Hot on the heels – or toes – of Cat Zingano’s nasty eye injury sustained at UFC 232 in Los Angeles at the weekend, the world of MMA is grimacing at a second gruesome eye injury. Also on rt.com UFC fighter Zingano reveals gruesome toe-poke eye injury that led to TKO defeat (PHOTOS) This one […]
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Watch a Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet get hit by lightning while flying through clouds
MbKS15/Twitter The following video is pretty impressive. It shows an F/A-18C being hit by a lightning bolt. Along with the flash of light, you can clearly hear a loud bang inside the cockpit, taking the pilot by surprise. Shock aside, the aircraft was probably not really damaged by the bolt.See the rest of the story […]
Meet Cuba's Machete-Wielding Freedom Fighter
The discovery of the young woman’s corpse on the Triunvirato estate, a sugar mill in Cuba’s Matanzas province, was gruesome, but not surprising. Not only was Triunvirato a property where many enslaved people were housed and maltreated, but the early morning hours of Nov. 6, 1843, when the body was found, followed a night of […]
Canadian Supreme Court orders Vice Media to hand over materials related to suspected ISIS fighter
Canada’s Supreme Court has ordered a Vice Media reporter to hand over material gathered on an accused terrorist, raising questions about the rights of journalists. The outlet called the ruling a “dark day for press freedom.” In a unanimous 9-0 ruling on Friday, the court ordered that reporter Ben Makuch must hand over his materials […]
UFC fighter Paige VanZant and model Charlotte McKinney told us how they deal with stalkers and harassers on Instagram
Web Summit People ought to think twice about harassing Paige VanZant online. She punches people for a living. But they do it anyway. UFC fighter VanZant and model Charlotte McKinney told us how they deal with creepy or dangerous online fans. McKinney has a time-delay tactic to avoid stalkers, who have harassed her family members. […]
Watch Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet up close in refuel test-flight (VIDEO)
Russia’s newest supersonic Su-57 stealth fighter jet was filmed performing a mid-air refueling simulation. The footage was captured from the cockpit of a Su-30SM fighter, as well as from the ramp of the An-12 transport aircraft. Imitating a refueling formation, test pilot guru Sergey Bogdan lined up his Su-57 for a 10-minute mid-air pitstop behind […]
Fighter jet off USS Ronald Reagan crashes in Philippine Sea, both pilots rescued
An F/A-18 naval fighter jet from the aircraft carrier USS ‘Ronald Reagan’ crashed into the Philippine Sea near Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, with both pilots rescued. The aircraft crashed after suffering a “mechanical issue” while traveling on a routine mission in the Philippine Sea, the US Navy said in a statement, adding that both pilots successfully […]
China’s newest 5th-generation stealth fighter jets perform stunts during airshow (VIDEO)
Several cutting-edge J-20 fighter jets have made a rare appearance in China, performing at the opening of the country’s largest airshow. The planes have proved to be truly “stealthy,” mostly avoiding the camera since their launch. The airshow kicked off in the coastal city of Zhuhai on Tuesday and will last until the end of […]
Iran inaugurates mass production of homemade fighter jet (VIDEO)
Iran’s defense minister has launched the production of a domestically-designed fourth-generation fighter jet, just as Tehran is bracing for sweeping US sanctions, expected to come into effect early next week. “Soon the required number of these planes will be produced and put at the service of the Air Force,” Defense Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami said, […]
Russian-made MiG fighter jet crashes in Egypt, triggering joint probe
A newly-bought Egyptian Air Force MiG-29 jet has crashed during a training flight, prompting both Cairo and the Russian manufacturer to investigate. The Egyptian military says a flight control system error is to blame. The pilot had to eject and is alive, the Egyptian defense ministry said in a statement.“The fighter jet has crashed during […]