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Ethnic Kachin Armed Group Launches Multiple Attacks on Myanmar Military KIA fighters. / The Irrawaddy By The Irrawaddy 20 April 2021 Ethnic armed group the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked a police outpost in Maden Yang village in Lone Khin village-tract in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township around 7pm Monday. The number of casualties is still unknown. “We heard gunfire and explosions until 9pm. Locals are planning to flee from their homes as gunfire has been heard every night recentl...

News From Antiwar.com General Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, are scheduled to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 22. The testimony, both open and closed, will address the proposed 2022 National Defense Authorization Act which is reported to include a total of $753 billion for the Pentagon’s operations around the world. The last time AFRICOM’s Townsend addressed that commi...

Emergency Site Assessment: Northern Ethiopia Crisis 4 - Data Collection: 2 - 23 March 2021 | Publication Date: 14 April 2021 Format BACKGROUND: In early November 2020, the regional party of Tigray allegedly attacked the Northern Command of Ethiopia’s National Defense Force in Mekelle, Tigray region, prompting a military offensive from the federal government of Ethiopia. Following this, conflict broke out in the north of Ethiopia and this has displaced many from their homes. OVERVIEW: From 2 �...

US military sets priorities for power struggles in the Arctic RADIO.COM 2 hrs ago © Provided by RADIO.COM Stinger missile system "To compete in the arctic, you have to be on the field," Gen. Glen VanHerck, who leads Northern Command, said in a House Armed Services Committee hearing this week. "We do not have the persistence that I need day to day to compete in the Arctic." In recent years, the Russian military has built more military installations in the Arctic in a bid to expand its influ...

Meet the Chennai boys building UGVs for the Indian Army Updated: Updated: April 14, 2021 13:12 IST Chennai-based start-up Torus Robotics is manufacturing Unmanned Ground Vehicles to help ferry heavy loads for the Indian Army Share Article The Torus Robotics team with their UGV prototype   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chennai-based start-up Torus Robotics is manufacturing Unmanned Ground Vehicles to help ferry heavy loads for the Indian Army “You think of ‘unmanned’, and you think...

Myanmar Military Artillery Kills Kachin Civilians Kachin Independence Army fighters. / CJ 6.3k By The Irrawaddy 12 April 2021 Three civilians have died in fierce fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Momauk Township, Kachin State. The victims were an 83-year-old woman, a 23-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman from three different villages. “They clashed intensely throughout the night from 11pm yesterday until this morning. Artillery shells fell int...

This week in Congress: First fights over Biden’s budget plan 7 hours ago Copies of the fiscal 2020 budget sit in the the House Budget Committee room on March 11, 2019 on Capitol Hill. (Mandel Ngan/AFP) Just a few days after the White House revealed its budget plans for fiscal 2022, a host of Defense Department and Veterans Affairs officials will visit Capitol Hill to justify their spending needs. Adm. Craig Faller, head of Southern Command, and Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of Northern Comm...

Peterson Air Force Base is a potential site to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant children as thousands of people continue arriving at America’s southern border. The Department of Defense assessed the Colorado Springs base Wednesday at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services. A formal request to house unaccompanied minors at Peterson Air Force base in Colorado Springs has not been made. U.S. Rep Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican, isn’t happy about the idea...

BIJBEHARA : Two terrorists responsible for the assassination of Havaldar Mohd Saleem Akhoon of the Territorial Army (TA) were eliminated in a joint

Share Following the TPLF’s pre-emptive, massive and reckless attacks on Ethiopia’s Northern Command in early November last year, there have been myriad humanitarian challenges. But, another defining feature of the tragic situation has been the relentless spread of disinformation. We have been inundated with a seemingly endless stream of sordid reports and allegations of lurid crimes. Among the most prominent – and especially gruesome – allegations that have been disseminated have been t...