One of Boker’s longest-running collaboration folders, the Exskelibur, has been graced with a new variation. It’s called the Modern Exskelibur, and it brings a new locking mechanism and a proprietary steel to this time-tested design. Don’t let the word “Modern” lead you astray; even the original Boker Plus Exskelibur was a modern knife by any reasonable definition. It’s an elder statesman in Boker’s catalog, designed by Mike Skellern and Fred Burger, two veteran knife makers from South Africa – a country somewhat known for its cutlery craftsmen, as it were; you may have heard of a few others like Arno Bernard, Gareth Bull, and, of course, Chris Reeve. The blade shape will be familiar to long time Boker-heads The broad, handsome drop point, always a key element of the Exskelibur design, has been carried forward here, and it measures 3.43 inches. However, there is no front flipper on this variation, but a set of thumbstuds instead. The new deployment mechanism is paired with a new lock – well, new to this platform anyway, because Boker, like many other companies these days, has an Axis Lock-inspired crossbar lock, which they’ve implemented here on the Modern. Also pretty “modern” is the steel,…

Iran has launched a series of strikes against Israel in retaliation for a “preemptive” joint strike from Washington and Jerusalem. The initial strikes by the United States and Israel were said to be in response to a degradation in nuclear talks with Iran. On Saturday morning, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the country had carried out a “preemptive strike” on Iran to “remove threats against the State of Israel.”  United States President Donald Trump later confirmed that American forces are participating, while vowing to dismantle the Iranian nuclear program, “raze [Iranian] missile industry,” and “annihilate their navy.” According to a report by RT, the extent of the damage remains unclear, but Iran has launched a retaliatory strike against both Israel and U.S. military interests in the region. Previously, reports had surfaced that the Iran nuclear talks were going well or neutral in nature. Perhaps the lack of progress finally irritated the U.S. and Israel into attacking. Mediator Claims U.S. and Iran Have Made “Significant Progress” In Talks Iran has long claimed that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only and that it has no intention of creating any nuclear weapons. U.S. ruler Donald Trump did say that he was “not…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As Democrats line up to denounce President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint strikes on Iran’s ruling regime, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is doing the opposite, forcefully defending the operation and rebuking members of his own party who call it reckless.The Pennsylvania Democrat, who has increasingly staked out unapologetic pro-Israel positions, has openly questioned why critics from both the far-right and far-left are making hay over the strikes, arguing the operation was necessary to counter Tehran’s aggression. His stance is widening a visible fracture inside the party over how far to back Israel amid escalating regional tensions.On Monday, Fetterman wrote that he’s “not sure why it’s controversial to anyone to appreciate and celebrate wiping out 49 leaders of one of the most evil regimes in recorded history,” after Trump announced the potentially four-week mission was ahead of schedule after discovering several top Iranian officials being targeted were reportedly in the same area and could be taken out at once. After the initial strike on Saturday, Fetterman reposted an image from the “Israel War Room” that showed a Wanted-style poster of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei with the word “Eliminated” burned…

In response to the ongoing operations in Iran, the consumption of any alcoholic beverages is now restricted for a U.S. Space Force squadron that operates a missile warning system, according to a Space Force spokesperson.For all personnel of the 5th Space Warning Squadron, alcoholic beverage consumption is “strictly prohibited,” according to a Space Force memorandum. The policy, effective Feb. 28, was established to “maintain operation readiness” and ensure the safety and security of all personnel, per the memo.The 5th Space Warning Squadron, which is located at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado, operates the Joint Tactical Ground Station missile warning system and is responsible for disseminating infrared missile warning data to “enable key leaders to make informed decisions on when to execute active and passive defenses,” according to an Air Forces Central 2024 release.A Space Force spokesperson said that the memo was sent in response to Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. military operation launched with Israel on Feb. 28. The operation targeted Iran’s missile and air defense sites, with four U.S. service members dying during combat operations there.Iranian retaliatory strikes have occurred on U.S. military installations across the Middle East, but no casualties have been reported thus far for American…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran’s secretary for its Supreme National Security Council on Sunday said President Donald Trump’s “delusional fantasies” have plunged the region into chaos while putting Israel above American interests. Ali Larjani posted on X that Trump’s actions against the Islamic Republic have now prompted fears of American troop casualties. “With his delusional actions, he turned his self-made ‘America First’ slogan into ‘Israel First’ and sacrificed American soldiers for Israel’s power-hungry ambitions and with new fabrications, it is once again imposing the cost of assassinating its own character on American soldiers and families,” he wrote of Operation Epic Fury.  Larijani stated that Iran was defending itself against American and Israeli aggression.He added that Iran will not negotiate with the United States, denying a Wall Street Journal report that said he reached out to the U.S. through Omani mediators regarding resuming talks on Iran’s nuclear program.Iran responded to U.S. attacks that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by launching strikes of its own targeting U.S. military bases in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arab, as well as against Israel. AYATOLLAH’S ARSENAL VS. AMERICAN FIREPOWER: IRAN’S TOP 4 THREATS AND HOW WE…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. airlines are gearing up for one of the busiest spring travel seasons on record — with millions of passengers expected to fly over the next two months.Airlines for America (A4A), an industry trade group based in Washington, D.C., projects that 171 million travelers will take to the skies between March 1 and April 30, marking a 4% increase over last year.On average, airlines expect to carry about 2.8 million passengers per day during this period.In response to growing demand, airlines are adding more routes and boosting capacity, with about 26,000 flights taking off each day and close to 3.5 million seats available, A4A noted.”U.S. airlines are ready for the travel rush this spring,” said Chris Sununu, A4A’s president and CEO, in a news release.  Last year, approximately 18 million travelers used Global Entry, saving an estimated 300,000 officer hours due to faster processing times, A4A noted.MOST SEARCHED US SPRING BREAK DESTINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR, WITH SOME SURPRISES”Record-breaking spring break travel tells us one thing: Americans prioritize experiences over almost everything else right now,” Florida-based travel expert Amy West told Fox News Digital.West said travelers are planning earlier this year and choosing…

President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to three soldiers Monday, recognizing a service member from World War II, Vietnam and Afghanistan, respectively.On Thursday, the White House announced that Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Richardson and Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis would receive the award for the nation’s highest military award for valor.White House officials previously confirmed to Military Times that Edmonds and Ollis would both posthumously be awarded the Medal of Honor.Edmonds died in 1985 in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, while Ollis was killed in 2013 in Afghanistan while shielding a Polish officer from a suicide bomber. ‘We are all Jews’A master sergeant serving in the 106th Infantry Division, 422 Regiment Headquarters Company, Roddie Edmonds had been serving along the Siegfried Line in Bastogne, Belgium, for a mere six days in December 1944 when the Germans began their fanatical final offensive of World War II.He, alongside thousands of other Americans, were captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge — the largest capture of GI forces during the entirety of the war.Eventually transported to German POW camp Stalag IX-A, the Americans subsisted on one loaf of bread per 10 men.It was…

Global oil prices jumped by as much as 13% on Monday. This major spike comes after a round of intense joint United States-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered major concerns about global economic disruption of tanker traffic. Vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz have already been heavily impacted as attacks continue across the Middle East. Multiple vessels in the area have received VHF transmission from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that “no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz”, an official with the European Union naval mission Aspides told Reuters. The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman. About 20% of global oil and gas supplies flow through this strait. Although Iranian authorities say it remains open to tankers, news reports indicate shipping is largely paused due to strike risks. Brent crude jumped to $82 per barrel on the ICE exchange on Monday, marking a 14-month high amid the latest developments surrounding the passage, but has since retreated to around $79.5, according to a report by RT.  According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO), two ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. At the same time, Oman’s Maritime Security Center…

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