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Kim Jong Un has ordered the mass production of attack drones, North Korean media reported.The move comes after the country ratified a mutual defense treaty with Russia.A Ukrainian official told BI that North Korean troops are getting Russian training on drone warfare. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the…
Two US Navy destroyers came under attack by the Houthis on Monday.The Iran-backed rebels fired a mix of anti-ship missiles and exploding drones.The US military defeated all the threats, a Pentagon spokesperson said. The US Navy defeated a complex attack launched by the Houthis on Monday that saw the rebels…
Israel carried out a series of precision strikes on military targets in Iran late last month.Iran is now vowing to retaliate for the strikes, which damaged Tehran’s air-defense network.Officials and analysts say the strikes have left Iran seriously vulnerable to more Israeli action. Iran is signaling that it will deliver…
Investing.com — Oil prices surged Wednesday, adding to the previous session’s sharp gains after Iran launched a missile attack on Israel, escalating tensions and potentially disrupting crude output from the volatile region. By 04:35 ET (08.35 GMT), the futures traded 2.1% higher at $71.27 a barrel and the contract climbed…
Iran launched a massive missile attack on Israel on Tuesday. Iran, Israel, and other neighboring nations closed their airspaces, forcing flight diversions.Some Lufthansa flights returned to Frankfurt several hours into their journeys to India and Dubai. Iran launched a huge missile attack on Israel on Tuesday as tensions in the…
US Navy ships operating in the Red Sea shot down a number of Houthi missiles and drones on Friday.A Pentagon spokesperson described the incident as a “complex attack.”The Houthis claimed to score hits on the American warships, but US officials pushed back on this. US Navy warships shot down a…
One of China’s newest attack submarines sank at a shipyard in Wuhan.Satellite images show China’s efforts to salvage the nuclear-powered vessel.China’s shipbuilding industry is massive and at the core of its naval modernization efforts. One of China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarines sank in a Wuhan shipyard, a US official told…
The Teamsters last week declined to back Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump, marking the first time since 1996 that the union has not endorsed a presidential candidate.It came as a shock to many Democrats. The Biden administration is strongly allied with organized labor and helped shore…
Sean Combs debuted his sex-trafficking defense this week, and it’s a no-holds-barred attack on his accuser, R&B singer Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, that boils down to this: She wanted it.”Is it sex trafficking?” attorney Marc Agnifilo asked a federal judge in Manhattan. “No,” the lawyer said, answering his own question. “Not…
Russia equipped its deadly attack drones with cellphone parts to help improve their targeting capabilities, a war expert noted in a new report.Jack Watling, a senior research fellow and a land warfare expert at the UK-based Royal United Services Institute think tank, highlighted in a report last week that Russia…
