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BERLIN (AP) — The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said. Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Prosecutors said he had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group. Ballout was suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival Saturday night before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what…

Fort Irwin, Calif. – A key highlight of Joint experimentation during Project Convergence Capstone 6 is the Army, Navy and Space Force coming together on the west coast to experiment with the effects of a technology called Hammer of the Gods. Although Hammer of the Gods is a relatively new technological capability, it has already begun to play an important role in military experimentation. Hammer of the Gods is an emitter that provides an expanded suite of command-and-control (C2) and operational capabilities in a highly deployable, low-electromagnetic-signature, electronic warfare platform, delivering multi-domain effects at the forward edge of operations. Land-based…

UFC stars Colby Covington, Belal Muhammad, Merab Dvalishvili, and Henry Cejudo have their grudge matches booked to take pace on the RAF mats.RAF officially announced a pair of main event bouts Saturday, with Dvalishvili and Cejudo set for a wrestling rematch at RAF 12 on Aug. 22 in Cleveland, and longtime rivals Covington and Muhammad headlining RAF 13 on Sept. 19 in Miami.Both bouts feature gold on the line. Covington defends his RAF Cruiserweight Crossover Championship, while Dvalishvili and Cejudo battle to become the inaugural Lightweight Crossover champion. The Crossover titles were introduced to allow for UFC stars to compete…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. During a recent tour TWZ took of the RTX-owned Pratt & Whitney’s jet engine assembly plant in Middletown, Connecticut, nearly everything was quiet on the line following a major push to complete outstanding deliveries by the end of the second quarter on July 1. But the Bearing Automation Robotic Builder – known familiarly as BARB – remained calmly at work, completing assembly processes for the #2, #5, and #6 bearings on the company’s commercial 1100G – one of the company’s GTFs, or…

Magomed Ankalaev has responded to Paulo Costa’s recent mockery of his fight and eventual vow to ‘save’ the light heavyweight division. Ankalaev took on Bogdan Guskov in the main event of UFC Abu Dhabi. An uneventful fight saw the Russian emerge victorious in the fifth round via TKO. Although Ankalaev had been cruising on the judges’ scorecards by the time he won, not many were impressed with his performance. Magomed Ankalaev vs. Bogdan Guskov at UFC Abu Dhabi and Paulo Costa (inset) Paulo Costa took to X to hit out at the quality of the fight, also expressing his desire…

UFC Abu Dhabi is in the books and while there were a number of great fights and electrifying performances, Magomed Ankalaev’s main event against Bogdan Guskov was not one of them. Ankalaev remains stuck in second gear even when facing a late replacement like Guskov who was effectively teed up for “Big Ank” to destroy. Instead, we watched five slow rounds where neither man put their foot on the gas.It’s a shame, because we were supposed to get Magomed Ankalaev vs. Khalil Rountree Jr., and Rountree Jr. has a much better resume when it comes to fighting with some goddamn…

Just Add Lava’s upcoming strategy game aims to condense exploration, colonization, research, diplomacy, and warfare into a more focused galactic campaign. Developer and Publisher: Just Add Lava Genre: Turn-Based Space 4X Strategy Platforms: Windows, macOS, and Linux Release Window: 2027 Mode: Single-player Demo: Playable in a web browser through itch.io, with a dedicated Steam demo also listed as coming soon. Not every interstellar empire needs to require weeks of planning and hundreds of turns to complete. Vega Chronicle is being developed around a bite-sized interpretation of the space 4X formula, retaining its familiar cycle of exploration, expansion, economic development, technological…

What to know about Trump’s newest global tariffs – Atlantic Council Trade and tariffs United States and Canada Fast Thinking July 24, 2026 Print this page By Atlantic Council GET UP TO SPEED They’re built to last. The Trump administration on Thursday announced tariffs between 10 percent and 12.5 percent on sixty trading partners around the world. These new tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 will replace the global tariffs struck down earlier this year by the US Supreme Court—and are designed to be much more legally durable. To dig into the reasoning behind…

CAIRO (AP) — The United States paused its attacks on Iran for a second straight day Sunday and Tehran said it had done so too, as efforts continued to bring the countries back to negotiations on an interim ceasefire deal largely undermined by recent exchanges of fire. It was not clear why the U.S. has paused after targeting Iranian coastal areas and infrastructure in a nearly two-week escalation sparked by Iran’s firing at ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to questions Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump is “giving talks some space. He’s…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Editor’s Note: This is the first in a multipart series on military training during the summer at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Subsequent installments will publish in the coming weeks. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.—It’s 0459, and Cadet 1st Class Abigail Anderson is standing outside the door, her hands poised over the wooden surface, waiting. All up and down the long hallway, others hold the same position.   0500 hits, and the yelling and pounding is instant.   “Get up! Rise and shine! Shave your…