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Iran Press TV Tuesday, 28 April 2026 5:33 AM Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the EU’s insistence on inhumane sanctions against Iran demonstrates Europe’s double standards and hastens its “embarrassing descent into irrelevance.” On Monday, European Commission President Ursula Vonder Leyen said at a press brief in Berlin that “it is too early to talk about lifting sanctions on Iran.” In a post on X late Monday, Esmaeil Baghaei strongly criticized the European Commission president’s insistence on maintaining sanctions against Iran under the guise of human rights, calling the stance hypocritical and disgraceful. “The EU’s inhumane sanctions on Iran were…

On the first day of the Army’s most elite combat engineering competition, the winning team made an error that could have knocked them out of running. For a swimming task, the pair forgot to swim the entire length of the lane, skipping out on 100 meters of the event.Despite being upset and confused, 1st Lt. Bryce Sullenger said the duo “knew we had to brush it off our shoulders and move on to the next event.” And move on, they did.Representing the 75th Ranger Regiment, Sullenger and his partner, 1st Lt. Christopher Barrett put aside the setback and won first…

Republican appropriators in the House last week thwarted efforts by their Democratic colleagues to override President Trump’s apparent plan to freeze civilian federal employees’ pay next year and restore civil service and workplace protections currently on the chopping block.The House Appropriations Committee voted along party lines to advance its draft of the fiscal 2027 Financial Services and General Government spending bill last week, the culmination of a marathon markup hearing that spanned multiple days. That legislation is traditionally the vehicle by which lawmakers move to overrule a president’s pay raise plans for the following year.Earlier this month, President Trump released…

Global Times By Global Times Published: Apr 28, 2026 10:48 AM Chinese envoy denounced remarks by Japan over the South China Sea and East China Sea as “completely confound black and white” at a UN Security Council meeting on ‌Monday and accused Tokyo of provocative behavior in the Taiwan Straits. During the Council meeting, Ayano Kunimitsu, a Japanese vice foreign minister, claimed that Tokyo was seriously concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas and reiterated Japan’s opposition to any attempt to change the status quo by force and obstruction of freedom of navigation and overflight, per…

There’s a warship out there that doesn’t look like a warship at all. No towering radar masts. No classic gray silhouette slicing the horizon. Instead, the USS Zumwalt DDG-1000 almost glides into view like something borrowed from a sci-fi storyboard, low, angular, strangely quiet. And that’s not just aesthetic flair. It’s deliberate.The first time defense analysts saw its design, reactions were… mixed. Some called it revolutionary. Others weren’t so kind, “overpriced experiment” showed up more than once. But here’s the thing: few ships in modern naval history have sparked as much debate while quietly reshaping how future warfare might look.So…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The Space Force’s $71 billion fiscal 2027 budget request includes about $2.5 billion for commercial services like satellite communications and off-the-shelf capabilities, but officials say commercial components and technology are embedded throughout programs, making the true allocation much higher.  The service has been at the forefront of a larger Pentagon shift toward leveraging private sector investments in defense technology to develop and field systems faster and in larger numbers. In 2024,…

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev echoed Carlos Ulberg’s ‘pretender’ label of Jiri Prochazka after UFC 327. Carlos Ulberg began a new era in the UFC light heavyweight division with a wild come-from-behind knockout of Jiri Prochazka at UFC 327 earlier this month. After Prochazka injured Ulberg’s leg just minutes into their fight, Ulberg caught Prochazka with a massive punch to win the then-vacant UFC light heavyweight title. Ulberg has since called out Prochazka’s ‘mercy’ narrative stemming from the former champion’s post-fight comments. The remarks made the rounds online after the fight, and Prochazka recently doubled down on his…

The Army is planning to bulk up its lightweight Infantry Squad Vehicle with a heavier, hybrid-powered variant, according to a federal contracting notice.The service wants to add 606 ISV-Heavy vehicles to its existing fleet of roughly 1,105 ISVs through a three-contract effort, signaling a shift in how it intends to use the platform.While the original ISV was designed to rapidly move a nine-soldier squad across rugged terrain, the ISV-H is built to do more than just transport troops. Instead, it emphasizes onboard power generation and mission system support.According to a GM Defense factsheet, the ISV-H is designed for “a myriad…

Malaysia currently has requirements for air defence systems. Do you have suitable air defence systems available in your portfolio, especially as recent wars have highlighted the importance of layered air defence?Thank you, and I am glad you framed it that way, because this is really the defining lesson of recent conflicts. No single system wins the air defence battle. You need layers. You need integration. And you need a command structure smart enough to manage it all in real time. A nation must be able to counter low-cost swarm drones at one end and ballistic missiles at the other, simultaneously,…

Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds, Washington — The US Navy is reinforcing its undersea dominance as the US Navy USS Idaho submarine enters service boosting strike power with the commissioning of a new Virginia-class attack submarine.The addition of USS Idaho marks another step in modernizing the fleet’s submarine force, which remains a critical component of US military strategy. As global competition intensifies, undersea capabilities continue to play a decisive role in deterrence and power projection.The Virginia-class submarines are designed to operate across a wide range of missions, including intelligence gathering, surveillance and precision strike operations. Known for their stealth and advanced…