Last year’s abrupt termination of USAID caused roughly 10-percent increases in conflict events and combat deaths in Africa, according to peer-reviewed research released on Thursday.The study by European and U.S. researchers examined violence and security in 870 African subnational regions between March 2024 and November 2025. It found that the swift…

Two leaders have been tapped by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to coordinate spy agencies’ efforts to track and thwart threats to the 2026 midterm elections, according to a congressional source and a second person familiar with the matter. Dave Mastro serves on the National Intelligence Council, which uses intelligence-community findings…

Golden Dome’s defenders are downplaying a new $1.2 trillion estimate for Donald Trump’s ambitious missile-defense plan, though they declined to detail just how they disagree with the Congressional Budget Office’s report.Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, the program’s leader, said the CBO report released Wednesday relied on outdated cost estimates for…

The U.S. Coast Guard’s latest narcotics interdiction involved three suspected smuggling vessels carrying approximately 6,085 pounds of cocaine worth nearly $45.8 million, the service announced Thursday. The announcement comes on the heels of a banner 2025 year for the Coast Guard, which seized a record-high of more than 511,000 pounds…

Xbox just rolled out a brand new Gamerscore feature that fans may be disappointed to find doesn’t include the one thing they have been asking for since 2008. Xbox’s new system may be a neat new way for fans to show off what their Gamerscore accumulation looks like, but it’s…

Bosses are often the best parts of what a video game has to offer. They might present a challenge beyond what normal enemies can provide, serving as a litmus test for the player’s understanding of game mechanics. In some cases, bosses are just as much about the emotional stakes of…

Quantum Space is building its first satellite, but the Maryland-based company is already planning its first large manufacturing facility in Tulsa. Why there? Location and propulsion testing. The state government is “building a hypergolic test stand in Oklahoma that will be owned and operated by Agile Space Industries—that’s for in-space propulsion.…

In excess of 70,000 U.S. Army files purportedly containing sensitive information about military personnel and photos of military bases were leaked for many months before being rectified, Military.com has learned. Cybernews, an independent media outlet focused on cybersecurity and technology, first became privy to the leak when on March 16…

Quantum Space is shooting for the Moon—manufacturally speaking—with plans to build a facility that can rapidly churn out satellites in Tulsa, Okla. But first, the Maryland-based company needs to finish building its first satellite.  “When we have full production, we’re going to be building 1,000 satellites a year. That’s the vision,…

Iran is “frighteningly close” from enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels and constructing nuclear weapons, Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned U.S. senators on Wednesday. Wright testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, issuing a cautious warning that while Tehran may still face additional weaponization steps, the Middle Eastern nation could enrich…

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