Eurasia

Russia’s arms concern Rostec issued an official press release saying the company had already developed “smart” ammunition. According to the information provided, the ammunition will now easily reach its target, overcoming various enemy electronic means. The company expressed confidence that the new “smart” ammunition meets the current combat conditions.

The Russian military on Tuesday announced the deployment of state-of-the-art air defense missiles to the Pacific islands claimed by Japan. Russia’s Eastern Military District said in a statement that the S-300V4 air defense missile systems have entered combat duty on the Kuril Islands, adding punch to the shorter range Tor …

Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday they’ve won permission for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, the world’s first coronavirus shot that’s backed by rigorous science — and a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic.

Sauf imprévu, Emmanuel Macron et Marine Le Pen seront candidats à l’élection présidentielle de 2022. Quant à Jean-Luc Mélenchon, il a déjà annoncé sa candidature. Mais bon nombre d’incertitudes subsistent sur les autres candidats potentiels…

Une bonne vieille manif’ est bien plus exaltante qu’une séance de paintball ou de laser-game… Les bonnes vieilles manifs sont en train de se réinventer. Quel que soit l’objet de la protestation, elles s’accompagnent dorénavant d’actes spectaculaires de vandalisme et de violences inouïes envers les forces de l’ordre. Les vitrines …

L’Iran enterrait hier Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, architecte de son programme nucléaire. C’est le 3e assassinat ciblé de 2020 après Qassem Soleimani et Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah. L’assassinat cet été de ce dernier homme, grand ponte d’Al-Qaïda, semblait confirmer que la puissance chiite et l’organisation sunnite font front commun contre les ennemis américain …

The message they [nationals of Lebanon] are sending to a new US administration is: The Lebanese people are hoping that you will help them get rid of Hezbollah. Cozying up to Iran would further embolden Hezbollah and allow it to destroy Lebanon by turning it into an Iranian-controlled colony.

Ending America’s “endless war” has been a top goal of successive U.S. administrations since more than 100,000 troops were deployed to the country a decade ago.

Members of Iran’s parliament Tuesday chanted “death to Israel,” and they voted to increase the level of uranium enrichment to 20% and to halt U.N. nuclear inspections in reaction to the killing Friday of the country’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. At the same time, Arab and Iranian media reported …

The Islamic State has conducted several attacks in recent weeks on the Sunni-majority provinces of Anbar and Salahuddin. The Islamic State (IS) has in recent days claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on the Siniya oil refinery in Iraq’s northern Salahuddin province and for the killing of soldiers, policemen, local …