The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe announced that its Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine has spotted several dozen multiple launch rocket systems and howitzers in the rebel-controlled Luhansk region. The Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, os SMM, is an international observer mission created under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to facilitate a peaceful settlement of the ongoing […]
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A supersonic Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber belonging to the Russian Air Force crashed Tuesday in the Kaluga region. Russian media on March. 23, 2021, reported that a Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range bomber crashed at Shaykovka airbase, in the Kaluga region, killing the three crew on board. The cause or causes of the crash are unknown, but local sources reported that the bomber caught on fire immediately after crashing. – ADVERTISEMENT […]
Saudi Royal Air Force fighter jets escorted the U.S. Air Force B-52 heavy bombers over the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility Jan. 7, 2021. According to a recent service news release, Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force F-15SA fighter jets escorted U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses from Minot Air Force Base with F-16 Fighting Falcons fighter jets through CENTCOM. “The bomber deployment underscores the U.S. […]
In the last few months, the U.S. Army has significantly expanded its activities in the Black Sea Region. On 19 November, Members of 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade (41st FAB) deployed two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) with 2 launcher crews, comprised of six personnel, from Ramstein Air Base, Germany to conduct Exercise Rapid Falcon in Romania. According to […]
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has announced that the second F-35B squadron officially established in the Indo-Pacific region. The details were given in a 23 October media release, to announce the Marine Aircraft Group 12 re-designated Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 as part of the Marine Corps’ ongoing transition process from legacy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft to the […]
A Russian Air Force Su-34 Fullback combat jet crashed in the Khabarovsk Region in the Russian Far East, according to a Wednesday statement from the Eastern Military District. A Sukhoi Su-34 twin-seat, all-weather supersonic medium-range fighter-bomber/strike aircraft crashed during a routine training sortie on October 21, the press office said. “The pilots ejected. There is no threat to their health. The crew members have now been […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/11/1080800420_0:0:3641:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_1712c3094bc6f1bf132dc5399638fe79.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202010171080804348-russia-to-respond-to-us-deployment-of-missiles-in-asia-pacific-region-ambassador-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow will adequately respond to Washington’s deployment of intermediate and short-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said. “If American missiles are deployed in APAC, and it was once again confirmed to me yesterday that such missiles would be deployed, then the range of these missiles would reach […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107093/84/1070938473_0:236:2801:1812_1200x675_80_0_0_1c935aaca0b8882640091a04c98f2e66.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010131080754040-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-in-russias-nizhny-novgorod-region-found-dead/ NIZHNY NOVGOROD, October 13 (Sputnik) – A man suspected of killing three people in a shooting spree in a locality in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region has been found dead, the regional investigation department of the Russian Investigative Committee told Sputnik. “The [suspect’s] body was found… Not far from the place where everything happened,” the investigators said. It has been […]
Japan is currently holding a QUAD foreign ministers’ meeting in Tokyo, which focuses on discussing alleged threats posed by China and its growing presence in the Indo-Pacific region. The four countries involved in QUAD are the US, Japan, India, and Australia. India and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring stability in the Indo-Pacific region, which they claim has been disrupted due to China’s […]
The flare-up of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh entered its second week on Monday, with dozens of civilians and an unspecified number of servicemen ranging from dozens to hundreds or even thousands killed. Both sides have blamed each other for starting the fighting. Until the mid-1980s, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), an ethnic Armenian-majority region part of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR, lived in relative […]
An aurora, sometimes referred to as polar lights (aurora polaris), northern lights, is the glow of the upper atmosphere that occurs as a result of their interaction with charged particles of the solar wind. Depending on the altitude and composition of the atmosphere, the glow can be of different colors and shapes. For example, if the solar wind collides with nitrogen, and as a result, it […]
The intense military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has reached the largest city and de-facto capital of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region where Azerbaijani shelling has destroyed the Emergencies Ministry complex. The shells and rockets fired by the Azerbaijani artillery that used to explode on the outskirts of the city known as Stepanakert to its ethnic Armenian residents and officially called Khankendi by Baku are now rocking […]
A new round of hostilities started in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on 27 September, with Azerbaijan and Armenia accusing each other of carrying out provocations that resulted in civilian and military casualties. The Azerbaijani Defence Ministry in the early hours of 27 September reported an outbreak of clashes along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-majority area that proclaimed independence from Azerbaijan during the collapse of the […]
Servicemen and members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation gather after the Armenian government declared martial law and military mobilization amidst growing conflict with Azerbaijan. Melik Baghdasaryan/Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/TAS hide caption toggle caption Melik Baghdasaryan/Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/TAS Servicemen and members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation gather after the Armenian government declared martial law and military mobilization amidst growing conflict with Azerbaijan. Melik Baghdasaryan/Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/TAS Fighting broke out between Armenia […]
Azerbaijan launched large-scale airstrikes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after an Armenian armed force committed provocations along the entire length of the front on Sunday, locals said. The airstrikes occurred in the frontline zone in Nagorno-Karabakh. The details were given in a 27 September media release, to announce that at about 06:00, Armenian troops committing large-scale provocations, have subjected to intensive shelling from large-caliber weapons, mortars, […]
BAKU (Sputnik) – Armenia’s armed forces have opened fire at settlements along the line of military confrontation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, there are casualties among the civilian population, a spokesperson of Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry said. “On 27 September, at around 06:00 [02:00 GMT] the armed forces of Armenia, having carried out large-scale provocations, subjected to intensive shelling the positions of the Azerbaijani army along the entire […]
Azerbaijan launched “an offensive” against Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian PM said amid reports of Azeri aircraft being shot down. Baku insists it is taking “retaliatory measures” in the disputed Armenian-populated region. Hostilities resumed along the frontier of Nagorno-Karabakh earlier on Sunday, with top officials in both Armenia and Azerbaijan confirming the news.“The enemy has started an attack on Artsakh,” Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told his Facebook […]
A US envoy’s rare visit to Syria’s mostly Kurdish-held al-Hasakah region and his promise that Turkey won’t interfere in NE Syria indicates that Washington is pushing ahead with the plan of unifying various Kurdish regional groups with the aim of dividing Syria and Iraq, Turkish security expert Abdullah Agar has said. On 21 September, US Special Representative Ambassador James Jeffrey travelled to northeast Syria and held […]
A new report by an Australian research group has identified and mapped more than 380 suspected detention facilities in China’s western Xinjiang region. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says in its report that these centers have been built and expanded even as Chinese officials claimed most of the people sent to the facilities had “returned to society.” The researchers say they believe their database and map […]
A new cryptocurrency trading platform is gearing up to offer zero-fee trades to users in six countries in the Gulf Region. Announced on Thursday, the platform Fasset Exchange (FEX) has started sign-ups for its private beta and is planning a public rollout later this year. Source link
A Russian Su-30 fighter jet has crashed near the village of Dornikovo in the Tver region, 40 kilometers from Vyshny Volochok, on 22 September. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was on a routine training mission with two pilots on board. Both pilots ejected and were recovered alive by a Mi-8 search and rescue helicopter not long after the crash. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “On September 22, a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/13/1080512507_0:83:3000:1770_1200x675_80_0_0_68127cd1d383547ef9cd23cda1653635.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009191080512473-45-magnitude-quake-rocks-southern-california-as-region-battles-wildfires/ The earthquake has come as America’s West Coast continuing to battle wildfires, the worst-affected states being California and Washington. An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale rocked Southern California late on Friday night, the US Geological Survey reported. According to seismologists, the quake occurred at 23:39 local time, 15km from Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Fire Department issued […]
At a campaign rally in North Carolina on 8 September, President Donald Trump praised Washington-brokered deals to normalise relations between Israel and two Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, while also saying that the US was not involved in the Middle East for oil, but because “we want to protect Israel.” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced US leaders for ruining […]
India is not yet capable of becoming China’s economic rival in Iran, according to various pundits and lawmakers. Moreover, the United States is limiting New Delhi’s political ties with Tehran, according to experts commenting on the Indian Defence and Foreign Ministers’ visits to Iran. On 8 September, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held talks with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, the second Indian minister to visit […]
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 […]
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/world/202008311080328216-greece-to-look-into-recent-drug-seizures-in-evros-region-reports-say/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Greece’s anti-terror unit has launched an investigation into the recent seizures of the Captagon codrug, known as the Jihadi Pill, at the Greek-Turkish border in the Evros region, the Kathimerini newspaper reported on Monday. According to the Greek news outlet, the police of Komotini and Alexandroupoli have seized 13,213 pills in six cases — five of […]
On Tuesday, Pacific Air Forces reported that U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Japan Air Self Defense Force aircraft conduct a large-scale joint and bilateral integration training exercise Aug. 18, 2020. Four B-1B Lancers, two B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers, and four F-15C Eagles conducted Bomber Task Force missions simultaneously within the Indo-Pacific region over the course of 24 hours. Pacific Air Forces routinely conducts BTF […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106529/37/1065293712_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_e61c8c49e04d87460821079e39df3937.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202008181080208948-us-conducts-air-drills-with-japan-other-partners-in-indo-pacific-region/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US bombers and F-15 fighter jets conducted drills with Japanese and other allied partners in the Indo-Pacific, the Defence Department said on Tuesday. “Pacific Air Forces launched four B-1 Lancers, two B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers, and four F-15C Eagles and conducted Bomber Task Force missions simultaneously with joint and allied partners within the Indo-Pacific region over […]
President Trump is destroying Obama’s insane Middle East policies one day at a time and the world is a much safer place. Politico Magazine surprisingly uncovered and released a report critical of the Obama Administration shortly after the 2016 election entitled, “The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook“. The long piece started: In its determination to secure a nuclear deal with Iran, […]
The latest version of anti-tank guided missile carrier vehicle of the People’s Liberation Army was spotted participating in a recent exercise in a mountainous plateau region. Footage has appeared of a new Chinese 4×4 multi-role, all-terrain light armoured vehicle used to carry an HJ-10 missile launcher during a live-fire test at the elevation of 4, 500 meters. The new missile launcher can reach the maximum design […]
Pakistan’s foreign minister has tweeted a new “political map” of disputed Kashmir as Pakistani territory, one year after its autonomy was revoked by India. New Delhi previously blasted the map as “political absurdity.” Wednesday marks a year since New Delhi revoked the decades-old autonomy of the part of Kashmir it controls. The mountainous state was split into two union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Indian officials […]
Hurricane Hanna is expected to make landfall along the Texas coast sometime Saturday. Hanna is the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. NASA/NRL hide caption toggle caption NASA/NRL Hurricane Hanna is expected to make landfall along the Texas coast sometime Saturday. Hanna is the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. NASA/NRL Hurricane Hanna is expected to make landfall along the southern coast […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107546/97/1075469732_0:107:2047:1258_1200x675_80_0_0_be51a478934785f4acb39c0f935e6222.jpg.webp Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007221079958743-magnitude-62-earthquake-hits-chinas-tibet-region/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has hit the Tibet Autonomous Region in China’s west, according to data released by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre on Wednesday. The quake was detected at 8:07 pm UTC (20:07 GMT), with the epicentre located 6 miles deep and 380 miles north from neighboring Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, according to the Centre’s website. There […]
The North American Aerospace Defense Command has announced on Monday that it will be conducting synchronous air defense exercise Falcon Virgo in the National Capital Region. According to a recent service news release, NORAD will conduct air defense exercise Falcon Virgo Wednesday 12:30-2:30 a.m. (ET). The exercise includes U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft, an U.S. Army C-12 twin-engine turboprop aircraft, a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65D […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107233/53/1072335380_0:86:1280:806_1200x675_80_0_0_819371348c74f94f158b9f5b9cf5a150.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202007181079923690-chinese-ambassador-urges-uk-to-avoid-sending-aircraft-carrier-to-asia-pacific-region/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Chinese Ambassador to London Liu Xiaoming, in an interview with The Times, urged the UK authorities to cancel plans to send the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Asia-Pacific region and said that the placement of the ship would be “a very dangerous move.” The ambassador said that the move is an indication of the […]
A surge in Covid-19 cases across Latin America has made it the second-worst hit region for virus deaths, outpacing the US and Canada and trailing only Europe. The situation has been exacerbated by poverty and lack of mass testing. A total of 144,758 people have died from the coronavirus in Latin America as of July 13, surpassing the US and Canada’s death toll of 144,023, according […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A century after fueling Panama separatism, US economic interests still aggressively dominate the region, including Venezuela, analysts told Sputnik ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the dedication of the Panama canal. The Panama Canal opened in August 1914 but not dedicated until 12 July 1920, is an artificial 50-mile long waterway built by the United States that cuts through the isthmus that joins […]
The Federal Security Service agents have detained the governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk region, Sergey Furgal, on suspicions of organizing a criminal group linked to a series of murders of entrepreneurs over a decade ago. The politician is suspected of organizing a criminal gang and ordering “a series of murders and assassination attempts” back in 2004-2005. Russia’s Investigative Committee shared a video of Furgal’s arrest in a Thursday […]
On Tuesday, Beijing’s top legislative body, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that is seen by residents of the Special Administrative Region as a violation of their liberties. The legislation was signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping later in the day. Ottawa is “seriously concerned” about the new national security law for Hong Kong […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107488/70/1074887022_0:166:4414:2648_1200x675_80_0_0_c7a4fbf03987b89350f18beb9c840f42.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006271079734086-newer-swarms-of-locusts-enter-national-capital-region-in-india-residents-share-creepy-videos/ New Delhi (Sputnik): India has been faced by a locust menace. In the last 40 days, India has faced swarms of locusts attacking and destroying crops in several states, like Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Odisha. The menace is expected to end with the approaching rains. The second wave of locust swarms has now […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Three opposition parliamentarians in Nepal had earlier put forth a motion in the House of Representatives asking to restore territory encroached upon by China through dialogue. There were also media reports quoting a “Nepali government department doc” that China had occupied 36 hectares in 4 of the nation’s northern districts. Nepal on Thursday denied media reports, citing a certain government document, that China […]
After a long battle between the Marxist party and city authorities, Gelsenkirchen, a town in the area of Ruhr, will become the first city in the western area of Germany to boast a statue of Vladimir Lenin – the founder of Russia’s Communist party. Around 800 people gathered at the inauguration of the 2.15 metre Lenin statue in Germany’s Gelsenkirchen, in the Ruhr Valley. Despite initial controversy over […]
The epicentre of the quake occurred at a depth of 20 kilometres, 137 kilometres south-east of Taipei, according to seismologists. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has been registered in the Taiwan region, China, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on late Saturday. There has been no further information so far concerning possible casualties or damage resulting from the quake. Earthquakes starting with a 6.0 magnitude are […]
Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. Eric Gay/AP The civil rights movement largely passed East Texas by in the 1950’s and 60’s. […]
AG Barr and Defense Secretary Esper walk the streets of DC US Attorney General Bill Barr on Tuesday warned rioters that law enforcement will be stepping up their response tonight after he walked the streets of DC last night like a boss. Barr said in a statement that there will be even greater enforcement resources in the region tonight. Full statement from Barr: TRENDING: Unhinged Episcopal […]
The U.S. Air Force has announced that two B-1B Lancer bombers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron have completed a 24-hour mission that included a large force exercise. Air Force officials said B-1B aircrews completed a 24-hour mission to support Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with allies, partners and joint forces; and strategic deterrence missions to reinforce the rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific region. […]
The initiative is calling on people to share their take on the 75th anniversary of the victory in the fight against the Nazi regime and to remember its crimes. The #CoEWeRemember acts to counter attempts to rewrite the history of World War II and the destruction of national memorials commemorating the victory. The head of the Russian Leningrad Oblast and the Russian delegation to the Congress […]
One of Asia’s largest crypto exchanges by trade volume, OSL, has teamed with U.S. enterprise startup Monsoon Blockchain to further asset and money digitization. OSL, which targets institutional and individual investors with trading, brokerage and custody services, is seeking to establish “a digital asset powerhouse” in the U.S. and Asia regions, Monsoon said in a press release Tuesday. The deal aims to combine intellectual property, deal […]