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WAR & GEOPOLITICS
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. A sanctioned vessel that was previously reported to have transported weapons destined for Russian mercenaries has been traversing ports on the west coast of Africa since March, exh…
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Satellite images obtained and analysed by Bellingcat show over five miles of new road constructed in Big Bend National Park in southwestern Texas, part of a US Customs and Border P…
Iran will almost certainly try to pry open the captured drone’s hardware, but the platform's software does carry built-in defenses, analysts say.
Bone fragments from the sword hand of a medieval Russian prince who won a famous victory over the Mongols have been sent to the front in Ukraine.
The U.S. radar specialist said it's sensing new business opportunities in Europe, where governments are scrambling to up their counter-drone capabilities.
My 27-year career with the CIA makes me wary of the certainty their use can appear to convey.
A multinational group meets this week at NATO headquarters in Belgium to discuss protections for civilians during combat. Even though the U.S. co-founded this effort, no American delegation will be in the room.
DOD must use “the fantastically skilled people that we have in a much more effective way,” Kirsten Davies said.
This year’s U.N. General Assembly officially opened on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The annual gathering gives diplomats and leaders a valuable opportunity to press their foreign policy priorities and engage — formally and informally — with both partners and adversaries. Most heads of state…
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE TECH
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Pickaxe Mountain presents immense targeting challenges and that's where a key test range in New Mexico comes in to play, just as it did for Midnight Hammer. The post Work At Underground Test Site A New Indicator Of Possible Strikes On Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain Bunker appeared first…
The capture of the port of Mokha and possibly the islands of Perim and Zuraq can give the Houthis key points of control over the Red Sea and the Strait. The post Houthis’ Stranglehold On Strategic Bab Al-Mandab Strait Grows Stronger appeared first on TWZ.
The system’s open architecture could let Kyiv mix and match interceptors as its missile inventory evolves. The post Ukraine’s New Shershen SAM Can Fire A Wild Mix Of Adapted Air-To-Air Missiles appeared first on TWZ.
Australian Earth observation satellite company LatConnect 60 (LC60) has strengthened its position in India with two strategic agreements announced at the Bengaluru Space Expo 2026 on September 7th, spanning satellite […] The post LatConnect 60 Expands India Market Presence for SW…
Leuven, Belgium & Halifax, Canada – 3 September 2026 – European optical payload provider Simera Sense today announced that Canadian space technology company Galaxia has acquired a HyperScape100 hyperspectral imaging […] The post Galaxia Takes Next Step in Earth Observation with p…
DURANGO, Colo. — Sept. 2, 2026 — Agile Space Industries celebrated the completion of a 20,500-square-foot expansion of its Durango headquarters with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 26, joined by […] The post Agile Space Industries Celebrates Durango Headquarters Expansion wit…
UNDERGROUND & INVESTIGATIVE
The post Empty Seat: U.S. Absent as Western Powers Meet on Wartime Protections for Civilians appeared first on ProPublica.
The post 25 Years After 9/11, Questions About the FBI’s Pursuit of Saudi Suspects in the Case Have Only Grown appeared first on ProPublica.
The post Got a Connection to Dominican Baseball? Text Us on WhatsApp. appeared first on ProPublica.
A year after his killing, people who lost their jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk are still suffering under the erosion of free speech. The post Fired After the Charlie Kirk Revenge Purge, They’re Still Unemployed appeared first on The Intercept.
A far-right hacker that touts cyber attacks on leftist sites has close ties to DataRepublican, the X account of a Pentagon employee. The post Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left appeared first on The Intercept.
The unfriendly skies: On United, your checked bags might be riding alongside some tank parts bound for Israel. The post United Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger Flights appeared first on The Intercept.
ICIJ’s 2020 FinCEN Files revealed that major banks flagged suspicious payments involving one of the Venezuelan tycoon's companies, which remains at the heart of embezzlement investigations in Europe.
Yorgen Fenech was the last of seven men prosecuted for her 2017 assassination.
An ICIJ review found nearly $1.7 billion in settlements and fines over a 15 year period. But experts said many companies see the payouts as the cost of doing business.
INDEPENDENTS & SUBSTACK
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America was successful in stopping another major jihadist attack. But we’re starting to forget the crucial lessons learned that day.
Twenty-five years after her 13-hour shift at the World Trade Center’s closest hospital, a doctor revisits the memories she wrote down but then put away.
General David Petraeus writes about how President George W. Bush showed him that presidential leadership sometimes means rejecting the momentum of events—and accepting responsibility for what follows.
LEFT
Donald Trump and the Republicans want you to be terrified of socialists. But they really don’t want to talk about our core economic policies, because the moment you spell those policies out, they sound pretty good.
At American universities, nap pods and meditation apps paper over backbreaking workloads. As higher education increasingly conforms to corporate logic, its most durable product becomes a student with a proven capacity for overwork.
Art critic, novelist, Marxist, lover, exile, storyteller: John Berger resisted every easy definition. His new biography embraces the contradictions he left behind.
As part of our weeklong coverage marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the launch of the United States’ so-called war on terror, we take a look at the human, financial and environmental costs of U.S. military intervention around the world with Neta Crawford…
“The 'war on terror' was always a construct to be waged, never quite to be ended.” We discuss the origins and impacts of the global “war on terror,” launched by the U.S. government in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., with Spencer Ac…
In the five years since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan following the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country, millions of Afghan refugees have been forced out of neighboring Iran and Pakistan, where they had been living and “dumped at the border” without …
The complaint alleges that there is a “legitimate question” whether Trump is paying staffers for their loyalty.
The US’s post-9/11 wars have cost the country at least $8 trillion in military costs, research recently found.
Trump posed as a “war on terror" critic, but he just waged it more violently and expansively, says Spencer Ackerman.
Recent escalations in West Asia including Iranian missile strikes on US targets, Israeli ceasefire violations in Lebanon, and Yemeni territorial breakthroughs—are actively spiking global oil prices, defying established US political narratives. Alongside these military development…
RIGHT
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance spoke at the Republican National Convention (RNC) 2026 midterm convention on Thursday, September 10. The post Watch: Donald Trump and JD Vance Speak at RNC Midterm Convention appeared first on Breitbart.
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) honors late founder Charlie Kirk at the Utah Valley University he was killed on one year ago today on Thursday, September 10. The post Watch Live: Turning Point USA Honors Charlie Kirk on the First Anniversary of His Death appeared first on Breitbart.
Social media was flooded Thursday with a continuous outpouring of support for Turning Point USA founder and conservative icon Charlie Kirk. The post Support for Charlie Kirk Floods Social Media on One-Year Anniversary of His Assassination appeared first on Breitbart.
Austria's Headscarf Ban For Under-14 Schoolgirls Comes Into Force Via Remix News, Austria's new nationwide ban on "traditional Muslim" head coverings, including hijabs and burqas, for girls under 14 in both public and private schools, has now taken effect as of Sept…
We Are In World War Xi Authored by Karen Siegemund and Bradley A. Thayer via American Greatness, As the Russo-Ukrainian war continues, Americans may blame Russian leader Vladimir Putin for starting "World War III." It is correct that World War III has started, but i…
25 Years Later, Air Travel Still Bears The Imprint Of 9/11 Authored by Jeremy Lott via The Epoch Times, The terror attacks 25 years ago this week had enduring costs for America's commercial aviation sector. Today's domestic fliers are on balance worse off for it,…
Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz didn’t hold back Thursday night, delivering a high-octane address at Day 2 of the RNC midterm convention that blew the roof off the hall and laid bare what he called a direct, existential threat to the Republic. Speaking just 54 days out from what he dubbe…
President Donald Trump says there’s one word he does not believe in: “regret.” Trump sat down for an interview on FOX News’s “The Ingraham Angle” broadcast Thursday, where host Laura Ingraham asked the president whether he had second thoughts about ordering military action agains…
Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial ended in a hung jury and a mistrial — and while the prosecution must now weigh the potential costs and benefits of bringing the charges again, Clancy’s attorney and several members of the jury have already begun a second shadow trial designed to pois…
THINK TANKS
The Bio-Pharma Industry and Society Listing Summary Please join the CSIS Global Health Policy Center on March 17, from 10:00am – 11:30am, for an exploration of how private bio-pharmaceutical firms can better support the critically important societal goals of…
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2016 U.S.-Japan Security Seminar Listing Summary Michael J. Green interviews JIIA President Yoshiji Nogami Drupal Admin Fri, 02/26/2016 - 12:54 Featured Image Image …
Three top experts on the terror threat 25 years after 9/11.
Houthi control of a Red Sea port brings Tehran closer to claiming another critical waterway.
Carlos the Jackal left behind a violent, celebrity-obsessed world.
AI & TECH
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything. When Eli Regalado first heard God speak to him, he wondered whether he was hall…
On July 22, 2026, a transmission line fault in Ashburn, Virginia—the heart of the world’s largest data center cluster—knocked more than 3 gigawatts of load off the grid in seconds. And it wasn’t the first time. Two years earlier, a single failed surge arrester dropped roughly 60 …
A San Francisco nonprofit has published a detailed road map of the experiments, studies, and infrastructure that it says would be needed to make informed decisions about the use of solar geoengineering, MIT Technology Review can reveal. Scientists have now spent half a century ex…
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Laptops don't usually get hot enough to burn—but they can still be harmful.
Judge tosses lawsuits, says plaintiffs didn't allege any real privacy violation.
Europe is looking inward, and perhaps to China, as the White House tries to cancel some NASA partnerships.
Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, wrote in a company-wide Slack messages on Wednesday, viewed by 404 Media, that board members "conspired" behind his back to vote to put him on leave.
SCIENCE
Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11079-1Author Correction: The molecular basis of force selectivity by PIEZO2
Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02834-5Drugs that imitate the effect of GABAergic neurons slow the growth of tumours called gliomas in mice.
Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02809-6Seismic data pinpoint the collapse of an underwater volcano, and reveal how the eruption triggered a destructive tsunami.
Ecosystems like wetlands emit more carbon as temperatures rise. By 2100, such feedback loops will increase warming by 20 to 30 per cent more than anticipated
An influx of immune cells into the uterus may be what initiates childbirth. These grab on to muscle cells via tiny tubes and send across mitochondria to provide energy for contractions
A group of astronomers proposes that a series of events in a distant galaxy formed both a black hole and a pulsar, but other experts say the conclusion is premature
Twist on classic Brownian motion experiment could help test bounds of quantum theory and aid search for new particles
Four complex physics problems are now within AI’s reach, researchers say
Hallucinogens and other psychoactive substances influenced everything from architecture to political power