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After more than a year of US-led talks to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is little sign of progress toward peace. Instead, Moscow is now reportedly aiding Tehran as Iranian drones target United States bases and American allies across the Gulf region. New approaches are clearly needed in order to prevent a further descent into international insecurity. When US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025 and began efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine via diplomacy, many Ukrainians were not overly optimistic. This skepticism was rooted in their own bitter personal experience of…

Israel Adesanya could be fighting for his MMA career this weekend.This Saturday, Adesanya takes on Joe Pyfer in the main event of UFC Seattle. It’s a pivotal fight for the former two-time middleweight champion, who is in the worst stretch of his career, having lost three consecutive fights. A loss to Pyfer would not only be his fourth in a row, but it also would be Adesanya’s first MMA loss to an unranked opponent, and according to Henry Cejudo, it could mean the end of his career.“Yes,” Cejudo told Kamaru Usman on their Pound-4-Pound podcast when asked if Adesanya will…

FirstSpear Friday Focus: March Merch Drop New merchandise from FirstSpear has arrived, bringing updated favorites and everyday essentials into one lineup. The SPICY UBER v2 T-SHIRT builds on the popularity of the original design with a refreshed look and the same comfortable, all-day wearability. The BFTX COFFEE TUMBLER delivers durable, dependable performance, built to handle early mornings, long hours, and constant movement without compromise. The ROPE TRUCKER HAT is offered in two styles and colorways, both providing a structured, breathable fit with a clean profile, built for consistent everyday wear. The ICON SPEAR TIP HAT delivers a classic trucker style with the same unmistakable…

When the United States and Israel started bombarding Iran in late February, U.S. President Donald Trump and his advisers likely believed that they could debilitate the regime and the situation would stabilize quickly, as occurred with the military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January. Given the repeated failure of nuclear talks with Iran and the Israeli desire to neutralize Tehran’s growing missile arsenal, Trump and his advisers likely reasoned that acting now was better than later for a conflict that would eventually have to be fought. Washington had already built up forces in the region, and the…

A senior Veterans Affairs official who once oversaw the department’s transition to an electronic health records system has been charged with failing to disclose gifts he received from contractors involved in the project. John Windom, who served as a program manager on the Defense Department’s adoption of the Cerner electronic health records platform before moving to the VA to manage its health records modernization program, was indicted for allegedly failing to report more than $16,000 worth of gifts. According to a grand jury indictment filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Windom allegedly accepted cash and other…

Over the past decade, the Army has taken the multidomain task force from whiteboard concept to operational centerpiece, emerging as one of the clearest expressions of how the Army intends to fight and win against near-peer adversaries. Designed to operate within an adversary’s weapon engagement zone, these organizations have become central to the Army’s continuous transformation, translating multidomain concepts into reality while simultaneously imposing real costs on adversaries. In doing so, they have reshaped how land forces contribute to deterrence, signaling that dominance in future conflict will not be earned by mass alone, but by integration, persistence, and speed across…

NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 26 March 2026 Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today for the launch of our 2025 Annual Report. This report is basically a summary of what we have discussed, what we have decided, and also what we have done as NATO throughout 2025. And it was quite an eventful year. We see clearly that our world is constantly changing. And we are adapting to ensure we remain prepared. Putin’s war of aggression continued, as did support for Russia’s war from China, from Iran, North Korea, and Belarus. We saw increasingly reckless Russian…

The Justice Department has filed suit against a California towing company for allegedly illegally auctioning off service members’ vehicles — many of which had been towed from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Justice officials allege that S & K Towing Inc., of San Clemente, California, violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act by selling or disposing of as many as 148 vehicles without a court order, even when they knew, or should have known, that the vehicles were owned by military members.Some of the vehicles were registered to addresses on Camp Pendleton, including rooms in the barracks. In other cases, the…

PARIS — MBDA, Europe’s biggest missile maker, plans to double production of its top-of-the-range Aster air-defense missile in 2026, an “absolutely massive” jump in response to surging demand, Chief Executive Officer Éric Béranger said.The company will lift its overall missile output by 40% this year, a “very significant” increase, Béranger said at a press conference here on Thursday to present MBDA’s annual results. The firm will double the size of its five-year investment plan to help ramp up production.The destruction wrought by missiles and drones in wars in Ukraine and the Middle East has created a sense of urgency in…

Decisions involving federal employees’ union representation will soon see more political involvement on the front end of the process, a change that upends more than 40 years of precedent. The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued a pair of interim final rules on Tuesday, revising its internal operations for how it processes the labor-management cases. Once the rules take effect next month, the FLRA’s three-member board of political appointees will become involved in initial decisions on amending bargaining units, overseeing union elections and certifying new union chapters. That initial process is currently designated to regional directors — career federal employees —…