Former “elite” Air Force pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military pilots arrested, DOJ says

Former “elite” Air Force pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military pilots arrested, DOJ says

The Justice Department announced the arrest Wednesday of a former Air Force fighter pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military personnel without authorization. Gerald Brown, 65, was arrested in Indiana after recently returning to the United States from China, where he’d been since December 2023, a Justice Department statement said. He is accused of having “conspired…

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House Democrats to force war powers votes as Trump teases strikes on Venezuela

House Democrats to force war powers votes as Trump teases strikes on Venezuela

Washington — House Democrats plan to force votes Wednesday on two war powers resolutions amid escalating tensions with Venezuela as President Trump has warned that land strikes against the country could commence “soon.”  Mr. Trump’s threats come amid a monthslong military campaign against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean…

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Putin says Russia will take Donbas by force or Ukraine’s troops will withdraw

Putin says Russia will take Donbas by force or Ukraine’s troops will withdraw

President Vladimir Putin has said either Ukrainian troops will withdraw from the country’s eastern Donbas region or Russia will seize it – rejecting any compromise over a major obstacle to ending the Ukraine war. “Either we take back these territories by force, or eventually Ukrainian troops withdraw,” Putin told India Today. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…

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Suicide bombers in northwest Pakistan kill at least 3 at security force headquarters

Suicide bombers in northwest Pakistan kill at least 3 at security force headquarters

Two suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of a security force in northwestern Pakistan on Monday morning, killing at least three officers, police and rescue officials said. The attack took place in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, said city Police Chief Saeed Ahmad. He said one attacker detonated his explosives at the…

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