Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Moscow on Thursday, hitting the Russian capital’s oil refinery for the second time this week in what Kyiv cast as a response to an attack that damaged a nearly 1,000-year-old monastery in the city.“We don’t want this war, we never did, and everyone knows it, and our partners know it,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a voice message sent to reporters on a WhatsApp group. “But if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn.”Russia, for its part, fired missiles into Kyiv, also for the second time this week, following the attack that damaged…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The largest national wildlife refuge in Indiana could close to public use if the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service choses to scrap its real estate agreement with the Department of Defense, which owns the former aerial gunnery range that’s now managed as Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge. The 50,000-acre property in southern Indiana is the state’s second-largest parcel of public land and offers limited but prized deer and turkey hunting and varied habitats that are regularly used by rare and even…

Lawmakers must soon hammer out the differences in their proposals for fiscal 2027 military pay raises, as the Senate has rejected the Trump administration’s request for higher, tiered pay raises — a proposal agreed to by a House committee. The Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed a flat 3.6% pay raise for all troops, instead of the administration’s request for raises between 5 to 7%, depending on pay grade.The proposal passed by the House Armed Services Committee aligned with the administration’s request. Under that measure, junior enlisted service members would receive larger percentages of raises. Those in pay grades E-5…

Iran has declared victory over the United States. The newly signed memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran is a diplomatic victory for Tehran and a “record of US failure.” Iran has also pointed out that the US ruling class has failed to accomplish any of its goals and military objectives, while regular Americans watched the price of fuel skyrocket as their bills became harder to pay. The 14-point document was signed remotely by President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, late on Wednesday and immediately entered force, according to Pakistani mediators, according to a report by…

With any air left in lungs likely heaving from adrenaline, the crew members may have blown bubbles, feeling which way the small pockets of air traveled against their face. Submerged in darkness and feeling around a cockpit becoming a watery tomb, the direction of the bubbles may have told the disoriented helicopter crew the direction of the only thing that mattered: up. An attack helicopter went down off the coast of Oman this month after a Shahed drone engaged with the aircraft. Though the Pentagon said that its two crew members were rescued by an unnamed surface vessel hours later,…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics So, you want to catch a big flathead catfish. That’s a laudable goal. These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds. World-record-class fish top 120. While in the same family as channel and blue catfish, these shovel-headed giants differ so much in their habits and physical characteristics, they’ve been placed in the genus Pylodictis, to which no other fish belongs. Learning how they differ from their kin allows you to fish for them properly, increasing your success rate. Lesson 1: Think Like a Predator The first concept to…

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An effort is advancing in the Senate to demand a probe into how Judge Advocates General were used by the Justice Department last year to serve as immigration judges and special assistant U.S. attorneys.Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced a proposal mandating the U.S. Comptroller General to carry out an investigation into how JAGs were reassigned to civilian jobs. The measure was adopted with bipartisan support by the Senate Armed Services Committee for its 2027 defense package.JAGs are trained to administer impartial legal counsel and administer and try courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. However, starting in September 2025,…

This article was originally published by Willow Tohi at Natural News.  Russia downed 172 Ukrainian drones overnight, with 60 targeting Moscow, in one of the largest attacks on the capital this year Ukrainian drones damaged the Moscow Oil Refinery, which supplies 40% of the capital’s gasoline needs The attack marked the ninth consecutive day of Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow Russia retaliated with 132 drones and two missiles into Ukraine, with 114 intercepted Ukrainian President Zelensky attended the G7 summit in France to press Western leaders for more pressure on Russia A night of reciprocal attacks Russia and Ukraine escalated…

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BRUSSELS — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new review of America’s troop deployments in Europe on Thursday and threatened to withhold some U.S. dues to NATO if “free riding” allies did not meet their defense spending commitments.Hegseth, addressing defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, said the U.S. review would last for up to six months and include consultations with the U.S. Congress, which has legislated a minimum number of U.S. forces in Europe.While he did not explicitly say the review could result in reductions in U.S. force deployments in Europe, he stressed the goal would be to…

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This Friday, the U.S. and Iran are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU), turning a page on this conflict’s chapter, which military families hope leads to peace. Having recently welcomed my service member home from a 272-day deployment to the Middle East, diplomacy is an immense (albeit temporary) relief. But before Americans move on from the news cycle surrounding this war, there are two painful lessons I want my civilian neighbors to carry forward from this conflict: the dangers of gamifying war and of waging it unconstitutionally.While most Americans passively consumed headlines about Operation Epic Fury, military families…

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