See aboard China’s new massive assault ship that can launch fighter jets or drones
Colorful streamers billow around the Sichuan during the launching ceremony at the dry dock at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. China unveiled the new amphibious assault ship it has been secretly building this past year at a launching ceremony at a shipyard in Shanghai. The Sichuan, the first Yulan-class landing helicopter assault (LHA) ship, has a…
‘Highly indoctrinated’ North Korean troops are being sent on ‘hopeless’ human wave assaults against Ukrainian positions: White House
Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin shake hands. North Korean forces are suffering heavy casualties as they carry out “human wave” attacks against Ukrainian troops, a White House spokesperson has said. White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday that the US now assesses North Korean soldiers are carrying out “massed, dismounted…
US sees ‘early indications’ the downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight was hit by a Russian air defense system, White House official saysSinéad Baker
Rescuers work at the wreckage of the downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane. A White House official said the US has seen “early indications” that the fatal crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane was caused by a Russian air defense system. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday that the US has “seen some…
Azerbaijan’s president said shots from Russia caused the deadly plane crash, after Putin apologized but didn’t take responsibility
The crash site of the plane. Azerbaijan’s president said that shooting from Russian territory caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people. His comments come after Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the incident without taking responsibility. Ilham Aliyev said on Azerbaijani television Sunday that he didn’t believe the incident was intentional but…
Without the US, NATO allies in Europe largely lack a key capability needed to fight Russia
Russian S-400 defense systems. If President-elect Donald Trump cuts US military cooperation with Europe, its NATO allies there would lose a key capability needed to resist Russian aggression. Europe relies heavily on the US for the use of aircraft and weaponry to target air defense systems, known as suppression of enemy air defenses, or SEAD.…
Inside China’s paramilitary force that could be key in an invasion of Taiwan
PLA forces conducted a live-fire drill in Fujian Province, China, on August 24, 2022. China is preparing its militarized police for kinds of combat that would play a key role in any invasion of Taiwan. A September report from China Central Television shows what appears to be the People’s Armed Police Force, or PAP, simulating…
Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos are expecting their first child. Here’s a timeline of their relationship.
Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos at the Republican National Convention. Tiffany Trump and her husband, Michael Boulos, are expecting their first child. President-elect Donald Trump shared the news at a campaign event in Michigan in October. Michael Boulos began dating Tiffany Trump in 2018 and reportedly proposed to her with a $1.2 million engagement ring…
Russia said it’s been listening to Trump’s plans for peace in Ukraine and is ‘not happy, of course’
Sergey Lavrov and Vladimir Putin at the BRICS summit in Russia in 2024. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected plans associated with President-elect Donald Trump to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. In an interview with Russian state news agency TASS published Monday, Lavrov criticized what he said he understood Trump’s plane to…
Germany calls for new sanctions on Russia’s dark fleet that is ‘damaging major undersea cables’ nearly every month
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said ships are damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea nearly every month. Germany’s foreign minister has called for further sanctions against Russia’s dark fleet of oil tankers following damage to an underwater cable linking Finland and Estonia last week. “Ships are damaging major undersea cables in the Baltic Sea…
