Tag: military

Protesters hurl stones while others burn tires during a protest east of Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. A Palestinian teenager was killed, and dozens of other people were injured by Israeli fire at a border protest, Gaza officials said.     See footage of the Palestinian protest and Israeli response below:  

Sri Lankan coast guard personnel in protective clothes work to remove oil from a beach following an oil spill in Uswetakeiyawa, a coastal town north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. Following a pipeline leak on a coastal stretch near the capital, the Sri Lankan government deployed hundreds of coast guard and navy […]

A man rides a horse while others swim on the beach of Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018.   See drone footage of protests taking place on the beach in Gaza City below:

Secretary of Defense Mattis today re-iterated that American soldiers can remain in Syria to help ensure stability, but no one knows what kind of time horizon is being discussed for these deployments… if it is even being discussed at all.  While ISIS appears to be largely defeated and other Islamist forces are up against the […]

According to NASA: “The International Space Station serves as humanity’s orbital research platform, conducting a variety of experiments and research projects while in orbit around the planet. On June 20, 2018, the space station deployed the NanoRacks-Remove Debris satellite into space from outside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module. This technology demonstration was designed to explore […]

A Chinese tank parades in the training ground “Tsugol,” about 250 kilometers (156 miles ) south-east of the Russian city of Chita during the military exercises Vostok 2018 in Eastern Siberia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The week-long Vostok (East) military maneuvers launched Tuesday. And it spans vast expanses of Siberia and the Far East, the Arctic and […]

A protester burns tires near the fence of the Gaza Strip border with Israel, during a protest east of Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Gaza health officials say 3 Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed by Israeli army fire during protests along Gaza’s perimeter fence.   AP Photo/Adel Hana   See footage of […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin shoots a sniper rifle during a visit to the Patriot military exhibition center outside Moscow, Russia. On Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Putin chaired a meeting that focused on new arms programs. The Kalashnikov sniper rifle is one of them.   Watch Putin fire the rifle below:

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin look at containers of food as they visit an exhibition during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.   Kirill Kudryavtsev Photo via AP   Watch footage from the ongoing Vostok military exercises between Russian, Chinese and Mongolian military forces: https://youtu.be/ZdfDYWWELUM […]

In this photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, a woman releases an arrow during an archery competition during the Third Nomad Games, in Cholpon-Ata, 250 kilometers (156 miles) of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan held its biennial Nomad Games to promote and celebrate traditional sports of nomadic people. The week-long competition, […]

A resident walks beside a toppled basketball court after Typhoon Mangkhut barreled across Tuguegarao city, Cagayan province, northeastern Philippines, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. Philippine officials were assessing damage and checking on possible casualties as Typhoon Mangkhut on Saturday pummeled the northern breadbasket with ferocious wind and rain that set off landslides, damaged an airport terminal […]

Russian police officers push a teenager during a rally protesting retirement age hikes in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. A government plan to increase the age for collecting state pensions brought protests across Russia’s 11 time zones on Sunday even though the opposition leader who called them was in jail. Nearly 300 people […]