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IRGC General Renews Threats to Israel

Second Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif
Second Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif
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IRGC General Renews Threats to Israel

Second Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif
Second Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif

The recent assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist was carried out remotely with the help of satellite guidance, artificial intelligence, and facial recognition, according to Iranian military officials cited by Iranian media on Sunday.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, believed to be the mastermind of Iran's controversial nuclear program, was traveling by car east of Tehran when he was shot dead on the afternoon of Friday, November 27. There are conflicting reports on how the attack unfolded, but most Iranian accounts agree that it was a sophisticated attack with gunfire and an explosion.

The killing deployed an "advanced electronic tool" guided by a "satellite device," according to Second Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif, spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as reported by Iran's semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA).

In response to the assassination, Sharif said: “The Zionists know very well that their actions will not go unanswered.

"In the past years it has been proved that their actions will not go unanswered.”

The Zionist Regime does all its efforts to prevent the Islamic Word from attaining scientific achievements, he said, adding: “Today, however, under the light of the Islamic Revolution, Iran has achieved independence in all fields of politics, science, the economy as well as military and defense issues.”

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Zelensky: Ukraine Needs 5% of US Patriot Stocks to Get Through Winter

08 August 2026, Serbia, Belgrade: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic following their meeting at the Palace of Serbia. Photo: Marko Dimic/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
08 August 2026, Serbia, Belgrade: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic following their meeting at the Palace of Serbia. Photo: Marko Dimic/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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Zelensky: Ukraine Needs 5% of US Patriot Stocks to Get Through Winter

08 August 2026, Serbia, Belgrade: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic following their meeting at the Palace of Serbia. Photo: Marko Dimic/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
08 August 2026, Serbia, Belgrade: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic following their meeting at the Palace of Serbia. Photo: Marko Dimic/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Ukraine needs five percent of the United States' Patriot interceptor missiles to get through the winter and 10 percent to destroy all of Russia's ballistic projectiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview published on Thursday.

Russia has recently been firing mass barrages at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv roughly once a week, killing civilians and damaging or destroying homes, said AFP.

In one attack, Ukraine failed to intercept any of the 28 ballistic missiles launched at it.

Speaking to CNN, Zelensky said Ukraine this year "had two-and-a-half times less interceptors than we had in 2025".

"Russia has two times more ballistic missiles per month than they had before," he said in English.

"This year, I'm asking American partners to sell me five percent of missiles (that) they have in their stocks.

"If they sell us five percent, we will go through the winter and save people's lives.

"If they can sell us 10 percent, we will destroy all the Russians' ballistic missiles."

Ukraine has reported an acute shortage of Patriot interceptors since the United States and Israel went to war with Iran in February, diverting supplies of the advanced systems.

Ballistic missiles are much harder to intercept than cruise missiles or drones because they move faster and follow steep trajectories.

Asked if the United States had responded to his requests, Zelensky said: "The answer is, for today is next. I have one percent."

"From one percent to five percent, I have some months and millions (of) phone calls and anything else.

"I do some things which I can't even share. It doesn't mean that it's out of the law. But I can't speak about it."

Ukraine's air force said on Wednesday it would stop publishing detailed figures on Russian ballistic missile strikes.

The restrictions will concern "the number of targets launched, shot down, suppressed or those that failed to reach their targets", communications chief Yuriy Ignat said on Facebook.

Real-time warnings would continue unchanged, and the air force would keep providing generalized figures on Russian missile launches, he said.

Last month, Russia fired more than 450 missiles at Ukraine, nearly 200 of them on ballistic trajectories.

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Russia's Putin Visits Japan-claimed Islands for First Time; Tokyo Protests

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina, visits the Guards missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of the Pacific Fleet's exercises off the coast of Sakhalin region, Russia, 12 August 2026. EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV KREMLIN / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina, visits the Guards missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of the Pacific Fleet's exercises off the coast of Sakhalin region, Russia, 12 August 2026. EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV KREMLIN / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
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Russia's Putin Visits Japan-claimed Islands for First Time; Tokyo Protests

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina, visits the Guards missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of the Pacific Fleet's exercises off the coast of Sakhalin region, Russia, 12 August 2026. EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV KREMLIN / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina, visits the Guards missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of the Pacific Fleet's exercises off the coast of Sakhalin region, Russia, 12 August 2026. EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV KREMLIN / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, a Japan-claimed island at the end of the Kuril chain near the island of Hokkaido, Russian media said on Thursday, a day after major naval drills and a missile firing by ally North Korea.

Moscow and Tokyo never ‌signed a ‌formal World War Two peace treaty as ‌the ⁠main hurdle was ⁠the unresolved territorial dispute over the islands, which Japan calls the Northern Territories, said Reuters.

On the trip, which state news agency TASS described as Putin's first in person to the island chain, he visited the Yasny fish-processing plant on Iturup, after overseeing the ⁠navy drills in Russia's far east.

Japan's foreign ‌minister protested against Putin's ‌visit on X.

"The northern territories, including Etorofu, are Japan's inherent territory ‌both historically and based on international law," said ‌Toshimitsu Motegi. "Japan strongly protests this visit."

Vesti TV channel images showed Putin in a dark suit, standing in a room looking at two large tuna and halibut on a table, ‌as two officials spoke about fishing and the migratory behavior of fish. He ⁠also stopped ⁠to try local fish roe.

"What lovely weather you have there, just like a resort!" Putin told a group of Iturup locals. "And we thought you arranged this!" a woman, who appeared to be in her 30s, joked back.

The visit follows Wednesday's firing of a ballistic missile by ally North Korea, towards waters off the east of the Korean peninsula, days ahead of major joint military exercises by Seoul and Washington long denounced by Pyongyang.

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Senators Demand Inquiry into Conditions Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

The USS Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego, California on November 21, 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East before US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began February 28. US NAVY/AFP/File
The USS Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego, California on November 21, 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East before US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began February 28. US NAVY/AFP/File
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Senators Demand Inquiry into Conditions Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

The USS Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego, California on November 21, 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East before US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began February 28. US NAVY/AFP/File
The USS Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego, California on November 21, 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East before US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began February 28. US NAVY/AFP/File

Congressional Democrats demanded answers Wednesday about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, following reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and mental health crises during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Wednesday, Senator Richard Blumenthal called for the Navy to account for conditions aboard the aircraft carrier, which "has been deployed more than 250 days" without coming ashore "in over 200 days, setting a record for consecutive days at sea."

Blumenthal voiced concern for such extended deployments, noting "widespread reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck safety concerns" and other problems aboard the Lincoln, AFP said.

Senator Ruben Gallego called for "an official oversight visit with the bipartisan Senate Delegation to the USS Lincoln to investigate the reported alarming conditions," in a post on X.

The USS Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego, California on November 21, 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East before US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began February 28.

In two recent meetings, family members clashed with Navy leadership over the difficult conditions -- including food shortages -- faced by the 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard the Lincoln and demanded to know when loved ones would return home, MSNOW reported.

Some reported severe mental health issues and attempted suicides on board.

"The stories of crew members threatening to jump off the ship are a frightening alarm bell as to how bad the situation has become: moldy showers, sporadic hot water, rationed meals and soap, broken toilets, and grueling 12- to 16-hour shifts with no days off," Gallego wrote in his post Wednesday, adding that he has served in active duty himself.

"The way (US President Donald Trump) is treating our service members as he carries out this illegal war is not just disgusting, it's dangerous."

The US Navy did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment.