Naval Muscle: Russia’s Northern Fleet Is Getting Some Seriously Dangerous Submarines
The Northern Fleet is now taking a major step to modernize its submarine force with a new hardware shipment slated for later this year. From the Petr Velikiy battlecruiser to the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, Russia’s Northern Fleet is home to some of the … Read More
Russia develops new frigates capable of carrying nearly 50 cruise missiles – source
The frigates will have a displacement of up to 7,000 tonnes Kalibr cruise missile – Department of Press Service and Information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. The Northern design bureau has started … Read More
West Bank Attack Raises Tensions as Israeli Elections Approach
An Israeli security officer standing guard at the site of an attack in the West Bank city of Ariel on Sunday.Credit Credit Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images JERUSALEM — A Palestinian carried out a stabbing and shooting attack in … Read More
Border Agents Train in Virtual Ports of Entry
In his proposed 2020 budget, U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress for $8.6 billion more for the construction of a border wall. With that in mind, Vice President Mike Pence visited an advanced Border Patrol Training Center in Harper’s Ferry, … Read More
Greyhound: US Can No Longer Drop Migrants Inside Stations
FILE – Volunteer Layal Rabat from the Phoenix Restoration Project brings water, food and diapers to Central-American women and their children dropped off at the Greyhound bus station in Phoenix, May 29, 2014. PHOENIX — Greyhound Lines Inc. is no … Read More
German authorities have registered nearly 2000 crimes against refugees and asylum seekers in 2018
pixabay.com The number of attacks is lower than in 2016 and 2017, reported NOVA TV. The German authorities have registered nearly 2000 crimes against refugees and asylum seekers last year – from verbal harassment through property damage to personal injuries and murders. According to … Read More
Trump was right to veto resolution blocking his national emergency declaration
President Trump’s veto Friday of a resolution blocking his declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border showed that he understands he wasn’t elected to appease career politicians in the Senate. He was elected, in part, to secure the southern border … Read More
Trump wields first presidential veto to nix border emergency rebuff
President Trump on Friday used the first veto of his administration to reject a bipartisan resolution that sought to block his declaration of a national emergency at the border, a move almost certain to kill the measure. “Today I am … Read More
Ocasio-Cortez hits NRA after New Zealand shooting: ‘What good are your thoughts and prayers?’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday tore into the National Rifle Association (NRA) after at least one gunman opened fire at two New Zealand mosques, leaving at least 49 people dead. The New York lawmaker condemned the fatal attack on Twitter, focusing her message on … Read More
New Zealand Prime Minister says, ‘Our gun laws will change’
(CNN) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Saturday morning that “our gun laws will change” following the mass shooting at two Christchurch mosques that left 49 people dead. “There were five guns used by the primary perpetrator,” she said … Read More
Reddit bans r/watchpeopledie in the wake of the New Zealand mosque massacres
The subreddit violated site policy on ‘glorifying violence’ Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit has banned r/watchpeopledie, an infamous subreddit that hosted videos of people dying gruesomely. The ban comes after the subreddit re-hosted videos of the recent mosque … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 15 March 2019
Greetings from Tyler, They’re still wrangling, unsuccessfully, with so-called Brexit. Some have said they’d sign the (EU crafted) deal if Prime Minister Theresa May would resign. The complications are such that most of us wouldn’t want to know the technicalities … Read More
Half of UK voters want Theresa May to resign: poll
The survey also showed growing support for no deal and a second referendum — as well as for remaining in the EU | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images LONDON — British voters want Theresa May to resign as prime minister following the humiliating defeat … Read More
Trump threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on the EU
US President Donald Trump has confirmed he will visit Ireland this year and also that he is considering appointing a new peace envoy for the North. During the traditional St Patrick’s Day celebration meeting with the Taoiseach in the White … Read More
49 killed and more than 20 seriously injured in New Zealand mass shooting targeting mosques
Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.(AP … Read More







