azerbaijan which caused civilian casualties, according to the Anadolu Agency. “We strongly condemn the Armenian attack which is a clear violation of international law and caused civilian casualties,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Border clashes broke out early Sunday after Armenian forces opened fire targeting Azerbaijani civilian settlements. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW […]
The information below is highly classified. Asking the questions are Ian Greenhalgh and Don Fox. The answers are by the University of California’s team that investigated 9/11 for the US Department of Energy. Those answering are physicists who work in nuclear weapons design and testing exclusively, the world’s foremost experts. The information provided was the result of the official 9/11 investigation finished by the DOE in […]
The UK government is well-known for being coy about revealing information on its cyber warfare powers. Therefore, the military official’s comments were rather unprecedented. The only acknowledged cyber campaign to date to have been carried out by British forces was aimed shutting down Daesh’ internet presence. The UK has developed offensive cyber warfare capabilities that have the power to destroy national power grids and other such […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080574281_0:0:1258:707_1200x675_80_0_0_8e78e9856a1a14f2d2b9d2e97b1deb38.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009251080574352-video-of-police-arresting-a-suspect-in-stabbing-attack-near-charlie-hebdos-office-released/ The man whose description matched that provided by victims and witnesses of the attack was detained by security forces on the steps of the Bastille Opera. Mere hours after a violent stabbing attack that occurred on 25 September on Boulevard Richard Lenoir in Paris near the former offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, footage of the main suspect’s arrest has […]
An officer of the French National Gendarmerie guards an area near the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, where two people were wounded Friday in an attack with a sharp object that one witness described as a hatchet. Arina Lebedeva/TASS/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Arina Lebedeva/TASS/Getty Images An officer of the French National Gendarmerie guards an area near the former Paris offices of […]