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In the late evening of May 9, a vehicle packed with explosives rammed a police checkpost in Fateh Khel, Bannu in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Gunmen followed. By the time the firing stopped, as many as 15 policemen had been killed; some of the named victims included constables Rehmat Ayaz and Sanaullah, and drivers Niaz Ali and Saadullah Jan. The attack was claimed by Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan.  By the next morning, the news cycle had moved on. The graves remained. It is tempting to read the May 9 bloodshed as an isolated horror. That would be dangerously wrong. Of the 2,330…

India has issued a sharp diplomatic rebuke to China following Beijing’s admission that it extended technical assistance to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor in May 2025.At a press briefing in New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs made it clear that nations which support efforts to shield terrorist infrastructure must reflect on the consequences such actions have on their global reputation and standing.The statement came against the backdrop of reports confirming China’s involvement in aiding Islamabad during the military engagement that followed the Pahalgam terror attacks.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal underscored that the international community is closely observing how major powers position…

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WASHINGTON — Costs of the ongoing war with Iran have crept up to $29 billion, the Pentagon’s comptroller said today, charting $4 billion in growth since department officials first disclosed the cost of Operation Epic Fury to lawmakers about two weeks ago. The bulk of that sum, or about $24 billion, is linked to the price of repairing or replacing equipment such as munitions, drones and aircraft, Jules “Jay” Hurst, who is performing the duties of the Pentagon’s top finance officer, told lawmakers. Hurst — alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan…

Lawmakers are preparing to make their edits to the Trump administration’s 2027 budget bill, but concerns are growing that the next round of funding won’t cover lost aircraft, damaged facilities, or expended munitions from the Iran war because the Defense Department has refused to provide details to Congress.The war has cost an estimated $29 billion, Jay Hurst, the official performing the duties of the Pentagon’s chief financial officer, told the House Appropriation Committee’s defense panel during a Tuesday hearing, up from the $25 billion estimate he offered April 29.“Obviously, we’re buying things in the reconciliation request that are being used…

Boris Pistorius (left) and Mykhailo Fedorov (right) signing LoI in Kyiv. Credit: Ukraine MoD. Ukraine and Germany have agreed to launch Brave Germany, a joint initiative aimed at developing defence technologies and supporting innovative start-ups. Ukraine Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius signed a letter of intent (LoI) for the initiative in Kyiv, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (MoD) stated. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The bilateral initiative will provide grant funding to both Ukrainian and German start-ups…

At their summit in Beijing this week, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will discuss trade, the war in Iran, and other pressing topics, but one vital issue will undoubtedly be off the agenda: human rights. This summit should be an opportunity for two of the world’s two most influential leaders to hold each other to account and challenge each other to uphold international norms on human rights. Indeed, both the United States and China are key members of the United Nations’ rules-based system intended to ensure respect for all people’s human rights. But Trump and Xi…

India’s nuclear weapons program has evolved from modest beginnings into a formidable and increasingly sophisticated deterrent force, reported Harrison Kass of National Interest.The journey began in 1974 with the “Smiling Buddha” underground nuclear test at Pokhran, which was described by then‑Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as a “peaceful nuclear explosion.”Despite the controversy surrounding the use of nuclear materials originally intended for civilian purposes, the test marked India’s entry into the nuclear weapons club. Over five decades later, India has consolidated its position with a complete nuclear triad encompassing land, air, and sea delivery systems, underpinned by a doctrine of No First…

S. Sinha, Interesting Engineering The XA103 is being built under the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program to improve fuel efficiency, thermal management, and power… Source link

WASHINGTON — A “notional national missile defense system” akin to President Donald Trump’s signature Golden Dome missile shield project could cost up to $1.2 trillion to develop, deploy and then operate for two decades, according to a new estimate published by the Congressional Budget Office. CBO said most of the cost, over $1 trillion, would be needed for acquisition, including “costs for the system’s major components — namely, the interceptor layers and a space-based missile warning and tracking system.” “The most expensive component is the space-based interceptor layer, which accounts for about 70 percent of acquisition costs and 60 percent…