U.S. military disables third tanker for violating Iran blockade this week
The U.S. military said Thursday it disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman for attempting to transport Iranian oil.
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Security firm says China stepping up AI tech cybertheft
Chinese hackers are increasing cyberattacks aimed at stealing advanced artificial intelligence technology in the United States, according to a report by the security company CrowdStrike.
U.N. mission in Afghanistan confirms death toll of 13 civilians in Pakistani airstrikes
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday it had documented the deaths of 13 civilians, mainly children and women, from Pakistani airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan the previous day, confirming the death toll given by Afghan authorities.
FBI shutters covert Chinese websites targeting secrets
Federal authorities shut down 13 internet domains on Wednesday, which were said to be used by China for operations to obtain classified and sensitive U.S. government information, the Justice Department said.
Two House Republicans to meet with the leader of Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition party
Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan's Beijing-friendly opposition leader this week as she travels to Washington at a time when China is scrutinizing the Trump administration's posture toward the self-ruled island it views as its own.
Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s land swap with SpaceX in Texas
Environmental groups on Wednesday sued attempting to stop the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres (280 hectares) of wildlife refuge in Texas, claiming it would worsen ecological risks to a Gulf Coast region already transformed by billionaire Elon Musk's rocket operations.
Nevada GOP voters choose Trump-backed House candidate in one of state’s high-profile races
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. David Flippo has won the Republican primary in Nevada's 2nd Congressional District after securing President Donald Trump's endorsement in the closing weeks of the campaign.
ODNI set to release COVID origin intel
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, in the coming days, is expected to release declassified intelligence documents on the origin of the COVID-19 virus -- a disclosure that comes after years of disputed and controversial assessments on whether the pandemic originated in a Chinese laboratory or came from a wild animal.
Two foreign nationals working at NIH laboratory charged with smuggling mpox virus into the U.S.
Two foreign nationals working for the National Institutes of Health are facing criminal charges for allegedly smuggling in mpox into the U.S.
Countries in nuclear club look to upgrade arsenals as arms control agreements disappear
The world's nine nuclear-armed states are modernizing and upgrading their arsenals as crucial arms-control frameworks like the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the U.S. and Russia, known as New START, have largely eroded or collapsed outright.
Trump pledges to make Iran ‘pay the price’ as U.S. launches second day of retaliatory attacks
President Trump promised Wednesday to make Iran "pay the price" for slow-rolling peace negotiations with the U.S. as American forces in the Middle East launched a new round of airstrikes.
In America’s race to build drones, we’ve forgotten drone operators
The Pentagon plans to field hundreds of thousands of attack drones starting this year.
What the U.S. would face in a military operation against Cuba
A U.S. military operation against Cuba and its outdated defense equipment and badly outmatched armed forces could be simpler and more straightforward than January's high-stakes raid in Caracas to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Sweden supplying Ukraine with next-generation jet fighter that can operate from austere locations
A Swedish jet that can take off and land on ordinary highways and be serviced on the ground with a skeleton crew is expected to become the backbone of Ukraine's air war against Russia.
Somali soccer referee denied entry to U.S. for World Cup is welcomed home as a hero
A leading soccer referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup tournament was warmly received by a crowd of supporters and officials on Wednesday as he arrived home.
U.N. nuclear watchdog board demands urgent Iran cooperation and access to nuclear sites
The U.N. atomic watchdog's board on Wednesday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency, provide complete information about its stockpile of near weapons-grade nuclear material and grant its inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites.
Trump: U.S. will bomb Iran for a second straight day, hit them ‘very hard’
President Trump said the U.S. military would strike Iran for a second day on Wednesday as he loses patience with Tehran's negotiators and punishes them for downing an American helicopter.
Spike Lee says ICE agents not welcome at Knicks championship parade
SPIKE LEE says ICE not welcome at Knicks victory parade: "It's going to be craziness. It's going to be love. And NYPD can't control that. The Marines, National Guard, just don't bring in the motherf---ing ICE. No ICE. I've said this more than once. ICE is not welcome."
WWI soldier’s postcard from home helps unite his family after a century
A postcard belonging to a World War I soldier whose body was found with five comrades during an excavation has helped reunite distant descendants more than a century after his death on the Western Front.