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Trump escalates rhetoric over Iran’s protest death toll and signals possible strikes as the rial collapses, orders a review of UFO/UAP files, Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers win an Army drone innovation competition, and reports emerge of an IED strike on a Nigerian Army armored vehicle in Zamfara.
U.S. naval forces mass near Iran as tensions rise, while fighting intensifies in Tigray and Myanmar and new allegations shake Ukraine’s foreign legion.
Ukraine detains ex-minister in graft probe; UN details Darfur massacre; Mexico mine workers found in graves; US boards Venezuela-linked tanker.
U.S. forces intensified strikes against ISIS in Syria as Russia tested a high-altitude communications platform positioned as a Starlink alternative, motorcycle gunmen massacred civilians in Nigeria, and NASA’s Crew-12 restored full staffing aboard the ISS.
Russia tightens controls on Telegram, Trump warns Iran of consequences, and new reporting links Ethiopia to training Sudan’s RSF fighters.
Ukraine confirms an F-16 gun kill as the air war evolves, while Sudan, Cuba, and Kyiv confront widening strains tied to protracted conflict.
U.S. forces are transferring ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq as Damascus and the SDF begin security integration talks, while deadly floods hit Idlib displacement camps and coordinated militant raids escalate violence in Nigeria’s northwest.
America is flexing across the board this week, pulling Raptors for real missions, parking a carrier off Iran during talks, cutting Harvard out of officer development, and shoving a battalion into Nigeria as another quiet front turns hot.
President Trump’s tough-love approach is forcing allies to grow up, adversaries to move faster, and the United States to confront the real costs of pressure as NATO strains, China postures, and America quietly expands its footprint in places like Nigeria.
Ukraine and Russia resume U.S.-brokered peace talks as Washington expands missile production and Nigeria reels from a mass-casualty attack amid regional insecurity.
Russia intensified missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid as Vietnam recalibrated its defense posture and Libya closed a final chapter of the Gaddafi era.
Gaza sees heavy Israeli fire around Khan Younis and a Rafah crossing reopening, Iran ups the ante in the Strait of Hormuz as the Abraham Lincoln arrives, ISWAP overruns a Nigerian base in Borno, and a federal judge lets ICE’s “Operation Metro Surge” continue in Minnesota despite state opposition.
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