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Kade Ruotolo submitted Hiroyuki Tetsuka at The Inner Circle on May 15 to extend his perfect MMA record. He also picked up an injury that night. Now his title defense against Fabricio Andrey is off the table for June 26. Instead, Andrey faces British prodigy Owen Jones in a featherweight submission grappling bout at ONE Fight Night 44: Jarvis vs. Rungrawee II on Prime Video, broadcasting live in U.S. primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, June 26. The 26-year-old Alliance product from Manaus carries a 3-0 promotional record and a 106-27 professional career record into the contest,…

UFC Oklahoma City is starting to fill up with some big names.On Thursday, the UFC announced one-time middleweight title challenger Jared Cannonier will face rising contender Christian Leroy Duncan in a pivotal matchup between ranked fighters, while in the welterweight division, fan-favorite fighter Kevin Holland looks to turn back hot prospect Jacobe Smith in a key welterweight matchup.Currently ranked No. 14 in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, Cannonier (18-9) has gone through a rough patch lately, losing three of his past four fights. Most recently, the 42-year-old “Killa Gorilla” dropped a unanimous decision to Michael “Venom” Page at UFC 319…

Updated at 3:58 p.m. ET May 28 A Democratic senator on Thursday requested that an inspector general oversight body designate one of the agency watchdogs to spearhead reviews of the ongoing war in Iran, citing a requirement in federal statute. In her letter, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., pointed to a provision in the U.S. Code mandating that the chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency tap an IG to head oversight of a military “overseas contingency operation that exceeds 60 days.” The U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on Feb. 28. “IG quarterly reporting, audits, inspections and investigations related…

Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds – Washington. The US Speeds Up F-47 and Drone Fighters to Match China strategy highlights the intensifying race between Washington and Beijing to dominate the future of air warfare as both powers rapidly develop next-generation fighter aircraft and AI-enabled combat drones.The United States is now accelerating work on its upcoming F-47 fighter platform alongside a growing fleet of collaborative combat aircraft, or CCA drones, amid concerns over China’s advancing J-36 and J-50 stealth aircraft programs.Pentagon officials increasingly view autonomous drone wingmen and sixth-generation fighters as essential for maintaining air superiority in a future conflict across the…

In 2024, when Jiangsu Delong, the world’s second-largest stainless-steel producer, filed for bankruptcy, several Chinese firms and state-owned enterprises quietly absorbed its Indonesian assets. Among them was China First Heavy Industries, a state-owned enterprise founded in 1954 as one of China’s early Soviet-backed industrial projects. Today, China First Heavy Industries supplies military-grade metals to China’s military, including reactor vessels for nuclear submarines. For a manufacturer embedded deeply in China’s naval industrial base, securing nickel feedstock for specialty steels is crucial.The episode reveals China’s strategy for critical minerals: Incentivizing access to upstream assets for Chinese firms reduces the risk of supply…

WARSAW, Poland — Lithuania’s State Defense Council, the country’s top defense decision-making body, has authorized the Ministry of National Defence to purchase Patria six-wheel-drive armored personnel carriers for the Lithuanian Army.A contract is expected to be signed with the Finnish producer in 2027, with Lithuania’s defense industry expected to capture a share of the planned procurement.“This is a multifunctional platform on which air-defense systems and capabilities can be installed, and it will also serve military medical and logistics purposes,” Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas was quoted in a statement released by the ministry.Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda, who is the council’s…

Rose Gottemoeller joined Ryan in Washington. They discussed how the West might think about relations with Russia once the war with Ukraine ends, as well as nuclear diplomacy and other critical issues. Gottemoeller was the deputy secretary general of NATO and, before that, served as a senior State Department official. She is currently at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and has a new book out called Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and US-Russia Relations after the Cold War (Stanford University Press).Image: Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons Image: Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons

If you’ve been blogging for a while, you’ll probably know the WordPress.com Reader – a calm place to catch up on the blogs you follow, without an algorithm deciding what you see. This month, we added a new Social Feeds section to the Reader. Now you can bring in the people you follow on Bluesky, on Mastodon, and across the Fediverse. Then read, react, and post, all without leaving the Reader. One place to read, with more people to follow The Reader has always been one place to catch up on writing across the open web: WordPress.com blogs, Jetpack blogs,…

Iran Press TV Thursday, 28 May 2026 6:40 AM Iran’s acting defense minister says the country’s armed forces, backed by the nation’s support, managed to inflict a “historic defeat” on the US and the Israeli regime in their two imposed wars. Brigadier General Majid Ibn Reza made the remarks in a message sent to his counterparts in Muslim countries on Wednesday, on the occasion of Eid al-Adha (the Feast of the Sacrifice) which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. “The Islamic Republic of Iran was invaded by the United States and the Zionist regime two times in less…

ERA and State Enterprise “Kyrkgyzaeronavigatsia” (ANSP of Kyrgyzstan) have signed a contract for a delivery of Wide Area Multilateration System (WAM) covering the southern part of the airspace of the Kyrgyz Republic. ERA will provide Air Traffic Control solution based on its MSS-5 multilateration system. The contract was signed at ERA boost within the trade fair Airspace World 2026 in Lisbon, on May 26. ERA will deliver its proven MSS-5 WAM system to Kyrgyzstan for its long-term partner SE “Kyrgyzaeronavigatsia”. The project supports Kyrgyzaeronavigatsia’s development strategy aimed at enhancing the safety and security of ever-growing air traffic in the Kyrgyz…