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Ian Machado Garry has found a fresh way to get under the skin of the MMA community before the biggest night of his career. The Irish contender has revealed he is vegan and has partnered with PETA ahead of Saturday’s UFC 330 welterweight title fight with Islam Makhachev in Philadelphia. Rather than quietly changing his meal plan, Garry has put the decision front and centre of fight week. That has handed fans another reason to debate the polarising 28-year-old, who will try to take the 170-pound title from Makhachev at Xfinity Mobile Arena on August 15. The UFC has confirmed…

Türkiye’s future National Fast Attack Craft (FAC) broke cover during the naming and launching ceremony of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s third LMS Batch 2 vessel on August 9, 2026. The ceremony for the Tunku Osman Jewa (143) took place at Istanbul Shipyard. Photo and video coverage from the event showed the hull and superstructure of the Turkish FAC in the background. These images indicate that the construction of the vessel is well underway and the ship has started to take its final shape. Naval News previously covered this project during the IDEF 2025 defense exhibition. At that time, STM had…

Introduction The 2012 remake of the titular XCOM: Enemy Unknown is now seen by the games industry as the moment turn-based strategy was not only revived, but got up, started running, and has never stopped since. In fact, looking at the up-and-coming strategy games releasing in 2026, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be slowing down any time soon, with Star Wars: Zero Company shaping up nicely to become the big-hitter in the genre. So, to quench our thirst while we wait for its release, I have compiled the best turn-based strategy games to play if you love XCOM!…

Cory Geisler understands the challenges ahead for the broader military community but remains cautiously optimistic that good policies will help drive the next era of veterans. On July 29, Geisler became the 118th commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), overseeing approximately 1.3 million members. The Hartland, Wis., native said during his speech at the organization’s 127th National Convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Nevada that he intends to stand up for veterans across America, advocating their needs to Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Iraq War veteran and life member of VFW Post 721 in…

Abstract This article reexamines countervalue nuclear targeting in a multipolar strategic environment characterized by demographic asymmetry and autocratic governance. During the Cold War, countervalue deterrence relied primarily on population and industrial destruction as proxies for national wealth. This article argues that such metrics are increasingly misaligned with contemporary political economy, particularly in China. Real estate valuation offers a more regime-relevant proxy for elite wealth concentration, fiscal capacity, and sanction resilience. Integrating real estate valuation into countervalue deterrence planning can improve proportionality, credibility, and escalation control while remaining consistent with established deterrence theory and strategic stability objectives. Introduction: Imposing Unacceptable Costs…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Gen. Michael Guetlein, the top U.S. military officer in charge of the Golden Dome missile defense shield, says he is confident that the initiative will be able to deliver the desired capabilities within its current stated budget of $185 billion. Operational elements of the huge new architecture are currently scheduled to start coming online in mid-2028. This is despite independent estimates that the required ‘system of systems’ could cost exponentially more to develop, field, and maintain. At the same time, Guetlein has…

The undefeated Anthony Wint has delivered the kind of performance to impress Dana White and earn a UFC contract. Earlier tonight, in the final bout of Dana White’s Contender Series Season 10, Week 1, Wint, a former academic coordinator, locked horns with the 28-year-old Matt Adams. As the heavyweight contest began, Wint came out firing with devastating leg kicks, and just 20 seconds into the fight, he took his opponent’s back during a scramble and began unloading heavy left and right hands from the back position. After several unanswered blows, the referee had seen enough and stepped in to stop…

Lord of the Flies premiered on television this year, a four-part BBC adaptation that aired in February and hit Netflix in May to reviews far kinder than anything the boys extend each other. The series keeps faith with what William Golding penned—and frankly propagandized—in 1954: Leave boys without authority and they will tear each other apart. Golding served through the war in the Royal Navy, D-Day included, and he presented the novel as a report on what those years taught him. Anyone who came through them without understanding “that man produces evil as a bee produces honey,” he wrote later,…

Recent combat with Iran has put pressure on U.S. munitions stockpiles as the Pentagon pushes defense companies to accelerate production and delivery of critical weapons.Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg told defense-industry leaders in an Aug. 5 memo that they have 21 days to submit plans for “significantly faster, more aggressive delivery schedules and/or increased production for critical capabilities.”“Years-long development cycles are not acceptable,” Feinberg wrote. “We must dramatically accelerate our program schedules and expand our production capacity now.”The memo also asks companies to propose specific capital investments and facility expansions and to explain how they would work with the Pentagon…

Trending:REPORT: Charles Oliveira set to defend BMF title in UFC 331 headlinerONE ChampionshipTwo consecutive wins over a legend have left one fighter with a legitimate case that there is nobody left to prove himself against except a champion. Abdulla Dayakaev closed out his rivalry with ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Champion Superlek with a second-round TKO at The Inner Circle 25, improving his record to 17-3. The finish came just 39 seconds into round two at Lumpinee Stadium when Superlek’s leg gave out during an exchange. It cut short a fight Dayakaev had expected to go the distance. With that rivalry…