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Iran is using Russian drone-warfare tactics to target U.S. forces and other operations in the Middle East, Ukrainian military personnel said Thursday in Washington, D.C.Last June, Iran responded to U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities with drones and missile attacks that were largely thwarted by U.S. and Israeli defenses. But Iranian tactics have “changed from July last year to now,” one of the visiting Ukrainian military members told a small group of former government officials, analysts, and media at the German Marshall Fund on Thursday. “Now, those tactics are very similar to the Russians we’re fighting.”Instead of large “existential” attacks, Iran…

A pro-Iran hacker group claimed to have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email and posted purported contents from the inbox online.Handala, which claimed responsibility in recent weeks for hacks against Stryker and Lockheed Martin in response to the Iran war, circulated images and documents online that they claimed to be from Patel’s email account. Many images include pictures of Patel in a personal capacity before becoming FBI director.The leaks appear to be authentic, according to a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to publicly discuss details of the breach.The incident was first reported…

On Episode 278 of The Menace Podcast, host Dennis “The Menace” James was joined by regular panelists Chris Cormier and Milos Sarcev, and the gang made their predictions ahead of the 2026 Arnold UK. Despite their differing views, the crew all agreed on who would be the most successful bodybuilder in Birmingham. There’s a lot of anticipation around the event this year, with Arnold U.S. winner Andrew Jacked, Martin Fitzwater, Brandon Curry, and other top Open competitors making the journey to Birmingham, England. Andrew Jacked is coming off the biggest pay day in bodybuilding history, earning $750,000 in Columbus, OH,…

It’s hard to believe, and as unbelievable as it seems, there isn’t even a single new title this week that I can point you at. In other words, the only news I have to report is an important update to one of my favorite old school roguelike RPG which has been in development for years. While I am certainly aware of the absurdity of writing a weekly column with nothing but updates to existing titles, I still felt obligated to do what I normally do: recommend some quality RPGs in early access or recently released, as well as demo versions…

A pro-Iran hacker group claimed to have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email and posted purported contents from the inbox online.Handala, which claimed responsibility in recent weeks for hacks against Stryker and Lockheed Martin in response to the Iran war, circulated images and documents online that they claimed to be from Patel’s email account. Many images include pictures of Patel in a personal capacity before becoming FBI director.The leaks appear to be authentic, according to a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to publicly discuss details of the breach.The incident was first reported…

26 March 2026 22:45 441-26-03-2026 Question (retranslated from French): Before we discuss the state of affairs in Ukraine, let us take a look at the developments in the Middle East. The United States and Israel launched a military operation against Iran 20 days ago. You have firmly stood by the Islamic Republic of Iran which is your ally. Why are you doing this? Sergey Lavrov: Our primary focus was on upholding the international law, not so much on defending Iran which is more than our ally but is our strategic partner, as set out in the relevant intergovernmental agreement. I…

For Aquinas, a political community is not a contract between isolated individuals but a shared life in common. It is made up of people who, however varied, recognise enough common purpose to build and sustain a structure in which each has a place and role—sometimes honoured, sometimes hard or thankless, but always as part of a larger whole. The polity exists to secure a common good no one could reach alone: order, justice, safety, and the conditions for living well. Individuals do have rights in this community, but they are not free‑floating entitlements. They rest on, and are shaped by,…

The House Armed Services Committee voted Thursday to approve broad aviation safety legislation that includes a myriad of safety recommendations issued after a deadly 2025 midair collision between a regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people. The legislation, known as the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency, or ALERT, Act, would require the military services to adopt reforms put forth by federal investigators in an effort to prevent similar accidents. The committee voted 53-0 in favor of advancing the bill to the full House for a vote. “Improving aviation safety and…

In the second week of March, U.S. President Donald Trump insisted that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to be “helpful” in the Middle East. More recently, in a spat with the E.U. foreign policy chief over America’s diplomatic stance on Russia and Ukraine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly snapped “We are doing the best we can to end the war” and indicated the United States would be happy to stop if Europe thought it could do better. Admittedly, in diplomacy it is sometimes wise to say the opposite of what you believe. As such, the best I can say…

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday moved to enforce her court order earlier this month requiring the Veterans Affairs Department to restore its contract with the American Federation of Government Employees and warned of possible contempt proceedings, after the department tried to terminate the agreement a second time Thursday.Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose issued a preliminary injunction mandating the VA to reinstate its CBA with AFGE, having found that the department’s August termination of the contract violated the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedures Act. But last week, the union reported that while the department…