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North Korea keeps expanding its military involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine, with the isolated dictatorship now supplying Moscow with hundreds of trained drone operators and sending ballistic missiles that could be used to strike Ukrainian infrastructure in the coming months.

Major General Vadym Skibitskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, says that a new contingent of roughly 8,500 North Korean personnel is also already deployed in Russia, alongside 400 drone operators who are expected to conduct reconnaissance and potentially launch attacks inside Ukraine.

After weeks of reports about horrible conditions on board, including that some sailors had attempted to throw themselves overboard, the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has departed the Middle East, bringing to an end a nine-month deployment.

The carrier’s 5,000 sailors and other personnel are headed back to San Diego, with the George Washington headed to the Middle East to take its place. The journey will take four to five weeks, the New York Times reported.

Washington is set to outline what it termed the “toughest sanctions in history” on Iran from next week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday.

President Donald Trump also said “tremendous economic consequences” could follow for states that offer Tehran assistance.

Ford-Class. Image Credit: Creative Commons

The Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) transit the Atlantic Ocean March 20, 2021, marking the first time a Ford-class and Italian carrier have operated together underway.

The Polish Ministry of National Defence has responded to mounting criticisms regarding its decision to donate remaining surface-to-air missile interceptors from its U.S.-supplied MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems to Ukraine. This follows the donation of the country’s longest range system, the S-200D, as well as S-125 medium range systems, which have left Polish airspace increasingly exposed.

Washington says it is preparing to launch its toughest-ever economic campaign against Tehran – and while China has so far rebuffed the White House’s attempt at economic warfare, the threat poses a serious risk to the Islamic regime. It also comes as Iran struggles to contain existing economic problems at home.

Iran’s Shrinking Oil Supply

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler prepares to refuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 29, 2025. The Growlers are assigned to the Harry S.

Reports of food shortages and other serious issues on a major U.S. aircraft carrier have shocked many in the public, even as the Pentagon has rushed to insist sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln are well-supplied.
But for the Navy, the situation aboard the Lincoln is larger than just one ship and underscores the strain that attacks on logistics hubs can place on a fleet when supply chains are interrupted.
Iranian missile and drone attacks on a major U.S.

Is This How Ukraine Will Overcome Its Patriot Shortage? – Ukraine’s Patriot interceptor shortage is becoming impossible to ignore following another enormous Russian missile attack that killed 17 people in Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight. The strikes are becoming so devastating that Ukraine is now looking for entirely different ways to stop the attacks, with Patriot deliveries not expected to arrive in time to fend off Russian attacks over the coming winter.

A U.S. Navy messman, Doris “Dorie” Miller, was a Black 22-year-old sharecropper’s son from Waco, Texas. Because of his rating, he was restricted from handling any weapons. His duties included serving the officers’ mess, collecting laundry, and shining shoes. Despite the institutional racism built into the Navy at the time, Miller found success as the boxing champion of his ship, the battleship USS West Virginia.
That didn’t change the fact that he was Black, and as a result, he was segregated from his white shipmates in both his duties and berthing.

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it got in the way of his plans for the Iran war.

Later, he suddenly announced a scaling down of a planned military exercise with South Korea, citing what he called South Korea’s refusal to involve itself in the Iran war.

President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in the Oval Office.

In the now-famous 2016 Republican primary process, part of Donald Trump’s pitch to Republican voters was that he would avoid foreign policy mistakes like the Iraq War.

His opponents, he implied, would get the country into more wars like Iraq, and one of them, former Gov. Jeb Bush, was the brother of the president who had launched that war.

President Donald J. Trump speaks to the press during a presentation of the Religious Liberty Commission Report in the Oval Office, Friday, June 26, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N.