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A contract to supply Ukraine with refurbished light armoured vehicles is officially dead, the defence minister told a House of Commons committee on Tuesday.The Department of National Defence gave 25 decommissioned troop carriers to Armatec Survivability in Dorchester, Ont., located outside of London, almost two years ago, to be rebuilt.  The now-defunct project was driven by the defence department as Canada struggled to find weapons and equipment to Ukraine to help repel Russia’s full-scale invasion.The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), a Crown corporation that brokers defence contracts, was given the task of negotiating the details of the contract, which was estimated to…

Lomé, 10 October 2025: The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) hosted a regional webinar on “Rebalancing Security for Sustainable Development,” bringing together African Member States, regional organizations, and civil society actors to discuss the UN Secretary-General’s report, “The Security We Need: Rebalancing Military Spending for a Sustainable and Peaceful Future.” The webinar explored the impact of rising military spending on social investment and human security in Africa. Participants emphasized the need to align national security budgets with sustainable development priorities and strengthen transparency and accountability in defense spending. Opening the session, Jiaming Miao, Deputy…

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Oct. 20, 2025. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. The $170 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement operations that the Republican Party included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this year led some to warn that the Trump administration was ramping up spending at anti-immigration agencies not just to fund its attacks on migrants, but to deploy federal forces against anyone it wanted to across US communities. New reporting on Monday detailed just how much US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has spent on weaponry since President Donald Trump took office—weapons that have been purchased as the administration has turned federal agents on…

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Read: 3 min The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has failed to recruit and train enough personnel to meet its operational requirements, a new report from the auditor general says. Between April 2022 and March 2025, the Forces received roughly 192,000 applications to serve — but just one in 13 applicants made it through the recruitment pipeline. More than half of those who applied either stopped responding to CAF recruiters or voluntarily withdrew their applications within 60 days. During that three-year interval, the CAF planned to recruit nearly 20,000 new recruits, but ended up recruiting about 15,000.  The numbers reflect the…

A Columbiana man was arrested after Columbiana County Drug Task Force agents found drugs, weapons and a bomb at his Pittsburgh Street home Tuesday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville Metro Police Chief Paul Humphrey is addressing the resignation of Officer Alyssa Begel, whose high-speed crash killed another driver earlier this year.Humphrey joined WDRB Mornings on Tuesday and called the incident “a tragic accident” that continues to impact everyone involved.“You’re talking about a family who’s lost a loved one,” Humphrey said. “And ultimately, you’re also talking about someone whose career with LMPD is over.”Investigators said Begel was driving 95 miles per hour without lights or sirens when she hit another car in April 2025. The other driver, 38-year-old Charles Briscoe, was found to be intoxicated…

Key points and Summary – The Montana-class represents the U.S. Navy battleships that never sailed. Authorized in 1940 as America’s answer to Japan’s Yamato-class superbattleships, the five planned ships were designed to be the largest, most heavily armed, and best-protected battleships ever built by the United States, featuring twelve 16-inch guns. -However, the program was canceled in July 1943 before construction began. 16-Inch Iowa-Class Guns. Image Credit: National Security Journal. -The decisive naval battles of World War II, particularly Coral Sea and Midway, proved that aircraft carriers, not battleships, were the new queens of the sea, shifting wartime priorities and…

The very first seasonal event for the hit hunting action game Monster Hunter Wilds has been officially announced. The “Festival of Accord: Dreamspell” is a new, limited-time event scheduled to begin on October 22nd. For the duration of the festival, the Grand Hub will be transformed with festive, eerie decorations, and a special seasonal meal will be available at the canteen. This free, in-game event will also introduce a host of new, exclusive equipment to craft, new event quests, and a powerful new monster. A special daily login bonus will be active, which will reward players with a special voucher…

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian IT companies have become natural partners of the Armed Forces — with agile teams, product expertise, and experienced engineers skilled in modern technologies, UNN reports.Favbet Tech has been cooperating with Ukraine’s Defense Forces for more than three years and is now developing several key military technology directions.”Favbet Tech’s systematic support of the Ukrainian army focuses on three core components that ensure our troops’ technological advantage on the battlefield — FPV drones, AI-powered reconnaissance and targeting systems, and training for units countering enemy drones,” said Artem Skrypnyk, CEO of Favbet Tech.In the drone…