The Turkey-backed rebels unit, known as the Al-Fatah al-Mubin, says it has shot down a Russian Orlan-10 unmanned aircraft over the strategic Zawiya Mountain, in the Jabal al-Zawiya region of Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. In a statement released on social media, the Al-Fatah al-Mubin group claimed it had shot down the Orlan-10 medium-range, multipurpose unmanned aerial vehicle using machine guns. The Orlan-10 is an unmanned […]
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Former Russian test pilot Magomed Tolboyev told reporters that Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet (NATO nickname Felon) has more of a likelihood of gaining the initiative early on and winning in a one-on-one dogfight with U.S. F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter. “Su-57 will kill [a F-35] easily, should they meet one on one. The F-35 cannot maneuver, it’s simply incapable. But it does has electronic might,” Tolboyev […]
On 8 November, the spokesperson for Armenia’s Defense Ministry, Shushan Stepanyan, has reported that its rockets shot down an Azerbaijani Bayraktar TB2 combat drone. At the announcement, Shushan Stepanyan said that at around 13:40 Armenian Air Defense units of the Defense Army shot down another enemy Bayraktar TB2 in the southeastern direction in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. The Bayraktar TB2 is a Turkish-made medium altitude long endurance […]
DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They Are Controlled By Iran By Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. November 5, 2020 DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They Are Controlled By Iran2020-11-052020-11-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/seized.png200px200px Above photo: Department of Justice. DOJ, FBI collaborate with Google, Facebook, and Twitter to make the seizures. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it seized 27 online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s Islamic […]
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 […]
Oxford Study Challenges Israel’s Claims Concerning Palestinian Refugees By Miko Peled, Mintpress News. October 26, 2020 Oxford Study Challenges Israel’s Claims Concerning Palestinian Refugees2020-10-262020-10-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/palestine.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinian refugees carry their belongings as they flee across the wrecked Allenby Bridge over the Jordan River from the Israeli-occupied section of Jordan, June 22, 1967. Bernard Frye | AP. A Historical Reckoning. Pro-Israel institutions and spokespeople like to claim […]
With only some 2,500 of BP’s global workforce accepting a golden handshake to leave voluntarily, the balance of the 10,000 lay-offs announced by CEO Bernard Looney in June as part of ‘greening’ the oil giant will be made based on staff performance ratings. Three-quarters of the 10,000 staff set to be laid off worldwide by oil giant BP will have no say in the matter, it […]
The COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating as the number of global confirmed cases has now surpassed 38 million, with more than one million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University’s latest estimates. British comedian and producer Ricky Gervais remains downbeat about the future of the human race in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, predicting that another deadly virus may finally wipe out the world’s […]
The royal biography comes two months after the release of another tell-all book “Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family”, which sheds light on the Sussexes’ bombshell decision to step down from senior roles in the Royal Family. Queen Elizabeth II told her grandson Prince Harry that Meghan Markle couldn’t have whatever she wanted on their wedding day, claims a […]
The New York Times, whose article last month on Donald Trump’s tax filings set off a firestorm of accusations, now says there’s no evidence the president owes money to Russia, and any suggestions otherwise are conspiracy theories. David Enrich, the newspaper’s business investigations editor, detailed in an article Tuesday some of the rumors that have been lobbed around by Democrats since the Times reported that Trump […]
A person’s blood type could play a key role in their vulnerability to Covid-19, with type O people less likely to catch the bug while types A and AB are most at risk, freshly released research has found. Two independent studies published on Wednesday found that blood type O is something of a security blanket when it comes to coronavirus. Those with this blood type were […]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev claimed that the country’s armed forces destroyed two S-300 surface-to-air missile systems belonging to Armenia during the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the President, the Armenian Armed Forces received heavy damage. In addition, the President of Azerbaijan said that in the event of an attack on the oil pipelines of Azerbaijan, Yerevan will receive a “heavy response.” – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING […]
The US Department of Justice claims the author of “Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady” breached her non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and that she failed to submit a draft copy of the book for government review. The DoJ filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against 49-year-old Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former White House aide and close friend of first lady […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Russia has “done little” to establish truth over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, leaving an impression that it is not interested in it, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told RIA Novosti in an interview. “We do not see the Russian government publicly analyzing the circumstances of the case on the merits. And the circumstances are such that a military nerve agent […]
Staten Island GOP chairman has claimed that his party racked up some $16,000 in fees predominantly from its opponents, after a popular anti-Trump TikToker urged viewers to sign up for an outdoor rally. Staten Island GOP chairman Brendan Lantry told the New York Post on Saturday, that the webpage where those willing could sign up for the “TRiUMPh Rally”, billed as a free event, was overwhelmed […]
Amid frequent attacks in the so-called Green Zone’ in Baghdad, several countries, including the United States, have warned Iraq that they may shut down their embassies in the area if shellings on diplomatic missions continue. Iraqi militia groups have agreed to temporarily stop shellings targeting the American military presence in the country, as long as the US-led coalition withdraws its troops from Iraq “in line with a […]
Officials in Yerevan and the unrecognized region of Nagorno-Karabakh have repeatedly accused Israel and Turkey of providing extensive military assistance to Azerbaijan for its war in the region. Azerbaijan has called these claims “over-exaggerated” and has accused Armenia of trying to “undermine” good relations between Baku and Tel Aviv. Arayik Harutyunyan, president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh (the Armenian name for Nagorno-Karabakh), has accused Israel […]
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has rubbished the CBS News interpretation of his words. The network provoked uproar claiming that the militant group wants Trump to win the election and withdraw troops from Afghanistan. The “clarification” from the Taliban spokesman came hours after a report that the militant group threw its weight behind Trump set Twitter alight, with the president’s detractors seizing upon the unusual endorsement to […]
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The survey was compiled by the company SaveOnEnergy, which evaluated senior members of the Royal Family by analysing several factors – travel footprint, support for environmental charities, attendance of events dedicated to improving nature, and how eco-friendly is their everyday life (use of electric cars, sustainable wardrobe). Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the least eco-friendly members of the Royal Family, says a new survey, conducted […]
VP Mike Pence accused Joe Biden multiple times of wanting to ban fracking at the vice presidential debate, which Senator Kamala Harris has denied – that despite Biden’s past comments saying he is actually in favor of a ban. Even President Donald Trump got involved in Wednesday’s debate after Harris denied a Biden administration would ban fracking. Trump tweeted a video of Harris at a town […]
During an interview last week with Scott Hennen and Todd Mitchell, hosts of ‘What’s On Your Mind?’ on a North Dakota radio station, Eric Trump listed a number of his father’s major accomplishments, including “saving Christianity”. US President Donald Trump’s third child Eric Trump, during a radio interview last week that resurfaced and went viral Tuesday, said his father has “literally saved Christianity” from Democrats who are […]
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Marseilles defender Alvaro Gonzalez says PSG star Neymar “isn’t worthy of his respect” as he slammed the Brazil forward over the racism row which exploded in the aftermath of the meeting between the two teams last month. Neymar accused Gonzalez of branding him a “monkey son of a b*tch” in PSG’s ill-tempered defeat to Marseille at Parc de Princes in September, during which the Brazilian was sent off after […]
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Earlier, Lionel Messi confirmed his total commitment to Barcelona’s “shirt and badge” as he began the team’s La Liga campaign by scoring a penalty in a 4-0 rout of Villarreal, seeking to put behind him the scandal triggered by his failed attempt to leave the club. Lionel Messi is projecting the image of being a man on a mission after his failed bid to part ways […]
UK security officials were not convinced by China’s Huawei Technologies that the security risks of using its products in Britain can be adequately managed in the long term, a government report said. The Chinese company could only give “limited assurance” that risks to UK networks could be sufficiently mitigated from a long-term perspective, the report released on Thursday said. It cited “continued problems” with engineering and […]
Arbitly’s crypto licensure and registration claims are bogus, according to Malta’s financial regulator. Source link
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The Azerbaijani military has passed control of its air force operations in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region to Turkey, Yerevan claims. Ankara insists no Turkish aircraft was used in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Turkey’s military command has allegedly been coordinating the Azerbaijani airstrikes against targets in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian defense ministry’s spokeswoman, Shushan Stepanyan, said in a series of Twitter posts on Wednesday. #Azerbaijan handed […]
Azerbaijan claims to have killed or wounded more than 2,000 Armenian troops during fierce fighting in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. Armenia had disputed such high numbers. Around 2,300 “enemy personnel” have been killed or wounded since fighting broke out on Sunday, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported. Officials added that an Armenian S-300 air defense missile system was destroyed at the frontline in Karabakh, along with around 130 […]
US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe has released a Russian intelligence report dating to July 2016 that claimed then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton “approved” the spreading of a conspiracy theory linking then-Republican candidate Donald Trump to Moscow, which became the Russiagate scandal. On Tuesday, Ratcliffe passed to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) a report compiled by Russian intelligence in July 2016 and […]
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Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard invoked the ire of her own base for siding with the conservative news organization Project Veritas, over claims of alleged ballot-harvesting voter fraud linked to Representative Ilhan Omar. Gabbard tweeted on Monday that the allegations against Omar made by the investigative undercover news group were “further evidence of the need to ban ballot harvesting.” Such practice is also called ‘ballot collecting’ and […]
President Trump has reportedly claimed tens of thousands of dollars in tax deductions over expenses such as haircuts. Trump is seen here during a briefing at the White House in March. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Trump has reportedly claimed tens of thousands of dollars in tax deductions over expenses such as haircuts. Trump is seen […]
In 2016, then-Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump picked then-Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate, shortly after the latter reportedly delivered a “vicious monologue” about Democrat Hillary Clinton, who was Trump’s opponent at the time. During the 2016 election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly suggested that his eldest daughter Ivanka should serve as his running mate, according to a soon-to-be-released book by former deputy Trump campaign […]
In the wake of last Monday’s arrest of a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer charged with spying for Beijing, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a New York Post interview on Wednesday accused the Chinese consulate in NYC of “crossing the line from normal diplomacy”, describing the embassy as an espionage hot spot on US soil. James M. Olson, former chief of counterintelligence […]
A recent story in The Atlantic suggested Donald Trump was working to appoint his supporters to the Electoral College so they can help swing the election his way, but one of the interviewees is now slamming the story as fake news. “The story is pure conjecture,” Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman told the Washington Examiner. Corman says he spoke to Atlantic writer Barton Gellman last […]
Potential signs of life on Venus were earlier discovered in a groundbreaking study carried out by an international collaboration of researchers after traces of phosphine were spotted in the planet’s yellow clouds. A meteor that zoomed past planet Earth may have brought life to Venus, according to new research. Harvard scientists involved in the study, Transfer of Life Between Earth and Venus with Planet-Grazing Asteroids, claim […]
Wisconsin authorities announced earlier that a probe by the state Department of Justice into the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake from Kenosha by a white police officer in August would soon be turned over to a retired police chief serving as an independent consultant for review. A lawyer representing Rusten Sheskey has stated that the police officer was not only defending his own life when […]
An Instagram model has boasted that the minibar was “stocked for my fat ass” during an apparent tour of a hotel room on TikTok, claiming that a NBA admirer had paid $7,000 to lure her to the restricted ‘bubble’. Social media influencer ‘Hannmaile’ appeared to show off a sheet of rules given to NBA players as she took her followers on a tour of what she […]
Presidential niece Mary Trump has sued her uncle, his sister, and their late brother, accusing the trio of defrauding her of her rightful interest in the Trump empire – perhaps providing some insight into why she wrote her book. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, the younger Trump declared her uncle and his siblings “siphoned millions of dollars from Mary’s interests” in the Trump real estate […]
Northeastern Syria, home to the vast majority of the country’s oil, is also where most US troops in the country are concentrated. Damascus has repeatedly accused US forces and their Kurdish allies of stealing the nation’s oil, with intelligence confirming the shipment of tens of millions of dollars of black gold out of the country every month. A convoy of 35 tanker trucks from the Jazira […]
On Wednesday, a hotly anticipated probe by Senate Republicans into corruption allegations against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, reported no evidence of wrongdoing. However, one analyst told Sputnik that investigators arrived at this conclusion by “moving the goalposts. The white-hot core of the impeachment of US President Donald Trump last December was his pushing the Ukrainian president to investigate the Bidens’ potentially […]
Amsterdam claims the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) was unable to participate in the US’ NATO-inclusive Operation Allied Sky because its US-made F-35 Lightning II aircraft had vulnerable fuel tanks due to pipe damage of unexplained origins, making them unsafe to fly in thunderstorms. “Damaged pipes have been found on F-35A fighters. These are pipes from the On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) in a fuel […]
LONDON (Sputnik) – Juan Guaido’s legal team argued on Wednesday before the UK Court of Appeals that the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela has the right to claim the Venezuelan gold reserves held in the Bank of England following his recognition by the UK government. “What M. Guaido wants from this court is to examine a clear statement of recognition”, lawyer Andrew Fulton said during the presentation […]
A prosecutor representing the US at Julian Assange’s extradition hearings has argued that the WikiLeaks founder could be feigning depression after a psychiatrist said he might commit sucide if he is sent to the US to be tried. James Lewis, the lawyer representing Washington at Assange’s hearings in London, sought to poke holes in the testimony of renowned professor of neuropsychiatry, Michael Kopelman, who said on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/17/1080544714_0:0:1719:966_1200x675_80_0_0_a7ad2f7ea0e9a9ae1b1683d99b9fe2e9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009231080544633-trump-claims-biden-wears-mask-amid-covid-19-pandemic-to-cover-up-plastic-surgery/ It is not the first time that US President Donald Trump has mocked his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, for wearing a mask during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Earlier this month, speaking to supporters in Pennsylvania, Trump mockingly insisted that the former vice president likes to wear masks more than anyone he has ever seen. US President […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/17/1080544663_0:0:3070:1727_1200x675_80_0_0_f56f51a9802e43b7416542f03b8d4fe2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009231080544694-we-just-dont-like-people-like-you-77-year-old-vet-attacked-over-wearing-maga-hat-report-claims/ Earlier in the month, anti-Trump activists were arrested after attacking a 7-year-old boy by stealing his red “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) hat. The two women were charged with felony hate crimes and robbery. A 77-year-old military veteran in California was attacked on Friday by a man and a woman, apparently for wearing a “Make America Great […]
Virginia Roberts Giuffre has stated that she was a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking enterprise; she has outlined what kind of shape and even complexion his alleged sex slaves were supposed to have. Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged former sex slave Virginia Giuffre spoke on the podcast “Broken: Seeking Justice” about how the billionaire paedophile and his ex-partner Ghislaine Maxwell fed girls fruit platters and iced tea, […]
Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola, speaks during a presentation in Turin, Italy December 2, 2019. Milton resigned as executive chairman over allegations that he made misleading claims about the company’s technology. Milton has denied the accusations. Massimo Pinca/REUTERS hide caption toggle caption Massimo Pinca/REUTERS Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola, speaks during a presentation in Turin, Italy December 2, 2019. Milton resigned as executive chairman […]
Melania’s former friend Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who recently released a memoir about her ties to FLOTUS, says it is “insane” that Donald Trump has already made others come to terms with the prospect of Ivanka assuming the top role in the Oval Office. Donald Trump is preparing his daughter Ivanka to become the next US President and Melania Trump is “complicit” in the ambitious plans, Stephanie […]
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The former aide said she resigned because she was not happy with how the administration has been handling the pandemic, claiming that Trump is only focused on his re-election efforts. Ex-top coronavirus task force adviser of Vice President Mike Pence, Olivia Troye, has claimed that the US president was thankful for the coronavirus pandemic because he now doesn’t have to shake hands with “disgusting” people. “Maybe this […]
While Ret. Marine General James Mattis was reportedly surprised by the question about anti-Daesh strategy directed at him by Ivanka, Donald Trump himself appeared “proud” by her move. Ivanka Trump expressed an interest in a certain aspect of the country’s foreign policy shortly after her father got elected president, The Mercury News reports, citing “Rage”, a new book by veteran American investigative journalist Bob Woodward. According […]
President Trump on Wednesday directly contradicted the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on when the coronavirus vaccine will be available to the general public. Asked at a White House press briefing about Dr. Robert Redfield’s statement earlier on Wednesday that the public most likely won’t get the vaccine until next summer or even fall, Trump said, “That’s incorrect information.” “When he said […]
Democrat activist and former presidential hopeful Tom Steyer says the wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington are due to climate change, and the “only solution” to them is Joe Biden. The number-one thing people can do to stop the wildfires raging, according to Steyer, is to “elect a different president who is going to recognize the problem, deal with it forcefully at home, deal with it […]
Faced with a U.S. Treasury Department report linking him to a Russian agent, Rudy Giuliani defended himself Saturday by claiming he had no idea that Ukrainian lawmaker and conspiracy-peddler Andriy Derkach was a foreign operative. In an interview Saturday on AM Joy, the president’s personal attorney refused to directly answer questions from interviewer Jonathan Capehart about how he could have been in the dark about Derkach’s […]
With time ticking for the 3 November election, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden continue to lock horns, notably over whether either of them is fit to take office. Donald Trump has once again claimed that Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is “possibly” using drugs in order to improve the former vice president’s debate performances during his election campaign. “[…] That’s what I […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107830/84/1078308472_0:0:3640:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_890fe97df5474d4ca4128089ab3574f4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009111080430627-tehran-refutes-microsofts-claims-that-iranian-hackers-targeted-us-election-candidates/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Microsoft’s claim that Iranian hackers launched cyberattacks targeting candidates in the upcoming United States presidential election are untrue, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a statement to the CNN broadcaster. “United States of America has interfered for decades in the elections of other countries including Iran … US is leading disinformation campaigns against other […]
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/202009111080425370-taliban-militants-attack-afghan-forces-in-nangarhar-province-at-least-16-killed-source-claims/ On Thursday, the Taliban confirmed that the opening ceremony of intra-Afghan peace talks will begin on Saturday, following a peace greement between the Taliban and the United States Taliban militants attacked the security forces of Afghanistan in eastern province of Nangarhar, leaving at least 16 soldiers killed and more injured, a local source told Sputnik on Friday. The militants […]
Two wrongful death by suicide claims have been filed by Santa Barbara attorney against the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Federal Torts Claim Act SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 – SANTA BARBARA – Peter Bertling, Bertling Law Group, has filed claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding wrongful death by suicide of Brieux Dash and Gary Pressley. Sgt. Brieux Alexander Dash, 33, died by suicide […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107724/66/1077246684_0:192:2958:1856_1200x675_80_0_0_00ad27f45e37f85b4438f1a84073781a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009101080415391-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-considered-obama-ahole-trump-claims-in-woodward-book/ US President Donald Trump gave a series of interviews to Washington Post editor Bob Woodward for the latter’s new book ‘Rage’, scheduled to be published on 15 September, on a variety of topics including the president’s relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un viewed former US President Barack Obama as “an a**hole”, […]
President Donald Trump, who launched his 2016 presidential campaign by fear-mongering about Mexican “rapists,” said with a straight face on Wednesday night that he intentionally misled the public on the coronavirus threat because he doesn’t “want to scare people.” Following his bombshell admission to legendary journalist Bob Woodward that he knowingly downplayed the virus even though he knew in early February that it was airborne, contagious, […]
Bob Woodward, the famed Washington Post journalist who reported on the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s, was one of the first to publish a tell-all book on the Trump White House, with books of this type turning into an entire cottage industry and raking in hundreds of millions of dollars for authors and publishers. US President Donald Trump willingly sought to downplay the dangers posed […]
…from Sputnik News, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: I would have lost a bet with Gordon that the West would have given up on these staged Novichok poisonings so as not to expose the ones they have gotten away with so far. Survival in the offensive Intel world requires never establishing a behavior pattern. Former Russian sleeper agent Jack Barsky’s US passport There is not even a […]
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/india/202009071080393532-chinas-western-theatre-command-claims-retaliation-after-indian-troops-use-bullets-on-patrol-team/ According to a People’s Liberation Army spokesperson, Chinese border defence troops were forced to take countermeasures following what he described as Indian army illegally crossing the line. Source link
Following reports of “missing locals” allegedly being abducted by the Chinese military from Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian Army on Sunday sent an emergency message to China’s People’s Liberation Army to seek information about them, confirmed India’s Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju. China on Monday said that they have no details to release regarding the Indian Army’s inquiry about five locals missing from India’s […]
In late July, Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored the importance of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) developing its drone warfare capacity to add to the PLAAF’s fleet of “advanced aircraft”. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) remains “the largest aviation forces in the region” and the third biggest in the world, the Pentagon revealed in a recently released report on China’s military […]
Labour MP and former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott’s comments came as 77 Extinction Rebellion protesters were charged with aggravated trespass over their blockade of three newspaper print works on Friday. Labour MP Diane Abbott has attacked a crackdown on green protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR), claiming that “direct action” including trespass and vandalism has been legal for over 100 years. In an interview with Sky […]
If a UK court consents to Julian Assange’s extradition to the US in a trial due to resume on Monday, the WikiLeaks co-founder could be sentenced to 175 years behind bars in an American prison. He faces 18 criminal charges related to endangering US national security by conspiring to obtain and disclose classified information. Stella Morris, Julian Assange’s partner and the mother of his two children, […]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to cut $1 billion from the budget of the city’s police department amid Black Lives Matter protests, while New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo wants 4,000 cops to police social distancing in restaurants. The founder of New York’s Blue Lives Matter campaign has claimed state Governor Andrew Cuomo and city Mayor Bil de Blasio “pit officers against the […]
A priest who is in court in Malta over an alleged sexual relationship with a teenage girl has been suspended from saying mass and administering sacraments. The punishment comes as the priest’s lawyers claim that the 40-year-old was being blackmailed by the teenager, who was not allowing him to end the consensual relationship. The sexual activities allegedly date back to June 2017, when the girl was […]
Following his December 2019 resignation from the UK’s most prestigious diplomatic post in Washington, Ambassador Darroch was savaged by President Trump as the “wacky ambassador” also describing him as “pompous” and “a very stupid guy.” Kim Darroch, the UK’s former ambassador to the US between 2016-2019 has said that Boris Johnson is “fascinated” with Donald Trump and has likely found him to be a source of […]
In July 2019, the UK Metropolitan Police opened a probe into the leak of excerpts from confidential cables by Kim Darroch in which the then-British ambassador to the US described the White House as “uniquely dysfunctional”, warning that President Trump could end up in “disgrace”. Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton has told The Telegraph that in 2019, President Donald Trump ordered the removal of […]
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, whose late son Beau was a veteran of the Iraq War, said the latest anonymous claims against President Trump proved he was unfit for office. 2016 candidate Hillary Clinton said she was not surprised by the report. US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has defended President Donald Trump over claims he belittled the sacrifice of US war veterans. Esper’s statement on Friday […]
US President Donald Trump rejected allegations that he bashed fallen soldiers as “losers” and “suckers,” hitting back at a recent story in the Atlantic that relied on anonymous sources, which he called “more made-up fake news.” The Atlantic article, published on Thursday, claims the president disparaged dead American soldiers on several occasions throughout his term, citing a flock of nameless officials and aides, none of whom […]
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/europe/202009031080360975-greek-diplomatic-sources-refute-nato-claims-that-ankara-athens-will-hold-technical-talks/ ATHENS (Sputnik) – Diplomatic sources in Greece refuted on Thursday information that Ankara and Athens had agreed to begin technical talks within NATO to de-escalate tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, media reported. According to the sources, as cited by the AMNA news agency, such information does not correspond to the reality, however, Greece “duly noted the intention of NATO […]
India and China engaged in a skirmish in Chushul on the night of 29 August and have accused each other of crossing the loosely demarcated Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. India lost 20 soldiers in one such clash with the Chinese army in mid-June. China has allegedly paid about $213,100 to various organisations based in Nepal to carry out protests and demonstrations against India along […]
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insists she was “set up” after she was spotted visiting a San Francisco hair salon in violation of Covid-19 rules, demanding an apology from the business owner while refusing to offer one of her own. The Democratic rep mounted her defense at an event about school reopenings in San Francisco’s Noe Valley on Wednesday, maintaining that she was led to believe […]
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/europe/202009021080349976-german-chancellor-merkel-claims-navalny-case-is-attempted-murder-with-use-of-nerve-agent/ Earlier Wednesday, a German government spokesman alleged that test results showed that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who was rushed to Germany from Siberia last month after becoming ill and falling into a coma, was poisoned by a nerve agent of the so-called ‘Novichok’ group. Berlin is treating the Navalny case as an ‘attempted murder’ using a nerve agent, […]
President Donald Trump jumped into the deep end of conspiratorial waters on Monday night during a friendly interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, spinning tales about “people in dark shadows” pulling Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s strings and a plane full of “thugs” in “black uniforms with gear” looking to “do big damage” at the Republican National Convention. After spending much of the first half […]
A day after turning out for an amateur side in a park in a suburb of London, Champions League winner Patrice Evra has performed another astonishing stunt by bench pressing and vigorously twerking in a Bugs Bunny outfit in a gym. Evra dressed in a furry outfit to resemble the beloved cartoon character as he opened the scene carrying out a bench press in a rack […]
Renowned filmmaker Michael Moore predicted in 2016 that Donald Trump would win the presidential election despite all leading US polls claiming otherwise and tipping Democrat Hillary Clinton as the hot favourite. Donald Trump is heading for victory in the 2020 November presidential election in the US, buoyed by the “off the charts” enthusiasm displayed by his supporters, says renowned filmmaker Michael Moore. The author of Fahrenheit […]
The campaign office of Democratic candidate Joe Biden accused US President Donald Trump of inciting violence and failing to unite the country amid Black Lives Matter protests. White House spokesman Hogan Gidley instead slammed Democratic state and city authorities for refusing federal help in quelling the riots. A spokesman for US President Donald Trump has accused media outlets in the US of ignoring and even being […]
On Tuesday, Lionel Messi notified Barcelona of his decision to leave the Spanish football club despite having a contract that doesn’t end until June 2021. The move came after his club’s surprise 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Football star Lionel Messi has told FC Barcelona that he would not show up for coronavirus testing on Sunday, according to Catalan radio station RAC1 […]
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) claims that his life was saved by police Thursday night when he says he was “attacked by an angry mob” of protesters when leaving the White House after President Donald Trump’s big Republican National Convention speech. Videos of the confrontation appear to show that the senator was heckled, but not actually touched by protesters. Paul tweeted early Friday: “Just got attacked by […]
Their arrest came as a surprise. Was Russia really using mercenary soldiers to overthrow the leader of its closest ally? Everyone knew relations between Moscow and Alexander Lukashenko were strained, but this seemed extreme. That was the claim originally made when 33 members of the ‘Wagner’ Private Security Company were detained by the KGB in Belarus. State news agency Belta alleged that law enforcement sources said […]
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Jerry Falwell Jr. has acknowledged that his wife had an illicit affair with a Miami pool attendant-turned-business partner, but has denied having ever being involved in any active capacity. Giancarlo Granda, the man who had a years-long “intimate relationship” with Becki Falwell, claims that her husband, evangelical leader Jerry Falwell, watched the two have sex while wearing nothing but a pair of Speedos. Granda first met […]
New research suggests that somewhere between 30 to 50 percent of the world’s water supply is being illegally siphoned off and is not being paid for or counted, reviving debate about how we define water. In their paper, the researchers argue that a lack of any widely-accepted definition of what constitutes water theft, or whether it can even exist at all, precludes coordinated effort from governments, […]
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent three nights in intensive care in April, after being initially diagnosed with COVID-19 on 27 March, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab standing in to deputise in his absence. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson may resign from office in six months time due to lingering health issues after he succumbed to the coronavirus respiratory disease in March, […]
The United Kingdom is currently maintaining an arsenal of 227 Challenger 2 tanks, although military authorities appear to believe that the motorized weapons are “obsolete”, after former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt warned in 2019 that the UK has not been militarily “competitive”. Top UK military brass are mulling the idea of scrapping all tanks in the country, in a move to modernise the armed forces, according […]