Ms von der Leyen is a former German defence minister who has pushed strongly for an EU army. The article said: “The war in Ukraine exposed bluntly once more the appalling state of European defence capabilities—as seen in former Yugoslav republics in
The Pentagon announced on Thursday (July 13) that the United States has delivered cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of its strategy to strengthen Kyiv’s offensive against Russian front lines. Cluster munitions, which consist of bombs that scatter numerous smaller bomblets upon
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have disagreed over cluster bombs being sent to Ukraine by the US. The Prime Minister has said Britain “discourages” the use of cluster munitions after US President Joe Biden agreed to send the bombs to help Kyiv
US President Joe Biden defended his “very difficult decision” to give Ukraine cluster bombs, a weapon notorious for killing civilians. The president claimed despite his hesitation, he ultimately chose to move forward because the Ukrainian forces were running out of ammunition. The
The latest of Disney’s animated classics to get the live-action remake treatment is 1989’s The Little Mermaid. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s iconic fairy tale, the original movie famously portrayed Ariel as a redhead. However, for the reimagining, the studio has moved
Vladimir Putin is cynically using starvation as a weapon against the Ukrainian people, with Russian troops accused of launching a “merciless” and indiscriminate bomb attack on people simply queuing to buy bread, a British-led investigation has revealed. The investigation uncovers shocking tactics
The Russian military has resorted to dropping massive Soviet-era bombs in an effort to circumvent Ukrainian air defenses that have proven more than a match for long range missiles and drones. Ukrainian investigators have increasingly found instances of Russia dropping older bombs,
Iran is building a nuclear facility so deep underground that experts fear conventional U.S. weapons would be unable to destroy it. “So the depth of the facility is a concern because it would be much harder for us. It would be much
American forces used weather warfare during Vietnam War Monday morning, 7am, and Le Guan Gui is starting his first job of the day. He is hunched over a 60cm-long, rusting mortar shell, partially buried in the back garden of a house off
The US has deployed warplanes armed with ‘bunker busting’ bombs as tensions with Iran ramp up. Tehran seized a US-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, sparking a furious reaction from Washington. The US Air Force has now confirmed