Category: World

Trump demands Iran’s unconditional surrender, OpenAI wins Pentagon AI deal, and more. Welcome to Tuesday’s evening brief, June 17, 2025.

You don’t surge tankers, raise force protection levels, and send the Marines east unless somebody, somewhere, just greenlit the next chapter.

When it comes to missile defense, you can’t afford to gamble—standard doctrine may call for firing two or three interceptors per threat, but with modern missile swarms and decoys, it’s a long shot at best.

Israel-Iran conflict intensifies, Gaza aid deaths surge, Russia hits Kyiv, and more. Welcome to Tuesday’s morning brief, June 17, 2025.

Missiles over Tel Aviv, chaos at Gaza aid sites, and G7 tensions—here’s what made headlines this Monday evening, June 16, 2025.

Welcome to Monday! Get your day started with SOFREP’s Morning Brief, offering key updates on defense and global affairs for June 16, 2025.

In a weekend that felt more like the prologue to a Tom Clancy novel than a news cycle, President Trump floated the idea of U.S. boots joining Israel’s war against Iran, a fake-cop gunman hunted down Minnesota lawmakers in their homes, and a Salt Lake City protest against authoritarianism ended in gunfire and blood on the pavement. Welcome to the SOFREP Sunday Evening Brief for June 15, 2025.

On a day meant to celebrate American might—from Abrams tanks rolling through D.C. to Musk’s satellites lighting up Tehran—Minnesota was jolted awake by the cold truth that political violence isn’t something we watch overseas anymore; it’s parked on our front porch wearing a badge and carrying a hit list. Welcome to Sunday, June 15, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

On a day when Iran threatens to choke off the world’s oil supply, DC rolls out tanks for a $45 million parade, a Marine vet congressman tells the Secretary of Defense to take a hike, and a fake cop guns down Minnesota lawmakers in cold blood—America feels less like it’s celebrating 250 years and more like it’s holding the line on chaos. Welcome to SOFREP’s Evening Brief for Saturday, June 14, 2025.

Iran’s circling the drain while Putin sips oil-funded cabernet and Israel rewrites the spy playbook in real time—welcome to geopolitics in the age of cracked iPhones and drone diplomacy.

As Israel and Iran trade missiles in the Middle East, Washington, D.C. braces for a politically charged military parade met with veteran-led protests and arrests, while 200 Marines are quietly deployed to Los Angeles in a historic and controversial mission to guard federal buildings amid growing unrest at home. Welcome to Saturday, June 14, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Stay on top of the news with the SOFREP Evening Brief: Top updates on defense and global affairs for Friday, June 13, 2025.