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Michael ‘Venom’ Page wants to get back on the same page with the UFC, and beating up Nursulton Ruziboev is the way to do that.This Saturday, ‘MVP’ takes on Ruziboev in the featured bout of UFC Paris. It’s the final fight on Page’s UFC contract, and heading into the contest, there’s been rampant speculation about his future with the promotion, in large part because Page’s run with the UFC has underwhelmed, which even the 39-year-old admits.“There’s so much left for me to do,” Page said at UFC Paris Media Day (h/t Emiel Sardarean). “I’m excited to do it. I’m still…

A U.S. Army National Guard staff sergeant has received $35,000 from her former employer as part of a settlement aided by the Department of Justice. Staff Sgt. Stacy Gonzales initially filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas on June 27, 2022, claiming that grant funding for her civilian job as a disease intervention specialist (DIS) with the Finney County, Kan., Department of Health—a position under the direct control and supervision of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)—was eliminated when she told them she was going to be deployed. The case centers on…

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 The last EC-130H Compass Call in the Air Force’s active inventory made its final flight Sept. 2, as the service prepares to retire the venerable electronic warfare aircraft and pivot to the new EA-37B. A spokesperson for the 55th Wing confirmed the event, often called a “fini flight,” to Air & Space Forces Magazine. A formal retirement ceremony for the aircraft will take place Sept. 18 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,…

A rising flyweight star who earned a UFC contract last month on DWCS has opened up about how his obsession with Conor McGregor as a casual fan eventually spiraled into garage fights with high school rivals he had beef with. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 11: Conor McGregor of Ireland prepares to face Max Holloway in a welterweight fight during the UFC 329 event at T-Mobile Arena on July 11, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC) The aforementioned newly signed UFC flyweight in question is none other than Bilal Hasan. Bilal Hasan Reveals How Conor McGregor…

I have been looking for a successor to Steel Panthers for a while. Many rumors of a Steel Panthers remake just fizzled out over the decades. I owned the Matrix version and the free version from Shrapnel Games. I thought their games were brilliant, but the UI was horrible. At least the Shrapnel version had arrow keys you could use, which the older version did not. But the worst offender to me was that it was hard to make out the shadows where your units can move in any version I played. It was a game I badly wanted to get…

India has reportedly agreed to buy a limited number of FGM-148 Javelin fire-and-forget antitank missiles from the USA. (DoD)Sergio Gor, the US Ambassador to India, announced in a 28 August 2026 online post that the Indian Army “plans to buy the battle-tested Javelin antitank system”. His post followed the Indian Army reportedly signing a letter of offer and acceptance to purchase the US-manufactured FGM-148 Javelin missile via the Foreign Military Sales programme.The purchase is understood to cover 25 Lightweight Command Launch Units (LWCLU) plus 60 missiles. It follows a 2025 Indian Army request for Javelins that was approved by the…

A second letter from James (in response to Murray answering his first!) James asks about ancient sieges – in particular, how Tyre fell to Alexander in 322 BC, and he also asks what Murray’s favourite sieges are. Murray obliges with an overtime rant! Join us on Patreon patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

Separated from China by a roughly 100-mile-wide strait, Taiwan relies on its navy as the first line of defense against a potential invasion. It must be able to prevent an assault by a Chinese force carried across the Taiwan Strait in large amphibious ships. Taiwan has traditionally favored large ships such as destroyers and frigates to form the core of its fleet, both as visible symbols of state power and as tools for signaling resolve in the face of Chinese coercion, and Taiwan’s current shipbuilding plans include replacing an aging surface fleet with large and expensive new ships.Yet large surface…

The summer of 2026 has raised questions once again among politicians, diplomats, and academics about whether Germany might be about to dither on Russia. Last month, a drone attack on German soil seemed designed to coerce Germany back into business as usual. Earlier, there had been rumblings about two German ex-chancellors brokering a peace treaty between Kyiv and Moscow. Both Angela Merkel and Gerhard Schröder are living embodiments of the ill-reputed Ostpolitik, Germany’s tradition of pragmatic cooperation with the Kremlin over the heads of other Eastern European countries.Is Germany getting ready for a reset with Russia, though? Not really. Berlin’s…