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Al Arabiya
37 minutes ago
- General
- Al Arabiya
Three Israeli soldiers killed in combat in northern Gaza: Army
Three Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Tuesday.
Arab News
4 days ago
- General
- Arab News
What We Are Reading Today: Red Bandit by Mike Guardia
Mike Guardia's "Red Bandit" pulls you into the cockpit of this legendary jet, delivering a visceral, no-holds-barred chronicle of its battlefield legacy, stripping away the myths to reveal the true capabilities — and limits — of Russia's iconic warbird. Based on declassified reports, first-hand pilot accounts, and meticulous combat analysis, Red Bandit is more than just a parochial history — it's a high-stakes, sky-scorching narrative of power, politics, and heart-pounding dogfights.
Digital Trends
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
5 best Netflix war movies to watch on Memorial Day
War is hell, but for the movies, it's something more complicated. Some directors see war as a stylistic challenge, while others view it as an opportunity to drive home the trauma of the men and women on the ground. Netflix has a selection of war films spanning costume drama, science fiction, and recent history, all valuable in reflecting on the human drama of combat. We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+. Recommended Videos The King (2019) A David Michôd-directed adaptation of several of Shakespeare's history plays, The King was arguably the first big-budget film anchored solely by Timothée Chalamet, whose two Oscar nominations followed shortly thereafter. Chalamet, in his gruff-young-striver mode, plays the young King Henry V during his invasion of France as part of the Hundred Years' War. The sword-clanging action is pleasurable, solid, and steely in places and realistically anti-climactic in others. Joel Edgerton, also a co-screenwriter, is Henry's fictional drinking buddy Falstaff; most entertaining, though, is Robert Pattinson as Louis, the Dauphin of France, with an outrageous accent and a Lord Fauntleroy simper that make him a perfect foil to Chalamet. Stream The King on Netflix. Black Hawk Down (2001) If you prefer your war films jaw-rattling and glamor-less, Ridley Scott's brutal verité will be right up your alley. In October 1993, the United States led a UN peacekeeping operation in Mogadishu to capture the leader of a Somali terrorist group. A Black Hawk helicopter carrying a contingent of American Special Forces was shot down over the insurgency-torn city. The men aboard were forced to fight their way out, and Hollywood came calling about eight years later. Black Hawk Down is suffused with eardrum-shattering gunfire and almost relentlessly unwilling to depict soldiery as anything but horrifying. A mile-long cast list led by Josh Hartnett heaves with sweat and anxiety. Stream Black Hawk Down on Netflix. Charlie Wilson's War (2007) Aaron Sorkin's script for this Mike Nichols film, about the United States' arming of the mujahideen during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, is Sorkinesque to its bones, down to the obligatory Gilbert and Sullivan reference. (Philip Seymour Hoffman's sclerotic CIA agent, roaring out his qualifications, finishes with 'And I'm never ever sick at sea!') That's why it's so curious that the story has the air of being unfinished, leaping from the meddling of one wily Congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) to its consequence — the attacks of 9/11, carried out by the very men the US had trained — without deigning to trace the line between points A and B. Still, the film, Nichols' last, is delightful, an absurd exploration of the backroom kibitzing that populates battlefields. Stream Charlie Wilson's War on Netflix. Dune: Part Two (2024) Director Denis Villeneuve has made plenty of films about violent conflict —2010's Incendies (2010) is about the Lebanese Civil War, and 2015's Sicario is about a CIA strike against a drug cartel. An artistically minded Villeneuve is drawn to the elegant warfare of science fiction. His two-film adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel Dune tells the orange-saturated, visually stunning tale of an interplanetary war that is both technologically unsophisticated — our heroes fight with blades and crossbows — and high-tech. (The threat of nuclear warfare hovers.) The action sequences in Dune: Part Two drift rather than rush and sweep rather than shudder. It's war as a visual exercise, like a battle plan plotted on an otherworldly map. Stream Dune: Part Two on Netflix. Starship Troopers (1997) A more literal transposition of America's imperialistic desert wars onto science fiction can be found in Paul Verhoeven's gloriously dumb adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's crypto-fascistic 1959 novel. Verhoeven wanted to make a satire — a film about an expansionist human species defeating an insectoid alien species called the Arachnids. The goal was to question the militaristic undertones of twentieth-century sci-fi by seeming to espouse them. In Verhoeven's words, the film's characters are 'fascists who aren't aware of their fascism.' This metafictional component of the story doesn't entirely work because the movie lays on the stupidity too thick to be entirely satirical. However, Starship Troopers is a rare film that seems to profit from its shallowness. It was made for a popcorn era that seems to have faded, with Verhoeven's trademark borderline-softcore love scenes and a cast (Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Neil Patrick Harris) of surpassingly dopey gorgeousness. (Verhoeven says he cast the film to recall the preferred subjects of Leni Riefenstahl, the Nazi documentarian.) Stream Starship Troopers on Netflix.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Almost 150 combat clashes occur over past day, over 50 of them on Pokrovsk front – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 144 combat clashes have been recorded on the front lines over the past 24 hours, 54 of which occurred on the Pokrovsk front. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 22 May Quote: "A total of 144 combat clashes have been recorded over the past day. Updated reports indicate that the enemy launched 90 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, dropped 144 guided bombs and deployed 2,492 kamikaze drones. The enemy also carried out 5,291 artillery strikes, including 114 from multiple-launch rocket systems." Details: On the Kharkiv front, Russian troops attempted to advance six times near the settlements of Vovchansk and Kamianka and in the direction of Mala Shapkivka. On the Kupiansk front, four Russian attacks took place. The Ukrainian defence forces repelled the Russians' assault operations near the settlements of Kindrashivka, Zahryzove and Nova Kruhliakivka. On the Lyman front, there were 17 combat clashes. The Russians tried to advance near the settlements of Ridkodub, Hrekivka and Zelena Dolyna, towards Novoserhiivka, Olhivka and Novyi Myr and in Serebrianka Forest. On the Siversk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled two Russian attacks near the village of Bilohorivka. On the Kramatorsk front, the Russians carried out three attacks near the town of Chasiv Yar and in the direction of Predtechyne. On the Toretsk front, Russian forces carried out 16 assaults near the settlements of Dyliivka, Druzhba and Toretsk. On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 54 Russian assault operations near the settlements of Yablunivka, Zoria, Shevchenko Pershe, Nova Poltavka, Myroliubivka, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Dachenske, Kotlyne, Novoserhiivka, Udachne, Troitske, Promin, Kotliarivka and Andriivka and towards Popiv Yar and Novomykolaivka. On the Novopavlivka front, 19 assaults took place near the settlements of Bahatyr, Odradne, Shevchenko, Vesele, Rivnopil, Novopil, Zelene Pole and Vilne Pole. On the Huliaipole front, the Russians attempted to advance three times near the village of Vysoke. On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian defenders repelled four Russian attacks near the settlements of Shcherbaky and Stepove and towards Pavlivka. On the Prydniprovske front, Russian troops made one unsuccessful attempt to advance. On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area. In the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, five assaults were recorded. Russian forces also carried out 17 airstrikes using 34 guided aerial bombs and 191 artillery attacks, including 9 with multiple-launch rocket systems. Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Rocket Forces and Artillery have struck 12 areas where Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated, three command posts, an air defence asset, five artillery assets and two other crucial facilities belonging to the Russians. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
South China Morning Post
21-05-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
China's robot-made missiles, new bacteria strain found on Tiangong: 7 science highlights
We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing China's state broadcaster has re-released footage from last year of a cutting-edge robotic production line for its advanced PL-15E air-to-air missiles, hours after Pakistan claimed that it used the Chinese-made weapon to shoot down five Indian fighter jets. Pakistan integrated Awacs aircraft into its air combat system. Photo: AFP An advanced 'ABC' data sharing system made all the difference in Pakistan's hostilities against Indian forces last week, upending combat conventions, according to a Chinese defence industry newspaper. In a report, China Space News said the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) deployed a 'locked by A, launched by B, guided by C' combat system, integrating ground radars with fighter jets, and airborne warning aircraft.
