Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Philippines mulls pullout of Syria peacekeepers The Philippine foreign secretary says he is recommending to President Benigno Aquino III to pull out all Filipino U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights following the abduction of four by Syrian rebels. More
Iran president still a force even as his era ends When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory full of bluster and menace or his tussles with Iran's ruling clerics that are known to much of the world. More
Kerry: Russia sells missile defense to Syria Secretary of State John Kerry says the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a "destabilizing" factor for Israel's security. More
Here’s when the US Army will pick next long-range spy plane The service is divesting its entire turboprop-based ISR fleet, developed for counterinsurgency, in favor of a high-speed jet with high-tech sensors. 04/30/2024 - 7:52 am | View Link
April 21: US may sanction other IDF units for alleged rights violations – source US House okay of military aid to Israel ‘an aggression against the Palestinian people’ * Iran reportedly preparing to receive shipment of Su-35 Russian fighter jets ... 04/20/2024 - 2:03 pm | View Link
How Israel and Iran’s April war unfolded In a recorded briefing, Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, confirmed the RAF had shot down a number of the unmanned aerial vehicles. Interceptions lit up the night sky across the country ... 04/19/2024 - 6:26 am | View Link
Iran fires air defence missiles after Israel launches 'revenge strike' According to Hossein Dalirian, the spokesperson for Iran's civilian space program, a number of small "quadcopter" drones were shot down ... as he added that 170 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs ... 04/19/2024 - 2:55 am | View Link
Israel’s advanced military technology on full display during Iran's attack Iran’s first-ever missile attack on Israel from its own soil brought together all different tiers of Israel’s aerial defense system and showed its technological superiority. 04/17/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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