Month: January 2020

From Popular Mechanics In 2002, the Pentagon ran a free-form exercise code-named Millennium Challenge. The exercise was designed to test U.S. tactics against a modern foe based on Iran. The “Red Team,” led by a retired Marine Corps general, repeatedly beat U.S. forces by using unorthodox tactics. As the world reacts to U.S. military’s killing…

By John Mair and Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian authorities began assessing the damage on Sunday from heatwave-spurred bushfires that swept through two states a day earlier, as cooler conditions provided a temporary respite from blazes that have scarred the country’s east coast for weeks. Light rain and cooler temperatures in the southeast of…

Two people died on Saturday as Australia braced for one of the worst days in its wildfire crisis, with strong winds and high temperatures forecast to bring flames to more populated areas, including the suburbs of Sydney. Gladys Berejiklian, the premier of New South Wales, said her state is facing “another terrible day” and called on…

INSTAGRAM @IDASHOPE4STROKE via REUTERS The bushfires in southeastern Australia are raging on with no sign of stopping. Officials were bracing for unfavorable conditions, and temperatures hit a record high in Canberra. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Saturday that 3,000 Australian Defence Force reservists would help with bushfire recovery. He also announced nearly $13.9 million…

JACKSON, Miss. – Two inmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman were reported missing early Saturday, the Mississippi Department of Corrections reported. The news of the missing inmates comes after a week of turmoil at prisons across the state. Five Mississippi inmates have been killed since Sunday across the state, including three amid violence at Parchman, where…

Key Point: Sanctions are key to preventing major arms sales to Iran. The Iranian air force on paper is one of the biggest air arms in the world. Its order of battle includes around 350 fighters, more than twice as many as the Royal Air Force possesses. But most of Iran’s fighters are old and outdated.…

Key Point: The Tomcat did prove itself to be one of the great American fighters of its era—in the hands of both the U.S. Navy and the Iranian Air Force. Let’s just get this out of the way: Maverick. Iceman. Charlie. Are you done swooning yet? For many, the 1988 film Top Gun caused the F-14…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate seems certain to keep President Donald Trump in office thanks to the overwhelming GOP support expected in his impeachment trial. But how that trial will proceed — and when it will begin — remains to be seen. Democrats are pushing for the Senate to issue subpoenas for witnesses and documents,…

Dimanche soir, Emmanuel Macron et son épouse Brigitte ont assisté à la finale du championnat de France du rugby. L’occasion de voir la Première dame totalement conquise par le spectacle. Samedi 27 mai dernier Emmanuel Macron, bien qu’ayant passé toute la journée au sommet en Sicile à l’occasion du sommet du G7, avait réussi à…

WASHINGTON — Attorneys for House Democrats on Friday challenged the Trump administration on its claims of executive powers, in two court hearings that, while not directly related to the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, could come to influence the Senate trial that is expected to begin shortly. The first hearing was over whether former White House counsel…