The U.S. Marine COprs has announced that Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 received its first set of new attack helicopters earlier this year. The AH-1Z Viper, also known as Zulu, replaced its predecessor, the AH-1W Super Cobra, as the Marine Corps’ primary aircraft for defense. The Vipers are equipped […]
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Moscow has disbanded a law enforcement reserve unit stationed on its border with Belarus following talks between the presidents of the two countries. The force was formed last month at Minsk’s request and raised eyebrows abroad. Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko, met in Sochi on […]
Tibetans have been joining the Indian Army’s all-Tibetan unit, the Special Frontier Force, since the India-China war in 1962. According to reports, China is none too pleased about India rushing additional SFF troops to the contested Ladakh border. India paid a public and thunderous tribute to Tibetan soldier Nyima Tenzin, […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would only allow indoor dining to resume in New York City if the NYPD sets up a task force to enforce social distancing rules, as restaurants sue authorities for $2 billion, citing “irreparable harm.” Cuomo addressed reopening businesses in NYC and elsewhere during a press […]
A group of Malian soldiers has reportedly mutinied outside the capital Bamako, following weeks of anti-government protests calling for the president to resign. The Norwegian embassy has warned its citizens to shelter in place until the situation is resolved. It remains unclear how much of the military has mutinied, though […]
…from southfront.org The protests in Belarus are continuing, now for over a week, following the elections won (the opposition says ‘no’) by President Alexander Lukashenko. The protesters are exploiting the general dissatisfaction with the government, and the direction the country has been going for a while, and then Lukashenko government […]
by Stacy Herbert, Max Keiser https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107839/92/1078399286_30:609:1373:1364_1200x675_80_0_0_e5d92beed6e47c63cd8b2c07b61c4f95.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Stacy Herbert, Max Keiser. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/radio_double_down/202008041080052867-bitcoin-a-unit-of-account-in-africa/ On today’s episode of Double Down, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert talk to bitcoin entrepreneur, Grey Jabesi, about bitcoin in Africa. As investors and media in the West debate whether or not bitcoin is […]
Barely a month ago, leftists began their campaign to defund and abolish the police. In New York, after a string of violent crimes which in some cases have victimized babies, some members of the black community are already calling for a course reversal. Two prominent members of the black community […]
Rescue teams examine the wreckage of a Ukrainian airliner shot down shortly after take-off in the Iranian capital Tehran on Jan. 8. Iran says a tragic series of mistakes led to the missile strike. Akbar Tavakoli/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Akbar Tavakoli/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images Rescue teams […]
Germany’s defense minister revealed on Wednesday that a unit of the Kommando Spezialkraefte (KSK), the country’s elite commando force, would be disbanded. The dissolution follows a report published in January revealing that hundreds of soldiers may embody far-right extremist ideologies. On Wednesday, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told the Süddeutsche Zeitung […]
Soldiers of the Command Special Forces (KSK) of the Bundeswehr are preparing to rappel from a helicopter during an exercise in 2004. Thomas Kienzle/AP hide caption toggle caption Thomas Kienzle/AP Soldiers of the Command Special Forces (KSK) of the Bundeswehr are preparing to rappel from a helicopter during an exercise […]
A US Army private faces charges for attempted murder and terrorism after passing sensitive military information to an “occult-based neo-Nazi group” in preparation for a major terrorist attack on fellow soldiers. The 22-year-old private, Ethan Melzer, was hit with a six-count indictment on Monday for his role in the sinister […]
Federal prosecutors in New York accused a U.S. soldier of giving sensitive information on U.S. troop movements to a satanic white-supremacist group as part of a criminal conspiracy to murder U.S. military service members and provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. According to an indictment released Monday, Private […]
The New York Police Department has liquidated its anti-crime unit, reassigning some 600 plainclothes cops to neighborhood policing and detective work as protesters nationwide demand reforms in the wake of the George Floyd killing. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea announced the disbanding of the unit in a press conference on Monday, […]
The US Navy has signaled that it will bar public displays of the Confederate Flag on installations, warships and aircraft, mirroring a similar decision by the Marines as protests over police brutality and racism sweep the country. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday said on Tuesday that an order […]
A video of Buffalo police officers shoving an elderly police activist to the ground, then walking by him as a pool of blood collected around his head, shocked the nation. Their colleagues? Not so much. All members of the Emergency Response Team resigned from the unit on Friday in support […]
US 20:51 GMT 05.06.2020Get short URL Video footage emerged on Thursday showing police officers in the city of Buffalo pushing to the ground a 75-year-old unarmed man who subsequently hits his head and, remaining motionless, begins to bleed onto the concrete. City authorities responded to the incident condemning the officers’ […]