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Several prototypes of the long-promised “Trump Border Wall” are currently under construction in San Diego. Six companies have been granted contracts from Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to design the eight separate prototypes, which must be complete by October 26th of this year. President Trump has championed the building of an all-encompassing border wall along […]
London—The United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) is set to lose some of its organic aviation capability. The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that the 657 Squadron of the Army Air Corps (AAC) will be disbanded in 2018. Under this development, the SAS, SBS, and their support elements will be down a flight of […]
The Trump administration apparently has a Secret Service agent who looks strikingly similar to the first lady. Since February, a woman assumed to be a Secret Service agent has been spotted in pictures of the Trumps. Her outfit is typical of a Secret Service agent, wearing dark blue or black pantsuits, and, on her feet, […]
Barcelona—Catalonia’s moment of truth nears. Tomorrow ends the second deadline that the Spanish government has given to Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to clarify last Tuesday’s independence declaration. In the October 1st referendum, 90% of participants voted for independence. But the turnout was just 43%. Then, on October 10th, Puigdemont declared independence in front of a packed […]
Since February, Chechnya has been accused of kidnapping and imprisoning over 100 gay or bisexual men, purely based on their sexual orientation. There have been reports of an unknown number of these captives who have already been killed in captivity. They have reportedly faced torture and humiliation. Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechnyan Republic, has […]
Murders and attacks against law enforcement officers in the United States sharply increased in 2016, according to a report issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday. The annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) report showed that 118 officers were killed in the line of duty last year, 66 of which […]
The lower house of the Czech parliament has agreed to alter the constitution so that firearms can be held legally when national security is threatened. The amendment gives Czechs the right to use firearms during terrorist attacks. It was passed by the lower house by a big majority, and is likewise expected to be approved […]
Compared to the United States the United Kingdom is known for its strict policies on firearms, particularly handguns. On 16 October, 1996, the 23 official recommendations were made that enabled the banning of handguns from private ownership throughout the UK. This decision was made just after the most deadly shooting in UK history, what is […]
Vienna—The ballots have been sealed. The conservative ÖVP won the Austrian legislative election with 32%. The socialist SPÖ, with 26.9% and right-wing FPÖ, with 26%, contest for second place. Final results will be announced on Thursday. But it matters not since the ÖVP and FPÖ will be most likely forming a right-leaning coalition with Sebastian […]
China’s trade with North Korea fell sharply in September as sanctions finally began to bite, data released by the Chinese government Friday showed. China says it has implemented successive rounds of sanctions, agreed to by the U.N. Security Council, that are meant to pressure Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China is […]
Members of Congress were again warned this week about the threat of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack from North Korea or other rogue entities that could have catastrophic effects on the United States, akin to an extinction-level event. The briefing was given by two members of the former EMP congressional commission, who said that a […]
Although President Donald Trump touted the idea of a 350 active ship Navy along the way to the White House, fiscal limitations coupled the government’s general inability to pass a defense budget has made that goal seem awfully unlikely – especially as some of the Navy’s largest, most powerful warships approach the end of their […]
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