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1 week, 6 days ago

In satellite pics: What's happening at Russian bases after Assad's fall

A big question mark looms large over the future of Russian air and naval bases on the Mediterranean coast in Syria after President Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow in face of a swift rebel offensive. Russian military vessels were missing from a satellite image captured by American geospatial firm Planet Labs PBC on December 9, a day after Assad fled …

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1 month, 1 week ago

China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier: Satellite images indicate Beijing's BIG plan

India TV News

China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents. “For China's leadership, such a development would symbolise national prestige, fueling domestic nationalism and elevating the country's global image as …

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4 months ago

Moscow sees one of Ukraine’s largest drone attacks as fighting rages in Kursk and eastern Ukraine

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Moscow came under one of the largest attacks by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, Russian authorities reported Wednesday, saying they destroyed all of those headed toward the country’s capital. Late Wednesday, the governor of Russia’s Bryansk, which borders both Kursk and Ukraine, said Russian forces turned back a Ukrainian attempt to enter that region. …

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4 months ago

Maps and satellite imagery show Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region

ABC

Ukrainian troops staged a surprise cross-border attack into Russia early last week, and now Kyiv claims to control more than 1,100 square kilometres of its neighbour's territory. Ukraine's top commander Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi told Mr Zelenskyy on Thursday that the incursion had so far advanced 35km into the Kursk region, capturing 82 settlements. Satellite imagery collected by Maxar from …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian troops have taken full control of the Russian town of Sudzha

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country’s troops had taken full control of Sudzha, the largest Russian town to fall to Ukraine’s forces since the start of their cross-border incursion more than a week ago. Although Russian military bloggers reported that Russian reserves sent to the Kursk region had slowed Ukrainian advances, questions remain over …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

In Gaza's searing heat, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage

Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — Children in sandals trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza’s crowded tent camps for displaced families. Palestinians gather to fill water jugs near one of the strip’s few functioning desalination plants in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 20, 2024. “It is killing us.” Basic services breakdown Palestinians gather …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Gaza military aid: US is working to build a pier that will cost at least $320 million

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation that the Pentagon has said will cost at least $320 million. A U.S. Navy ship involved in the American-led effort to bring …

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8 months ago

Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. The Planet Labs PBC image, taken Friday for the AP, shows fresh blacktop across a taxiway near hangars at the southern …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

A ship earlier hit by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, the first vessel lost in conflict

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Yemen’s exiled government, which has been backed by a Saudi-led coalition since …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Israel’s next target in Gaza war is likely Rafah. Terrified people say there’s nowhere left to go

Associated Press

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Gaza’s southernmost town, Rafah, is bursting at the seams. I’ll die in my tent,” said Jihan al-Hawajri, who fled multiple times from the far north down the length of the Gaza Strip and now lives with 30 relatives in a tent. “This is not something that we’d support,” Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into a southern Gaza city ahead of an expected invasion

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the densely populated southern Gaza city. Netanyahu appeared to snub Blinken, saying he will settle for nothing short of “total victory.” The Israeli leader has said the war seeks …

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1 year ago

Skyscraper-studded Dubai has flourished during regional crises. Could it benefit from hosting COP28?

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In a city known for its excesses, whether reaching toward the sky with the world’s tallest building or hard partying at its beach resorts and bars, Dubai has pulled off another record-breaking feat in the rolling dunes of its desert outskirts. A flock of Arabian Oryx graze at a conservation area in front of the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Searchers race to recover bodies in Libyan city where 5,100 died in flooding after 2 dams collapsed

Associated Press

DERNA, Libya — Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea Wednesday to look for bodies in a coastal Libyan city where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed at least 5,100 people. This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a dam collapse in Derna, Libya, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. This …

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1 year, 3 months ago

North Korea says its latest submarine can launch nuclear weapons, but there are doubts

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday its new submarine has nuclear attack capabilities after years of development. Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Friday placed the submarine and the ceremony that Kim took part in the eastern port city of Sinpo, where North Korea runs a major shipyard developing submarines. Kim said the country is also …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Shocking satellite images show impact of extreme drought on world’s rivers

The Independent

A painful lack of rain coupled with relentless heatwaves has left China’s Poyang lake shrinking in length and breadth. “This summer matches the predictions that we have for a hotter, drier future.” open image in gallery China’s lake Poyang as seen on 8 August 2021 open image in gallery China’s lake Poyang as seen on 22 August 2022 China is …

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In satellite pics: What's happening at Russian bases after Assad's fall

China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier: Satellite images indicate Beijing's BIG plan

Moscow sees one of Ukraine’s largest drone attacks as fighting rages in Kursk and eastern Ukraine

Maps and satellite imagery show Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian troops have taken full control of the Russian town of Sudzha

In Gaza's searing heat, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage

Gaza military aid: US is working to build a pier that will cost at least $320 million

Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base

A ship earlier hit by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, the first vessel lost in conflict

Israel’s next target in Gaza war is likely Rafah. Terrified people say there’s nowhere left to go

Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into a southern Gaza city ahead of an expected invasion

Skyscraper-studded Dubai has flourished during regional crises. Could it benefit from hosting COP28?

Searchers race to recover bodies in Libyan city where 5,100 died in flooding after 2 dams collapsed

North Korea says its latest submarine can launch nuclear weapons, but there are doubts

Shocking satellite images show impact of extreme drought on world’s rivers