The IRGC proved its worth during the eight year war with Iraq. This began in 1980 when Iraq sought to grab some Iranian oil fields on the border while the Iranian civil war was still underway. The ...

Key: On this table, figures originally given in various local coinages have all been converted to livres tournais, worth about £4 sterling; s, shilling, of which there were 12 to the pound; d, penny, ...

Israel and Jordan worked out a deal, perhaps with some international organizations, for running Jerusalem. Israel tried to get Arab states to stop treating all the Palestinians like refugees and ...

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) and the U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine ...

Putin is undismayed and vows to press on with his plan to rebuild the Soviet Union. Another reason Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 was because Ukraine was negotiating with NATO to become a member.

January 31, 2025: The current Sudanese civil war, which began in 2023, is nearly two years old and the government forces are winning. For example the city of Wad Madani, 140 kilometers south of the ...

January 28, 2025: Ukraine has been fighting the Russian invaders for three years now. The expensive Russian failure to conquer Ukraine is largely due to Ukrainian ingenuity and innovations. Russia ...

Getting beaten trying to invade Vietnam was survivable. A failed invasion of Taiwan would losses of ships, aircraft, lots of military personnel and any doubts that China is not ready to wage a modern ...

Last year featured an unusually large number of efforts to rearrange the ethnic, religious and political realities of the Middle East. The most visible and endlessly frustrating effort is the ...

Back in 2010 the Somalis accounted for nearly all the hijackings. There are still pirates out there, but they are more into robbery than kidnapping.

The Iranian spies were originally from Azerbaijan and were caught using specialized espionage equipment to observe Israeli air bases. The Israeli spies were apparently identifying targets for Iran to ...