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The action returned to the UFC’s home base of Meta APEX as Manel Kape and Kyoji Horiguchi went head to head for a possible shot at the undisputed UFC flyweight title. Here are our power rankings for the night’s top performers at UFC Vegas 119. UFC Vegas 119 Power Rankings 1. Manel Kape Portugal’s hard-hitting flyweight contender showcased his punch power in MMA gloves in stunning fashion as he turned his main event fight with Kyoji Horiguchi on its head with one connection from his heavy hands. Horiguchi had largely dominated the first two rounds, and looked in solid form…

Editor’s note: This is a developing story.A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter carrying four members crashed during a training flight Monday in Sitka, Alaska, the service announced. Coast Guard search-and-rescue teams, along with crews from the Sitka Fire Department, responded to the scene near Harbor Mountain at about 11:00 a.m. and transported the service members to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center for evaluation.The Arctic District command center was informed of the crash at approximately 10:07 a.m.“The safety, well-being, and rescue of our crew members is our absolute immediate priority,” the Coast Guard said. “The cause of the incident is not…

PARIS — Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll called for faster acquisition, stronger interoperability and closer cooperation with allies and partners during a statement of intent signing ceremony held June 16, during the second day of Eurosatory 2026. The agreement is intended to expand the Uncrewed Aircraft System Marketplace granting allies and partners access to counter-drone capabilities that have been proven on today’s battlefields. The ceremony brought together U.S. Army leaders and representatives from NATO Allies including Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France, Poland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy and Lithuania to address one of the most urgent challenges facing modern…

Andrea Miotti is the founder and CEO of ControlAI, a non-profit dedicated to mitigating the risks from powerful AI systems. Working in the US, UK, Canada, and Germany, ControlAI calls for prohibiting the development of superintelligent AI, as AI experts assess it poses an extinction risk. Andrea’s published work on the extinction risk of superintelligent AI includes The Compendium, which explains the extinction risks from AI, and A Narrow Path, covering proposals intended for action by policymakers. His expert commentary and op-eds have appeared in outlets including TIME, The Guardian, BBC, and more. Where do you see the most exciting…

U.S. Marines in Okinawa this month formally received the installation’s first Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System and Marine Air Defense Integrated System, the service announced. The delivery is the service’s latest integration of modernized defenses in the increasingly contested Indo-Pacific. The two systems, NMESIS and MADIS, were welcomed by personnel from the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as key pieces in those threat recalibration efforts. The NMESIS is a ground-based ship-killing missile system designed to be deployed in sea denial operations near coastlines. The system features a Naval Strike Missile system — fixed to a Joint Light Tactical…

Fardust’s dark fantasy deckbuilder trims its roster and introduces a punishing new revival penalty ahead of its Steam launch.After two months of relative silence, Fardust has returned with a firm launch date for Shards of Order. The dark fantasy deckbuilding, which I defined as “Dark Souls Trapped Inside a Deckbuilding RPG,” will arrive on PC on July 28, 2026, alongside several substantial changes shaped by demo feedback and internal playtesting.The latest development update covers more than the release date. It introduces a harsher revival system, a revised redraw economy, faster combat sequencing, and a smaller permanent party built around the Exile,…

Fort Erie, Canada, 17 June 2026 – Airbus has delivered the first H135 helicopter for Canada’s Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program, achieving a key milestone in the modernisation of pilot training for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The aircraft, designated the CT-153 Juno for service in the RCAF, will support training the next generation of RCAF pilots, providing a modern, twin-engine training platform equipped with Airbus’ Helionix avionics suite. The H135 was selected by SkyAlyne, the prime contractor responsible for delivering the FAcT program, to meet the evolving training requirements of future RCAF rotary-wing pilots.“It is our collective mission to…

Two two executive orders on Monday aim to hasten the arrival of useful quantum computers while protecting U.S. systems from them.“Innovation and security have to be balanced,” National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said during the White House signing ceremony on Monday.As expected, the orders address different aspects of the burgeoning quantum information sciences and technology landscape.One, “Ushering In The Next Frontier Of Quantum Innovation,” launches “a national effort” to create a quantum computer that can perform basic operations and improve quantum sensors. It directs the creation of a “Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science Effort” at in a Department of…

A group of 23 Democrats in both the House and Senate called on the Trump administration to detail its plans to administer the 2026 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, nearly a year after officials flouted federal law in cancelling it because of needed “transformation.”Each year, the Office of Personnel Management is required by law to conduct a survey of federal employees’ workplace engagement and morale, with 16 of its questions mandated by federal regulations.But last year, OPM Director Scott Kupor canceled the survey, citing the need to remove questions to conform with the president’s anti-diversity executive orders and to “refocus” it…

By Dmitry Filipoff For the next two weeks, CIMSEC will be featuring writing submitted to our Call for Articles on maritime conflict with Iran.  The maritime domain has featured prominently in the Iran War and heavily shaped negotiations over the post-war future. The world economy has been strongly affected, with the military contest over the Strait of Hormuz reverberating across markets.  Below are the articles and authors being featured, and will be updated with further submissions as the series unfolds. “The Price of Doubt: Sea Control in the Strait of Hormuz,” by James Jackson“Hormuz and the Era of Asymmetry: Sea…