September 2021 – Page 29 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Taliban says it captured key entrance to Panjshir valley, local resistance denies it, as both claim heavy losses on other side

Posted on September 13, 2021September 13, 2021By Editor

The Taliban claims its fighters seized a key position at the entrance to the Panjshir valley – the only Afghan province still out of the group’s control. The local resistance denies the Taliban has made any advances. … Read More >Taliban says it captured key entrance to Panjshir valley, local resistance denies it, as both claim heavy losses on other side

World

Gunman who killed four outside French Embassy in Tanzania was ‘terrorist radicalized online’ – police

Posted on September 13, 2021September 13, 2021By Editor

A gunman who killed three police officers and a security guard in the diplomatic quarter of Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam last week was a terrorist radicalized through the internet, police investigating the shootings have said. … Read More >Gunman who killed four outside French Embassy in Tanzania was ‘terrorist radicalized online’ – police

Syrian air defenses engage ‘Israeli missiles’ over Damascus – reports

Posted on September 13, 2021September 13, 2021By Editor

Air defenses lit up the sky over the Syrian capital of Damascus after reports of incoming missiles from Lebanese airspace, allegedly fired by Israeli jets. … Read More >Syrian air defenses engage ‘Israeli missiles’ over Damascus – reports

Russia

Amid fresh tensions with NATO states, Belarus to purchase $1bn worth of Russian arms, including S-400 missile defense – Lukashenko

Posted on September 13, 2021September 13, 2021By Editor

Belarus is set to acquire over $1 billion worth of arms and military hardware from Russia, its President Alexander Lukashenko has announced, adding that the purchase of S-400 air defense systems was discussed in Moscow, last week. … Read More >Amid fresh tensions with NATO states, Belarus to purchase $1bn worth of Russian arms, including S-400 missile defense – Lukashenko

Russia

WATCH Russian airborne troops make nighttime assault landing at Russian-Belarusian war games

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021By Editor

Russia’s airborne forces have practiced landing in complete darkness while using state-of-the-art night vision equipment for the first time in their history. The training was part of the massive Zapad-2021 drills. … Read More >WATCH Russian airborne troops make nighttime assault landing at Russian-Belarusian war games

Russia

Millions of Europeans will receive Russian gas through Nord Stream 2 ‘in near future,’ Moscow says, calling for end to ‘obstacles’

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021By Editor

The vast Nord Stream 2 pipeline will soon be pumping supplies from the gas fields of Siberia to consumers in Western Europe now that construction has been complete, despite American efforts to block the project, Moscow has said. … Read More >Millions of Europeans will receive Russian gas through Nord Stream 2 ‘in near future,’ Moscow says, calling for end to ‘obstacles’

World

‘To this day I can’t sleep’: Moazzam Begg, tortured in Bagram and Gitmo, talks to RT after 20-year US war in Afghanistan ends

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021By Editor

ortured by the US in Afghanistan’s Bagram prison and Guantanamo Bay, British-Pakistani author Moazzam Begg told RT of his ordeal and the vindictive, futile US ‘War on Terror’ that he says “destroyed” American soldiers too. … Read More >‘To this day I can’t sleep’: Moazzam Begg, tortured in Bagram and Gitmo, talks to RT after 20-year US war in Afghanistan ends

EU

Germany’s Deutsche Bahn loses court bid to prevent train driver strike

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021By Editor

A Frankfurt labor court has rejected an injunction application filed by Deutsche Bahn in a bid to prevent train drivers going on strike, after their union pressed ahead with industrial action over a wage dispute. … Read More >Germany’s Deutsche Bahn loses court bid to prevent train driver strike

World

‘Enough’: Australian newspaper The Age comes out against extended lockdown in fiery editorial

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021By Editor

Australia’s The Age newspaper has sparked fresh division in Victoria after publishing an extensive editorial article harshly criticizing the state government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and recent lockdown extensions. … Read More >‘Enough’: Australian newspaper The Age comes out against extended lockdown in fiery editorial

Videos

Russia Blocked Israeli EW Systems! Syrian Air Defense Systems Are Becoming Invulnerable Every Day!

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021By Editor

Russia Blocked Israeli EW Systems! Syrian Air Defense Systems Are Becoming Invulnerable Every Day! … Read More >Russia Blocked Israeli EW Systems! Syrian Air Defense Systems Are Becoming Invulnerable Every Day!