China today has sent two coast guard vessels to Japan’s territorial waters amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese ships, including one equipped with what appeared to be an autocannon, intruded into the contiguous zone near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands on Tuesday morning, reported … Read more
Security forces fired at protestors outside a power plant in northern Myanmar in an attempt to break up the crowd. Footage broadcast live on Facebook showed the crowd being shot at by security personnel, but it is not clear whether they were using rubber or real bullets. Hundreds of people had gathered outside the power … Read more
Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith – the latest to materialise without warning after structures began springing up in several countries late last year. The large metal block was found by a farmer in the southeastern Sanliurfa province on Friday. It bears old Turkic script that reads: ‘Look at the sky, … Read more
‘Prove our military is strong enough’: Labour demands annual report on the fighting capacities of our Armed Forces amid shortage of battle-ready troops Labour Party wants ministers to report annually on military’s fighting strength Daily Mail revealed over weekend that 32 of 33 battalions are short of personnel Infantry needs 14,984 soldiers but has only … Read more
Armed police have clashed with tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters, who poured back onto the streets of Myanmar on Sunday for a second day of mass demonstrations against the military takeover. Shots were heard as police broke up a protest in the southeastern town of Myawaddy against the military’s ouster of the country’s de-facto … Read more
Eiza González has a busy year ahead of her, with multiple films coming out in the next few months. And the Mexican actress/singer is already back on set as she shoots her next project, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. She found herself in a hostage situation Wednesday, with an armed Gyllenhaal, as they filmed a scene for … Read more
Katie Price has described the ‘nightmare’ moment she endured when armed police were called after her eldest son Harvey didn’t want to leave an airplane. Harvey is on the autism spectrum and was born with disabilities including partial blindness, ADHD and Prader-Willi syndrome, which can prompt mood swings and violent behaviour. Mother-of-five Katie, 42, told … Read more
Armed police seal off London street in 22-hour lockdown stand-off with ‘gunman’ refusing to leave property Police have been at the scene in Southall, West London, since 2.12pm Thursday One local shopkeeper estimated 60 officers were there at one point Footage of last night shows them asking person inside to come to the window Officer … Read more
Armed police hurl stun grenades and fire Tasers as they free four from house siege in dramatic bodycam footage – as hostage-taker is jailed for 27 months Police threw stun grenades and fired Tasers to dramatically free four hostages Bodycam footage shows officers using chainsaws to cut through a door They then charged, firing Tasers … Read more
Frightening moment two Mexican National Guard soldiers are kidnapped from parking lot outside their base by six armed men – before being dumped by the side of the highway Mexican National Guard soldiers Orión Reyes and Fernando Quiroz were abducted outside a base in Jerez, Zacatecas, on Saturday Both soldiers were found unharmed on a highway … Read more