Military
Hong Kong, Asia’s top financial centre was paralysed after what appears to be the most violent political protests since the 1997 handover exploded. The third largest financial centre in the world as of 2014, behind only to New York and London as measured by Global Financial Centres Index, was in total chaos after pro-democracy activists […]
... written on Sep 29 2014She should have become Emirati’s female pilot much earlier, but due to the fact that women were not allowed to join the country’s Armed Forces, she had to wait several years. Although she could have kicked some baddies’ butt earlier, 35-year-old Major Mariam Al Mansouri became UAE’s first female Emirati Air-Force pilot only in 2007. […]
... written on Sep 27 2014At least 120 militants were killed after the United States and its Arab allies – Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates – unleashed air strikes in Syria on Tuesday, Sept 23. Finally, lame duck Obama found his spine to do what he should have done ages ago. And it appears Britain MPs have […]
... written on Sep 25 2014Gregory Sancoff is a self-made millionaire and the CEO of Juliet Marine Systems, a company he founded in 2004. Interestingly, he was a former medical devices expert but a terrorist attack on the USS Cole in 2000 during which 17 sailors were killed changed his life. Wanted to do something to help the country, he […]
... written on Aug 24 2014Just when you thought the latest ceasefire between Hamas and Israel would last and thereafter bring peace to the conflict zone, it was breached, again. About 8-hours before the expiration of ceasefire, three Grad rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip and fell near Be’er Sheva and Netivot. Loud explosions were heard in the Tel […]
... written on Aug 20 2014President Obama has been using “harsh” words against Israel over the Gaza Strip crisis. Still, that doesn’t stop Israel from tapping into American’s mmunitions stockpile to resupply the Israel military with weapons. If you didn’t know, it was part of a program called War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel (WRSA-I), whereby locally (Israel) stores weapons can be […]
... written on Aug 16 2014RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise. Held biennially during June-July from Honolulu, Hawaii, which was started in 1971, is hosted and administered by the United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet, headquartered at Pearl Harbour. The main reason why such exercise is held in this region is quite obvious – this is perhaps […]
... written on Jul 31 2014Almost a week after Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down from Ukraine skies at 33,000-feet, the first 40 bodies arrived in the Netherlands. The country bore the heaviest casualties at 193 of the 298 killed. The first Royal Dutch Air Force C130 plane landed in the city of Eindhoven Air Base, Netherlands, Wednesday, as the […]
... written on Jul 24 2014Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak became an instant celebrity after he successfully secured an agreement with pro-Russian separatists, who were accused of downing Malaysian Flight MH17, killing 298 innocent lives. Four days after the aircraft fell from the sky, the black box is in Malaysian authorities’ custody, which will in turn pass to an international […]
... written on Jul 23 2014How much would it cost Malaysian Airlines if it had diverted the flight MH17, just like how South Korea’s Korean Air and Asiana, as well as Australia’s Qantas have been doing since March this year? Apparently, based on a former flight planner’s calculation, it would cost additional US$66 (£48.70, RM209.60) per paying passenger for the […]
... written on Jul 21 2014
