Asia-Pacific
AUKUS partners test more than 40 autonomous maritime technologies off Southern California
The U.S., Australia and the UK are wrapping up Maritime Big Play Pacific, a three-week AUKUS trial of more than…
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United States
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Middle East & North Africa
Pezeshkian: “the cowards ruined” the interim deal, but Iran’s president urges a new attempt and a way out of “neither war nor peace”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly blamed Washington for the collapse of the interim agreement, while leaving the door open to…
Asia-Pacific
Japan, the Philippines and the U.S. Coast Guard hold the 14th Maritime Cooperative Activity of 2026 in the Philippine EEZ
Ships and aircraft from the Philippines, Japan and the U.S. Coast Guard completed a five-day Maritime Cooperative Activity inside the…
Air Force
NORAD F-16 intercepts aircraft that entered restricted airspace over Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach
A NORAD F-16 intercepted a general aviation aircraft over Palm Beach, Florida, on 24 October after it entered a flight…
Greece
Truman Doctrine explained: why the US aided Greece in 1947
On March 12, 1947 President Truman asked Congress for $400 million to help Greece and Turkey after Britain pulled back.…
Analysis
Iran war timeline 2026: Epic Fury, Hormuz and the US blockade
A dated timeline of the 2026 Iran war, from the February 28 strikes and the closure of the Strait of…
Technology
U.S. Army launches Project Gatekeeper to clear commercial software in minutes, not months
The U.S. Army has launched Project Gatekeeper, an automated sandbox where commercial developers can have code scanned and prepared for…
Drones
Pentagon’s Project Agincourt writes to industry as it builds a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command
The team preparing the Pentagon's planned four-star Autonomous Warfare Command has issued an open letter to industry and the joint…
Asia-Pacific
Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes a national security threat
The US Department of War has labelled the Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes a threat to US national security. In a video,…
Middle East & North Africa
US intelligence chief warns Iran’s plots to kill Americans are at an “advanced stage”
A one-page unclassified memo from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iranian plans…
Technology
NASA: Artemis III will test Blue Origin and SpaceX lunar landers in Earth orbit in 2027, with a Moon landing targeted for 2028
Artemis III will not reach the Moon but will be a major rehearsal: NASA says the 2027 mission will test…
Politics & Diplomacy
US says Venezuela’s third round of reconciliation talks agreed to revise repressive laws, claims more than 1,000 political prisoners freed
A State Department statement of 22 October says the talks between Venezuela's 2015 National Assembly and the interim government also…