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House defers potential shutdown with a stopgap spending bill

Continuing resolution will fund the federal government through Dec. 11

U.S.-Canada Relations

1908 – 2026 For more than a century, the United States and Canada have forged a strong partnership built on shared geogr...

Launch Site and Facility Progress ahead of East Coast Starship debut

As SpaceX prepares to launch Starship Flight 14 in the coming weeks, work in Florida… The post Launch Site and Facility ...

US approves possible $800 million military helicopter sale to Iraq

The United States has approved a potential $800 million sale of Bell helicopters, weapons and related equipment to Iraq,...

US launches new barrage of strikes on Iran around Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. launched new air strikes on Iranian targets Tuesday following attempted attacks by the IRGC against American tr...

As the World Nomad Games Come Home, Japarov Expands Kyrgyzstan’s National Story

The opening of the games coincided with Kyrgyzstan's 35th independence anniversary and a major Shanghai Cooperation Orga...

Attackers Exploit Critical JFrog Artifactory Flaw to Mint Admin Tokens Days After Disclosure

Threat actors are exploiting a newly patched critical security flaw impacting JFrog Artifactory merely days after public...

Trump Orders Study To Establish US Space Academy

Is the US about to add a new service-academy rivalry to college football Saturdays? The post Trump Orders Study To Estab...

Marines Stage Hornet Maritime Strike Package off Japan

The U.S. Marine Corps sortied anti-ship missile-equipped Hornets off Japan last month, showcasing its maritime strike ca...

Gold price erases 2026 gains as Fed hike bets climb to 70%, silver slides

Bullion’s three-day slide has erased almost all of its 2026 gain, but the miners are coming off their best August since ...

Breeze Comet Executes Hundreds of Fraudulent Transactions via Brazilian Payment Systems

Brazilian financial services, retail, and e-commerce organizations have become the target of a financially motivated thr...

Four questions on the US-Venezuelan oil deal

The impact of the "historic" oil deal between the US and Venezuela will remain uncertain until several unresolved issues...

The Fed’s forecasts keep missing, so it may stop making them

The Fed has been a bad forecaster for a while. Warsh is probably right that the “dot plot,” which tracks where Fed offic...

To Secure the Natuna Sea, Indonesia Needs More Than New Ships

Maritime security is one of Indonesia’s most demanding defense domains. And at its current stage, Indonesia needs signif...

Leaked Russian Cyber-Operations Training Materials

This is interesting: The records describe a force-generation mechanism for several General Staff components, including t...

ACG Metals produces first copper concentrate at Turkish mine 

The company transitioned its Gediktepe mine from precious metals and zinc to copper production.

Copper price stalls short of record as Chile’s storm-hit output slumps to 2011 low

Comex stockpiles have swollen to almost three times the copper left in LME warehouses as traders keep pushing metal into...

Boris Vujčić: Listening to households: expectations, behaviour and monetary policy

Cognitive Dissonance Dominates Hormuz

Ships can’t navigate a reality that exists only in Trump’s head.

Fighting Proxy Wars in Latin America, the US Risks Repeating Mistakes from its War on Terror

How the Trump administration’s push to reframe insecurity in Latin America in counterterrorism terms has set the stage f...

Drone wars deepen West’s critical minerals squeeze

15 million drones are set for deployment in the Russia-Ukraine war, marking the start of mass drone warfare.

Japan, South Korea, and the New Logic of Nuclear Energy Security in Northeast Asia

The two neighbors are reshaping the nuclear politics of Northeast Asia – and doing so increasingly in concert with Washi...

Ayesha Siddiqa on the Pakistan Army’s Police State

Siddiqa argues that Pakistan is not a hybrid regime but a case of constitutional militarism, sanctioned by a parliament ...

Xi embarks on whirlwind diplomatic tour

The tour is meant to showcase China has “friends and options,” one expert said.

Uzbekistan confirms purchase of Chinese J-10 fighter jets

Tashkent is now the second foreign operator of the J-10 after Pakistan.

American Rheinmetall delivers its first prototype to replace Bradley Fighting Vehicle

The move is the latest in the service’s yearslong effort to replace the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

Trump grid order likely to cause energy storage delays, cancellations: BloombergNEF

The Aug. 26 executive order, previous executive actions and the Treasury Department’s foreign entity of concern guidance...

3 principles to make AI data centers good grid citizens

Developed intentionally, AI data centers can help create a more resilient and affordable electric system, write official...

The InSight Take: Who Killed Fernando Villavicencio? Ecuador’s Reckoning.

The InSight Take: Who Killed Fernando Villavicencio? Ecuador’s Reckoning. Three years after presidential candidate Ferna...

Colombia's new president wants to revive oil and gas sector

President Abelardo de la Espriella pledged to revoke a ban on new exploration licenses for oil and gas projects implemen...

It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well

Independent safety officials also have high praise for changes by NASA leadership.

A Guide to Trump’s Travel Ban and Visa Pause, by Country

The White House’s growing travel ban is now shutting down immigrant visa processing indefinitely for seventy-five countr...

Wildfire costs loom over California legislative session that passed solar, data center bills

The California Legislature did not vote on a wildfire reform bill during a special session Tuesday, effectively killing ...

US tech found in Russian ballistic missiles

Dozens of American- and European-made components are still being used to build Russia’s deadly ballistic missiles.

Attackers Steal METR API Key and Burn $600,000 in AI Credits

Attackers used a stolen METR API key for three weeks, consuming model credits worth $600,000

India and Uzbekistan eye uranium deal as ties grow

The leaders of India and Uzbekistan have announced plans to increase bilateral trade to USD5 billion per year. A long-te...

Global Monetary Policy Tracker

CFR’s Global Monetary Policy Tracker compiles data from 54 countries around the world to highlight significant global tr...

Proposal for Canadian marine-based SMR plant

Montreal-based Prodigy Clean Energy has announced plans for a 50 MWe full-scale Prodigy Transportable Nuclear Power Plan...

Welcome to the New Defense-Dominant World

As military power proves less effective, an old IR theory is making a comeback.

13 Malicious Packagist Packages Target Unpatched iPhones to Steal Crypto Wallet Seeds

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a set of 13 malicious Composer theme packages on Packagist that are designed t...