Fallen New Jersey Fire Fighters to be Honored Memorial Day Weekend
EMMITSBURG, MD – The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) is set to host the 43rd National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend on May 4-5. This year, the ceremony will honor 89 firefighters who…
Several hundred Wagner fighters return to Ukraine, impact limited – Kyiv
KYIV (Reuters) – Several hundred members of Russia’s Wagner private mercenary group have returned to eastern Ukraine to fight but are not having a significant impact on the battlefield, a Ukrainian military…
Iraq starts relocating Iranian Kurdish fighters from Iran border – Iraq foreign minister
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has started relocating Iranian Kurdish groups from Iraq’s Kurdish region frontiers with Iran to camps far from the border as part of a security agreement…
Wagner fighters seek to unsettle NATO’s eastern flank, Polish PM says
WARSAW (Reuters) -Fighters from Russia’s private Wagner mercenary force are being moved close to NATO’s eastern flank to destabilise the military alliance, Poland’s prime minister said on Thursday. Wagner soldiers have begun…
More Wagner fighters move closer to Polish border, Poland PM says
WARSAW (Reuters) – A group of a hundred soldiers from the Russian Wagner group have moved closer to the Belarusian city of Grodno near the Polish border, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki…
Syria brought Wagner Group fighters to heel as mutiny unfolded in Russia
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -As Wagner mercenaries advanced on Moscow in an attempted mutiny in late June, authorities in Syria and Russian military commanders there took a series of…
Chechen fighters sent to Russian border with Ukraine, leader Kadyrov says
(Reuters) – Chechen fighters have been deployed in Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine to prevent attacks from “Ukrainian sabotage groups”, Chechnya ruler Ramzan Kadyrov said on Thursday. Belgorod region has in the…
Taiwan sends up fighters as Chinese warplanes cross strait’s median line
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s air force scrambled into action on Sunday after spotting 10 Chinese warplanes crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as the island’s defence ministry said four Chinese…
Two Disc Shaped aircraft spotted flying over Manhattan escorted by F-18 fighters
NEW YORK, NY – Two strange aircraft were spotted flying over New York City early Wednesday morning. The planes were first spotted at around 9:30 am flying northbound toward Manhattan near the…
Ukraine hails return of 45 Azov fighters, Russia says 3 pilots released
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Saturday hailed the return of 45 Azov battalion fighters captured during the battle for Mariupol while Russia said three of its pilots had been released by Kyiv,…
Taiwan seeking US cooperation to make next generation fighters
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is seeking U.S. cooperation to make the island’s next domestically developed fighter jet, the head of Taiwanese defence contractor Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC) said on Wednesday. Taiwan’s…
Lab Holding Dangerous Viruses Seized By Fighters, Posing ‘High Risk Of Biological Hazard’
Lab Holding Dangerous Viruses Seized By Fighters, Posing ‘High Risk Of Biological Hazard’ Jason Piccolo on April 25, 2023 The World Health Organization’s (WHO) leading Sudan representative warned of a ‘huge biological…
Russia says Wagner fighters take two more blocks in battered Bakhmut
(Reuters) – Russia said on Sunday that Wagner mercenary units supported by airborne troops had captured two more city blocks in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, target of a major offensive…
A new intifada? Young Palestinian fighters rise as West Bank boils
By Ali Sawafta and James Mackenzie JERICHO, West Bank (Reuters) – Before a group of young men from Aqabat Jabr refugee camp mounted a botched attack on a restaurant in Jericho popular…
Russia’s Prigozhin, Ukraine give varying accounts on fighting near Bakhmut
(Reuters) -Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said forces of his Wagner group had captured the village of Yahidne, just north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. But Ukrainian military reports issued…
US Raid Kills ISIS Terrorist Who Busted Other Fighters From Prison
US Raid Kills ISIS Terrorist Who Busted Other Fighters From Prison Nino Cambria on February 16, 2023 Ibrahim Al Qahtani, an ISIS leader who helped orchestrate prison breaks of terrorists working for…
Russian parliament head backs ban on public criticism of Wagner fighters
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s top lawmaker on Wednesday backed a proposal by the founder of the Wagner mercenary group fighting in Ukraine to make it a criminal offence to…
Seoul scrambles fighters as North Korean planes fly close to border
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea scrambled fighter jets after a group of about 10 North Korean military aircraft flew close to the border dividing the two countries, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff…
Turkish troops, Kurdish fighters exchange heavy shellfire in Syria’s Kobane
BEIRUT – Turkish troops and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy shellfire on Tuesday in the northern Syrian border town of Kobane, leaving one civilian dead as the conflict escalated. In Sanliurfa province…
Taiwan says 17 Chinese fighters crossed Strait median line
TAIPEI – A total of 17 Chinese fighter jets flew across the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said, amid continued military drills near to the island.…
Taiwan slams ‘provocative’ China for sending fighters across Taiwan Strait
By Yimou Lee and Martin Quin Pollard TAIPEI/BEIJING – Chinese fighter jets crossed the median line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday in what the island’s government slammed as a provocation,…
U.S. asks Russia to recognise fighters held in Ukraine as combatants – Ifax
(Fixes typo in headline) MOSCOW – Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday the United States had asked that U.S. fighters detained in Ukraine be recognised as combatants, the Interfax…
Ukraine’s intelligence in communication with captured Azovstal fighters – minister
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s intelligence services are in communication with the captured Azovstal steelworks fighters and Kyiv is doing all it can to ensure their release, Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskiy said late…
Relatives of Ukraine’s evacuated Azovstal fighters seek news
By Max Hunder and Sergiy Karazy KYIV – Relatives of Ukrainian fighters who remained for weeks under the besieged Azovstal steel works said on Monday they had received no news of the…
Former Treasurer of the Detroit Fire Fighters Union Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Over $200,000 in Union Funds
DETROIT – Verdine Day, the former Treasurer of the Detroit Fire Fighters Union (DFFA), was sentenced to one year in federal prison for embezzling over $200,000 in union funds, announced U.S. Attorney…
Ukrainian National Guard Tweets About Greasing Bullets For Chechen Fighters With Pork Fat
A Ukrainian military unit is preparing a surprise for Chechen militants expected to join the Russian invasion — greasing its bullets with pork fat. A member of the Azov Battalion was seen…
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