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Trump blocks China-linked HieFo from acquiring US firm’s semiconductor assets

U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Friday to block a multimillion-dollar acquisition that he says would allow a Chinese-run company to access to valuable semiconductor technologies. Delaware-based HieFo Corp. announced in 2024 that it intends to acquire the chips and indium p…

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U.S. conducts strikes on three more alleged drug boats

The Department of Defense says it has carried out strikes against three vessels allegedly transporting drugs near Venezuela on December 30th, resulting in fatalities. NBC News' Monica Alba reports on the strikes and other recent actions by the Trump administration.

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In Ukraine, an Arsenal of Killer A.I. Drones Is Being Born in War Against Russia

As the war grinds on, sophisticated Russian defenses have pushed Ukraine to develop a frightening new weapon: semiautonomous killing machines.

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Hegseth warns narco-terrorists will face "same fate" after boat strike

The United States will continue to conduct strikes on "narco-terrorists" in the Caribbean, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said.

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How the US attack on Venezuela, abduction of Maduro unfolded

After months of planning, US forces, with 150 jets taking off from 20 airbases, undertook an operation to seize Maduro.

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N Korea’s Kim oversees hypersonic missile tests, cites geopolitical crisis

Kim underscores need to bolster N Korea's nuclear deterrent, citing 'recent geopolitical crisis', state media reports.

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The French university where spies go for training

Sciences Po Saint-Germain near Paris trains current French secret agents and potential new recruits.

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Resecurity denies ShinyHunters breach claim, says attackers hit synthetic honeypot

Cyberdefense firm Resecurity Inc. has denied a claim from infamous hacking group ShinyHunters that it had been hacked, instead saying that the attackers were fooled by a deliberately deployed honeypot filled with synthetic data. The drama over the alleged hack began after a Telegram account from “Sc…

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Germany eavesdropped on some Obama calls from Air Force One, book says

Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, intercepted some unencrypted calls around the same time the U.S. was spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel, a new book reveals.

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How demand for elite falcons in the Middle East is driving illegal trade of British birds

Exclusive: data reveals hundreds of UK nests have been raided in the past decade amid growing appetite to own prized birds for racing and breedingIn the echoing exhibition halls of Abu Dhabi’s International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition, hundreds of falcons sit on perches under bright lights. De…

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North Korea's Kim oversees hypersonic missile test amid 'geopolitical crisis'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of “cutting-edge” hypersonic missiles to ready the country’s nuclear forces for war, state media said on Monday, citing an urgent “geopolitical crisis” after a US strike on Venezuela. Seoul and Tokyo detected two ballistic launches near Pyongyang.

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HoneySat: A Network-based Satellite Honeypot Framework

arXiv:2505.24008v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Satellites are the backbone of several mission-critical services that enable our modern society to function, for example, GPS. For years, satellites were assumed to be secure because of their indecipherable architectures and the reliance on securi…

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Cuba says 32 Cuban security officers were killed in U.S. attack on Venezuela

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What Venezuela tells us about Australia’s security

Recent crises in Venezuela, the Middle East and the South China Sea highlight hard choices which Australia must confront.

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North Korea says latest missile tests involve hypersonic weapons system

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has observed test-flights of hypersonic missiles and underscored the need to bolster the country’s nuclear war deterrent

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Millennium Challenge: A corrupted military exercise and its legacy (2015)

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Israel kills two people in new attack on southern Lebanon

Israel claims the drone attack on a car targeted a Hezbollah member.

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Rubio: Venezuela strikes 'a law enforcement operation,' not 'invasion'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the U.S. military activity in Venezuela this weekend did not require congressional approval because it was a law enforcement operation, not a prolonged invasion of a foreign country. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Rubio defended the oper…