World reacts to appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader
New supreme leader receives support from Oman, Iraq, Yemen’s Houthis, while the US and Israel make threats.
Month: March 2026
France Is Sending a Large Naval Force to the Middle East – The New York Times
France Is Sending a Large Naval Force to the Middle East The New York TimesFrance to deploy almost dozen warships, mulls Hormuz mission, Macron says ReutersEurope rallies around Cyprus after Iranian drone hits island PB…
Trump says ‘not happy’ with Iran’s new supreme leader, has replacement in mind – The Times of Israel
Trump says ‘not happy’ with Iran’s new supreme leader, has replacement in mind The Times of IsraelOil over $100, markets in freefall, and Iran’s new Supreme Leader is Trump’s ‘worst case’ scenario FortuneLive updates: Oil prices s…
Ukraine Lends a Hand
Countries targeted by Iranian drones are eager to tap into Ukrainian expertise to shoot them down.
Colombia’s President Petro wins in congressional election, but lacks majority to advance reforms
President Gustavo Petro’s political party has emerged victorious in Colombia’s congressional election, but will have to build coalitions with other parties to advance its agenda.
Former Missouri House speaker sentenced to prison for COVID relief fraud
A former top Missouri lawmaker has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for misusing pandemic relief funds.
Hegseth presses Defense civilians to deploy for immigration enforcement
“We all think it’s absurd,” one Army civilian told Defense One.
More than 30 staffers from OpenAI and Google, including DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, file an amicus brief in support of Anthropic in its fight with DOD (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
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More than 30 staffers from OpenAI and Google, including DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, file an amicus brief in support of Anthropic in its fight with DOD — Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is amon…
Army Wants Long-Range PrSM Inc. 4 On Acclerated Timeline, Plans Fly Off In Late FY ‘28
The Army will meet with industry later in March to discuss next steps for its future extended range version of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), with plans for a competitive […]
Dubai influencers gush city is ‘safe’ in near-identical videos
Influencers in Dubai have taken to social media to post near-identical videos praising Dubai’s safety, and glorifying its leadership, using the same template, music and captions. It comes just a week after videos of panic in Dubai circulated across so…