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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division turned heads yesterday with social media posts that seemed to suggest the unit had begun fielding a new version of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) armed with a turreted 30mm cannon. Multiple outlets and large social media channels subsequently reported the news this way. TWZ asked the Army and defense contractor BAE Systems for more information, and both have clarified that the two AMPV 30s delivered this week are company-funded prototypes that are only set to…

MMA Fighting has Inoue vs. Nakatani results for the Naoya Inoue vs. Junto Nakatani fight card and more for one of the most highly anticipated events of the year Saturday morning at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.When the main event begins around 8 a.m. ET, check out our Naoya Inoue vs. Junto Nakatani live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. Naoya Inoue is trying to defend his super bantamweight undisputed title against Junto Nakatani.Check out Inoue vs. Nakatani results below.Inoue vs. Nakatani Main Card (DAZN at 3 a.m. ET)Naoya Inoue vs. Junto NakataniTakuma Inoue vs.…

Welcome to Midnight Mania!Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Friday, May 1, 2026.I’ve seen a lot of weird stuff in combat sports, but tear gas is a new one.Given Gerald Meerschaert’s extensive history of making weight, missing here feels like an ominous sign that “GM3” is injured, unmotivated, or both.Roughly six weeks after his bout versus Axel Sola, Mason Jones still hasn’t received his “Fight of the Night” money.Muhammad Mokaev showing his his functional strength:Melquizael Costa and Joanderson Brito absolutely THROWING DOWN in sparring.Absolutely proving the point, Arman Tsarukyan responded…

President Trump’s April 21 decision on to extend his original two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than 12 hours after he expressed reluctance to do precisely that, is giving the U.S. and Iran more time to salvage a diplomatic process defined by misleading statements, rhetorical chest-thumping, and conflicting agendas.While shooting has stopped for the time being, the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz remains. The good news is that neither the United States’ nor Iran’s best interests are served by a long-term conflict, which suggests both sides are at the very least keen to keep the diplomatic option open in order to determine…

A British diving team has located a Coast Guard cutter wreckage that occurred over a century ago, with officials reminiscing on the lives sacrificed that fateful day. The Coast Guard announced Wednesday that the cutter Tampa was located and confirmed by the British technical diving team Gasperados, at a site roughly 50 miles off Newquay, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, at a depth exceeding 300 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Tampa’s origins date back to World War I. In 1918, the vessel was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Bristol Channel and sank in less than 3 minutes,…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in April for the fourth consecutive month, despite the war in Iran and rising prices, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s latest Purchasing Manager’s Index.  ISM’s index registered 52.7% in April, the same as in March. The overall economy continued expansion for the 18th month in a row. A PMI index below 50% indicates an industry in contraction. The S&P Global US Manfacturing PMI showed a slightly higher rate of expansion, registering 54.5, up from 52.3 in…

Russia has quietly assembled one of its most capable combined aviation groupings outside of Ukraine — not in the Middle East or Central Asia, but in West Africa, where the African Corps is running a sustained air campaign across Mali with a fleet that includes attack helicopters, strike drones, heavy transport aircraft, and front-line bombers […]

United Nations Secretary-General 30 April 2026 New York, UN Press events | António Guterres, Secretary-General A very good morning. Ladies and gentlemen of the media, The Middle East crisis is lumbering into its third month. Despite a fragile ceasefire, the consequences grow dramatically worse with each passing hour. I am deeply concerned about the curtailment of navigational rights and freedoms in the area of the Strait of Hormuz. Impeding the delivery of oil, gas, fertilizer, and other critical commodities. Disrupting energy, transport, manufacturing, and food markets. And strangling the global economy. As with every conflict, the whole of humanity is…

The Department of Defense announced on Friday that it had struck deals with seven leading artificial intelligence companies to deploy their systems within classified Pentagon networks.Included in the roster of partnerships — intended for “lawful operational use” — are SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services.“These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare,” the department said in a statement.“Together, the War Department and these strategic partners share the conviction that American leadership in AI…

A U.S. military-run body near Gaza that critics say failed in its mission to monitor the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and boost aid flows to besieged Palestinians is set to be shut by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.The ​closing of the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Israel would mark the latest blow to President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, already undermined by repeated Israeli attacks since the October truce and a refusal ‌by Hamas to lay down its arms.Diplomats said the move, which has not been previously reported, underscores the difficulties facing U.S. efforts to oversee the truce and…