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  • G7 backs Israel as US and Iran eye reviving diplomacy.

    06/16/2025 9:53:34 PM PDT · by Words Matter · 21 replies
    IranIntl ^ | 6.17.25
    G7 backs Israel as US and Iran eye reviving diplomacy. Summary. US President Donald Trump said Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign," adding that "everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!"
  • North Koreans 'blow themselves up with grenades rather than risk capture', say Ukraine soldiers

    01/27/2025 11:59:08 AM PST · by RandFan · 32 replies
    Sky News ^ | Jan 27 | By defence editor Deborah Haynes and producers Azad Safarov and Katy Scholes in northeast Ukraine
    North Korean troops appear to have temporarily pulled back from the frontline in Russia after suffering heavy losses, a Ukrainian special forces commander has told Sky News. The commander, who goes by the codename "Puls", said Kim Jong Un's men were likely either learning lessons from mistakes made during their first, bloody clashes with Ukrainian soldiers, tending to their wounded or waiting for reinforcements. "I think they'll be back soon," he said, speaking at a secret base in northeastern Ukraine. Interviews with several Ukrainian troops reveal remarkable details about how the North Koreans have been fighting since they arrived on...
  • Small Quadcopters Rule The Battlefield In Ukraine — Which Makes Their Chinese Manufacturers Very Unhappy

    04/29/2022 10:47:16 PM PDT · by Zhang Fei · 61 replies
    Forbes ^ | Apr 29, 2022,07:59am EDT | David Hambling
    At its simplest, a small drone is an eye in the sky, giving what every commander has wanted for centuries: a view of what is happening on the other side of the hill, or in the middle of the forest, or just down the next street, without having to send troops. Aerial reconnaissance was previously confined to higher levels of command and only gradually filtered down the chain; now every squad leader can have a folding Mavic Mini 2 small enough to fit into a cargo pocket but able to send back HD video from three miles away for half...