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Travel disruption for thousands after mystery drones closed two of Scandinavia’s busiest airports

Two of Scandinavia’s busiest airports – Oslo and Copenhagen – were forced to close for several hours due to drone sightings overnight into Tuesday, disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of people. The airspace over Denmark’s Copenhagen Airport was closed for almost four hours on Monday night after two to three large “unidentified” …

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Egypt Independent September 24, 2025

Ukraine blows up two key Russian bridges using Moscow’s own mines and $600 drones

Ukraine has said it destroyed two bridges inside Russia by using a couple of cheap drones to hit stashes of mines and ammunition hidden there by Russian forces. The Ukrainian military said the two bridges near the border with Ukraine’s Kharkiv region were being used by the Russian military to resupply their troops. Because of …

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Egypt Independent August 30, 2025

Iranian drones strike Israel in rare penetration of air defenses

Two Iranian drones penetrated Israel’s air defenses and struck sites in the north and south, according to the Israeli military, marking one of the rare instances in which one-way attack drones from Iran successfully breached Israeli air defenses. The drone in northern Israel struck the town of Beit Shean near the Jordanian border, hitting a …

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Egypt Independent June 22, 2025

Missiles, drones and airstrikes, until a sudden ceasefire. How India and Pakistan agreed to an uneasy truce

New Delhi/Islamabad CNN  —  India and Pakistan engaged in the most intense fighting in decades with four days of escalating conflict that included fighter jets, missiles and drones packed with explosives. It ended almost as abruptly as it began. New details reveal how a flurry of phone calls and diplomacy ultimately brought about a truce …

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Egypt Independent May 12, 2025

Huthis’ successful targeting of US drones is hampering Trump’s mission to kill group’s senior leadership

CNN  —  In the month since the US launched a major military campaign targeting the Huthi rebel group in Yemen, the militants have successfully shot down at least seven multi-million-dollar American drones, hindering the US’ ability to move into “phase two” of the operation, multiple US officials familiar with the matter told CNN. The US …

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Egypt Independent April 28, 2025

Iran is using drones and apps to catch women who aren’t wearing hijabs, says UN report

CNN  —  Iran is using aerial drones, facial recognition systems, and a citizen-reporting app to enforce mandatory hijab laws on women, according to a United Nations report released Friday. The report highlights Iran’s escalating reliance on technology to monitor and punish women defying the mandatory dress code. Central to this crackdown is the “Nazer” mobile …

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Egypt Independent March 17, 2025

Ukraine is relying on drones to hold back Russian advances. Troops on the frontline are fearing the worst

Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine CNN  —  The Russian assault, caught in grainy feeds from multiple drones, is relentless and daily. Aging armored vehicles race across a pockmarked field. Then, in broad daylight, one tank is stopped by Ukrainian attack drones. Yet two vehicles make it to the treeline and drop off Russian troops to shelter in …

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Egypt Independent November 29, 2024