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Saudi Arabia under military pressure from Iran, Houthis

The kingdom was forced to close its East-West oil pipeline, and Houthi rebels in Yemen have seized strategic islands in ...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
China's weak economic figures stoke calls for fiscal stimulus

Overall retail sales grew less than expected, while fixed-asset investment declined more than the year-to-date average.

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Political and business leaders back AI

US President Donald Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a live panel discussion to argue that worries about AI’s...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Japan considers boosting defense spending to 3.5% of GDP

The Trump administration has pushed Tokyo to reduce its reliance on US support, despite rising tensions between Japan an...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
World Taekwondo Lifts Ban on Hosting Competitions in Russia

World Taekwondo initially suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes and canceled all Russia-based events in March 2022 a...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
On the NSA’s Supercomputer from the 1960s

Really interesting story about Harvest, a specialized code breaking computer built in the 1960s by IBM for the NSA.

No location · Sep 15, 2026
The US and China are hurtling toward Kissinger’s worst AI nightmare

In 2023, diplomat warned that the US and China had five to 10 years to avoid an AI disaster. The clock is ticking.

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Can America’s All-Volunteer Force Survive the Next War?

“It made sense for the United States to transition from this mixed force of conscripts and professionals to an All-Volun...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Setting Terms with America’s Tech Giants

If China attacked Taiwan tomorrow, the question might not be which aircraft carrier sails first to the Pacific, but whet...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Not the Destroyer of Worlds: Why Compute is Humanity’s Most Vital Defense

Eighty years ago, the architects of our first dual-use revolution whispered that they had “become Death, the destroyer o...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
House Democrats ready oversight of Trump’s Balkans policy

Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Europe panel will release a report today laying the groundwork for ov...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
AI plays sophisticated defense in a broken Washington

The industry is evolving how it applies the big lessons it learned from the social media techlash.

No location · Sep 15, 2026
White House makes closing argument on crypto bill

Multiple Republican lawmakers, including Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, have indicated they could take the banks’ side by vo...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Denmark Summons Russian Ambassador After Frigate Fires Flares Toward Military Helicopter

A Russian frigate was said to have fired flares toward a Danish military helicopter in international waters, narrowly mi...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Iran strikes exposed gaps in medical evacuation ops across Middle East: IG

Medical professionals have long warned that drones would cause higher U.S. battlefield casualties. A new Inspector Gener...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch to Fix RDS Vulnerability

Microsoft has been forced to issue an out-of-band fix for several issues stemming from this month’s Patch Tuesday

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Avio Launches Second Successful Vega C Flight of 2026

Italian launch services provider Avio has successfully completed its second Vega-C flight of 2026, deploying the Europea...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Ukrainian Attack Kills One in Belgorod, Hits Commercial and Industrial Sites Across Russia

An Ozon warehouse was among several sites damaged during a missile attack on the southern port city of Taganrog, officia...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Pakistan-Oman Maritime Deal Signals Gwadar’s Expanding Regional Relevance

As the strategically located Pakistani port’s geopolitical value increases, can its market readiness keep pace?

Gwadar, Pakistan · Sep 15, 2026
North Korea, Iran ordered to pay $487 million to US victims of terrorism

A U.S. federal court has ordered North Korea and Iran to pay roughly $487 million in damages to 47 Americans and their f...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Three Patrons, Three Clients: The Mecca Alliance No One Owns

Every alliance contains a struggle over who gets to decide what the alliance is for. The unusual thing about the Mecca A...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch highlights

Video: 00:03:22 ESA’s state-of-the-art FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been ...

Kourou, French Guiana · Sep 15, 2026
Iceye’s global presence expands to address sovereign demand

Since raising more than $1 billion in a Series F funding round, Iceye has moved rapidly to address growing demand for so...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
North Korea’s talk about Taiwan is bad news for the US

Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Rob York, director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Industry is building the capability and industrial base northern Australia needs

Last week in Darwin, I saw an example of what Australia needs more of: industry investing in sovereign capability before...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Cambodia, Thailand Begin Compulsory Conciliation in Maritime Boundary Dispute

The process, convened under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, follows Thailand’s revocation of a 2001 MoU gover...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Kim Jong Un vows firm support for Russia’s ‘sacred’ Ukraine war before election

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed Russia-DPRK ties in a message to his counterpart Vladimir Putin ahead of Russia’s...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
How the US tried (and failed) to learn from 'The Battle of Algiers'

The stern Colonel Mathieu, in shades and camouflage, stands cross-armed as flashbulbs pop a few feet away. The photograp...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Ukraine war spreads to Arctic as nuclear tensions escalate

Last week, the war in Ukraine reached deep inside the Russian Arctic.On September 9, Ukrainian drones struck two gas pro...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
The New Chinese Way of Cyberwar

How Beijing will weaponize digital chokepoints.

No location · Sep 15, 2026
The Crumbling Defense of Europe

Trump has already undermined NATO and allied deterrence.

No location · Sep 15, 2026
For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit

"The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force."

No location · Sep 15, 2026
India-hosted BRICS Summit Steers Clear of Contentious Moves

The Delhi Declaration made no mention of de-dollarization. But it did back trade in national currencies.

Delhi, India · Sep 15, 2026
State Department Launches Space Catalyst Partnership

During Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip to Peru last week, the State Department announced a new Space Catalyst Part...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Fighters Without Borders: Mercenaries, Adventurers, and Volunteers in Myanmar’s Civil War

The country's civil wars have long attracted foreign nationals seeking adventure or driven by a mission. Are Russians th...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Indonesia Replaces Finance Minister Amid Growing Investor Skepticism

The appointment of Suahasil Nazara, who has served as deputy finance minister since 2019, is intended to calm investors ...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Japan’s record defence budget request is really about AI

Japan is moving from a defence buildup centered on adding hardware capacity to a defence transformation centered on inte...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
WTO Public Forum 2026 spotlights role of services in driving world trade

The 2026 edition of the WTO's Public Forum kicked off on 15 September in Geneva under the theme Powering the Future. Ove...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
World Trade Report: Trade reform to boost growth; inaction can cost 10% global GDP

The 2026 edition of the World Trade Report – issued on 15 September - finds that a strengthened multilateral trading sys...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
What Africa Put Forward at the International Space Summit in Paris

Championed by French President Emmanuel Macron, the International Space Summit brought together around 120 delegates in ...

No location · Sep 14, 2026

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