Government handout photo shows five shipwrecked fishermen wearing lifejackets, who were rescued by an Ecuadorian tuna fishing boat after being adrift for more than 50 days, at the San Cristobal Naval Base, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (AP photo) QUITO: Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrived Saturday at a port in the Galapagos […]
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman (Image: AP) WASHINGTON: A multi-million-dollar US warplane failed to land on the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea on Tuesday, the US military said, the second jet lost from the ship in just over a week.The two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet, worth around […]
TOKYO : Japan and China are accusing each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands that Beijing also claims. Japan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that it has protested to Beijing after a Chinese helicopter that took off from one of China’s four coast guard boats had entered Japan’s […]
Ukrainian drone downs Russian Su-30 fighter jet Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence (DIU) announced on Saturday, and said this was the world’s first downing of a combat aircraft by a maritime drone.“On May 2, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine special operations […]
SAN JUAN: A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its US subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking outrage by bypassing a UN agency that regulates deep international waters. The Metals Company said that it was seeking two exploration licenses and a commercial recovery permit, marking the first […]
A US F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet fell into the Red Sea on Monday after slipping off the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier while being towed, the Navy said.The fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of the USS Harry S Truman as sailors were towing it into the hangar bay, the Navy said. […]
A small police aircraft crashed into the sea near a popular beach town in Thailand, killing at least 5 people on board, according to officials, reported Associated Press.The plane was on a test flight for parachute training preparations in Hua Hin district when it crashed around 8 am, according to Royal Thai Police spokesperson Archayon […]
Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, raised alarms on Thursday about China’s intensified military presence around Taiwan, suggesting that recent maneuvers are far more serious than standard drills. “With military pressure against Taiwan increasing by 300%, China’s increasingly aggressive actions near Taiwan are not just exercises, they are rehearsals,” Paparo said while […]
After a series of suspicious cable cuttings feared to be Russian sabotage, NATO began a new mission called Baltic Sentry to patrol the Baltic Sea. Michael Schwirtz, an investigative reporter with the International desk at The New York Times, takes us aboard one of these patrol flights. Source link
Russia, Ukraine agree to halt strikes in Black Sea, energy sites in US-brokered talks (Pic credit: AP) Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement to halt military strikes in the Black Sea and on energy infrastructure following negotiations mediated by the United States. The talks, held over three days in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, mark […]
