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“The zone” is currently flooded with the Iran excursion. But let’s not forget the ICE Metro Surge. Three thousand masked Federal agents in unmarked vehicles, in full battle dress with a military ...

IT’S CLEAR THAT REGIME CHANGE is among the biggest objectives of the U.S. war in Iran. “I have to be involved in the appointment” of Iran’s next leader, President Donald Trump said on March 5, 2026.

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Robert P. Gibson, who was elected to public office during Dwight Eisenhower’s first year in the White House, died on January 12.  He was 102. A decorated ...

Beyond, up a gentle slope, looms Russia. Finns used to drive across here to fill up on half-price gasoline. That was before ...

German defence giant Rheinmetall Wednesday forecast even faster growth this year after record earnings in 2025, with Europe racing to re-arm ...

Lithuania has appropriated roughly €700 million for 44 advanced Leopard 2A8 tanks—but rather than buying them from Germany outright, it has arranged to build them in its own factories.

For air-campaign planners, the first order of business is destroying or at least neutralizing the enemy’s integrated ...

The SS Thistlegorm was sunk by German bombs in 1941 and is now known as an underwater zoo that's home to all sorts of animals, including the crocodilefish.

Across Germany, tens of thousands of high school students went on strike on Thursday to protest the likely reintroduction of military service. Germany’s political leaders want a new generation of ...

Rare images showing the final moments of 200 Greek prisoners executed by the Nazis at a firing range in Athens have been ...