The Drake Framework The grounding of aircraft across the United States on 13 November 2026 provides an important occasion to examine the vulnerability of international civil aviation through an application of Frank
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is scheduled to visit the White House on November 18 to meet with former U.S. President Donald Trump, with plans to sign agreements spanning
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The US Army is turning to private equity firms, including industry giants Apollo, Carlyle, KKR, and Cerberus, to help fund a massive $150bn infrastructure overhaul. At a forum held last Monday, Army
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Adding to his score of destroying three Narco fast boats, the US military has destroyed what appears to be a semi-submersible, probably striking it with two Hellfire missiles. What options does the
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The escalating tech war between the United States and China is being closely watched by global powers, but it is Europe that may be paying the highest price. Beijing has recently expanded
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy departed the White House on Friday without securing an agreement for the supply of Tomahawk long-range missiles to Ukraine. The meeting with US President Donald Trump followed weeks of signals
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The latest US-Indian fracas over Russian oil has been rather odd with Trump attributing to PM Modi explicitly that India has terminated its imports of Russian oil. Why would Trump bluff? One possibility that
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Saudi Arabia is in advanced discussions with the Trump administration over a potential defence agreement that could mirror a recent U.S.-Qatar pact, committing Washington to regard any attack on the kingdom as
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Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy has publicly called on Elon Musk to partner with Russia to build an undersea tunnel connecting Alaska and Russia, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump floated the
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On Friday, 10 October 2025, Venezuela’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, delivered a serious and urgent warning during an emergency session of the Security Council, asserting that Venezuela’s peace and
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China’s aggressive move to impose unprecedented export controls on rare-earth minerals has triggered an international response, highlighting the growing friction between Beijing and major global economies, according to Bloomberg. The restrictions, which
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In January 1968, the frozen silence of Greenland’s North Star Bay was shattered by the crash of a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons, scattering plutonium across the ice and
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Fresh evidence has emerged suggesting that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former chief medical adviser to the White House, was secretly escorted into CIA headquarters without being
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US President Donald Trump announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to end India’s purchases of oil from Russia, a move that could ease tensions between Washington and New Delhi
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A simmering rivalry between Wall Street’s biggest banks and the fast-growing private credit industry boiled over this week after a pair of credit market blowups triggered public sparring between JPMorgan Chase &
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US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he has authorized CIA operations on Venezuelan soil. The decision allows intelligence operatives to conduct missions targeting the government of President Nicolas Maduro, whom
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