Burkina Faso: 50 soldiers killed in militant attack; Al-Qaida-linked group suspected

[ad_1] Fifty soldiers were killed on Monday in a deadly attack on a military base in northern Burkina Faso. The assault is believed to have been carried out by Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaida-linked militant group operating across West Africa.The attack took place in Dargo, located in Boulsa province, and involved around 100 […]

Why are mentally ill soldiers being drafted in Ukraine?

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) Memory lapses, disorientation, confusion about numbers and colors: These are just some of the issues that Vasyl, a 28-year-old from central Ukraine, deals with on a daily basis. In fact, he’s been receiving psychiatric care for a personality disorder since 2015. But none of that prevented the man — whose real […]

Ukraine: Discrimination and hope drive LGBTQ+ soldiers

[ad_1] LGBTQ (AI- generated image) “I’ve been open about my sexual orientation all my life,” says Roman Abrashyn, a 25-year-old homosexual drone pilot in the Ukrainian army. After coming out at the age of 15, he was supported by friends, his parents and two brothers, one of whom now serves in the same unit.Abrashyn enlisted […]

Watch- Soldiers march out of sync at Trump’s birthday parade; Netizens call it defiance

[ad_1] The US Army’s 250th anniversary celebration, which coincided with US president Donald Trump’s birthday on Saturday, turned into a target of widespread online mockery after videos of the event surfaced on social media.The military parade faced heavy criticism for the poor coordination displayed by American troops. Footage from the event showed soldiers marching out […]

Donald Trump’s YMCA dance: Soldiers cheer and join the US President ahead of military parade – watch video

[ad_1] Donald Trump may have delivered a stern speech on military strength and immigration protests, but it was his signature dance moves that brought the loudest cheers from troops at Fort Bragg on Tuesday.The POTUS had travelled to the North Carolina base to mark the upcoming celebration of the US Army’s birthday. But while the […]

Six soldiers killed in explosive attack amid ongoing drug cartel violence in Mexico

[ad_1] Six soldiers were killed and two others were injured after an explosive device tore through their armoured vehicle in Mexico’s violence-hit Michoacan state, a military report cited by AFP said.The blast occurred late Tuesday near a small town in the western region, where drug cartels have long battled for territory. The explosion was so […]

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systemic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP | World News

[ad_1] TEL AVIV: The only times the Palestinian man wasn’t bound or blindfolded, he said, was when he was used by Israeli soldiers as their human shield.Dressed in army fatigues with a camera fixed to his forehead, Ayman Abu Hamadan was forced into houses in the Gaza Strip to make sure they were clear of […]

Tanks, soldiers, cannons and warplanes: What to know about Donald Trump’s $30 million birthday military parade

[ad_1] Washington is gearing up for a huge military parade planned for June 14, marking the Army’s 250th anniversary and US President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. The event will be unlike any other recent military celebration in the capital, with thousands of soldiers, tanks, and warplanes taking centre stage. The latest cost estimate for the […]

Three Rwandan soldiers killed in Mozambique ambush: Army

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) KIGALI: An ambush in Mozambique killed three Rwandan soldiers over the weekend and wounded six, a Rwandan army spokesperson said Tuesday.Kigali said in 2021 that it would deploy roughly 1,000 members of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and the Rwanda National Police (RNP) to Mozambique, plagued by a long-running insurgency.“It is […]

80 years after World War II, Germany still searches for fallen soldiers

[ad_1] German soldiers carry the small coffins with the remains of fallen German soldiers of WWII to the grave during a funeral service at a memorial site for fallen soldiers in Halbe, Germany (Image: AP) 80 years have passed since the second World War came to an end. However, the search for the bodies of […]