Anti-coup forces say they shot down plane, but military says crash was result of a technical problem. A fighter jet has crashed in eastern Myanmar amid increasing pressure from anti-coup forces on the generals who seized power in a coup in 2021. The Sit-Tat jet crashed in Kayah State near the border with Thailand on … Read more
Israel’s president Isaac Herzog says a copy of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf was found on the body of a Hamas operative at a base they were using in northern Gaza. He said it showed that some in Hamas were researching Hitler’s anti-semitic ideology. Asked by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg if Israel’s response to the attack … Read more
Angela Hill made her UFC debut in 2014 UFC strawweight Angela Hill has many interests. She is a high-level mixed martial artist, a cosplayer, a fan of video games and a believer that “the truth is out there”. Hill is a follower of the extra-terrestrial, a watcher of the skies – she has no doubt … Read more
The United States said Friday it sought to degrade ammunition supplies of Iranian-linked militias with strikes in Syria but insisted it did not want to widen the Middle East conflict. Issued on: 28/10/2023 – 00:55 3 min The Pentagon on Thursday announced air strikes on two sites in eastern Syria it said were used by … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. The U.S. strikes reflect the Biden administration’s … Read more
BEIRUT: A fighter from the Lebanese group Hezbollah was killed along the border with Israel on Saturday, the Iran-backed group said, taking to 14 the number of its members it says have died during two weeks of escalating violence in the frontier region. A security source in Lebanon said the fighter was killed in the … Read more
Russia scrambled two Su-27 fighter jets on Thursday to prevent three British military planes from entering Russian airspace over the Black Sea, the Russian defence ministry said. It said the Russian fighters were sent to intercept “three air targets” approaching the border, and identified them as an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and two Typhoon fighter planes. … Read more
Former Ohio State University wrestler Will Knight on Tuesday tore down the characterization of speaker nominee Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as a “fighter.” (Watch the video below.) Fellow Trumper Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) used the term in a speech nominating Jordan before he failed to get enough votes for the speaker’s gavel. The glowing reference to … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The Chinese military has ramped up its aggressive behavior against U.S. surveillance aircraft in the Pacific, conducting more than 180 risky intercepts in the past two years, the Pentagon says — already more than in the previous decade. Since the fall of 2021, Chinese air … Read more
A Canadian general criticized the Chinese air force over an incident off the coast of the Asian nation that apparently saw a fighter jet cut off a patrol plane and drop flares in its path.The episode on Monday was reported by Global News, which had journalists on the Canadian surveillance aircraft. Chinese fighters also flew … Read more