Army Likely To Use ‘Jet Packs’ For Aerial Surveillance On Borders

Army Likely To Use ‘Jet Packs’ For Aerial Surveillance On Borders

[ad_1] by Insha Shirazi SRINAGAR: The Indian Army is gearing up to turn their soldiers into real-life ‘Iron Man’ with the help of jet pack suits that will provide them with enhanced surveillance capabilities at the country’s borders with China and Pakistan, as well as in the conflict ridden region of Jammu and Kashmir, The EurAsian Times … Read more

Russia hits Ukraine with huge barrage of Iranian-made drones

Russia hits Ukraine with huge barrage of Iranian-made drones

[ad_1] Russia hammered Ukraine with a new barrage of missiles and drones in the early hours of Monday morning, as Moscow gears up to celebrate victory over the Nazis in World War II. In the Kyiv region, Ukrainian air defense shot down 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones, according to Ukraine’s air force. But the debris damaged several … Read more

Baltics blast China diplomat for questioning sovereignty of ex-Soviet states

Baltics blast China diplomat for questioning sovereignty of ex-Soviet states

[ad_1] The Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are demanding an explanation from Beijing after China’s top envoy to France questioned the independence of former Soviet countries like Ukraine. Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, said in an interview on Friday with French television network LCI that former Soviet countries have no “effective status” … Read more

Europe’s eastern half claps back at Macron: We need the US

Europe’s eastern half claps back at Macron: We need the US

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Stop driving Europe away from the United States, dismayed central and eastern European officials fumed on Tuesday as French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments continued to ripple across the Continent. Macron jolted allies in the EU’s eastern half after a visit to China last … Read more

Why Joe Biden’s whirlwind trip to Belfast went better than it looked

Why Joe Biden’s whirlwind trip to Belfast went better than it looked

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BELFAST — He came, he saw … and he got the hell out as fast as he could. But Joe Biden’s brief visit to Northern Ireland across Tuesday night and Wednesday — 18 hours total, about half of them in bed — featured … Read more

Biden’s Northern Ireland ultimatum looks doomed to fail

Biden’s Northern Ireland ultimatum looks doomed to fail

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Joe Biden is not someone known for his subtlety. His gaffe-prone nature — which saw him last week confuse the New Zealand rugby team with British forces from the Irish War of Independence — leaves little in the way of nuance. But … Read more

2023’s most important election: Turkey

2023’s most important election: Turkey

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. For Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, next month’s election is of massive historical significance. It falls 100 years after the foundation of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s secular republic and, if Erdoğan wins, he will be empowered to put even more of his stamp on … Read more

Tensions remain along Israel’s borders with Lebanon, Gaza Strip

Tensions remain along Israel’s borders with Lebanon, Gaza Strip

[ad_1] Jerusalem: Tensions have remained high despite an easing of the fightings between Israel and militants in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, lowering fears of a major escalation in the region. On Friday night, a tourist was killed and five others were injured during a shooting and run-over attack in the Israeli capital city of … Read more

Finland is now officially a NATO member

Finland is now officially a NATO member

[ad_1] BRUSSELS — Finland formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Tuesday, becoming its 31st member on the same day as NATO’s 74th anniversary. The country applied to join NATO last May in a foreign policy U-turn prompted by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Finland’s entry brings to the alliance a new 1,340-kilometer border with … Read more

Biden to mark Good Friday peace deal in 5-day Irish trip

Biden to mark Good Friday peace deal in 5-day Irish trip

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DUBLIN — U.S. President Joe Biden will pay a five-day visit to both parts of Ireland next month to mark the 25th anniversary of the U.S.-brokered Good Friday peace accord, according to a provisional Irish government itinerary seen by POLITICO. The plans, still … Read more