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UK to lead global effort for maritime security in Strait of Hormuz
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (132+ words) PM Starmer announces a landmark meeting with 35 nations to ensure safe shipping in the Gulf." UK to lead global effort for maritime security in Strait of Hormuz British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Thursday that the United Kingdom will…...
87-year-old grandmother recalls hiding from the Japaneseduring WW II
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (750+ words) DON MARCELINO, DAVAO OCCIDENTAL (Minda News/9 April) " Eighty seven-year old Precille "Precing" Delos Reyes Medillo still remembers hiding from the Japanese when the invaders came to within three kilometers from their home in Barangay Lais, Malita when war broke out…...
The U. S. Navy's Iowa-Class Battleship Comeback Is Never Going To Happen
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (1799+ words) I walked away impressed, grateful, and a little sad, if I can be rather blunt." No one who steps aboard USS Iowa fails to feel the ship's weight, history, and brute force." You don't stand near those 16-inch guns and…...
Want a Lethal, War-Winning Army? Read Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (186+ words) Rudy Weisz | 04. 09. 26 1. Tactics are meaningless in the absence of strategy. 2. Risk is the seed of victory. 3. Wage war violently and relentlessly. 4. Mission command begets battlefield success. Meanwhile, at Cold Harbor, Grant grew frustrated with subordinate commanders who failed to seize…...
Britain to call for toll-free Strait of Hormuz, says Lebanon must be part of Iran ceasefire
7+ hour, 8+ min ago (366+ words) U. K. Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper is expected to call for unhindered access through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, countering a push by Iran to control one of the world's most important oil chokepoints. In an annual foreign policy speech, Cooper…...
Victory is not a numbers game
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (654+ words) Of course, numbers matter. The IDF does need sufficient manpower to sustain operations, hold territory, rotate forces and manage the demands of a prolonged conflict. Expanding the pool of those who serve is a real and necessary national challenge that…...
Memorial stone for Palestinians planned for Newcastle garden
1+ day, 42+ min ago (627+ words) A similar memorial was unveiled last year outside Newcastle Civic Centre dedicated to the Roma victims of the Holocaust Plans for a memorial to Palestinian civilians killed in the Israel-Gaza War have been announced. The stone tribute is expected to…...
Palestine memorial planned in Newcastle to remember victims of Gaza war
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (329+ words) Newcastle councillor Habib Rahman in the Peace Garden outside Newcastle Civic Centre. (Image: Habib Rahman.) A new memorial to remember the Palestinian civilians killed in the war in Gaza is set to be installed in Newcastle. Plans have been announced…...
Did Germany attack U. S. soil during World War II? Here's why one historian is convinced it happened
17+ hour, 7+ min ago (264+ words) A new historical monument off the coast of North Carolina commemorates a German attack on U. S. soil during World War II. Whether such an attack actually happened is" historically dubious. Yet, one local historian is absolutely convinced this local legend is true....
Nobody wins wars; it ends only with loss of lives and destruction
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (72+ words) The Hindu Published - April 08, 2026 07: 01 pm IST - Shivamogga The greed to grab land and the ambition to remain wealthy and rule over others result in war, in which nobody wins, opined Rajendra Chenni, critic and retired professor of Kuvempu University. He…...