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George Jarvis knocked Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong out in November 2024 and walked away with a six-figure contract. Eighteen months later, Rungrawee has challenged for a ONE World Title. Jarvis knows the man across from him has changed. Rungrawee faces Jarvis in a lightweight Muay Thai rematch in the main event of ONE Fight Night 44 on Prime Video, broadcasting live in U.S. primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, June 26. Their first meeting at ONE Friday Fights 85 in November 2024 ended in a third-round knockout that launched Jarvis onto the global roster and handed Rungrawee the first…

Iran Press TV Saturday, 23 May 2026 7:11 AM Chief of the Pakistani Army Field Marshal Asim Munir, who has traveled to Tehran for consultations with Iranian officials, met Friday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to advance diplomatic initiatives. The meeting took place on Friday and continued late into the night. The two sides exchanged views on the latest diplomatic efforts and initiatives to prevent further escalation and end the US and Israeli aggression against Iran, as well as strategies to strengthen peace, stability, and security in the West Asia region. The Pakistani Army’s Public Relations Department announced Munir’s…

Operation Epic Fury is officially over, but U.S. Air Force F-16s are still flying combat patrol over one of the world’s most volatile airspaces. Newly released photographs taken May 14 in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility show an F-16 Fighting Falcon carrying a weapons mix that tells the whole story of modern air […]

MMA Fighting has PFL Brussels results for the Habirora vs. Henderson fight card and more from ING Arena in Brussels on Saturday afternoon.In the main event, undefeated prospect Patrick Habirora represents his home country of Belgium when he takes on former UFC and WEC lightweight champion Benson Henderson in a welterweight contest. The 25-year-old Habirora (8-0) had an extensive amateur career, but rose to prominence in PFL Europe with two first-round finishes there last year. Henderson (30-12), meanwhile, is an MMA legend, but has not fought in the cage since 2023, instead competing across multiple different disciplines over the past…

The National Treasury Employees Union on Thursday called on the Trump administration to help federal workers cope with rising gas prices, as the president’s war in Iran threatens to enter its third month.Since the effective closure of the Strait of Hormus since shortly after the United States began military strikes in February, the average price of gas has increased from less than $2.81 per gallon in January to $4.56 as of Thursday.In a pair of letters Thursday, NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald called on agency leaders to take steps to help insulate federal employees from the recent spike in fuel…

By Alex Raufoglu May 23, 2026 HELSINGBORG, Sweden — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ended a tense round of NATO talks in Sweden with a blunt message to European allies: Washington’s military footprint on the continent will shrink over time, but the US insists its commitment to NATO’s collective defense remains intact. Rubio’s visit to the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Helsingborg came amid mounting confusion over contradictory signals from US President Donald Trump regarding troop deployments in Europe, especially after Trump abruptly announced that 5,000 additional American troops would be sent to Poland just weeks after Washington revealed…

The 2026 Powerlifting United (PLU) National Championships is in the history books, and history was made in several ways. Over 250 athletes showed up to the Westin San Antonio North hotel in San Antonio, Texas on the weekend of May 16-17 to celebrate powerlifting and compete for national championships across several age and weight categories. There were countless national records set throughout the two days of competition, and many champions were crowned. Over $10,000 in prizes were awarded as well. You can see full replays of both days of action over on PLU’s YouTube channel and summaries of the lifts…

UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland requests that the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights help check off his bucket list. Sean Strickland is known to always be up for a fight, whether it’s in the gym, in the cage, or in the streets of Las Vegas. Strickland most recently reclaimed the UFC middleweight title by handing Khamzat Chimaev his first career loss at UFC 328 earlier this month. As Strickland prepares for a potential title rematch against top contender Nassourdine Imavov, the polarizing UFC star is keeping active and continues to spar routinely at Xtreme Couture. A short drive away from Xtreme…

Minneapolis – May 22, 2026 – The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded Polaris Government and Defense a sole-source contract to continue production and delivery of the MRZR Alpha Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV). The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded through Program Acquisition Executive Marine Corps (PAE-MC) is valued at up to $98M, with an order period of up to five years. The MRZR Alpha is Polaris’ most advanced light tactical vehicle, engineered to meet the evolving demands of expeditionary forces. Designed for enhanced payload capacity, tactical air transport and off-road performance, the MRZR Alpha enables rapid unit deployment…

Navantia UK debuts design for large autonomous vessel to support ‘hybrid navy’ of the future Navantia UK publicly unveiled a scale model of its new LASV75 large autonomous surface vessel concept during the Navy Leaders Combined Naval Event (CNE), held in Farnborough from 19-21 May. Story by Kate Tringham, interview by Xavier Vavasseur The concept design, dubbed LASV75, is intended to support the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) emerging ‘hybrid navy’ construct of crewed, uncrewed and autonomous platforms, the shipbuilder said. Based on a modular 75 meters-long hull and displacing more than 1,000 tonnes, the LASV75 is designed to carry out…