EL PASO (Sputnik) - A Texas Military Department spokesperson confirmed to Sputnik on Monday that a US National Guard servicemember fired his gun during a border-related incident on the US border with Mexico on Sunday.
Establishing sustainable closed-loop research facilities capable of maintaining life on the Moon is an ambitious task only two countries have come close to so far.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to list a possible targets in Iran to send a "message" to Tehran without causing casualties, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke over the weekend with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and informed him that Israel has no choice but to attack Iran in response to the latter's retaliatory drone and missile strike on Saturday night, Axios reported on Monday, citing a US official and a source in the know.
Tehran fired dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel Saturday night in response to the April 1 Israeli strike on the Iranian Embassy compound in Damascus, Syria. The IDF declared that “99 percent” of the projectiles were shot down and that the Iranian attack failed. Iran said it achieved its strategic objectives.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Thirty-three percent of Americans approve of US President Joe Biden's handling of the conflict between Palestinian movement Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip, the lowest level recorded in a CBS News/YouGov survey since the start of the hostilities.
After the US and UK imposed new restrictions on Russian aluminum, copper, and nickel on April 12, prohibiting metal-trading exchanges from accepting supplies from the country, it was an easy guess that the sanctions-happy West was yet again shooting itself in the foot and that the move would reverberate across global metal markets.
Free speech is often held as among the United State’s most sacred values, but recent events suggest the right does not extend to criticism of Israel.
The Pompeii ruins, which were first discovered in the 16th century, have become the second most-visited archeological site in the world.
In February, Hamas proposed a three-stage ceasefire deal that would last 135 days and hopefully result in the exchange of hostages.
