UK troops surge as Iraq simmers: Hundreds of British soldiers will be sent to Iraq as part of new NATO mission Britain to send hundreds of troops to Iraq in biggest increase since the Gulf War Defence sources say Nato plans to increase numbers in Iraq from 400 to 5,000 179 British troops lost their … Read more
They’re bearing down on us! Bears are released into the wild… and immediately turn on their rescuers The chaotic scene was spotted at a wildlife conservation project in the Kurdistan of northern Iraq yesterday Six Syrian brown bears were being freed into the wild after they were saved from captivity in people’s homes But as … Read more
After adventurer, author and former soldier Jordan Wylie rowed solo, unsupported and unarmed across the most dangerous body of water on the planet – the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (aka the Gate of Tears) – he described the 13-hour 42-minute voyage, from Djibouti to Yemen and back, as ‘the toughest thing I’ve ever done’. And at … Read more
An Army general tipped to assume command of Britain’s Armed Forces has revealed how his battlefield experiences in Iraq left him suicidal and drinking alone at two o’clock in the morning. General Sir Patrick Sanders, 54, who could become the next Chief of the Defence Staff, made the shocking admission in a bid to persuade … Read more
Flying in formation and dropping their mighty payloads together, the bombs from a B-52 attack fall so thickly that they look from a distance like a rain shower. With some 70,000 pounds of ordnance — up to 108 bombs in each plane — tumbling out of each B-52’s huge belly and from under its 185 … Read more
Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has suggested former U.S. President Donald Trump should be killed in revenge for the death of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani last year. On Friday, Khamenei posted an image of a golfer resembling Trump in the shadow of a drone to Twitter. The image was captioned with remarks made by Khamenei in December … Read more
At least 28 dead, 73 wounded as two bombs strike market in Baghdad WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Two attackers wearing suicide vests blew themselves up among shoppers Suicide attacks have been rare in Iraqi capital since ISIS were defeated in 2017 An interior ministry spokesman said he expected the death toll to rise By Ryan Fahey … Read more
Joe Biden’s first overseas trip as president will be to a tiny Cornish seaside village for the G7 summit, it is understood. Carbis Bay in Britain’s most southerly county has a population of just over 3,000 and is set to host the first in-person meeting of the G7 in almost two years in June. Mr Biden … Read more
Joe Biden will be keeping busy during the first days of his presidency after vowing to enact several executive orders right away while on the campaign trail. Among the promises Biden has made include mask mandates, striking down the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries, and having the United States rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. … Read more
A refugee who fled the war-torn Middle East after her relatives were killed says life in Hull is ‘the same’ as Iraq. Intesar Hassan, 55, was sent to East Yorkshire with her children by the UN in 2012 as she fled war in Iraq and Syria. Since arriving in the city, the mother says she … Read more