Iraq rocket attack kills contractor and wounds a US service member

BREAKING NEWS: Rocket attack by ‘group with links to Iran’ kills a military contractor and wounds an American service member at a US coalition base in northern Iraq The rocket was targeting a US-led base in the Kurdish regional capital of Erbil Security sources said at least three rockets landed near Erbil Int. Airport A … Read more

Bears are released into the wild… and immediately turn on their rescuers 

They’re bearing down on us! Bears are released into the wild… and immediately turn on their rescuers The chaotic scene was spotted at a wildlife conservation project in the Kurdistan of northern Iraq yesterday Six Syrian brown bears were being freed into the wild after they were saved from captivity in people’s homes But as … Read more

Adventurer Jordan Wylie paddleboards 1,477 miles of UK coastline and runs a marathon on his day off

After adventurer, author and former soldier Jordan Wylie rowed solo, unsupported and unarmed across the most dangerous body of water on the planet – the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (aka the Gate of Tears) – he described the 13-hour 42-minute voyage, from Djibouti to Yemen and back, as ‘the toughest thing I’ve ever done’. And at … Read more

Army general reveals how he drank alone at 2am after horrors of Iraq war

An Army general tipped to assume command of Britain’s Armed Forces has revealed how his battlefield experiences in Iraq left him suicidal and drinking alone at two o’clock in the morning. General Sir Patrick Sanders, 54, who could become the next Chief of the Defence Staff, made the shocking admission in a bid to persuade … Read more

SAS skydive terror: Scramble to save critically injured UK soldier

SAS skydive terror: Scramble to save critically injured UK soldier who crashed to ground in enemy territory in Iraq after mid-air tangle with US serviceman EXCLUSIVE SAS soldier critically wounded in a parachuting accident in Iraq  The trooper crashed to the ground at high speed following a mid-air collision Horrific accident triggered major rescue operation … Read more

Seventy years after the first B-52, the world’s most brutal bomber has an awesome new role

Flying in formation and dropping their mighty payloads together, the bombs from a B-52 attack fall so thickly that they look from a distance like a rain shower. With some 70,000 pounds of ordnance — up to 108 bombs in each plane — tumbling out of each B-52’s huge belly and from under its 185 … Read more

Iran’s Ayatollah posts image of Trump-lookalike golfer being targeted by a drone

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has suggested former U.S. President Donald Trump should be killed in revenge for the death of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani last year. On Friday, Khamenei posted an image of a golfer resembling Trump in the shadow of a drone to Twitter. The image was captioned with remarks made by Khamenei in December … Read more

At least 28 dead, 73 wounded as two bombs strike market in Baghdad

At least 28 dead, 73 wounded as two bombs strike market in Baghdad WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT  Two attackers wearing suicide vests blew themselves up among shoppers  Suicide attacks have been rare in Iraqi capital since ISIS were defeated in 2017  An interior ministry spokesman said he expected the death toll to rise  By Ryan Fahey … Read more

Law to protect former troops from ‘witch-hunt’ not enough, former Special Forces director warns

Law to protect former troops from ‘witch-hunt’ prosecutions will not do enough to shield military veterans, former Special Forces director warns Overseas Operations Bill has been designed to end the witch-hunt of troops Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Lamb says bill will not adequately protect them Dozens of soldiers were hounded over their actions in the … Read more

Joe Biden will ‘head to the Cornwall for his first overseas trip’

Joe Biden’s first overseas trip as president will be to a tiny Cornish seaside village for the G7 summit, it is understood.  Carbis Bay in Britain’s most southerly county has a population of just over 3,000 and is set to host the first in-person meeting of the G7 in almost two years in June. The trip … Read more