Several Iranian government and state-owned websites have been taken down by Anonymous, the international activist hacker group says, in a move of support for nationwide protests that followed the death of a 22-year-old woman following her arrest by the morality police. The website of the Iranian presidency, the government-affiliated Fars …

by Heath Hansen A forgotten Dutch airfield that served as a deterrent to Soviet air power during the Cold War was remembered anew at a recent ceremony to commemorate the site’s storied history. People in the area convened on Sept. 17  for the official unveiling of the Soesterberg Air Force …

Streets throughout Iran are teeming with anti-regime protesters who are enraged that a young woman died after being beaten by the “morality” police who accused her of not properly wearing a mandatory head scarf. Mahsa Amini, 22, was arrested in Tehran on Sept. 13 while visiting the capital. She died …

Russia has likely ordered the withdrawal of its troops from the whole of the Kharkiv Oblast, according to the British Ministry of Defence. In an update on Twitter, the MOD said pockets of Russian resistance remained in Kharkiv, west of the Oskil River, but Ukraine has “recaptured territory at least …

by Owen Thorne I am optimistically but guardedly watching the Ukrainian success in the north. After being on the ground during the fall of Iszyum to the Russians over the summer, I see its liberation as a good step.   Ukraine said on Monday it had recaptured more villages in the …

by Friedrich Seiltgen Taurus Firearms has been on a tear lately. They’re introducing new models, updating older ones,and establishing themselves as a major player in the EDC market. Improvements in qualitycontrol have been made, and the addition of a new U.S. based manufacturing facility has helpedTaurus keep up with demand. …

Many Afghans who fled their native country after the Taliban seized power saw Turkey as a safe haven in their road to escape persecution and violence. But Turkish security forces have been accused of using live ammunition and physical force to keep Afghans from entering. Those who do succeed often …

Ukrainian forces advanced their counteroffensive in eastern Ukraine Sunday, aiming to take advantage of Russian troop withdrawals from the northeastern Kharkiv region in a retreat that may have changed the course of the nearly seven-month conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday posted a video of Ukrainian soldiers hoisting the …

One of the most iconic machine guns ever made is the Soviet-built DShK – known mostly as the Dushka. It has been used in wars from Vietnam to Syria and an adapted version is being used by the Ukrainian military. The Dushka was originally developed in the 1930s as an anti-aircraft gun, …

Journalist Andriy Dubchak barely escaped with his life as he and his son came under cluster-bomb attack from Russian forces in Ukraine. The two were filming a Russian artillery barrage in Donbas, when Dubchak heard “something strange,” unlike the sounds from artillery or other forms of attack. He quickly realized …