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20 May 2026 914

Google AI engineer claims he was pushed out after protesting company’s work with Israeli government

Google is facing a legal challenge from an AI engineer who claims he was unfairly dismissed after he protested against its work for the Israeli government, highlighting growing concerns about the social and ethical impacts of AI.

World

26 Apr 2026 979

Britain accused of weakening Falklands air defences as Argentina rearms with fighter jets

Ministers have been accused of downgrading air defences for the Falkland Islands as Argentina expands its air force.

World

24 Apr 2026 886

Falklands sovereignty row flares again under Milei’s aggressive rhetoric

Argentine President Javier Milei has openly supported his government’s bold attempt to reclaim the Falkland Islands from their British residents.

World

24 Apr 2026 653

U.S. seeks to seize Kurdish general Mansour Barzani’s Beverly Hills mansion over alleged $30m Pentagon fraud scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint this week to seize Kurdish general Mansour Barzani’s Beverly Hills mansion, alleging he bought and renovated it with $30 million in proceeds from a scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Defense during its fight against the Islamic State.

News

07 Apr 2026 694

Meta-linked firm used workers to scrape social media and train AI, investigation finds

Tens of thousands of people have been paid by a company part-owned by Meta to train AI by combing Instagram accounts.

World

05 Apr 2026 878

Planet Labs halts satellite imagery of Iran amid U.S. government request

Satellite imaging firm Planet Labs announced on Saturday it will indefinitely withhold visuals of Iran and the Middle East conflict region to comply with a request from the U.S. government.

World

03 Apr 2026 671

US F-15E crashes in Iran sparking frantic search for pilots

A US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter has been shot down over Iran, prompting a frantic US search and rescue effort for its two-strong crew, in the first such incident since the start of the five-week-long war.

News

24 Mar 2026 851

UK troops shoot down drones targeting allied base amid Iran conflict escalation

British troops shot down over a dozen Iranian “suicide” drones over an allied base in northern Iraq last night.

World

03 Jan 2026 893

Donald Trump claims US airstrikes hit Caracas and that Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out

Donald Trump has claimed President Maduro and his wife have been ’captured’ by the US and ’flown out’ of Venezuela following a series of airstrikes on the capital Caracas.

World

03 Nov 2025 888

Trump prepares US troops for a ground invasion in Mexico targeting drug cartels

The Trump administration has begun planning for ground-level military and intelligence operations on Mexican soil to target drug cartels as part of what President Donald Trump has described as an "armed conflict" with narcotics trafficking organizations.

World

24 Oct 2025 675

Hegseth orders Ford carrier group to Caribbean as Trump expands anti-narcotics campaign

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in Europe to the Caribbean region amid a massive buildup of US military forces in the region.

World

24 Oct 2025 823

Anonymous ally’s $130 million donation to Pentagon sparks legal and ethical questions

The Trump administration plans to redirect a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump towards paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

World

16 Oct 2025 938

Top U.S.–India expert Ashley Tellis arrested over classified document scandal and alleged ties to Chinese officials

Foreign policy scholar Ashley Tellis, one of Washington’s leading experts on India and U.S.–India relations, has been arrested and charged with unlawful retention of national defense information after FBI agents uncovered over 1,000 pages of classified material at his Virginia home — including documents marked Top Secret.

World

12 Oct 2025 1051

Court documents reveal Chinese money on SpaceX’s shareholder list

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has received funds directly from Chinese investors, according to previously sealed testimony, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of the United States’ most significant military contractors.

World

04 Oct 2025 874

Jon Harrison removed as navy chief of staff after clashes over budget control

Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, abruptly dismissed the navy chief of staff on Friday, removing an aide who had been central to the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the Pentagon.

World

13 Sep 2025 768

Trump administration drafts plan to deploy 1,000 National Guard troops to Louisiana cities

The Trump administration has reportedly drafted plans to activate roughly 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops and send them to the state’s “urban centres” like New Orleans.

World

05 Sep 2025 978

Trump revives ‘war department’ branding to stress “warrior ethos”

Donald Trump will order that the Pentagon be called the Department of War as it "conveys a stronger message of readiness and resolve."

World

26 Aug 2025 842

Trump tariffs shake India’s diamond industry

The Surat Diamond Bourse, acclaimed as the world’s largest office complex—surpassing even the Pentagon in size and symbolizing India’s growing trade ambitions, remains eerily quiet, with only a few traders at work.

World

26 Aug 2025 857

Pentagon considers deploying US troops to Chicago amid Trump сrackdown plans

The Pentagon is reportedly developing plans from the White House to deploy the US military to the Windy City as early as September.

World

24 Aug 2025 1008

US blocks Ukraine from using long-range Atacms to strike inside Russia — WSJ

US defense officials have blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia since late spring as part of a Trump administration effort to get Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks, according to a report on Saturday.

World

23 Aug 2025 808

Trump administration fires Pentagon intelligence chief in sweeping military purge

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed the head of the Pentagon’s intelligence agency along with two other senior military commanders, three U.S. officials informed Reuters on Friday. This represents the latest action by President Donald Trump’s administration to remove officials from the Pentagon.

World

30 May 2025 1054

Pentagon employee arrested for attempting to pass classified information to foreign government

A tech specialist working for the U.S. Department of Defense’s intelligence agency was arrested on May 29 for attempting to pass national defense information to a foreign government agent.

World

24 Apr 2025 939

CBS News: US defense secretary ordered a makeup room to be installed at the Pentagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

Tech

22 Mar 2025 817

The US is urgently developing an Iron Dome equivalent to defend against ballistic and hypersonic missiles

Trump wants a ‘Golden Dome’ capable of defending the entire US: ‘Strategically, it doesn’t make any sense’

World

11 Mar 2025 1087

Trump seeks minerals refining on Pentagon bases to boost US output, sources say

U.S. President Donald Trump aims to build metals refining facilities on Pentagon military bases as part of his plan to boost domestic production of critical minerals and offset China’s control of the sector, two senior administration officials told Reuters.

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