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US Naval Academy removed books about the Holocaust, antisemitism ahead of Hegseth visit

This comes after the Pentagon chief sent a memo to the Maryland school instructing it to comply with larger anti-” woke” purges.

 Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, attends a joint news conference with Gen Nakatani, Japan's defense minister, not photographed, at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, March 30, 2025
 Humanitarian aid from Cyprus arrives in Gaza. March 15, 2024.

Cyprus unveils plans for new major naval base

 The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford steams alongside USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) during a fueling-at-sea in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, as a scheduled deployment in the US Naval Forces Europe area of operations, deployed by US Sixth Fleet to defend US, allied, and partners in

US Army ships heading to Gaza, arrive in Crete

 Russian warships leave a port during naval drills, which are staged by the Baltic Fleet forces of the Russian Navy, part of the military exercises Zapad-2021 opened by Russia and Belarus, in the Baltic Sea town of Baltiysk in Kaliningrad Region, Russia September 9, 2021

Russian navy flexes muscles in Mediterranean, East China Sea - analysis


Nuclear subs, bombers show America’s global footprint - analysis

The details about the plane and the submarine are intended to send a message. The US didn’t need to reveal information on either of these developments.

 The first B-21 at Northrop's Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, 29 November 2022.

Should Israel act on China’s threat?

Israel would do well not to succumb to the lure of Chinese gold and cool its economic collaboration with China. As the Roman poet Virgil wrote, “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."

 CONSTRUCTION OF the Allenby underground station of the red line in Tel Aviv. Chinese companies won contracts to construct parts of the Tel Aviv light rail.

Massive exercise in Black Sea with US comes after Russia warning

Russia has warned the US and UK not to “tempt fate” in the Black Sea – only one place where there are naval tensions.

A view shows Russian warships on sunset ahead of the Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea July 27, 2019

Attack on ships in Gulf of Oman occurred near Iran's Jask navy base

The base gave Iran an easy way to threaten the Straits of Hormuz and potentially cut off a fifth of the world’s oil supply.

Iranian submarines participate in a naval parade on the last day of the Velayat-90 war game in the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran January 3, 2012