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For decades, Uzbek labor migration was centred on Russia. Millions of Uzbek nationals crossed into the Russian Federation every year, drawn by geographic proximity, the residual infrastructure of Soviet-era networks, and a shared linguistic familiarity that made the journey manageable.  That calculus is now under severe strain. The political situation has transformed the migration corridor in ways that Tashkent can no longer ignore. The number of Uzbek nationals drawn into fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war has remained a persistent and troubling presence in official and NGO reporting. For a government that has staked its post-Karimov legitimacy on protecting citizens abroad,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to make a high-profile visit to Surat on 5 June, coinciding with World Environment Day, where he will personally inspect strategic defence projects at Larsen & Toubro’s Hazira facility.The visit is being described as one of the most significant components of his Gujarat tour, highlighting the government’s continued emphasis on indigenous defence manufacturing under the Make in India initiative.The Prime Minister will spend approximately forty-five minutes at the Hazira plant, which is one of L&T’s most advanced industrial complexes and a hub for defence and heavy engineering projects. During his inspection, Modi is expected to…

Trevithick, WarZone The U.S. Air Force is already moving to lay groundwork for fielding the replacement of its

WASHINGTON — The Army’s intelligence hub and the Joint Staff’s J-7 are set to test a new prototype system, dubbed Project Wallabee, comprising an autonomous target recognition sensor on top of a stratospheric high-altitude balloon in the coming days, a senior Army official told Breaking Defense Tuesday.  The exercise, in which the Army’s G-2 is partnering with the J-7’s Warfighter Laboratory Incentive Fund program, is the first time the military is testing manufacturer Urban Sky’s high-altitude balloon with Applied Intuition’s small sensor. Andrew Evans, the director for the new Strategy & Transformation Office inside the G-2, said it’s been notoriously…

A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House this week following a ProPublica investigation revealing that a top aide to the president intervened to secure a $620 million Pentagon loan to a startup linked to the president’s eldest son.ProPublica’s reporting “reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence peddling that superseded this process, enriching the President’s son at the expense of U.S. national security and taxpayer dollars,” wrote the group of Democratic lawmakers, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii as well as Reps. Jason Crow of Colorado and Mike Levin of California.Last…

In Central Asia, Soviet brutalist architecture survives amidst the region’s rapidly developing cities, standing alongside newly constructed buildings, roads, and other projects. Meanwhile, the tremendous scale of Central Asia’s urban reconstruction exacerbates the impacts of climate change. The urbanization of Central Asia has unfolded alongside the a reckless cutting of urban trees, which has transformed vast areas into heat islands.  In 2025, for various reasons, more than 4,000 trees were cut down in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, alone – a 197.7 percent increase compared to the carnage of 2024. In Bishkek, we noticed vines growing on buildings and cascading…

The joint anti-terror operation codenamed Sheruwali has now entered its twelfth day in the Manjakote sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.The operation is being conducted by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force in the dense forest areas of Gambhir Mughlan and Dorimal.Security forces continue their efforts to track down suspected terrorists believed to be hiding in the region, maintaining a strong cordon and surveillance to prevent any escape.Personnel have been seen checking the identification cards of travellers and locals while conducting intensive search operations across the area. The operation was launched…

A&SF M. The Air Force’s primary fighter fleet dipped below the minimum allowable size under law earlier this year—and that fact should rally a “call to action” for the nation to reinvest… Source link

WASHINGTON — Anduril has joined the Elbit America team to provide the Sigma mobile tactical cannon for the Army’s self-propelled howitzer modernization program, the companies announced in a joint statement.   “We’re proud to team with Anduril to reduce network integration risk and accelerate fielding,” Luke Savoie, president and CEO of Elbit America, said in the Tuesday release. “Built in the U.S. with a fully domestic supply chain, SIGMA is a combat-proven system that provides the modernization and reliability the Army needs now.” Anduril joins the US subsidiary of Israeli company Elbit along with OshKosh Defense for the team’s offering for…

When Chinese authorities replaced Mongolian with Mandarin as the language of instruction for core school subjects in 2020, the move triggered the largest public protests Inner Mongolia had seen in decades. Six years on, the classroom fight is effectively over, and the campaign has followed Mongolian speakers into the one space they had left: the internet. A report released in January 2026 by PEN America and the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center documented the systematic removal of Mongolian-language content from Chinese online platforms – social media groups shut down, accounts deleted, and informal digital communities dismantled.  The findings are…