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Federal prosecutors have charged a California technology executive with participating in a years-long scheme to acquire U.S.-made networking, security and encryption equipment and supply it to customers in Iran, including organizations tied to the country’s nuclear and military establishments. The U.S. Department of Justice announced June 3 that Jamshid Ghomi, 63, of Newport Coast, Calif., was arrested and charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA. Prosecutors allege Ghomi, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen plus founder, owner and CEO of Tehran-based Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. Ltd. (FPR), used the company to procure restricted American technology for…

Global Times By Zhang Wanshi Published: Jun 04, 2026 07:56 AM “The allegation of so-called ‘Chinese espionage threat’ is entirely fabricated and constitutes malicious slander. We strongly condemn this,” said a spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy in UK when asked to comment on the so-called “warning” issued by the UK Security Service (MI5), together with intelligence agencies from other “Five Eyes” countries, alleging that Chinese intelligence services are approaching individuals in Western countries through fake online recruitment schemes in order to steal military, political, and technological intelligence, according to the embassy on Thursday. It must be pointed out that the…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Modularity is a key area of interest as the U.S. Air Force formulates its latest set of requirements for a successor to the MQ-9 Reaper, according to Gen. John Lamontagne, the service’s Vice Chief of Staff. A modular design, both in terms of hardware and software, would help make the chosen platform more flexible and adaptable to different mission sets. Earlier this year, the Air Force did lay out other prospective requirements for a relevant-sounding MQ-9 replacement, including a design that is…

Five new nations, namely Belgium, Estonia, Italy, Sweden and Türkiye joined the multinational Electronic Warfare Capability Coalition in June 2025. The coalition is sources and provides EW materiel and assistance to the Ukrainian military. Officials from the Electronic Warfare Capability Coalition updated delegates on the organisation’s progress at this year’s EW Europe conference and exhibition. The Association of Old Crows’ annual Electronic Warfare Europe conference and exhibition was hosted in Helsinki between 19th and 21st May. The conference programme included a presentation by officials from the multinational Electronic Warfare Capability Coalition (EW CAPCO). Formed in 2025, the EW CAPCO comprises…

It’s true that I’ve been using leglocks since the 1990s, long before they became popular, and that my fascination with them continues to this day. In fact, I think that any teacher who doesn’t teach them is doing his students a HUGE disservice. But it’s ALSO true that I feel physically ill when I see how some schools train leglocks in sparring. Watching two guys trading toehold for toehold, or attempting to counter a heel hook with another, more violently applied heel hook… well… it makes my cojones want to climb deep into my abdomen. I have no problem aggressively fighting to get into…

When President Donald Trump repeatedly pressed regional leaders on Abraham Accords expansion late last month — framing Arab-Israeli normalization as a debt owed and a condition for a settlement to end the Iran war — he apparently commented there had been silence on the other end of the line.Arab and Muslim states are not silent because they lack a position on normalization. Indeed, collectively they have already articulated one through the Arab Peace Initiative ­— the 2002 proposal that offered normalized relations between Israel and over 50 countries. In exchange, it required Israel to fully withdraw from occupied territories, agree…

Just two weeks after UFC BJJ 8, the promotion goes for a quick turnaround to host more Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) stars along with a light heavyweight title bout. UFC BJJ 9 happens on THURSDAY (June 4, 2026) inside the UFC’s Meta Apex venue in Las Vegas, Nevada.The event will be headlined by Mason Fowler looking to defend his light heavyweight crown against former IBJJF no gi world champ Devhonte Johnson. In the co-main event, longtime UFC star Gilbert Burns will go back to his grappling roots after retiring from MMA, and will make his UFC BJJ debut against Horlando Monteiro.…

Mark Ellis is the Executive Director of the International Bar Association (IBA). He served as Legal Advisor to the Kosovo Commission and advised the OSCE on the creation of Serbia’s War Crimes Tribunal. Dr Ellis worked alongside the ICTY, the Iraqi High Tribunal, the Cambodia Tribunal and presently with the ICC. In 2015, he was appointed to the UN Advisory Panel on Defence Counsel and in the same year launched eyeWitness to Atrocities, a mobile app for documenting war crimes. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Dr Ellis has led the IBA’s support efforts for Ukraine and, as a result, has…

The UFC owners at TKO Group Holdings announced another $150 million in dividend payouts are set to go out to investors in June as the company continues to report record revenues.This is the second consecutive quarter where TKO has sent out dividend payouts to Class A common stockholders after already paying out approximately $150 million back in March. The latest payout is for the second quarter of 2026 with investors divvying up another $150 million with stockholders being paid $0.79 per share with the dividend payments going out on June 30.The latest dividend payout comes after TKO inked numerous blockbuster…

Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) struck the Russian Steregushchy-class corvette RFS Boiky on the morning of June 3rd. The attack took place around 06h35 local time as part of a larger UAV strike against military and economic targets in the Saint Petersburg region . At the time of the attack, the corvette was docked at the Veleshchynsjy dockyard at Kronstadt where it was undergoing a planned maintenance since February 2026. Footage of the drone attack made available by Ukraine, shows how the corvette is struck at least twice midships just aft the superstructure. The attack was part of a larger…