New Zealand and the South African War New Zealand’s response The South African War (also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War) was the first overseas conflict to involve New Zealand troops. Fought between the British Empire and the Boer South African Republic (Transvaal) and its Orange Free State ally, it was the culmination of long-standing tensions …
New Zealand and the South African War New Zealand’s response The South African War (also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War) was the first overseas conflict to involve New Zealand troops. Fought between the British Empire and the Boer South African Republic (Transvaal) and its Orange Free State ally, it was the culmination of long-standing tensions …
Sec. Pompeo Release: On November 5th, the United States will reimpose sanctions that were lifted as part of the nuclear deal on Iran’s energy, ship building, shipping, and banking sectors. These sanctions hit at the core areas of Iran’s economy. They are necessary to spur changes we seek on the part of the regime. In …
U.S. Is Said to Offer an Iran Sanctions Oil Waiver to 8 Nations Iranian Oil Tankers Reportedly ‘Go Dark,’ Making Tracking Exports More Difficult RFE Iran’s oil exports are becoming harder to track as Iranian tankers are increasingly “going dark” by turning off transponders that make them easy to detect as they transport their cargo …
Iran has launched the production line for its first indigenously-built fighter jet called Kowsar. The aircraft was brought online by Iran’s top military brass in the central city of Isfahan. Army commander Brigadier General Abdol-Rahim Mousavi called the event an important day for Iran’s defense industries and the air force. The jet was unveiled by …
NATO: One U.S. service member was killed and another was wounded in an apparent insider attack in Kabul, Nov. 3. Initial reports indicate the attacker was a member of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. Initial reports also indicate the attacker was immediately killed by other Afghan Forces. The two U.S. service members were …
A Handful of Hard Men’ – The day Zim’s spine snapped. by Hannes Wessels The traditional view on those that tend to ignore history is that they’re set to repeat it. But in Simon Reader’s assessment of Hannes Wessels’ book – A Handful of Hard Men – one of the conclusions is that history is …
On October 12, 2000, suicide terrorists exploded a small boat alongside the USS Cole—a Navy Destroyer—as it was refueling in the Yemeni port of Aden. The blast ripped a 40-foot-wide hole near the waterline of the Cole, killing 17 American sailors and injuring many more. We quickly sent to Yemen more than 100 agents …
DEA releases 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment WASHINGTON – DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced results of the 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment, which outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs. “This report underscores the scope and magnitude of the ongoing …
The Morris Worm 30 Years Since First Major Attack on the Internet At around 8:30 p.m. on November 2, 1988, a maliciously clever program was unleashed on the Internet from a computer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This cyber worm was soon propagating at remarkable speed and grinding computers to a halt. “We …
One of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives for 16 years has been found dead in a prison in West Virginia shortly after being moved there. Mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was serving a life sentence for a series of crimes – including 11 murders. Sky’s US correspondent Cordelia Lynch has the latest. Sky News video. …
