Romania shoots down drone after airspace breach near Padina
Romania said on Friday that it shot down a drone that entered its airspace, in what officials described as the first such interception since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The incident took place near the village of Padina, about 114 kilometres from Bucharest, according to the defence ministry. President Nicusor Dan said the drone was brought down by a Romanian pilot flying an F-16.He said the area was uninhabited, allowing the aircraft to fire from above. The defence ministry said surveillance systems first detected an aerial target at 9:39am local time. It added that two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 24 Jul 2026 11:05 LONDON
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Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 23 May 2026 08:00 LONDON
