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“Rescue operations continued on a war footing with the Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Fire and Emergency Services, Assam Police and civil administration rescuing more than 6,000 people f…”
“Maj Gen Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, has replaced Oleksandr Syrskyi as Ukraine's commander-in-chief - the third since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.”
“The U.S. military said earlier Wednesday that it had completed an 11th night of strikes on Iran. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that explosions rocked Bushehr, East Azerbaijan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Khuzestan and Sistan and…”
“Cybersecurity researchers from Cybernews reported finding an exposed Amazon Web Services (AWS) bucket with approximately 48,000 PDF files. These files, which was later determined belonged to Carla, contained car rental details and drivers’…”
“His plunging approval ratings stand at 37% while he is mired in quicksand in the Middle East as the Iran conflict flares back up amidst a flummoxing stalemate that has led to soaring energy prices and a $40 billion military price tag, even…”
“U.S. Central Command said it targeted Iranian military operations centers, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure in its 11th consecutive night of attacks. It said the attac…”
“Two days after announcing at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK, the companies will develop a dual-use autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platform, on Wednesday Archer and Anduril took the wraps off the commercial …”
“Anybody with eyes and a heart knows the Israeli government is committing genocide in Gaza. We have the power to end it. When I'm in the Senate, I'll never vote in favor of U.S. taxpayer-funded military aid to Israel.”
“This “capture”, for critics, was exemplified by his resignation last month over demands for more military spending.”
“Each drone can carry up to 10 Hellfire missiles, or 76 rockets that fire from foldout doors.”
“From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy one bridge or power pl…”
“Less than a year later, a training ground in the Dnipropetrovsk region was targeted by a Russian missile and 12 soldiers were killed and 60 others were wounded in the strike.”
“Jordan’s military said it intercepted four missiles in the Iranian attack, while two others fell in “uninhabited areas.” ... Jordan said it also intercepted four Iranian drones.”
“Cybernews recently also reported discovering an exposed ElasticSearch cluster belonging to Nextcloud and containing 367,000 records of employee data, client company data, contracts, and various scripts.”
“Attrition rates among shipyard workers have historically ranged from 20% to 22%, Eric Labs, the Congressional Budget Office’s senior analyst for naval forces and weapons, told National Defense last year. In some high-demand skilled trades,…”
“The British military maritime operations center said a tanker was attacked Tuesday in the disputed area.”
“Meanwhile, the Pentagon is seeking an additional $67 billion in immediate additional funding for the war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on Tuesday, estimating the war has cost $37.5 billion total.”
“The Thunder drone can also work as a deployment drone, as it can hold up to 16 tube-launched kamikaze drones, or store up to 12 anti-drone interceptors from its nose cone.”
“Meanwhile, The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy outfit of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed responsibility for the attack through a post on social media, according to officials.”
“Drapatyi handed in his resignation the very same day, saying he took personal responsibility for the 'conspiracy of silence and impunity' that had led to the deaths.”
“U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the new estimate, up from earlier assessments, during at times fiery testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee.”
“OpenAI revealed the experiment was part of its testing of GPT‑5.6 Sol and an “even more capable pre-release model” to see how well they would perform on the ExploitGym benchmark... In one example, the model chained together multiple attack…”
“The U.S. Navy committed $50 million in 2024 toward workforce development, including housing and transportation assistance, hiring and retention bonus programs, and expanded training programs.”
“The Pentagon identified on Tuesday the third service member who was killed in Jordan as Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, N.Y., bringing the number of U.S. casualties killed during the Iran war to 18.”
“The Pentagon is seeking an additional $67 billion in immediate additional funding for the war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on Tuesday, and estimated the war has cost the U.S. $37.5 billion total.”
“The drone uses rotor blades that tilt to allow it to transform to a fixed-wing aircraft, and has a range of thousands of nautical miles.”
“The deceased, identified as Rifleman Sukhpreet Singh (27), was on operational duty at the forward Mahadev post in the Sunderbani sector when he reportedly lost his balance and fell from a height, resulting in fatal injuries, officials said.”
“He later returned to university in 2021 for further operational and strategic training and was presented with a sword of honour as top graduate in June 2021 by British ambassador Melinda Simmons.”
“several times, protesters interrupted Hegseth’s opening remarks, which came days after the Pentagon announced that three more American service members have died in the conflict, bringing the death toll to 17, and that more than 100 have be…”
“OpenAI called, 'an unprecedented cyber incident'”
“The IRGC said it "destroyed" a site owned by Amazon in Bahrain.”
“Iran says 168 students and teachers were killed in a U.S. missile strike on the school in southern Iran on Feb. 28.”
“The most recent public contract is from December, signed with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, worth as much as $640,000.”
“It is set to be deployed for the first time in 2027, and is one of four contenders for the army’s Project NYX, a programme that aims to develop a “loyal wingman” drone for Apache helicopters.”
“the war against Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far”
“It was May 2014 and pro-Russian separatists had taken over parts of eastern Ukraine, when Drapatiy's battalion entered the southern city of Mariupol to free hostages held in the city's police department. He later recalled being told there …”
“Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican chair of the committee, opened the hearing saying it’s “deeply troubling” that the Pentagon has blocked or denied promotions to various officers, particularly women and minorities.”
“One hundred U.S. troops have been injured in the last 10 days and four killed, the FT reports.”
“Jordan said it intercepted six Iranian missiles on Wednesday, with two of them falling in remote, uninhabited areas.”
“As Forbes reported last year, it also signed a deal with the U.S. Cyber Command, worth up to $12.6 million.”
“The perception system at the vehicle level, we believe, is the most advanced on any autonomous system today.”
“three more American service members had died, taking the US military death toll in the conflict to 17, while more than 100 personnel have been injured since early July”
“This has played a "major role in relieving pressure to global markets" and if the Houthis further restrict trade then "prices will go up", said Rosemary Kelanic from the US-based Defense Priorities think tank.”
“One of the biggest questions Pete Hegseth has to answer today is why he was out marketing testosterone supplements for our troops last week while withholding casualty numbers in the Iran war from the American people. Nearly 450 have been i…”
“In its latest operational update on 16 July, the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC), counted 10 Iranian attacks on shipping since 25 June, and maintained a severe threat level for the Strait of Hormuz, meaning an attack is highly lik…”
“Zelenskyy's latest government reshuffle, which sparked mass protests across the country after he removed the popular, technology-focused defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, on July 15.”
“I think we’re just starting to scratch the surface of what's possible and what we're going to be able to do in terms of using LLMs and high-power compute to do cyber operations across the board.”
“The Government has ordered an urgent and comprehensive investigation involving the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Defence Force, the Maritime Administration Department, and other technical maritime experts.”
“Trump's proposed $87.6 billion supplemental funding request, most of which is intended to replenish Pentagon resources following the US military campaign against Iran”
“Ukrainian drones have hit warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer again, injuring 15 people, according to the company's founder and regional governors.”
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named Drapatyi to replace military chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, whom he fired late Tuesday.”
“Just days after Russian tanks and troops crashed across the border, Fedorov persuaded thousands of cutting-edge hacktivists around the world to join his international IT Army - a subterranean force that began pelting the websites of the Ru…”
“Pakistan's defence minister later said Islamabad's nuclear programme "will be made available" to Saudi Arabia if required”
“Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim said the company's logistics centres in Krasnodar and the city of Nevinnomyssk in the Stavropol region were attacked.”
“House Republicans passed $1.1 trillion in funding for the military on Wednesday, in a final flurry of activity before leaving Washington for a more than month-long recess. The funding, an annual military policy bill called the National Def…”
“Fedorov has been the unquestioned commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s transmutation into a drone-war superpower... Fedorov has been at the forefront of the tech race to develop a fusillade of increasingly sophisticated drones and anti-drone in…”
“The Pentagon identified the two air defenders killed as First Lt. Tyler J. Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas. The third service member identified today was 30-year-old Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinto…”
“Five people were hurt in a warehouse complex on the outskirts of Nevinnomyssk, Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said on Telegram. They all received outpatient treatment, he added.”
“Meanwhile, the war has already cost taxpayers $37.5 billion, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.”
“In a spectacular sign of his stellar image and popularity, Fedorov’s young acolytes across a constellation of campuses and star tech start-ups have begun staging protest marches in major cities Ukraine-wide to demand that he be reinstated …”
“That three missiles were able to penetrate US air defenses highlights the challenges of protecting the estimated 50,000 US troops stationed in the region against Iran's substantial ballistic missile and drone arsenal.”
“Ten people were injured in the attack on a warehouse complex in Krasnodar, with three in a serious condition, the region's governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.”
“In recent days, at least four U.S. service members have been killed, bringing the nation's death toll from the conflict to 18. Nearly 500 service members have been injured.”
“Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a social-media post that while nearly 100 service members have been deemed to have some degree of injury since July 7, 96 per cent have returned to duty. ... Seventeen service members have been kille…”
“The region was hit by a 'massive attack last night', with drone debris also hitting the grounds of a company in the city of Armavir and killing one employee, he added. The city administration reported that an oil depot was struck by unmane…”
“It's been more than two months since Hegseth testified on the Hill, and the Pentagon hasn't briefed reporters since May.”
“Iran also struck King Faisal Air Base last week, where US forces are based, and attacked a separate airfield where several US Army Black Hawk helicopters were damaged, the Journal previously reported.”
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine struck logistics hubs in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions that are 'involved in providing the Russian army with drone components, navigation equipment and other gear'.”
“He said the vast majority recovered quickly and went back to work. It's also not clear how much damage has been done to these bases.”
“the Indian Navy will on Wednesday commission INS Malvan, the second of eight Mahe-class anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC) in Kochi.”
“The primary rationale for striking Wildberries' warehouses is to disrupt Russian logistics and the supply of dual-use goods, critical electronics, sanctioned goods and the like to the Russian army and Russian arms manufacturers, he said.”
“The White House is asking for a nearly $90 billion funding boost, most of that for military operations in Iran.”
“The Indian Navy is inducting 16 specialised ASW-SWCs to hunt enemy submarines and secure the country's 7,516 km coastline.”
“In 2024, Somalia's intelligence agency said it had shut down 20 WhatsApp groups allegedly operated by al-Shabab for extortion and intimidation.”
“This Iranian attack on a joint U.S.-Jordanian airbase on Friday killed two soldiers. Another is missing and believed dead.”
“The Indian Navy currently operates an active fleet of approximately 145 warships and submarines, with an aggressive modernisation plan to reach a 200-ship fleet by 2035.”
“It said it had also disabled data services for about 2,500 phone numbers associated with them.”
“But now in the age of drone warfare, Iran doesn't even really need an air force because its drones can travel 1,000 miles and hit U.S. bases all over the region.”
“China operates approximately 60 to 65 submarines, while Pakistan currently has an active fleet of 8 submarines, with an ongoing $5 billion modernization program to expand its fleet to 13 boats.”
“The war with Iran has cost the US some $37.5bn (£28bn) so far - an increase of nearly $8bn since the last estimate in May, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.”
“Last month itself, the Navy inducted five indigenously built warships in a single massive block, maintaining a steady pace of commissioning a new vessel or submarine roughly every 40 days.”
“He said he was seeking $87bn in congressional funding for his department, with $67bn of that destined for operations in the Middle East.”
“Vice Admiral Vatsyan said the Indian Navy currently has around 45 ships under construction at Indian shipyards.”
“The White House asked Congress in April for $1.5tn for the Pentagon over the next fiscal year, which would raise American military spending to an all-time high in the modern era.”
“Vice Admiral Vatsyan said the govt has already given acceptance of necessity, an initial procurement approval, for another 69 ships, six submarines and 120 fast interceptor craft.”
“There had been no official government estimate of the US financial cost of the war since 12 May, when a senior Pentagon official put the figure at $29bn. The Pentagon previously told lawmakers the war had cost the US some $11.3bn in the fi…”
“As per the information available, four Indian nationals have tragically lost their lives, while one is hospitalised in a critical condition.”
“During the hearing, Trump - who was not present - posted a list of US wars on social media, including how long they took to end and how many US soldiers died. He wrote that 18 had died in the US war with Iran, which began on 28 February.”
“Ukrainian officials said a Russian missile strike hit a ship carrying corn near the southern port of Odesa, killing 10 people.”
“The defence department on Tuesday announced the death of Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton, a 30-year-old active-duty soldier who was supporting overseas operations in Iraq. A day earlier, the military identified two US service members killed i…”
“Kyiv claimed that Russia hit the Golden Leo—a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship manned by a crew from India and Syria—with three cruise missiles on Sunday, killing 10 people.”
“According to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, at least 1,168 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect last October.”
“Ukrainian officials said a Russian missile strike hit a ship carrying corn near the southern port of Odesa, killing 10 people”
“Four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Palestinian attacks in Gaza over the same period.”
“Between 13 and 20 July, at least 57 Palestinians, including six children and eight women, were killed in strikes on residential buildings, a tent camp for displaced families, and other crowded areas, spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan said.”
“Israel responded by launching a massive military campaign in Gaza, during which more than 73,290 people have been killed, according to the territory's health ministry.”
“Michael O'Leary said an initial investigation into the incident on 10 July between Greece and Germany suggests "it looks like a foreign object damage to the engine on takeoff at Thessaloniki but ... we can't say that definitively".”
“He insisted that the engine on the 18-year-old Boeing 737 plane had been fully serviced and overhauled in the last two years.”
“The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating. O'Leary said that a draft report would be issued in about 28 days.”
“Arrabaca, of Poughkeepsie, New York state, served in the regular Army from 2001-04 and in the Army National Guard-New York from 2004-05, according to the BBC's US partner CBS.”
