Similar alerts sent by other US missions in Mideast urging vigilance amid renewed fighting due to threats from Iran-backed group, noting past Houthi attacks on civilian airports The US embassy in Israel issued a security alert on Saturday in light of the renewed fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen and a Saudi-led coalition that…
The State Department has approved a potential $2.7 billion sale of air defense systems to Ukraine as Russian attacks killed 11 people and wounded at least 64 others across the war-torn country overnight. The massive weapons package would include numerous types of missiles, laser-guided missile systems and counter-drone technology. The arms transfer, which would be…
Greetings from Tyler, Michael, my son, wrote the letter. It was only the 15th and my writer’s block hadn’t cleared up. It’s a great letter, and you’ll see. He’s going to be at the Feast in Tahoe this year, one of my favorite places. It seems like we just got back, but God has a…
This is the moment thousands of migrants ran through the streets of the North African enclave of Ceuta as authorities tried to move them to a new tent camp. Spanish police today began relocating the migrants, who have been living for weeks on the beach in Ceuta, to its port area. In the move officers…
Silicon Valley insiders are warning against Anthropic’s cult-like employees, culture, and devotion to its Artificial intelligence model. Anthropic’s workforce have a quasi-religious relationship to its chatbot, Claude, with members of staff attending a “funeral” for one version, Claude 3 Sonnet, in San Francisco and allowing another model, Opus 3, to continue publishing essays after being…
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has announced amendments to the country’s child protection law, which the EU’s top court ruled discriminatory in April. The changes could end discrimination against sexual minorities and help unlock further EU funding for Hungary. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has announced amendments to the country’s so-called child protection law, which…
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the Space Force now has ‘on-orbit space control weapons’ but declined to describe them The U.S. has weapons orbiting Earth that can be used to defend American forces from attacks in space, the Air Force secretary revealed this week in a rare public acknowledgment of capabilities the Pentagon has…
Washington has demonstrated that the Islamic Republic can be weakened militarily, constrained economically, and denied its traditional tools of coercion. The harder question is how to convert that advantage into a durable political outcome. The most important development in the confrontation with Iran is not another destroyed radar, damaged naval facility or intercepted missile. It…
“The initiative is first and foremost about strengthening European security,” said Finnish President Alexander Stubb. PARIS — Finland is joining France’s plans to cooperate more closely with other European countries on nuclear deterrence, the two countries announcedMonday. “Today, we took a new step forward as Finland joined the French forward deterrence initiative. The initiative is…
The bloc struggles to translate its economic weight into geopolitical sway. But there may be a silver lining to it. This year’s BRICS summit has wrapped up in New Delhi with the usual promises of deepened cooperation and expanding economic ties. But there was an important absence. Although the US-Israel war on Iran has affected…