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Amazing photos from NATO’s largest military exercise in over a decade
On October 19, NATO kicked off its largest military exercise in over a decade with an opening ceremony in Tripani Air Base, Italy. The exercise, called Trident Juncture 2015, includes approximately 36,000 troops, over 140 aircraft, and 60 ships from more than 30 participatory nations. The exercise’s participants include both NATO countries...
Russia mourns victims of crashed Egypt plane
Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Flags flew at half-mast in Russia Sunday as the country mourned its biggest ever air disaster after a passenger jet full of Russian tourists crashed in Egypt’s Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.The flight was bringing holidaymakers back to Russia’s second largest city Saint Petersburg when it went...
The Latest: Emirates halts flights over Egypt’s Sinai
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The latest developments after a Russian passenger plane crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board (all times local).1:35 p.m.Russia’s air safety regulator has ordered the airline whose charter jet crashed in Egypt to suspend flights pending the probe.Rostransnadzor,...
Egypt: Official says doomed Russian plane was in good shape
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian ground service official who carried out a pre-flight inspection of the Russian passenger plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula said Sunday that the Airbus A321-200 appeared to be in good condition.The Metrojet plane, bound for St. Petersburg in Russia, crashed 23 minutes after it took off from...
Russia holds day of mourning after 224 die in Sinai plane crash
Cairo (AFP) – International investigators have begun probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board in one of the deadliest Airbus incidents of the past decade.Flags will fly at half mast on official buildings in Russia on Sunday and entertainment...
Egypt says it lost contact with a Russian aircraft
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — A Russian aircraft carrying 224 people, including 17 children, crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20 minutes after taking off from a Red Sea resort popular with Russian tourists, the Egyptian government said. There were no survivors.According to Adel Mahgoub, chairman of the...
The Latest: Egypt confirms Russian plane crashes in Sinai
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The latest news on a Russian passenger plane that crashed on a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to St. Petersburg, Russia.3:55 p.m.A top Egyptian official says except for three Ukrainian passengers, everyone on board the Russian Metrojet flight that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula was a Russian citizen.Adel...
What it’s like to be a conscript in the Russian military
Conscription has a long history in Russia. Hundreds of thousands of young Russian men are drafted into the country’s military every year, a practice carried over from the Soviet Union-era and the Tsarist systems before that. Russia is set apart by a bullying culture that’s generally more extreme and widespread than in other militaries...
LINDSEY GRAHAM: ‘Make me commander-in-chief, and this crap stops’
Presidential candidate and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) argued during Wednesday night’s Republican “undercard” debate that he would bring a muscular approach to foreign policy into the White House. Graham, one of the most hawkish Republican members of the Senate, said American adversaries are “walking all...
Ukrainian soldier killed near rebel-held Donetsk airport
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says one of its soldiers has been killed by rebel forces that were violating a cease-fire in the east.It was the first reported government loss in fighting since mid-October. A February cease-fire between government and rebel forces has largely held since both sides renewed their commitment to observe the truce Sept....
