Iranian Security Forces Continue Crackdown on Protestors; 38 detained in Qazvin
Iran's intelligence forces are continuing their crackdown on people who took part in the late December 2025 to January 2026 anti-regime protests.
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Iran's intelligence forces are continuing their crackdown on people who took part in the late December 2025 to January 2026 anti-regime protests.
China says a newly built airport in Laos will be used to train pilots for Laos's air force. However, observers have questioned whether it will have a greater strategic purpose.
Tech Sgt. Ian Patterson died after falling 170 feet during a rappelling exhibition at the Alamodome, a stunt experts say is "inherently dangerous" even for highly trained military members.
Cuban authorities report that men captured in February after attempting to enter Cuba by force from the United States have confessed and cooperated with investigators
At least one person was killed and several others injured in clashes between two communities in Manipur’s Thoubal district on October 18, 2026. Houses and vehicles were set on fire in Khangabok and Sangaiyumpham, prompting prohibitory orders and the deployment of additional security forces.
Fighter jets from the Bulgarian air force escorted an Austrian Airlines plane heading from Israel which made an emergency landing in Sofia following a bomb threat
The unwritten agreement between workers and the democratic state is fraying, and the costs of inequality are becoming increasingly apparent.
More than 60 megalitres of Australian-made biofuel products were being sold offshore at the same time as the nation's petrol and diesel pumps ran dry. The government is consulting on whether to force petroleum companies to buy Australian-made fuels to help shore up supplies.
The unusual mission underscores Ukraine's growing efforts to use drones and robots in unconventional roles on the battlefield.
The stars were out in force for the 2026 Pride of Britain Awards held at the London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Monday night.
The fire, which did not seriously damage the network, came after similar incidents in Bulgaria and Poland involving the satellite internet provider, a key defense tool for Ukraine’s armed forces.
The former air chief is accused of accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income and conducting suspicious financial transactions through multiple bank accounts.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory wants industry to build and fly a combined-cycle rotating detonation rocket engine, a type of propulsion that runs on a continuous chain of explosions, as a step toward cheap, high-speed weapons that could be built in large numbers. The lab’s Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards Air Force Base, California, […]
The agreement is part of India's efforts to strike bilateral deals to push exports at a time when geopolitical conflicts have intensified and global supply-chains are getting realigned.
VIENNA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A bomb threat forced an Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna to divert to Sofia late on Sunday, though a search found nothing dangerous so the plane took off again and flew onwards, the airline and Bulgaria's BTA news agency said.BTA said the flight's crew reported receiving a bomb threat when the aircraft was approaching the Romanian border, and the Bulgarian Air Force scrambled MiG-29 fighter jets.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz said the threat was "called in by an Austrian national who was not on board", without identifying its source.
Satellite images from NASA show that over the past year, the water color around the equatorial band of the Pacific has changed dramatically from verdant green to Cerulean blue.
Several Manitoba politicians are offering their condolences to those who were killed and seriously injured at Canadian Forces Base in Wainwright on Saturday.
The experts urged Israel to ensure that is forces protect Palestinian farmers from settler attacks and refrain from interference with their access to land
The angels were out in full force on the runway, including Kylie Jenner and both Hadids. So were the wings.
The Iran-backed group has claimed responsibility for the attack which killed new recruits at a military camp. The strikes follow deadly attacks over the weekend blamed on Saudi-led forces.
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Zoe Williams | Twenty years ago, if a pregnant woman had asked for a C-section because of her fears over poor staffing levels, midwives would have thought she was over-anxious. Now, it seems like a depressingly realist positionThe classic way to outrage someone who’s pregnant is to touch their stomach without asking.
I would never do that and it never, back in the day, happened to me – but I always thought, as outrageous as it might hypothetically be, that it also stood as a vivid analogy for the generalised social intrusiveness you get while you’re visibly pregnant.
Endless questions about how you’re feeling, when you’re due, what hospital you’re going to, whether it’s a boy or a girl, how much time you have off. I hated this interrogation 20 years ago, but now I do it on a reflex; some driving force of human fellowship makes me want to know.
I realised mid-sentence, asking a stranger about hospitals – and replying “That’s a great hospital, my sister had her kids in there” – that it must be even more grating than it was in the 00s. My nieces are 19 and 21 now, and that great hospital, unless it’s magically unconnected to the rest of the NHS, has probably changed quite a lot.The NHS Alliance has announced that up to 20 of the country’s 155 smaller, consultant-led maternity units, mostly in rural or coastal areas, might have to close, since their safety is in question.
The problem – which will seem very pressing and obvious to anyone about to give birth, yet quite abstract and manageable to anyone who isn’t – is that those areas aren’t teeming with alternatives. There are women in Devon whose maternity hospital has been temporarily closed, whose next nearest hospital is 53 miles away.
Do they even encourage people to write a birthing plan any more? Because nobody’s, surely, would start: “First, I’d like to spend 90 minutes in a car, yelling at my birthing partner.” Continue reading...
Phoenix activists from Voice of Phoenix join March and March campaign against undocumented migration.
Gangs in Haiti have opened fire on an armored vehicle, leaving four soldiers from El Salvador unaccounted for in the first major attack since an international gang suppression force began operations in the violence-wracked country
Activists report that Russian security forces are checking men’s military registration status at airports and serving conscription notices to some new citizens. Russia has confirmed 17 airport migration control points, but a permanent military enlistment presence at all airports remains unverified.
Training at CFB Wainwright in Alberta is “as real as it can be” to prepare soldiers for combat operations, says a retired Canadian Armed Forces major-general.
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone to explore joint bid for spectrum to provide mobile satellite coverage
The Airbus jet landed safely in Bulgaria and all passengers and crew aboard were unharmed, officials said.
France has ordered several hundred more MX-10 DAMOCLES kamikaze drones from KNDS France and Delair, and the quadcopter munition has won its first export customer, Luxembourg, which signed a contract worth just over 1.6 million euros ($1.8 million) for an initial capability. The French Ministry of the Armed Forces activated an optional tranche of its […]
Seoul expressed concerns to Washington over remarks made by U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson that Seoul sees as ignoring South Korea’s territorial sovereignty, a government source said Monday. The concerns over Brunson's remarks on South Korea's territorial border and other issues were recently conveyed to the U.S. side, which, in return, said they understand and share South Korea’s pushback, according to the source.
The controversy centered on the comments made by Brunson, who also serves as the commander of the United Nations Command (UNC), at a seminar in Washington on Wednesday (local time), when he said that from the perspective of the UNC, South Korea begins at the southern fence of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
He was discussing the UNC’s responsibilities in the DMZ under the armistice agreement that halted the 1950-53 Korean War. The UNC has authority over access and activities in the DMZ under the armistice, but that responsibility does not determine sovereignty over the land. His wording drew objections because South Korean territory extends north of
The Philippine government has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest remarks it sees as a threat of force
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explicare.deThe People’s Liberation Army has criticised a Chinese student who reportedly wore the Japanese rising sun flag in a classroom at a Russian university, accusing him of whitewashing Japanese militarism. The flag, which is still used by the Self-Defence Forces, is widely seen as a symbol of Japanese militarism and aggression in many countries, including China.
“Regardless of which country or campus one is in, advocating for militarism is an explicit offence against human conscience and is held in...
Iran's Parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi's appointment as Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics on Sunday, with 237 lawmakers voting in favour and 15 against his nomination, out of 277 votes cast.
A new U.N. military force is fighting to wrest control of the Haitian capital from violent gangs. Previous efforts by international troops failed to restore security. Can this one succeed?
HONG KONG — From helping stroke patients perform everyday tasks to developing safer ways to store electricity, researchers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) are developing technologies for use beyond the laboratory. During a visit to the university on Sept. 1, a reporter tried on a robotic glove that moved the fingers with noticeable force, but without jerking them.
For stroke survivors who cannot move their hands, that movement could help them do something as ordinary as holding a spoon or picking up a phone. The device uses air-powered artificial muscles developed by a team led by Raymond Tong, a professor of biomedical engineering at CUHK.
Unlike conventional motor-driven rehabilitation equipment, the lightweight system uses a small pump to help patients open and close their hands. “Nowadays, you can see those exoskeletons are very rigid. They are very heavy,” Tong said, inviting the reporter to try the device. Patients can use it both for rehabilitation exercises and everyday tasks, including gripping objects, writing and eating.
Tong said the system can also respond
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has paid tribute to security forces for killing the four terrorists and expressed grief over the death of the Army officer
The number of people helped by the UN agency in the Palestinian territory will drop by about a third - from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.
Mali's armed forces and their Russian allies have intensified drone strikes against insurgents, resulting in civilian deaths. Human Rights Watch reported that civilian casualties doubled from the previous year during this period. Some drone strikes targeted marketplaces and health centers, causing significant collateral damage. Insurgents have also been implicated in executing soldiers and committing abuses amid the ongoing conflict.
Hong Kong police have received nearly 20 more reports of unauthorised credit card transactions for iPhone Duo pre-orders over the weekend, bringing the total amount involved to HK$5 million (US$637,100). A police spokesman said that, as of 9am on Monday, the force had received 130 reports of unauthorised credit card transactions for smartphones amounting to HK$5 million.
The cases were temporarily classified as “obtaining property by deception” and were being investigated by the Cyber Security...
A Ukrainian scientist arrested by Russian forces on the eve of an international conservation meeting in Australia in 2025 remains in detention one year on, Ukraine's ambassador says.
The soldiers, part of a U.N.-backed force sent to combat gang violence, were apparently abducted.