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  1. 29 AprIran's Hormuz Gambit: Military Authority Bill Meets Quiet Shipping Lanesdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 5 mindefense
  2. 27 AprKim Doubles Down: North Korea Reaffirms Backing for Russia’s Ukraine Campaigndefense · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 5 mindefense
  3. 27 AprIran War's Opening Days Exposed Gaps in US Air Defense Architecture, Sources Saydefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 mindefense
  4. 27 AprChina's Gao Rejects Arms-to-Tehran Narrative, Citing Iranian Self-Defence Capabilitydefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 mindefense
  5. 26 AprTrump Claims Victory as US-Iran Hostilities Near Terminus; NATO Friction Spills Into Public Viewdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 5 mindefense
  6. 26 AprThe Last Witness: At 102, a Dachau Survivor Still Refuses to Let History Be Forgottendefense · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 6 mindefense
  7. 26 AprIran Signals Willingness to Negotiate on Strait of Hormuz, but Not on Nuclear Programdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mindefense
  8. 26 AprIDF Destroyed Solar Panels in Christian Village of Debel, Southern Lebanondefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 mindefense
  9. 26 AprHezbollah casualty reports and Lebanon infrastructure strikes test fragile ceasefire frameworkdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 mindefense
  10. 25 AprCheckpoints and Conditions: Pakistan's Costly Role in the US-Iran Standoffdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · south-asia · 6 mindefense
  11. 23 AprFire Aboard USS Zumwalt Halts Mississippi Shipyard Work; Navy Confirms Three Injuriesdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 3 mindefense
  12. 23 AprUS Boards Stateless Tanker in Indian Ocean as Iran Cries Blockadedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 mindefense
  13. 23 AprTrump authorizes direct fire on Iranian boats in Strait of Hormuz escalationdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mindefense
  14. 23 AprSpanish Military's Failed Airdrop Puts Equipment Handling Under Scrutinydefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 6 mindefense
  15. 23 AprPentagon Briefs Congress: Clearing Iran-Laid Mines From Strait of Hormuz Could Take Six Monthsdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 mindefense
  16. 23 AprPentagon Removes Navy Secretary Phelan; Acting Replacement Named in Abrupt Reshuffledefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · AMERICAS · 4 mindefense
  17. 23 AprMearsheimer's Verdict: Israel and America 'Lost the War With Iran'defense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  18. 23 AprIranian Vessel Seizures in Hormuz Stretch Pentagon Clearance Timeline to Six Monthsdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 mindefense
  19. 23 AprIran's New Hardline Calculus: Transit Fees, Bunker Leadership, and a Nuclear Talks Team With No Mandatedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 mindefense
  20. 23 AprIran Rejects Arab League Statement as Gulf Cooperation Council Unites Against Tehrandefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 mindefense
  21. 23 AprIran Seizes Two Vessels in Hormuz Strait as Trump Halts Military Strikesdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 mindefense
  22. 23 AprIran Releases Footage of Strait of Hormuz Container Ship Seizure as US-Iran Naval Standoff Deepensdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 mindefense
  23. 23 AprIDF Reports 45 Casualties in 48 Hours as Hezbollah Mounts Sustained Southern Lebanon Offensivedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  24. 23 AprHezbollah Claims Drone Downed Over Southern Lebanon as Tensions Escalate Along Ceasefire Linedefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 mindefense
  25. 22 AprUS Central Command Confirms 29 Vessels Turned Back Under Iran Naval Blockadedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mindefense
  26. 22 AprTrump Targets Wall Street Journal Over Iran Editorial, Escalating War of Words With Legacy Mediadefense · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 5 mindefense
  27. 22 AprThirty Nations, One Waterway: London Takes Command of the Hormuz Questiondefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 mindefense
  28. 22 AprTaiwan's Drone Industry Quietly Powers Europe's Ukraine Responsedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · europe,asia · 7 mindefense
  29. 22 AprPhelan Resigns as US Secretary of the Navy, Undersecretary Hung Cao Elevated to Acting Roledefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 mindefense
  30. 22 AprPentagon Drops Mandatory Flu Vaccine for Troops in Hegseth-Reviewed Policy Shiftdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 mindefense
  31. 22 AprPentagon Scraps Mandatory Flu Vaccine for US Military in Hegseth Directivedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 mindefense
  32. 22 AprSix Months to Clear: Pentagon Warns of Long Demining Road for Strait of Hormuzdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 mindefense
  33. 22 AprIran Seizes Two Vessels in Strait of Hormuz as Trump Predicts Financial Collapsedefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 mindefense
  34. 22 AprIran and Italy Hold Diplomatic Call as Hormuz Tensions Mountdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 4 mindefense
  35. 22 AprIran's Foreign Ministry Draws a Defensive Line After Pakistani Requestdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 mindefense
  36. 22 AprIran's Parliament Speaker Links Ceasefire Terms to Lifting Maritime Blockadedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 mindefense
  37. 22 AprIDF Strike Targets Village Near Journalists in Southern Lebanon; Hezbollah Cites Ceasefire Violationdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  38. 22 AprFrance Demands Accountability After Two UNIFIL Peacekeepers Killed in Southern Lebanon Ambushdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mindefense
  39. 22 AprBritain's Strategic Reckoning: NATO's Fragile Architecture and the Cost of American Distancedefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 5 mindefense
  40. 21 AprUS Army Missile Stockpiles Half-Emptied After Seven Weeks of Iran Wardefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 mindefense
  41. 21 AprTrump Rejects Extending Iran Ceasefire, Signals Military Option Remains Opendefense · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mindefense
  42. 21 AprSirens Sound in Upper Galilee as Israeli Military Activates Defense Systemsdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 mindefense
  43. 21 AprLebanon's Aoun Frames Diplomacy as Calculated Alternative to Conflict as Israel Border Talks Advancedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  44. 21 AprJD Vance's Pakistan Trip in Doubt as Iran Refuses Further Negotiationsdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 mindefense
  45. 21 AprIran Snubs Islamabad Talks as Ceasefire Recognition Becomes Diplomatic Flashpointdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 3 mindefense
  46. 21 AprIran Dismisses Nuclear Talks as US Naval Blockade Reaches 27 Turned-Away Vesselsdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 mindefense
  47. 21 AprIDF releases findings on soldier who damaged Christ statue in southern Lebanondefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  48. 21 AprGerasimov's Claims vs. Ground Reality: What Russia's Military Announces and What Remains Unverifieddefense · Monexus Staff Writer · eastern europe · 5 mindefense
  49. 20 AprUS Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Vessel in Strait of Hormuz as Regional Tensions Spikedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  50. 20 AprU.S. Navy Seizes Iranian-Flagged Vessel in Gulf of Oman, Prompting Tehran Warningdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 mindefense
  51. 20 AprUS Navy Vessel Seizure Triggers Iran Retaliation Threat and Oil Price Spikedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / Gulf · 5 mindefense
  52. 20 AprUS Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Vessel in Gulf of Oman, Prompting Tehran Warningdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  53. 20 AprUS-Iran Hormuz Standoff Sends Oil and Bitcoin on a Wild Ridedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 mindefense
  54. 20 AprU.S. Directs Contractor V2X to Pull Personnel from Iraq and Kuwait Over Militia Threatdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mindefense
  55. 20 AprTrump's Iran Ceasefire Gambit: Markets Bet on Diplomacy, Reality Tells a Different Storydefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 mindefense
  56. 20 AprTrump's Iran Deal Announcement Draws Blank From Oil Marketsdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 mindefense
  57. 20 AprPakistan Shelves $1.5 Billion Sudan Weapons Deal After Saudi Arabia Withdraws Fundingdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · south-asia,africa,middle-east · 5 mindefense
  58. 20 AprMacron Frames Strait of Hormuz Incident as Non-Targeting as Iran-U.S. Tensions Reshape Regional Calculationsdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · europe,mena · 5 mindefense
  59. 20 AprIsraeli Soldier Smashes Jesus Statue in Lebanon, Prompting International Condemnationdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  60. 20 AprIsrael's South Lebanon Base Plan Threatens Ceasefire Talks, Sources Warndefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 mindefense
  61. 20 AprIran Vows Retaliation After US Seizes Cargo Ship, Jeopardising Fragile Ceasefiredefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 mindefense
  62. 20 AprThe Price of Sustained Conflict: How Iran's War Is Squeezing Fuel Markets and Driver Walletsdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · united-states-uk-middle-east · 4 mindefense
  63. 20 AprIran Rejects US Deadlines, Rules Out New Round of Nuclear Talksdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 mindefense
  64. 20 AprIndia's Expanding Digital Gatekeeping Pushes Platform Governance Toward a Fractured Global Orderdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · south-asia · 5 mindefense
  65. 19 AprZelensky Warns Russia Preparing Mass Mobilization as Social Media Restrictions Tightendefense · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 mindefense
  66. 19 AprUS Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship in Gulf of Oman, Prompting Tehran Warningdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 6 mindefense
  67. 19 AprUS Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship in Gulf of Oman as Nuclear Talks Collapsedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 mindefense
  68. 19 AprUS Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Vessel in Gulf of Oman, First Takeover of Blockade Eradefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  69. 19 AprUS-Iran Talks Resume Under Shadow of AI-Enabled Strikesdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  70. 19 AprUkraine Interior Ministry Signals Major Shift Toward Civilian Armed Self-Defense Rightsdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 4 mindefense
  71. 19 AprTrump's Kharg Calculus: Casualty Aversion and the Limits of Maximum Pressuredefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / United States · 6 mindefense
  72. 19 AprNorth Korea's Missile Launch Tests the Limits of Western Media Framing in Northeast Asiadefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · East Asia · 6 mindefense
  73. 19 AprNorth Korea's Seventh Missile Test: Regional Tensions or Manufactured Threat?defense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · East Asia · 5 mindefense
  74. 19 AprNorth Korea's Missile Gambit: Peninsula Tensions Rise Amid Accelerated Weapons Testingdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · east-asia-pacific · 6 mindefense
  75. 19 AprIsraeli Military Reports 37 Soldiers Wounded as Destruction Documented in Bint Jbeildefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mindefense
  76. 19 AprIsraeli Military Confirms Southern Lebanon Clash Casualties as Regional Tensions Mountdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 7 mindefense
  77. 19 AprIsrael IDF Expands Occupied Zone in Southern Lebanon, Five Divisions Deployeddefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 mindefense
  78. 19 AprIranian Army Commander Thanks Supreme Leader Khamenei for Personal Messagedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · iran · 3 mindefense
  79. 19 AprIran Vows Retaliation Against U.S., UAE Seeks Financial Shield as Gulf Tensions Spikedefense · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 mindefense
  80. 19 AprIDF Reports 37 Soldiers Wounded in Southern Lebanon; Image of Destroyed Statue Circulatesdefense · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 mindefense
  81. 19 AprBulgaria Votes Again: Eighth Election in Five Years Puts Ex-President Radev in Pole Positiondefense · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 mindefense
  82. 18 AprThe Carrier as Political Theater: USS Abraham Lincoln, CENTCOM's Hormuz Blockade, and the Semiotics of Naval Powerdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 7 mindefense
  83. 18 AprThe Drone Warfare Revolution Ukraine Is Teaching the Pentagon: Driscoll's Admission and What It Means for Future Procurementdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe · 7 mindefense
  84. 18 AprBlue Helmets in the Kill Zone: The UNIFIL Killing and Peacekeeping's Terminal Legitimacy Crisisdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 7 mindefense
  85. 18 AprGeraniums and Depots: Russia's Energy Infrastructure Campaign and Ukraine's Counter-Strikes on Crimean Logisticsdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe · 7 mindefense
  86. 18 AprPyongyang's Timing Problem: The North Korea Missile Test and the Collapsing Arms Export Regimedefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Asia-Pacific / Global · 7 mindefense
  87. 18 AprPaper Tigers and Real Costs: Rutte's NATO Consolidation Doctrine in the Age of Trump's Transactional Alliance Politicsdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe · 7 mindefense
  88. 18 AprThe Paper Tiger Alliance: NATO's Burden-Sharing Crisis and the End of America's Basing Compactdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe / North America · 7 mindefense
  89. 18 AprKill Chain on Autopilot: Military AI Integration and the Accountability Vacuum in Autonomous Weapons Doctrinedefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 8 mindefense
  90. 18 AprIran Threatens Strait of Hormuz Passage Rights Following American Base Incursiondefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 7 mindefense
  91. 18 AprSixty Percent and Counting: What Iran's Retained Missile Capacity Reveals About the Limits of Coercive Air Powerdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 7 mindefense
  92. 18 AprIran's Hormuz Gambit: How Tehran Weaponized Trump's Blockade Against the 'Free Navigation' Mythdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Persian Gulf · 5 mindefense
  93. 18 AprIran's Hormuz Gambit: Strategic Victory or Managed Escalation?defense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 mindefense
  94. 18 AprThe Strait as a Weapon: How Iran Codified A2/AD Doctrine in the Hormuz Crisisdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 8 mindefense
  95. 18 AprThe F-35 Near-Miss Claim: Ghalibaf's Asymmetric Air Defense Assertion and the Intelligence It Signalsdefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 7 mindefense
  96. 18 AprThe Drone Attrition Problem: What Iran's Retained Capability Teaches About Mass, Dispersal, and the New Warfare Doctrinedefense · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 8 mindefense