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KYIV, Ukraine — As U.S. President Donald Trump started the new year by flaunting American military power in Venezuela, the episode has left Ukrainian officials wondering whether Washington would exhibit a similar brand of decisiveness in 2026 to end Russian attacks on Ukraine.The Jan.3 U.S. raid to capture Venezuelan strongman president Nicolás Maduro was over before dawn, drawing praise from military leaders in Washington for its flawless execution.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched from Kyiv and didn’t bother to hide the message Ukrainians heard.“If you can do that with dictators,” Zelenskyy told reporters later, “then the United States knows what to…

No. 2 ranked women’s flyweight contender Natália Silva defeated former two-time flyweight titleholder Rose Namajunas on the UFC 324 main card on Saturday. The decision was a bit controversial with many news outlets scoring the fight for Namajunas. Following the fight, in her octagon interview with Joe Rogan, Silva said she wasn’t happy with her performance. “I am so happy to be here. I am so grateful,” she said immediately after the judges’ scorecards were read. “I’m sorry guys because this was not my best moment. I was not at my best. Only God knows how hard it was for me to be here now.…

METEOR is a next generation Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) system. Credit: MBDA via Linkedin. MBDA has secured a contract to provide additional Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missiles to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).   The Meteor Integrated Joint Programme Office (IJPO) awarded the contract on behalf of the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), following earlier orders for the missile system.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The Meteor missile, developed by a consortium of European partners led by MBDA, is intended…

Justin Gaethje was counted out by many heading into his last opportunity to capture a UFC title belt, and he proved all of the doubters wrong, hurting and knocking down Paddy Pimblett several times to capture the interim lightweight title in the main event of UFC 324.Following the first UFC event of 2026, and of the new UFC on Paramount era, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to Gaethje’s punishing performance, discuss what they learned about both fighters, Pimblett’s eye-opening toughness, Gaethje likely facing Ilia Topuria next, and where Arman Tsarukyan stands. Additionally, they react to Sean O’Malley’s…

When the Defense Department received a $23 billion down payment for the Golden Dome initiative through a reconciliation bill, lawmakers demanded a detailed plan for how the Pentagon plans to spend that money. Six months later, lawmakers are still waiting for the Pentagon to provide “complete budgetary details and justification of the $23,000,000,000 in mandatory funding.” That includes a comprehensive deployment schedule, cost, schedule and performance metrics and a finalized system architecture.  As a result, Congressional appropriators were unable to conduct oversight of Golden Dome programs for fiscal 2026. The department’s $175 billion Golden Dome initiative President Donald Trump first…

Iran Press TV Saturday, 24 January 2026 9:48 PM The Israel regime is reportedly seeking to limit the number of Palestinians re-entering Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in a bid to ensure that more people leave the coastal sliver than return. Reuters carried the report on Friday, citing “three sources,” who also said it remained unclear “how Israel planned to enforce limits on the number of Palestinians entering Gaza from Egypt, or what ratio of exits to entries it aimed to achieve.” According to the report, the regime additionally sought to establish a military checkpoint inside Gaza…

Do you want to have the speed of Bruce Lee? Do you want to improve your speed and agility for karate or any martial art? Well, in order to obtain and maximize this speed and power, you must look past training muscles and into the nervous system. Complex training is a highly effective training method used to enhance your ability to jump higher, hop or run faster, punch quicker, kick more rapidly, or be more agile instantly! Incredibly, it enhances athleticism across the board. Complex training involves pairing 2 exercises similar in their biomechanical movement patterns., For instance, a squat…

“Don’t try to tell the British that America won the last war or make wise-cracks about the war debts or about British defeats in this war,” came the sage advice from the U.S. War Department in 1942.A then-seven-page pamphlet, issued to American GIs about to travel overseas to Britain, was intended to ease any friction between the young servicemen and the local populace. According to librarian John Pinfold who wrote the subsequent introduction, the pamphlet, dubbed “Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942,” attracted quite a bit of attention in Britain. Sgt. Bert Spence teaching a British boy to play…

Capcom have been doing very well lately with their core franchises of Monster Hunter, Resident Evil and Street Fighter and thanks to their successes, we’re also seeing them bring back many of their beloved franchises that have been sitting on the bench for too long, with Onimusha set to come back this year, Mega Man finally returning in 2027 and even Okami set to get a brand new title, though currently with an unannounced release window. This is…

The U.S. Army has ordered several dozen additional active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minneapolis if needed, a defense official said Wednesday, amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown.The defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, confirmed that members of an Army military police brigade who are stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina have been given prepare-to-deploy orders.If deployed, the troops would likely offer support to civil authorities in Minneapolis, according to the official, who stressed that such standby orders are issued regularly and they do not necessarily mean…