US, Greece Announce $4B Arms Sales and Counterterrorism Pact
Rubio and Gerapetritis unveil arms sales, Strykers and a Florida Guard link in Athens; Greece offers conditional naval help in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Department of War Offers Wolfspeed $1.5B Conditional Chip Loan
The Office of Strategic Capital offers Wolfspeed a 30-year loan for silicon carbide and GaN chips used in radars and drones, pending due diligence.
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China · France · Geopolitics · Warfare
Philippine Senate Ratifies France Troop Pact, a First With Europe
Senators vote 17-0 to back the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement, making France the first European nation with such a defense pact with Manila.
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Cybersecurity · Russia · Ukraine · Warfare
Drone Strike Shuts Yandex Data Center; Ukraine Hits Salavat Refinery
Yandex says a drone fire took its Sasovo data center fully offline; Kyiv has not claimed it, but its General Staff confirmed a strike on a Bashkir refinery.
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US Opens Direct Talks With Myanmar’s Junta, Reversing Isolation
Reuters says State Department intelligence chief Michael Vance met Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw, with scam centers and rare earths on the agenda.
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South Korea Tests Its First Hypersonic Glide Vehicle; Lee Attends
Seoul says its homegrown hypersonic glide vehicle separated from its booster, maneuvered at low altitude and hit its target as President Lee watched.
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Geopolitics · Iran · IRGC · Strait of Hormuz · United States
Iran, Oman Agree Hormuz Safe Routes as CENTCOM Rejects Closure Claim
Tehran says it fixed safe Hormuz corridors with Muscat, while an IRGC adviser vows to shut ‘illegal routes’ and CENTCOM calls the closure claim false.
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Saudi Coalition Hits 82 Houthi Targets After Deadly Airport Attacks
Riyadh says Houthi missiles and drones killed three foreign residents at Abha and Riyadh airports; the coalition struck back across four Yemeni provinces.
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Russian Glide Bomb Hits Two Buses in Kramatorsk, Killing 33
Donetsk officials say a guided bomb struck two passenger buses at a Kramatorsk stop, prompting a halt to public transport in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
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Geopolitics · Russia · Ukraine · United Nations · Warfare
Special Report: Russian War Crimes From Budapest to Bucha
Findings on Russian war crimes, from Soviet tanks in Hungary in 1956 to Ukraine, where UN monitors have verified 17,257 civilian deaths since 2022.
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