Israeli Forces Strike International Airport in Yemen
The deadly assault came after a week of attacks against Israel by the Iran-backed Houthi militia, including a missile strike on Tel Aviv. Source link
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How Israeli forces destroyed Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp – video analysis | Israel-Gaza war
Using video analysis and satellite imagery, the Guardian has chronicled the destruction of the Jabaliya refugee camp through three offensives since October 2023. Repeated airstrikes and ground operations by Israel, which claims it is used as a Hamas base, have razed the camp to the ground and driven out most of the civilians. Observers have said the systematic destruction of entire neighbourhoods in northern Gaza is part a policy known as the ‘generals’ plan’, aimed at driving out civilians by declaring certain areas closed military zones Source link
Why Harris is joining forces with the Never Trumpers
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. I hesitate to speak for other Never Trumpers, but we’ve gotten used to losing, haven’t we? In three consecutive presidential elections, our doughty gang of dissidents has failed spectacularly in its attempts to shake Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP. At this year’s Republican National Convention—that great festival of Trumpian celebration—Never Trump Republicanism was invisible, for the second convention in a row. Never Trump writers and pundits have frequently contributed to national media outlets (including here in The Atlantic), but in the GOP itself, the group has been derided and purged. Now some Never Trumpers are finding a place elsewhere: Last night in Wisconsin, I was invited to moderate a discussion between the Democratic nominee for president, Kamala Harris, and her new ally Liz Cheney. The two had spent the day on a campaign tour through the so-called blue-wall …
The Space Force’s Top-Secret Spaceplane Is About to Do a Sick Stunt
Do a barrel roll! Dip and Dive Despite being top-secret, the Pentagon is promising that its X-37b spaceplane is going to do some sick-ass stunts in the upper atmosphere soon. As SpaceNews reports, the Department of Defense’s secretive X-37B craft is slated to do some aerobraking maneuvers while it passes through Earth’s upper atmosphere, essentially using atmospheric drag to alter its orbit and save on fuel. Manufactured by Boeing, the reusable and unmanned craft is jointly operated by the Space Force and Air Force. It’s been in orbit on its latest mission since just before Christmas of last year and was launched just a few weeks after China’s Shenlong counterpart, the website notes. Though we don’t know exactly what its purpose is or how long its current flight is supposed to last, the X-37B has repeatedly shown itself to be capable of staying in space for long periods of time. “This first-of-a kind maneuver from the X-37B is an incredibly important milestone for the United States Space Force as we seek to expand our aptitude and …
Procession for Turkish American activist killed by Israeli forces | Gaza
NewsFeed Video shows a procession for Turkish American activist, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, ahead of her body being repatriated to Turkey. Eygi was shot and killed Friday by Israeli forces, while protesting settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. Published On 9 Sep 20249 Sep 2024 Source link
Severe heatwave in Iran forces shops and public institutions to close | Iran
A heatwave blanketing Iran has forced authorities to cut operating hours at various facilities on Saturday and order all government and commercial institutions to close on Sunday, as hospitals received more than 200 people for heatstroke treatment. Temperatures ranged from 37C (98.6F) to 42C (107F) in the capital, Tehran, according to weather reports. The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said banks, offices and public institutions across the country would close on Sunday to protect people’s health and conserve energy and that only emergency services and medical agencies would be excluded. Babak Yektaparast, a spokesperson for the country’s emergency department, told the semi-official Mehr news agency that 225 people had sought medical help for heatstroke and some had been admitted to hospital. Sadegh Ziaian, an official at the National Meteorological Organisation, was quoted by Mehr as saying temperatures exceeded 45C (113F) in 10 Iranian provinces on Saturday, with the highest temperature of 49.7C (121F) recorded in Delgan, the south-eastern city in Sistan and Balochistan province, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan. He said a drop in …
Ukraine in mass drone attack on targets in Russia as Putin’s forces launch intense assaults in east
Ukraine has launched dozens of drones in a mass strike across targets in Russia and around the Black Sea, including a major oil refinery. It comes as the country’s top commander said that Russian forces were staging relentless assaults to try to advance towards the town of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in eastern Ukraine, and that there was active fighting taking place along the entire front line. “The enemy pays no attention to their fairly high level of losses and continues to push through towards Pokrovsk,” Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi said in a statement from the eastern front. The oil refinery in Tuapse was damaged in an overnight assault, officials from the Krasnodar region confirmed on Monday. Debris from a drone that was shot down by Russia sparked a fire at the refinery, which is located in the Black Sea and owned by Kremlin-controlled oil company Rosneft. The blaze has since been contained and there were no deaths following the attack, the regional administration said on the Telegram messaging app. It was not immediately clear …
‘A return to the cold war’: Putin and Kim have joined forces as global delinquents | Vladimir Putin
A quarter of a century ago, Vladimir Putin flew to Pyongyang to sign a “friendship treaty” with Kim Jong-il that helped revive Russia’s relations with North Korea without obliging the two sides to come to each other’s aid in case of a military attack. With his visit last week, Putin has in effect gone further into the past, signing a deal with Kim Jong-un reminiscent of the 1961 security pact that existed under the Soviet Union during the cold war. But today Russia is engaged in a hot war in Ukraine that Putin has made his foreign policy priority, and a nuclear North Korea has become a crucial lifeline of munitions for his military. “The treaty that Putin signed with Kim Jong-un was a return to the cold war, but of course in the cold war North Korea had no nuclear weapons,” said Dr Edward Howell, the Korea Foundation fellow with the Asia-Pacific programme at Chatham House, and a lecturer at the University of Oxford. While last week’s summit was years in the making, it …
Israeli forces strap Palestinian to jeep bonnet and drive off during raid
Israel says the incident was in violation of military protocol Source link
Putin says Russia's nuclear forces are 'always' on alert in Victory Day speech
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned his nuclear forces were “always” on alert and added that Moscow would not tolerate any Western threats during an address on the annual Victory Day parade. Source link