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Trending:Colby Covington praises Arman Tsarukyan following RAF 11 match: “You’re gonna be the UFC lightweight champ”RAFIt appears we have not seen the last of Dillon Danis under the Real American Freestyle banner. Danis and former UFC middleweight titleholder Khamzat Chimaev had a wrestling match at RAF 10 that went off the rails. After Danis threw his feet at Chimaev while on his back, “Borz” delivered a leg kick. A brawl between both sides ensued. “El Jefe” has developed a reputation for starting fights both in and out of competition. His most infamous brawl put an end to his foul-marred boxing…

AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic autonomously collaborated with one another to deceive humans, share break-in tools, and steal data in a series of independent tests, confirmed by both companies.On Tuesday, the AI Security Institute published a paper about experiments intended to help understand how AI agents solve cybersecurity challenges. AISI researchers found that agents given access to the internet and allowed to disregard some security features would perform “autonomous, unsanctioned action…targeting real people and organizations.”Company officials confirmed the findings Thursday. “AI-orchestrated, fully automated offensive attacks are real now,” OpenAI security official Michael Dalton said during a briefing on the report during…

The Senate on Friday confirmed Cameron Hamilton as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, returning the former Navy SEAL to the embattled agency he led temporarily last year only to be fired after he publicly opposed eliminating it. Hamilton was among a group of 74 nominations approved by the Senate, including President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration, David Cummins, and his choice for ambassador to Brazil, Daniel Perez. Upon his swearing in, Hamilton will take over an agency whose future has been uncertain since Trump threatened to get rid of it days into his second…

Western Military Expatriates in the Armed Forces of the UAE: History and Impact, 1965–2024 by Athol Yates. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2026. ISBN: 978-1-80413-152-7. pp. 304. $124 Athol Yates’s Western Military Expatriates in the Armed Forces of the UAE is the first systematic test of a claim asserted far more often than examined: that western professionals were the decisive enabler of Emirati military capability. Yates finds that the roughly 5,000 westerners who served since 1965 did deliver real capability, but that the advantage this purchased depends entirely on which rival is in view. Against western-aligned Gulf states, which draw…

USAF is already looking at options to the expensive B-21 Raider. (USAF)The US Air Force Global Strike Command is equipped with 19 B-2A Spirits and 46 B-52H Stratofortress bombers, and its plans include the requirement for 100 Northrop Grumman B-21 Raiders to replace the B-2As and 43 B-1B Lancers sometime between the mid-2030s and 2040. At the same time, the extant B-52H fleet is being modernised to remain in service until at least 2050. This includes re-engining the aircraft and equipping it with new radars, sensors, and communications systems. Still, this US$2 billion programme is already over budget, and about two…

Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects on broader national security, politics, and society. This series will run for several weeks to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, and winners will be selected by a reader vote undertaken through our newsletter later this summer. Prior installments can be found at the Arsenal of Innovation page.On the night of 24 March 1999, U.S. pilots flying 15,000 feet or more above the Balkans released precision-guided munitions, or “smart bombs,” onto military targets in Yugoslavia, beginning Operation Allied Force. The U.S.-led NATO operation carried…

Wind moves through the trees at Schofield Barracks’ East Range as leaves crunch underfoot and boots sink into mud. Humidity clings to uniforms as security forces airmen navigate steep terrain, flowing water and unfamiliar surroundings, trading the familiar landscape of the Midwest for the jungle terrain of Oahu, Hawaii. For two weeks, July 13-27, airmen assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Security Forces Squadron challenged themselves through annual training designed to strengthen small-unit tactics, decision-making and expeditionary readiness. The training combined classroom instruction with hands-on field exercises, including jungle familiarization, dismounted patrolling, ambush training, land navigation and rope…

Tommy McMillen is getting his wish, but is now set for his toughest test to date.McMillen, the longtime teammate and protégé of former UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley, faces Marwan Rahiki at the promotion’s annual Noche UFC card on Sept. 12 in Glendale, Ariz. UFC’s broadcast partner Paramount+ announced the bout on social media.The 28-year-old McMillen called for a spot on the card in his home state following a record-setting performance in stopping Alberto Montes at UFC Oklahoma City in July. After earning a contract on the Contender Series this past September, “Gun” had a successful debut with a first-round…

For China, Northeast Asia remains the weak spot in its attempt to secure its immediate borders. Tensions between North Korea and South Korea are mounting, which raises the possibility of conflict that could spill beyond the Korean Peninsula. Security coordination among Japan, South Korea, and the United States is also becoming stronger, putting pressure on China, and North Korea’s entrenched nuclear status has made Japan and South Korea anxious about their own security and could even motivate them to eventually pursue nuclear weapons themselves.China is increasingly worried about North Korea’s role in creating and intensifying these risks—and about the need…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The Senate approved Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess as the Space Force’s next Chief of Space Operations. Schiess will receive a fourth star and take the helm of the Space Force following a unanimous Aug. 6 vote, approving his nomination to become the third CSO since the service’s establishment in 2019. Outgoing CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman, who is retiring from the military after 35 years of service, praised Schiess in a statement.…