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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says some of the country’s partners have called on Kyiv to scale down strikes on Russia’s oil sector as global energy prices surge amid the ongoing Iran War. These international appeals underline the impact of Ukraine’s most recent long-range attacks, which have reportedly reduced Russia’s oil export capacity by at least 40 percent. Zelenskyy did not specify which of Ukraine’s allies had requested a pause in the country’s current air offensive. In recent weeks, the United States has temporarily relaxed some sanctions on Russian oil exports in a bid to ease mounting pressure on international energy…

On March 1, 2026, the Iranian government made it official. “After a lifetime of struggle,” a state broadcaster declared, “Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei drank the sweet, pure draft of martyrdom and joined the Supreme Heavenly Kingdom.” The broadcaster praised Khamenei for being “unceasing and untiring” and for his “lofty and celestial spirit.” As he read the announcement, people offscreen wailed. When he finished, he, too, broke down in tears.Most Iranians probably didn’t cry when they learned of Khamenei’s passing. For over 35 years, Iran’s supreme leader ruled with an iron fist, repressing women, minorities, and anyone who dared challenge…

Israel Adesanya looked good in the early going in his fight against Joe Pyfer in the UFC Seattle main event but then the wheels fell off in the second round when he got trapped on the ground and hammered with punches leading to a fourth straight loss for the former middleweight champion.Immediately afterwards, Adesanya defiantly stated that he wasn’t even entertaining retirement by vowing “I’m not f*cking leaving” and promising that he would return to fight again. But at 38 years old off four consecutive losses, should Adesanya consider calling it a career or has he shown enough during his…

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here.The U.S. Navy spent at least six months resurrecting a high-energy laser weapon that previously graced the bow of a warship for a new military exercise last year, the service recently revealed.The Navy’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory, or DESIL, a Naval Base Ventura County, California, facility that evaluates laser weapons in a maritime environment, “ramped up efforts to restore critical functions” to the service’s “one-of-a-kind” 150 kW Solid State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) demonstrator starting in early March…

In summer 2023, the U.S. Air Force announced a funding shortfall driven by higher-than-projected costs. This fiscal pressure, combined with a May 2025 U.S. Department of War tasking to reduce the frequency of permanent changes of station (PCSs), led the Air Force Personnel Center to task RAND with exploring options for extending assignment durations. The analysis revealed that reducing the frequency of PCS moves could achieve significant cost savings from the $1.3 billion annual PCS budget for executing operational, rotational, unit, and training moves: Extending certain overseas tours would generate $186 million in annual savings, and enforcing five-year tour lengths…

The scores have been submitted and the leaderboard shows Jay Crouch and Kyra Milligan as the winners of the 2026 CrossFit Quarterfinals. Check out how the rest of the field stacked up. Male 2026 CrossFit Quarterfinals Leaderboard On the men’s side, Crouch didn’t take an event win, but he delivered consistent performances with top-20 finishes across the board. His lowest placement was 19th in Event 4, the row, clean and jerk, row, and HSPU workout. Austin Hatfield and Jeff Adler secured second and third place, respectively. Saxon and Spencer Panchik followed in fourth and fifth, while Colten Mertens finished seventh…

Users of Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI-powered coding assistant, are experiencing high token usage and early quota exhaustion, disrupting their work. Anthropic has acknowledged the issue, stating that “people are hitting usage limits in Claude Code way faster than expected. We’re actively investigating… it’s the top priority for the team.” A user on the Claude Pro subscription ($200 annually) said on the company’s Discord forum that “it’s maxed out every Monday and resets at Saturday and it’s been like that for a couple of weeks… out of 30 days I get to use Claude 12.” The Anthropic forum on Reddit is…

Rheinmetall and Boeing Australia have entered into a strategic partnership to offer the MQ-28 Ghost Bat as a mature solution for the Bundeswehr’s procurement of collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) into Germany by 2029. Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat has completed more than 150 flights and has been designed, developed and manufactured in Australia for the Royal Australian Air Force and other allied nations.  A proven autonomous CCA, it will act as a force multiplier, teaming with manned platforms to provide critical combat mass in highly contested airspace. Its modular design and autonomous behaviours support a broad range of mission capabilities, including…

25 March 2026 – The Ukrainian Defense Technology Cluster Brave1 and the NATO Headquarters Innovation Directorate, together with NCIA, are launching the first competition under the UNITE — Brave NATO program. The competition will focus on solutions to counter UAVs, as well as navigation tools in electronic warfare.  Unlike traditional grant competitions, the UNITE — Brave NATO program is based on the mechanics of “matchmaking”. Submission of an application requires the creation of joint innovations, where companies from Ukraine — on the one hand, and NATO member states — on the other, combine their technologies to create a joint product.…

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) sits at the center of one of government’s most sensitive and consequential missions: determining who is trusted to access classified information and facilities. At the heart of that mission is the Case Processing Operations Center (CPOC), a function that powers the intake, processing, and quality control of federal background investigations.As DCSA moves forward with its next-generation CPOC 2.0 procurement, recently released as a draft solicitation on SAM.gov, the agency deserves credit for continuing to modernize a mission that has evolved dramatically over the past decade. Of particular note is DCSA’s incorporation of the…