Groundhog Day

Ecuador says it will begin law enforcement operations against criminal activity in three regions with US support. Ecuador is a member of a US-led anti-cartel coalition in Latin America.  Ecuadorian Interior Minister John Reimberg explained that the US was providing logistical support for the criminal crackdown. He requested that people in three provinces comply with […]

US Deploys Ukrainian-Style Drone Boat In Iran War As AI Weapons Race Accelerates The Department of War confirmed to Reuters that it deployed Ukrainian-style drone boats to the Middle East as part of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. This move signals that the DoW is quickly learning a major lesson from the four-year Russia-Ukraine war: inexpensive autonomous systems, from drone boats to kamikaze drones, are necessary and are becoming core assets (very cheap) on the modern battlefield. Tim Hawkins, a DoW spokesperson for Central Command, told the outlet that the...

The Israeli military attacked and seriously damaged a convent in the southern Lebanese town of Yaroun, leading to international condemnation from Christian groups. The convent belonged to the Greek Catholic order “Basilian Salvatorian Sisters,” and was known for supporting schools in the local community. The order said they had been told the building had been […]