TEnding National Guard soldiers, drafting reservists, swiftly setting up military hospitals and now also war powers to control the private sector: After initial hesitation, US President Donald Trump appears to be taking action in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. He now wants to provide the worst affected states with the concentrated power of the … Read more
Does France have enough protective masks to cope with the wave of coronavirus cases? While the country has been confined since Tuesday and the epidemic has already killed 450 people in the territory, the question is on everyone’s lips. In recent days, testimonies are pouring in on tense situations, even shortages, to equip professionals in … Read more
foreign countries According to South Korea North Korea is testing missiles again – – Status: 03:44 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes – – – According to the South Korean military, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles towards the Japanese Sea Credit: dpa / Ahn Young-Joon – – North Korea has repeatedly held artillery … Read more
“Get out of the bus quickly,” roars a Turkish soldier in civilian clothes in the car with refugees. “You have to go to the border river, now, get out!” When the inmates refuse, the soldier draws his pistol menacingly. “Don’t argue, stop now,” he orders. “On the river, the Turkish military will take you to … Read more
The Armed Forces Hospital has one of its centers in Porto PAULO RICCA / PUBLICO The only existing female general Portugal risks being tried in the Court of Auditors, due to illegalities detected in public procurement while she was in charge of the Hospital das Forças Armadas. The decision whether or not to subject the … Read more
US President Donald Trump, after signing an agreement with the Taliban (banned in Russia), said that the return of US troops from Afghanistan will begin immediately. “Today. “It will begin immediately,” Mr. Trump said, answering a question from journalists when the reduction of military forces will begin in accordance with the agreement (quote on AFP). … Read more
Retired Gen. Hikmet Köksal, the former Land Forces Commander, was sent off on his last journey. Retired Gen. Hikmet Köksal, the former Commander of the Land Forces, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the trial on February 28, but continued in the Supreme Court of Appeals, died. A lunchtime funeral was held for Köksal … Read more
A soldier of the Turkish army was killed in the Syrian region of Idlib. This happened after the Syrian government forces launched a bomb attack, Reuters reports citing authorities in the Turkish province of Gaziantep. According to local authorities, this is 16 soldiers killed this month. Authorities in Gaziantep province informed that the deceased specialized … Read more
More than a budget project, the document presented Monday by the Donald Trump Administration looks like a compendium of electoral promises ten months after November presidential. The accounts presented by the White House for fiscal year 2021 (which begins in October) include an increase in military and security spending while addressing significant cuts in social … Read more
The Paris National Counter-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office must now say whether it is “seizing or not” this case. – UA 19-year-old soldier assaulted a mounted policeman on Monday in eastern France before being shot, said French justice, not ruling out a terrorist act. The attack was carried out in the middle of the afternoon against a … Read more