US Withdrawing from Base in Northeast Syria, Transferring Equipment to Iraqi Kurdistan

Ukraine, U.S. Draft Defense Deal To Supercharge America's Kamikaze Drone Production U.S. and Ukrainian officials have drafted a memorandum that could open a formal channel for Kiev to export battle-tested war technology to the U.S., while also easing the path for U.S. defense firms to form joint ventures with Ukrainian "war unicorns" to mass-produce low-cost, one-way attack drones. The report comes from CBS News, citing three sources familiar with the matter, who say U.S. State Department officials and Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefanishyna, are working...

Belfast Horror: African Migrant Tries To Saw Off Victim's Head In Street Attack Authored by Steve Watson via modernity, Authorities and the media have scrambled to soften language around a graphic knife assault last night by an apparant African migrant that has left a local Belfast man fighting for his life with devastating injuries. Horrifcic footage shows the attacker straddling the victim and repeatedly stabbing his head before sawing at his neck in a clear attempt to behead him. Bystanders screamed in horror as the attack unfolded. However, police have described it...

Your Bank Is Becoming A Casino: River CEO Frames Bitcoin As The Alternative Authored by Micah Zimmerman via Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin 2026 speaker Alex Leishman used his Nakamoto Stage talk, titled “We’re Not Fixing Money to Build More Casinos,” to deliver a sharp warning that modern finance is drifting toward a gambling model and away from basic banking.  Leishman, CEO of River, said the American dream feels out of reach for many people as housing costs rise, student debt lingers, and wages lag, and argued that this pressure helps explain why prediction markets and...