Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Philippines mulls pullout of Syria peacekeepers The Philippine foreign secretary says he is recommending to President Benigno Aquino III to pull out all Filipino U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights following the abduction of four by Syrian rebels. More
Iran president still a force even as his era ends When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory full of bluster and menace or his tussles with Iran's ruling clerics that are known to much of the world. More
Kerry: Russia sells missile defense to Syria Secretary of State John Kerry says the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a "destabilizing" factor for Israel's security. More
SpaceX launches next-gen US spy satellites on 100th Falcon 9 flight of the year (video, photos) SpaceX launched a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Oct. 24) on the 100th Falcon 9 flight of the year. 10/24/2024 - 7:52 am | View Link
A Russian-Made Missile Nearly Shot Down an SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane The fastest airframe to ever fly the skies is surprisingly not a twenty-first-century invention. Nearly half a century ago, the SR-71 Blackbird set the record for highest sustained flight and fastest ... 10/22/2024 - 5:04 am | View Link
Military must be able to shoot down spy drones Drones pose a significant threat to U.S. military bases and operations. New protocols are needed to allow the military to shoot down drones more easily. 10/18/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
Hezbollah’s drones are a fierce and evasive threat to Israel Drones, or UAVs, are unmanned aircraft that can be operated from afar. Drones can enter, surveil and attack enemy territory more discreetly than missiles and rockets. Israel has a formidable arsenal ... 10/15/2024 - 6:34 am | View Link
Israel Faces a Fierce and Evasive Foe in Hezbollah’s Drones TEL AVIV, Israel — One of the worst mass casualty strikes on Israel in a year of war came not from dozens of Iranian ballistic missiles nor the repeated barrages of rocket fire launched by Hamas and ... 10/14/2024 - 6:12 am | View Link
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Tuesday fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, the South Korean military said, as the country continued its weapons demonstrations hours before the U. S. presidential election.
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South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately specify the number of missiles detected or how far they flew.
BEIRUT — The 13-month war between Israel and Hezbollah has killed more than 3,000 people in Lebanon, the country’s Health Ministry said on Monday, more than double the number of people killed since their last major war two decades ago.
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The war shows no signs of ending, and Israel has said it is carrying out new operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure across Lebanon and in parts of Syria while Hezbollah continues to launch dozens of rockets into northern Israel.
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Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel the day after Hamas’ surprise attack into Israel on Oct.
Insect shells, rice husks, water bottles, and bamboo charcoal might not be the first things that come to mind when you think of high-performance building products. But Taiwanese upcycling company Miniwiz is using them to create just that. “We take leftover construction waste, leftover fiber waste, leftover plastic or packaging waste, and turn that into a building material you can use for another 30 years,” says CEO Arthur Huang.
In 2016, Americans unwittingly took part in demonstrations set up by the Russian government. There were “Florida Goes Trump” rallies in Ft. Lauderdale and Coral Spring, and dueling protests at an Islamic center in Houston—all of them, federal officials assert, orchestrated on Facebook by Russian agents.
After the 2020 elections, Iran was behind a website filled with death threats against U.
The number of people living in urban areas has tripled in the last 50 years, meaning when a major natural disaster such as an earthquake strikes a city, more lives are in danger. Meanwhile, the strength and frequency of extreme weather events has increased—a trend set to continue as the climate warms.
VALENCIA, Spain — In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away almost everything in their path. With no time to react, people were trapped in vehicles, homes and businesses. Many died and thousands of livelihoods were shattered.
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Six days later, authorities have recovered 217 bodies — with 213 of them in the eastern Valencia region.