No US Aircraft Carrier in Asia as Iran War Strains the Fleet
For the first time in months, the western Pacific has US Aircraft Carrier on station. The USS George Washington sailed west through the Strait of Malacca on August...
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Pakistan Taliban Conflict: Tea in Kabul, Fire on the Durand Line
In September 2021 a Pakistani spymaster took tea in a Kabul hotel lobby. Cameras found Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed at the Serena. A reporter asked what awaited Afghanistan....
Read moreThe Gatekeeper’s Secret: US Bans Professor Tao Li Over China Talent Plan Ties
For more than two years, Tao Li helped decide which American computer scientists got federal research money. All the while, US investigators say, he was quietly signed up...
Read moreUS Cannot Stop a Drone Swarm at Home, Top General Admits
NORTHCOM's deputy commander says America lacks both the sensors to see an attack and the weapons to stop it. Marco Rubio, meanwhile, says objects over US bases are...
Read moreTrump Orders America’s First New Naval Shipyard in 80 Years as China’s Fleet Races Ahead
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to build a fifth public naval shipyard, the first the United States has added in more than 80 years. He signed...
Read moreIndonesia Earthquake: Flores Death Toll Rises to 38 as Rescuers Dig Through Rubble
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 38 people, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). Rescuers were...
Read more650 Feet From the Oval Office: CCP Intelligence Figure Buys Building Overlooking the White House
A senior Chinese Communist Party figure with a long record in Chinese policing and intelligence now owns a historic office building overlooking the White House. The Philip Qiu...
Read moreReport: CIA Ran Covert Drone Campaign Against Ecuadorian Fishing Boats Near Galápagos
A secret CIA programme, not the Pentagon's publicly acknowledged strikes, was behind a string of drone attacks on three Ecuadorian fishing vessels near the Galápagos Islands earlier this...
Read moreUS–Japan Deep Sea Mine to Break China’s Rare Earth Grip
Washington and Tokyo are preparing to dig the deepest mine ever attempted — almost six kilometres beneath the Pacific, in mud around Minamitorishima, a flat speck of Japanese...
Read moreChina, Indonesia Hold First Joint Naval Drill East of Taiwan
China and Indonesia sailed two warships together this week in the Pacific waters east of Taiwan — the first time China has trained with a foreign navy there,...
Read moreGolden Dome Opens Its Doors to Industry, but the Money May Run Out First
The United States Department of War opened a new digital front door to private industry on 11 August, aiming to speed up Golden Dome, the homeland missile defence...
Read moreOne Fund Closed, C$1.4m Untouched: The Hunka Ruling Canada Cannot Quietly File Away
An Alberta court has cleared the University of Alberta to terminate a C$30,000 research endowment named after Yaroslav Hunka, the Ukrainian-Canadian veteran who was applauded in Canada's Parliament...
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