‘Now it is open war’: Taliban military posts, HQs, ammo depots hit; details of Pakistan strikes on Afghanistan

[ad_1] In a declared “open war,” Pakistan launched overnight airstrikes in Afghanistan, heavily bombing multiple key cities, including Kabul and Kandahar, and claiming that 133 people were killed in what Islamabad called a “strong and effective” retaliation for “unprovoked firing” from across the border.The strikes came after Afghanistan claimed it had killed 55 Pakistani troops […]

Xi’s military purge raises doubts about China’s readiness to go to war: Study

[ad_1] One was a general who had commanded Chinese forces arrayed against Taiwan. Another was an officer who had led the People’s Liberation Army’s training department and been praised for modernizing combat drills. A third had long served as the chief military aide to China’s leader, Xi Jinping.These men are among dozens of once-rising senior […]

A former taxi driver is at the centre of Russia’s shadow war across Europe

[ad_1] The plots, say Western security officials, are part of a shadow war by Russia’s intelligence services. An arson attack that destroyed more than 1,000 businesses outside Warsaw. Another that burned an IKEA in Lithuania. A plan to put incendiary devices on cargo planes in Britain, Germany and Poland. But a key figure in these […]

‘She’s never been in jail’: Marine war veteran pleads for assistance after ICE arrested his wife during interview for permanent resident card

[ad_1] A United States Marine war veteran is pleading for assistance after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested his wife during an interview for a permanent resident card.Diana Butnarciuc left the Eastern European country of Moldova for a better life in 2008, according to her husband. She has 2 children, works, and pays her taxes. […]

The myth of Albert Pike: Did a 19th-century freemason really predict World War 3 between Islam and Zionism? |

[ad_1] The alleged 1871 Pike letter, addressed to Giuseppe Mazzini, supposedly predicted three world wars; no original manuscript has ever surfaced/ AI Illustration In August 1871, according to a story that refuses to fade, a senior American Freemason sat down and mapped out the next century of human conflict. Albert Pike, a Confederate general turned […]

What really destroyed the Indus Valley? It wasn’t war, but a slow death by drought | World News

[ad_1] The Indus Valley Civilisation probably didn’t disappear all at once. New research points to a long stretch of repeated droughts that may have slowly weakened one of the world’s earliest urban societies. Cities such as Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, once built around reliable rivers, appear to have struggled as water became harder to find. As […]

‘If India jumped Pakistan…’: Unsealed Watergate files reveals Richard Nixon asked China to interfere in Bangladesh Liberation War | World News

[ad_1] At the height of the 1971 India–Pakistan war, as Indian forces moved decisively in East Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh became inevitable, US President Richard Nixon privately assured China that Washington would support Beijing if it chose to attack India.The disclosure emerges from seven pages of Richard Nixon’s sworn testimony that remained sealed […]

US pushing Russia & Ukraine to end war by June: Zelenskyy

[ad_1] Kyiv Agrees To New Round Of Talks In Miami KYIV: The United States wants Moscow and Kyiv to find a solution on how to end the war in Ukraine by June when the summer begins, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In remarks to reporters released by his office on Saturday after Ukraine and Russia held […]

Danish war veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan says he feels ‘betrayed’ by Trump’s Nato remarks: ‘Helped America after 9/11’

[ad_1] A Danish war veteran who lost both his legs while fighting alongside US forces in Afghanistan has spoken of his anger and sense of betrayal after US President Donald Trump recently said America had “never needed” its Nato allies.Martin Aalholm, who was badly injured by an improvised explosive device (IED) blast while serving in […]

‘We’ll find out whether Khamenei was right’: Trump reacts to Iran’s ‘regional war’ warning

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was “hopeful” Iran would “make a deal” with Washington, warning that if talks failed it would become clear whether Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was right in saying a conflict would turn into a “regional war.”Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Trump […]