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Manila, Philippines – On the occasion of his visit to Pyongyang, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has received one of the most effusive and colorful welcomes the city has ever seen. This is also the penultimate Chinese leader’s first visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in seven years.

After touching down in an Air China Boeing 747-8 (registration number B-2479) at Pyongyang/Sunan International Airport (FNJ), Xi was feted to a red carpet welcome by DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju.

AI, cybersecurity, hypersonic weapons and the space economy present compelling investment opportunities in defense.

The Netherlands’ defence acquisition budget, which amounted to nearly half of spending on personnel in 2022, will even out by 2029.

Over the weekend, the already tenuous ceasefire between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran broke down after Israel defied the Iranian stipulations of the ceasefire and attacked Beirut.

Tehran has insisted that the Israelis, as a co-belligerent with the United States against Iran, are bound by the ceasefire.

Iran’s missile capabilities. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The Israeli government, however, disagreed. Iran’s partner, the Shiite Lebanese militia of Hezbollah, is the target of Israeli ire in Lebanon.

Workforce modernization is often framed around talent gaps, hiring speed or operational efficiency within the federal government. After nearly two decades in federal service, including leading cybersecurity initiatives as a CISO, I believe agencies must view workforce transformation through an equally urgent lens: security. In the current threat landscape, identity is the new perimeter. However, that perimeter is only as strong as the data model supporting it.
Amanda Day is CISO for Workday Government.

The US Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait for counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) platforms.

Donald Trump Wanted To End The Iran War. Overnight, Israel Showed Him He Isn’t In Control: By this morning, June 8, 2026, the President of the United States was reduced to posting on Truth Social, looking as if he had lost control of a war he helped start. Overnight, Israel had struck Iran, with blasts reported across Tehran and beyond and a petrochemical site among the targets, in retaliation for the waves of missiles Iran had fired at Israel the day before.

Manila, Philippines  – There are phrases associated with the Ukraine war that those of us covering it, now in its 5th year, have grown more than weary of.

Rather tellingly, these phrases are discontinued once proven to be completely erroneous in their assumptions.

One of the more famous of these dates back to the beginning of the war: “the Ukrainians cannot win.”

CINCU, Romania – U.S. Army Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, setup their M1 Abram Tanks during Getica Saber 17, July 10, 2017.

The San Antonio Spurs struggled early during the 1996-97 NBA season.
As their best player, David Robinson, rehabilitated his lower back, the injury-ravaged Spurs lost 15 of their first 18 games. With Robinson set to return to the lineup, the team’s general manager made a coaching change. He fired Bob Hill and named himself as Hill’s replacement.
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At the time, Gregg Popovich had no NBA head coaching experience. He bet on himself and won big.

The Army officially has a new standardized mobile app for firing mortars. This spring, the Army gave the final clearance for a new system, called simply the Mortars App, that soldiers can use on smartphones and tablets to get accurate mortar fire on targets. 
The new app got the final approval in March, although the Army announced the rollout at the start of June.