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Belarus president announces foreign policy pivot to East amid US row with Russia, Iran

Belarus president announces foreign policy pivot to East amid US row with Russia, Iran

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks in an annual address to the nation and parliament on March 31, 2023. (Photo by Russia’s TASS news agency) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his…

IRGC says military advisor martyred in Israeli aggression on Damascus, vows retaliation

The IRGC says one of its military advisors has been killed during an Israeli airstrike on Damascus on March 31, 2021. (File photo by AFP) The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps…

Pentagon: Several US troops suffer ‘traumatic brain injuries’ in Syria, and yet the US continues its illegal occupation

Pentagon: Several US troops suffer ‘traumatic brain injuries’ in Syria, and yet the US continues its illegal occupation

US occupation forces are seen during an exercise in the countryside of Dayr al-Zawr in northeastern Syria. (AP file photo) The Pentagon has said several US troops suffered injuries during…

Top US Military Officer Warns “Very Difficult” to Fight Great Power War With China, Russia Combined

Top US Military Officer Warns “Very Difficult” to Fight Great Power War With China, Russia Combined

© AP Photo / Caroline Brehman WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley warned on Wednesday that it would be “very difficult” for the…

US Drones ‘Heavily Involved’ in Guiding Kiev’s Forces Before Russian Intercept

US Drones ‘Heavily Involved’ in Guiding Kiev’s Forces Before Russian Intercept

© Photo : US Air Force James Tweedie All materialsWrite to the author The crash of a US surveillance drone in the Black Sea earlier this month was a major…

US Must Worry About ‘Chinese Hypersonic Threat’, Lawmaker Says, as American Tests Show No Progress

US Must Worry About ‘Chinese Hypersonic Threat’, Lawmaker Says, as American Tests Show No Progress

© Lockheed Martin Subscribe International India Africa The US Air Force recently conducted two hypersonic weapon tests. Although the first one was declared a success, the full results of the second…

US deploys troops to face ‘threat’ of Russia and China: Report….This is only in Bizarro world!

US deploys troops to face ‘threat’ of Russia and China: Report….This is only in Bizarro world!

US army armored vehicles including tanks are brought ashore in the Netherlands as a military unit is transported to Poland and Lithuania as part of a NATO mission to reinforce…

Iran warns of prompt response to any attack on bases set up at Syria’s request

Iran warns of prompt response to any attack on bases set up at Syria’s request

Smoke rises after a US-led airstrike in the Syrian town of Kobani on October 10, 2014. (File photo by Reuters) An Iranian security official has warned that the Islamic Republic…

Ex-Iranian Deputy Ambassador to Iraq: ‘US Has Destroyed All Iraq’s Infrastructure’

© AP Photo / Khalid Mohammed / Seyyed Mousa Alizadeh Tabatabaei, head of the MFA’s Directorate General of the Persian Gulf and Iran’s former deputy ambassador to Baghdad, told Sputnik…

Russian Foreign Intel: US Plans to Use Islamists in Syria to Kidnap Russian, Iranian Military

Russian Foreign Intel: US Plans to Use Islamists in Syria to Kidnap Russian, Iranian Military

© Photo : Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States plans to form groups of radical Islamists in Syria to destabilize the situation in the…

Avdeevka Encirclement + US Prepares Ukraine for “Last Chance” Offensive, Surging Ammunition

Avdeevka Encirclement + US Prepares Ukraine for “Last Chance” Offensive, Surging Ammunition

Syria wants more Russian troops

Syria wants more Russian troops

President Bashar Assad says he would welcome any proposals from Moscow to set up new military bases in his country Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during an interview with RIA Novosti ©  RIA…

Seymour Hersh warns of potential US plan B in Ukraine

Washington could clash with Moscow’s forces if Kiev starts to lose, the veteran journalist argues Ukrainian soldiers sit on a armoured personnel carrier on their way to the frontline on…

Countries sanctioned by US must join hands to shatter those sanctions

Countries sanctioned by US must join hands to shatter those sanctions

Leader of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (Photo via Twitter) The leader of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah movement has condemned efforts made by the United States and Israel to…

North Korea Announces Test-Firing of Two Cruise Missiles From Submarine

North Korea Announces Test-Firing of Two Cruise Missiles From Submarine

© Photo : North Korean television Subscribe International India Africa MOSCOW (Sputnik) – North Korea says it has test-fired two “strategic cruise missiles” from a submarine ahead of the upcoming…

Why Bloated US Military Spending Can’t Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China

Why Bloated US Military Spending Can’t Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China

© r.nial.bradshaw Ekaterina Blinova All materialsWrite to the author Longread The White House has requested a whopping $842 billion for the Pentagon for fiscal year 2024, which is $69 billion more…

Sending NATO Troops to Ukraine Could Have World-Ending Consequences, US Politician Warns

Sending NATO Troops to Ukraine Could Have World-Ending Consequences, US Politician Warns

© Sputnik / Stringer / / Go to the mediabank Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned on Friday that Western leaders appear “very…

Power Projection, Iranian-Style: Watch IRGC Unveil Massive New Warship Built From Container Ship

Power Projection, Iranian-Style: Watch IRGC Unveil Massive New Warship Built From Container Ship

© Photo : IRNA Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author Iran enjoyed remarkable success with its supertanker conversion, the Makran mobile forward base, in 2021, sailing it and another…

‘Rise in China’s defense budget a response to military spending by US’

‘Rise in China’s defense budget a response to military spending by US’

Biden proposes largest military budget in US history

Biden proposes largest military budget in US history

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks to troops during a visit to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (Reuters file photo) President Joe Biden has proposed the largest military budget in…

Moscow warns of nuclear clash risk

Moscow warns of nuclear clash risk

The West’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict could lead to “catastrophic consequences,” Russia’s deputy foreign minister has said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov ©  Sputnik /…

Ukraine sends more reinforcements to Artyomovsk ‘meat grinder’

Ukraine sends more reinforcements to Artyomovsk ‘meat grinder’

With the Donbass city almost completely encircled, Western officials have reportedly been urging Kiev to retreat for weeks Servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces patrol along the frontline near Bakhmut/Artyomovsk,…

Russia strikes intelligence center near Kiev – MOD

Russia strikes intelligence center near Kiev – MOD

A special operations center in Western Ukraine was also hit, according to Moscow Spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov ©  Press Service of the RF Ministry of Defense…

IRGC cmdr.: Any US support for Israel’s moves against Iran will imperil American soldiers in region

IRGC cmdr.: Any US support for Israel’s moves against Iran will imperil American soldiers in region

A senior Iranian military commander has warned that any US-backed measure by the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic would imperil the lives of American occupation troops in the region.…

US has already spent more in Ukraine than it did in Afghanistan: Report

US has already spent more in Ukraine than it did in Afghanistan: Report

Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire at Russian positions from a US-supplied M777 howitzer in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2022. (AP photo) The United States has sent more military assistance to…

Russia reacts to US ‘support’ for strikes on Crimea

Russia reacts to US ‘support’ for strikes on Crimea

Washington is fueling Kiev’s ambitions to attack Moscow’s territory, embassy warns A Russian warship arrives in the port of Sevastopol in Russia’s Crimea. ©  Sputnik / Russia’s Defense Ministry The US has…

North Korea warns of ‘unprecedented’ action

North Korea warns of ‘unprecedented’ action

Pyongyang said planned US-South Korea military drills will plunge the region into a “grave vortex” of escalating tensions North Korean flags at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun where the…

‘Photoshop UAVs’ to ‘global drone leader’: US wakes up to Iran’s military prowess

‘Photoshop UAVs’ to ‘global drone leader’: US wakes up to Iran’s military prowess

An underground base for drones manufactured by Iran’s military. (Iranian military) By Syed Zafar Mehdi A report in the Guardian on Tuesday, citing analysts at the US Defense Intelligence Agency, a specialized…

US military holds war games in South China Sea amid tension over balloon row

US military holds war games in South China Sea amid tension over balloon row

A US military MV-22 Osprey from the “Ugly Angels” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362 flies by the aircraft carrier Nimitz in the South China Sea, Feb. 11, 2023. The…

Russia issues warning to US over special ops in Ukraine

Russia issues warning to US over special ops in Ukraine

The deployment of such troops would carry “indescribable risks,” Moscow’s ambassador claims FILE PHOTO: A US Army Special Forces soldier is seen during a mission in Afghanistan, April 10, 2014. ©  US…