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Video: Saudi F-15 almost shot down by Fatir-1 of the Shiite Houthis

Video: Saudi F-15 almost shot down by Fatir-1 of the Shiite Houthis

Video footage shows that Houthi forces attempted to shoot down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet and almost succeeded with an old Soviet anti-aircraft system. The aircraft was not downed for very little difference and although it was damaged it did not crash. The incident took place in the airspace of the city of Marib in […]

J. Bezos’ rocket launched – The daughter of the 1st American to reach space is on board

J. Bezos’ rocket launched – The daughter of the 1st American to reach space is on board

Launched today from Texas with six passengers, including Laura Shepard Churchley, the daughter ofthe firstAmerican to reach space, and flying intospace sixty years after her father‘s historic flight, JeffBezos‘ BlueOrigin rocket was launched from Texas. This is the third manned flight of the space ventureby Jeff Bezos, who made the trip himself with thefirst launchin […]

Sudanese demand freeze of international aid to the military

Sudanese demand freeze of international aid to the military

Sudanese protesters are urging world powers not to resume development aid to their government for fear of legitimising the October 25 coup and spoiling their country’s transition to democracy. Talk of restoring aid picked up after Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok was released from house arrest and reinstated on November 22. But Sudan’s resistance committees – […]

Hamas says oxygen bottles not arms exploded in Lebanon camp

Hamas says oxygen bottles not arms exploded in Lebanon camp

BEIRUT: The Palestinian Hamas group said Saturday that explosions that shook a refugee camp in southern Lebanon were caused by an electrical short-circuit in a storage area for oxygen bottles used to treat coronavirus patients. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency had reported that arms stored for Hamas exploded Friday in the Burj Shamali camp killing […]

The die is cast: In 6 months the Serbs leave the Bosnian institutions

The die is cast: In 6 months the Serbs leave the Bosnian institutions

The Serbs decided to withdraw from the commoninstitutions of Bosnia, mainly the army, despite warnings from the Western powers. Yesterday, defencenet. gr informed about the upcoming meeting of the Bosnian Serb Parliament, where it was finally decided that the Bosnian Serbs should proceed as soon as possible to withdraw from the federal institutions, with the perspective of independence and reintegration into the Serbian national […]

The US imposes sanctions on China, North Korea, Bangladesh and Myanma

The US imposes sanctions on China, North Korea, Bangladesh and Myanma

The United States announced today the impositionof sanctions related to human rights abuses. Inaddition toChina, Myanmar, North Korea andBangladesh, the Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Grouphas been added to the USTreasury Department‘s sanctions blacklist. They also sanctioned the private European instituteJUSTO based in Moscow and its rector for giving“hundredsof student visas to North Korean domesticworkers“. […]