US military begins process to remove up to 1,000 trans personnel under new directive

[ad_1] File photo: US defense secretary Pete Hegseth (Picture credit: AP) The US department of defense has begun implementing a directive to remove transgender troops from military service, following a green light from the Supreme Court earlier this week. US defense secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo on Thursday outlining that openly identifying transgender personnel […]

Operation Sindoor: Indian Embassy warns China’s Global Times over ‘disinformation’ on military strikes targeting Pakistan | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Beijing has strongly cautioned China’s state-run Global Times over spreading unverified claims on Indian military operations, urging the outlet to verify facts before posting on social media.“Dear @globaltimesnews, we would recommend you verify your facts and cross-examine your sources before pushing out this kind of disinformation,” the Embassy […]

Thousands demonstrate in Panama over deal with US military

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) PANAMA CITY: Thousands of students and workers demonstrated in Panama on Tuesday over a planned increase in the US military presence around the country’s vital interoceanic shipping canal and other government policies.US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to “take back” control of the Panama Canal that the United States built […]

Trump says he won’t send military to annexe Canada but ‘something could happen with Greenland’

[ad_1] Donald Trump says he doesn’t think he will send military to take over Canada. President Donald Trump again spoke about making Canada the 51st state of the United States as he gave an interview with NBC News’ Meet the Press but he said it would not come to the point where he has to […]

US to establish second military zone along Mexican border to support crackdown on illegal border crossings

[ad_1] The United States defence department announced on Thursday the establishment of a second military zone along the Mexican border for immigration law enforcement.The new zone, situated in Texas and connected to El Paso’s Fort Bliss Army base, follows the pattern of the first zone created in New Mexico last month. Military personnel in these […]

Israeli Military Strikes Near Beirut, Saying Hezbollah Was the Target

[ad_1] Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli military said in a statement that it had also struck in southern Lebanon and killed a Hezbollah operative who “advanced Hezbollah’s attempts to re-establish itself” in the area. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the top United Nations official in Lebanon, criticized the attack near the capital on Sunday. “Today’s strike on the […]

Israel Military Intercept Missile: Israel says intercepted missile from Yemen, drone ‘from the east’

[ad_1] JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said Saturday it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, whose Huthi rebels have launched attacks throughout the Gaza war, as well as a drone approaching “from the east”.“Following the sirens that sounded recently in several areas in Israel, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted”, before “crossing into […]

As Tensions Rise With Pakistan, a Moment of Truth for India’s Military

[ad_1] The last time the perpetual tensions between India and Pakistan escalated into a face-off, Indian officials were forced to confront an uncomfortable reality: The country’s huge military was bloated, antiquated and underprepared for imminent threats at its borders. The humiliating downing of an Indian jet by Pakistan in 2019 injected new urgency into India’s […]

Prez warns of military action if N-talks with Iran collapse

[ad_1] If an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear programme proves elusive, the US could spearhead military action against it, President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Friday.Trump’s comments, in an interview with Time magazine marking his first three months in office, came as US and Iranian officials were set to meet […]

Dirty Line: How Pete Hegseth bypassed Pentagon security to share military secrets with family on Signal

[ad_1] US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth used a commercial internet line—known in IT terms as a “dirty line”—installed in his Pentagon office to bypass standard defence department security systems and access encrypted messaging platforms like Signal from a personal computer, source told news agency Associated Press.The “dirty line” was specifically used to access websites […]