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Defense07 Sep
US Envoys Shuttle From Moscow to Kyiv as Zelensky Warns War Will Run Into Winter
Defense06 Sep
Iran Threatens Faster Retaliation As US Targets Oil Tankers
Defense06 Sep
US Envoys Meet Putin in Moscow, Due in Kyiv With Proposal and Pause Pledges
Defense06 Sep
Lindsay Clancy Mistrial Resets Triple Murder Case in Massachusetts
Defense03 Sep
Boeing's $3.1M FAA fine resurfaces in 2026 wires, alongside OpenAI's shutdown letter and DOJ copyright filing
Defense02 Sep
IRGC claims multi-country strikes on US positions; public evidence remains Iranian-sourced
Defense02 Sep
US-Iran strikes resume; oil bid, IAEA renews nuclear-site access demand
Defense02 Sep
US and Iran trade strikes as oil edges up and the IAEA presses for site access
Defense02 Sep
Drone incursion into northern Israel tests interception picture as IDF reports review
Defense01 Sep
US forces strike IRGC targets in Iran; Brent jumps over 6 percent
Defense01 Sep
Six nights over Kyiv: Russia keeps up the pressure as the calendar turns
Defense31 Aug
Trump declares Iran 'dead' as senior US generals warn of military overstretch
Defense31 Aug
IRGC says it downed a US MQ-9 over Hormuz, and the corridor is back in play
Defense31 Aug
Iran says it downed a US MQ-9 over the Strait of Hormuz; US frames prior strikes as limited
Defense31 Aug
Iran strikes US bases in Jordan: what the IRGC, Jordan and Reuters each said
Defense30 Aug
Iran strikes US-operated base in Jordan after Larak Island raid; interception reports pull punch
Defense30 Aug
US strikes IRGC missile launchers on Larak Island as Tehran vows retaliation
Defense29 Aug
Guantánamo military judge bars FBI confessions in Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 9/11 trial
Defense29 Aug
US officials walk back Chinese-hack narrative; Beijing turns the volume on an anti-corruption sentence
Defense28 Aug
Medvedev rules out fresh mobilisation, in most senior Russian pushback yet against war-fatigue rumours
Defense28 Aug
Seoul, Tokyo and Washington schedule "Freedom Edge" drills for September
Defense28 Aug
Patriot stocks in Europe fall to 'beyond critical' as US drains interceptors for Iran war
Defense27 Aug
IDF says it killed Sinwar's former bodyguard and a Nukhba Re'im infiltrator in Khan Younis strikes
Defense25 Aug
Trump declares Strait of Hormuz cleared of Iranian mines, warns Tehran against new layings
Defense25 Aug
Washington edits Kyiv's strike list as CIA chief lands in Moscow
Defense25 Aug
CIA Director lands at Vnukovo: what a rare US military flight to Moscow signals
Defense25 Aug
A US Air Force C-17 Lands at Moscow's Vnukovo: Five Flight-Tracker Posts, One Peskov Brush-off
Defense25 Aug
US military C-17 lands at Moscow's Vnukovo as Kremlin says it has no information
Defense24 Aug
Damascus and Tel Aviv meet in Amman, with Washington in the room
Defense23 Aug
Katz orders IDF to treat Gaza kite and balloon launches as 'act of war'
Defense23 Aug
Two Israeli strikes in central Gaza on 23 August leave one dead and at least eight wounded
Defense23 Aug
Pakistan army chief's Tehran trip puts Rawalpindi at the visible centre of the US-Iran file
Defense22 Aug
Ukrainian drones hit Ozon warehouse in overnight wave, footage shows
Defense21 Aug
Seoul pairs a chip windfall with a quieter drills posture as Pyongyang turns up the volume
Defense21 Aug
Bessent Tells X the US Will Hit Iran With 'Toughest Sanctions in History', Tying the Package to Fewer New Strikes
Defense21 Aug
Israel Hayom Article on Article 5 Surfaces via Relay
Defense20 Aug
Bessent puts economic pressure on Iran in the same week as Treasury bond-market jitters
Defense20 Aug
Tehran's foreign ministry mounts a two-step rebuttal of Washington's 'Economic D-Day'
Defense20 Aug
Trump floats Kim summit, draws down US-South Korea drills
Defense19 Aug
Trump's exercises cut and Kim rebuff lands same hour, with markets pricing a 2026 summit at 39%
Defense19 Aug
Trump's Korea reset compresses US exercises, opens Wang Yi room to nudge Seoul toward Beijing's orbit
Defense19 Aug
Five days, one signal
Defense18 Aug
Israel Strikes Syrian Airbase Near Aleppo, Citing Looming Turkish Deployment; Turkey Calls Claim False
Defense18 Aug
Seoul warns of a 'worst-case scenario' as US-South Korea drills shrink
Defense18 Aug
Tokyo's bond market just priced a question it has avoided for thirty years
Defense17 Aug
Trump trims US-South Korea drills and courts Kim Jong Un, in the same news cycle
Defense17 Aug
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint drills with South Korea, citing Kim ties
Defense17 Aug
Three weekend clips that say more together than apart: an Indian kamikaze-drone test, an American convoy flying a Russian mark, a Polish fine dispute
Defense17 Aug
Trump Tells Pentagon to Cut South Korea Drills, Cites Kim Ties and Seoul's Iran Refusal
Defense16 Aug
A 25-gram weapon, and the limits of what one Telegram post can tell us
Defense16 Aug
Six hundred drones over Moscow, fires in Kyiv: the overnight war at altitude
Defense14 Aug
Trump Administration Reopens the Industrial Playbook on Three Fronts in 48 Hours
Defense14 Aug
Twenty-five percent of the Reaper fleet, and a blockade with no exit: the Iran war's bill comes due
Defense13 Aug
Ukraine takes delivery of 261 remains as Kyiv claims a six-month territorial gain on the Oleksandrivka axis
Defense12 Aug
North Korea fires second ballistic missile in a week, days before Seoul-Washington drills
Defense12 Aug
Car bomb in Benghazi kills eastern Libya's military intelligence chief
Defense11 Aug
US helicopter fires on vessel in Gulf of Oman as Iran-aligned channel claims regional missile launches
Defense11 Aug
Russia frees ailing ex-US marine after four years on disputed charges
Defense10 Aug
Houthis hit Mocha as Iran keeps Hormuz shut: two chokepoints, one day
Defense10 Aug
Hormuz on two clocks: an Oman shipping pact nears while Tehran widens the price tag
Defense10 Aug
Trump floats Hormuz-only exit as Iran war enters a quiet diplomatic phase
Defense08 Aug
ADNOC tanker hit as Iran moves to weaponise the Strait of Hormuz
Defense08 Aug
Hormuz in days: how the US-Iran-Oman track and a parallel Sunni pact are reshaping Gulf security
Defense06 Aug
Iran tells Gulf states to push Trump off a strike, or face regional energy retaliation
Defense06 Aug
Strike in southern Lebanon and a delayed round of talks in Rome bookend Israel's
Defense06 Aug
Bavarian police hold a Ukrainian national over alleged reconnaissance of a defence site; wires diverge on the framing
Defense06 Aug
Strikes on Tyre camp and south Lebanon villages continue as US-mediated talks open in Rome
Defense06 Aug
Bangkok opens its door to Myanmar's junta chief, and ASEAN's quiet re-engagement takes a public shape
Defense05 Aug
China sanctions US testing lab in counter-move to FCC bans, Nikkei says
Defense05 Aug
China retaliates on drones and sentences a defence-industry regulator on the same trading day
Defense05 Aug
IED in Majdal Zoun kills two Israeli soldiers, seven wounded in southern Lebanon
Defense05 Aug
Explosive drone found beside Ukrainian Antonov at Leipzig/Halle, second drone incident reported overnight
Defense04 Aug
US missile stockpiles thinned by Iran strikes, wire reports say, sourcing remains a chain of relays
Defense04 Aug
CNN: Iran strikes burned through 80% of US THAAD interceptors, exposing a munitions tempo problem
Defense04 Aug
Japan sounds the alarm over a thickening Russia-North Korea axis
Defense04 Aug
China's AI model and a Pacific missile test: two fronts, one trajectory
Defense03 Aug
Hegseth's family-stability line travels two Telegram relays, while Polymarket prices the signing itself
Defense03 Aug
Beijing shows off an AI air-strike coordinator as US-bound Chinese capital keeps retreating home
Defense03 Aug
Trump claims Hormuz under US Navy control; Tehran denies talks, points to Oman route
Defense03 Aug
Wildberries warehouse burns in Vladimir region after Ukrainian drone strike
Defense03 Aug
Trump says Iran talks resume Monday, sets no deadline for a deal
Defense03 Aug
Sudanese army drone strike on Darfur village hits traditional court, killing at least 35
Defense02 Aug
IRGC marks Haniyeh anniversary by declaring Hamas disarmament plot has failed
Defense02 Aug
Trump cancels planned Iran strike, says ‘parameters’ agreed on Hormuz and nuclear file
Defense02 Aug
White House pairs Iran strike threat with a pause, citing request from Tehran and regional capitals
Defense01 Aug
Israel on highest alert as US-Israeli coordination reports converge on Iran energy strikes
Defense01 Aug
Israeli officer wounded in southern Lebanon clash, army says
Defense01 Aug
Kuwaiti air defences intercept drones as Iranian-aligned channel claims strikes on US bases; Trump "losing faith" remarks land hours earlier
Defense31 Jul
Polymarket prices Ukraine's NATO accession at 4% for 2026 as separate X post alleges Ukrainian conscript killings
Defense31 Jul
Zelensky and Vance air-defense call puts Patriot interceptors back at the centre of the Ukraine war
Defense30 Jul
US completes two-hour strike wave on Iran; Fars reports three dead on Qeshm island
Defense29 Jul
Ukraine loses another F-16 on a combat mission as Polymarket prices a 2026 peace deal at 22%
Defense29 Jul
Russia dismisses Romanian drone complaint; Polymarket holds a 22% line on a year-end deal
Defense29 Jul
Ammunition depot near Iraqi military base in Basra explodes overnight
Defense28 Jul
Iran widens Hormuz threat to any party touching frozen-asset funds
Defense28 Jul
Israeli minister, named variously as Katz or Gallant, says Israel wants to hit Iran's energy grid; US 'not approving' per the same recording
Defense28 Jul
Iran navy turns back six ships near Hormuz, per single Telegram post; Trump holds dual track on talks and military option
Defense27 Jul
Trump says US in 'very deep talks' with Iran; Tehran denies any negotiation
Defense25 Jul
Trump pauses Iran strikes as Omani shuttle opens Hormuz track
Defense25 Jul