US job openings hold at a surprising 7.6M in May despite Iran war shock
A hiring sign is seen outside of a company in Wheeling, Ill., Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
· Paul Wiseman
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Newest first · UTC+11:00"Right Above The Cockpit": Drone Strikes JetBlue Plane On Final Approach To JFK
JetBlue Airways Flight 948 reportedly struck a small drone while the narrow-body aircraft was in the traffic pattern on final approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
· Tyler Durden
Rubio, eastern Libya General Saddam Haftar discuss unifying country’s military, economy, politics
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos hosted Libyan National Army Deputy Commander Lt.-Gen. Saddam Haftar in Washington on Monday, the State Department and LNA confirmed.
· JAMES GENN
Israel failed to coordinate NIS 14.8 billion in October 7 volunteer aid, probe finds
Israel’s volunteer and donation effort in the first three months of the war was worth an estimated NIS 14.78 billion - but the government entered the crisis without a body responsible for coordinating that civilian response, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman found.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
IDF's October 7 defense failure was at root of evacuation breakdowns, gov't probe finds
The IDF’s failure to defend Gaza border communities on October 7 was also at the root of failures in evacuation from combat zones, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman found, in an audit published on Tuesday.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Iron Beam, Iron Dome combine forces in Defense Ministry drill
The Defense Ministry announced on Monday that it had conducted a joint drill in which the Iron Beam laser defense and the Iron Dome interceptor-based defense systems were used together to combat a multi-threat scenario.
· YONAH JEREMY BOB
Sberbank CEO Renews Call for Interest Rate Cut
The CEO of Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, renewed his calls Tuesday for the Central Bank to cut its key interest rate, arguing that policymakers have poured too much cold water on the economy in their fight against inflation driven by military spending.
· The Moscow Times
AeroVironment booms 28% as dronemaker capitalizes on defense spending surge
AeroVironment shares skyrocketed more than 30% after the dronemaker easily blew past Wall Street's fiscal fourth-quarter estimates, benefiting from U.S. plans to modernize the military and secure space.
· Samantha Subin
Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveils £15 billion UK defense plan as legacy project
Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled on Tuesday his long-delayed Defense Investment Plan, promising an increase of £15 billion in funding to better equip Britain to fight the wars of the future in a blueprint he described as his legacy.
· REUTERS
Israeli military seeking space laser weapon
Israel is developing a space-based laser weapon capable of targeting satellites, Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced.
· RT
Putin superyacht ‘Graceful’ spotted on radar off Denmark
Danish media said the boat, not seen on radar since 2022, was accompanied by two Russian warships, the Danish navy and the German coastguard
· dpa
Putin superyacht ‘Graceful’ spotted on radar off Denmark
Danish media said the boat, not seen on radar since 2022, was accompanied by two Russian warships, the Danish navy and the German coastguard
· dpa
How the UAE continued supporting Sudan's RSF through Haftar and Libya
Sudanese, Egyptian and Libyan sources have revealed the shifting nature of the United Arab Emirates’ support for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) through Libya, as a new investigation has uncovered the presence of military camps training RSF fighters there.
· Middleeasteye
Manhunt After Monaco Bombing Severely Wounds Ukrainian Oligarch In 'Attempted Assassination'
Monaco has been shaken by an apparent assassination attempt on a Ukrainian-born business tycoon by parcel bomb on Monday - something unprecedented in the normally ultra-safe principality.
· Tyler Durden
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner in Qatar for talks amid Persian Gulf tensions
Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East, listens as President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte meet in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
· Jon Gambrell
A generational shift is transforming the US-Israel relationship | Kenneth Roth
The Iran war has accelerated the fraying of ties. An end to unconditional US support would force a reckoning with reality
· Kenneth Roth
Parcel Bomb Explodes in Monaco, Injuring 3
A parcel bomb exploded at an apartment building in Monaco, officials said, seriously injuring three people, including a child, and setting off a cross-border hunt for the perpetrator.
· Segolene Le Stradic
China is a clear winner from Trump’s war in Middle East, report concludes
Beijing, whose stockpiles and renewables industry allowed it to withstand energy shock, is now gaining from global solar and EV push
· Amy Hawkins
Nuclear weapons storage in spotlight as US plans $4bn boost for its UK airbases
Exclusive: Pentagon files suggest some new facilities will store nuclear arsenal, with $163m also earmarked for secretive spy base
· Harry Davies, Robevans
Civil war tore this country apart. But two men’s words still unite us, more than 160 years later
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· Lenny McAllister
Israeli Defense Chief Lashes Out At Trump Policy For Preventing Destruction Of Hezbollah
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz in a talk before reporters Monday ripped the Trump administration, blaming the US for giving into Iran's demands that a peace framework incorporate the Lebanon front.
· Tyler Durden
IRGC commander dies in car crash as insurgencies escalate across western Iran
The political deputy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy was killed in a car accident on Monday, according to reports by the Fars News Agency and Iran International, which are respectively anti-government and regime-affiliated sources.
· MAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mysterious drone over Germany’s Arrow 3 battery may open door for Rafael, Elbit laser deal
A mysterious drone spotted over Germany’s first Arrow 3 missile-defense battery has raised concern in the German Air Force and may accelerate Berlin’s plans to procure laser-based defenses, potentially creating a new opportunity for Israeli defense companies Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems.
· UDI ETZION
Poland issues EU warning to Ukraine in Nazi collaborator row
Ukraine will face significant problems joining the EU as long as it continues to honor Stepan Bandera, a World War II-era Nazi collaborator whose followers carried out the ethnic cleansing of tens of thousands of Poles, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said.
· RT
Israeli army raids Palestinian charity in Nablus, orders year-long closure
Israeli military forces raided the headquarters of the Solidarity Charity Association in the occupied West Bank’s Nablus on Tuesday, declaring the organisation closed for a year, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
· Middleeasteye
Three injured in parcel bomb attack in Monaco
Three people were injured in an apparent parcel bomb attack in central Monaco on Monday evening, triggering a major security operation in the principality.
· Milena Wälde, Victor Goury-Laffont
Eight Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza over past 24 hours
One Palestinian was killed on Tuesday morning in an attack by Israeli forces on Salah al-Din Street in southern Gaza City, according to sources at al-Ahli Arab Hospital.
· Middleeasteye
Israel to deploy new AI radar system on Lebanon border to detect Hezbollah drones
The Israeli company Magos Systems, which develops and produces advanced drone detection radar systems for comprehensive protection, announced on Monday that they had secured a NIS 21 million deal to provide hundreds of its radar systems to a "defense customer." Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post understands that t…
· DEAN SHMUEL ELMAS/GLOBES/TNS, ANNA AHRONHEIM
Anduril eyes major Israeli defense deals, expanding partnership talks during CEO's visit
Innovative US military technology company Anduril Industries is taking its first steps in Israel. "Globes" has learned that a senior delegation of Anduril executives led by CEO Brian Schimpf will visit Israel this week. Schimpf cofounded Anduril with entrepreneur Palmer Luckey.
· ASSAF GILEAD/GLOBES/TNS
UK lays out defence plan with drones, self-flying fighter jets, no-crew submarines
While PM Keir Starmer says ‘cutting-edge capabilities’ will help to deter evolving threats, some say far more money should be spent
· Associated Press
UK lays out defence plan with drones, self-flying fighter jets, no-crew submarines
While PM Keir Starmer says ‘cutting-edge capabilities’ will help to deter evolving threats, some say far more money should be spent
· Associated Press
Premier, enough with the defence, go on the offence over the Big Build
June 30, 2026 — 7:30pm
· The Age's View
Foreign digital army behind pro-One Nation posts flooding social media
An army of foreign influencers supporting Pauline Hanson on social media could be the first example of Indonesian “buzzers” being deployed on Australian politics.
· Dan Nolan
Should China worry more about keeping defence customers than winning new deals?
A study of the risks and opportunities for Chinese weapons exports in global markets cautions against a reductive assumption about quality
· Khushboo Razdan
Should China worry more about keeping defence customers than winning new deals?
A study of the risks and opportunities for Chinese weapons exports in global markets cautions against a reductive assumption about quality
· Khushboo Razdan
'A national disgrace': Netanyahu, MKs condemn rabbi who cursed IDF chief Zamir at anti-draft rally
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday strongly condemned the haredi rabbi who cursed Zamir during a Bnei Brak anti-military draft protest, saying that "Even when there are disagreements among us, there is absolutely no place for serious incitement against the IDF and its commanders who protect us all."
· TZVI JASPER
'No protest can succeed while Hamas is still here in control,' Gazans say
Despite almost three years of hardship and devastation during the Gaza war caused by Hamas’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel, calls for a mass protest on June 26 in the Strip went largely unanswered. The initiative to bring Gazans together to demonstrate against Hamas’s rule drew little public response last Fr…
· DANA BEN SHIMON
Britain sets out a plan for future defense with a focus on drones and a fight over money
Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence Dan Jarvis arrives for a cabinet meeting hosted by Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, June 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
· Jill Lawless
Defense minister backs push for unified military academy as fundamental reform for future
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Tuesday stood by the government's push to unify military academies into one single institution, calling it a "fundamental reform" that will help pool future cadets amid a demographic cliff and other changing trends.
· Kim Seung-yeon
Inflation likely to stay ‘significantly above target,’ top European central banker warns
Inflation is at risk of remaining above target despite the U.S. and Iran agreeing to end their war in the Middle East, a top European central banker warned on Tuesday.
· Chloe Taylor
Thai beer dynasty heir opens up about abuse, being sued by his mother: ‘at least I’m free’
Siranudh ‘Psi’ Scott broke his silence on alleged childhood trauma as his estranged mother wielded a century-old legal weapon against him
· Aidan Jones
Thai beer dynasty heir opens up about abuse, being sued by his mother: ‘at least I’m free’
Siranudh ‘Psi’ Scott broke his silence on alleged childhood trauma as his estranged mother wielded a century-old legal weapon against him
· Aidan Jones
After triggering price war, DeepSeek reverses course with surcharge on peak-hour API use
DeepSeek triggered a price war in May when it announced a permanent 75 per cent discount on V4 API access
· Ben Jiang
After triggering price war, DeepSeek reverses course with surcharge on peak-hour API use
DeepSeek triggered a price war in May when it announced a permanent 75 per cent discount on V4 API access
· Ben Jiang
Monaco parcel bomb blast severely wounds Ukrainian oligarch
Source says Vadym Yermolaiev was one of two adults left with life-threatening injuries after apartment blast on Monday
· Agence France-Presse in Monaco
Israel Shipyards launches AREONOUS to hunt FPV drones with autonomous net-launching kits
Israel Shipyards Ltd, the defense giant known primarily for producing vessels for the Israel Navy, has recently entered the drone interception market by unveiling a subsidiary, AREONOUS.
· UDI ETZION
Israel-Lebanon deal may entrench stalemate rather than end war - analysis
A security deal between Israel and Lebanon risks entrenching a stalemate rather than resolving Israel's underlying conflict with Hezbollah by tying Israel's pullout from southern Lebanon to the Iran-aligned group's disarmament, a condition regional analysts and politicians say is unattainable.
· REUTERS
Is the tide turning against Russia in Ukraine?
LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a tough few months. While the Ukraine war never unfolded according to plan, Putin believed, until recently, that time was on his side. Russia managed to increase its share of occupied Ukrainian territory in 2025 — albeit only slightly, from 18.5% to 19.3%. More impor…
· Sergei Guriev
Iran war price shocks push Asia into a rush for energy security
A tug boat pushes a barge carrying coal on Mahakam river in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)
· Anton L Delgado
Police hunt fugitive after blast in Monaco injures Ukrainian construction tycoon | The National
Police are hunting a man suspected of detonating a makeshift bomb in Monaco believed to have targeted a Ukrainian-born oligarch.
· The National