Houthi attacks on Red Sea likely won’t end anytime soon

Houthi military helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released on Nov. 20, 2023. Houthi Military Media | Via Reuters Drone and missile attacks by Yemen-based Houthi militants have upended shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, a narrow waterway through which some 10% of the … Read more

U.S. and Venezuela do prisoner swap

U.S. President Joe Biden pauses as he announces the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as part of administration efforts to lower gasoline prices, during remarks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, … Read more

U.S. expands Red Sea defense as Houthis disrupt trade

Mock drones and missiles are displayed at a square on December 07, 2023 in Sana’a, Yemen. Mohammed Hamoud | Getty Images U.S. officials on Monday expanded a multinational maritime force in the Red Sea to defend against escalating attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, which have impeded international shipping routes. “The recent escalation in reckless … Read more

Predatory Sparrow (Gonjeshke Darande) claim cyberattack on Iran’s gas stations

08/16/2023 Tehran, Iran. A view of the single nozzle fuel dispenser of a gas station in Tehran. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) Hossein Beris | Afp | Getty Images A hacking group widely reported as being linked … Read more

Israel-Qatar meet, raising prospects of Gaza hostage talks

16 December 2023, Israel, Tel Aviv: Israelis and family member of the hostage families protest outside Kiriya military base calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to secure the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images) Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance … Read more

Japan and Malaysia sign $2.8 million maritime security assistance deal

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the start of their bilateral meeting at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo on December 16, 2023. (Photo by Franck ROBICHON / POOL / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK ROBICHON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Franck Robichon | Afp | Getty Images … Read more

U.S. approves $300 million support for Taiwan’s tactical information systems

Taiwanese solders fire artillery during the 2-day live-fire drill, amid intensifying threats military from China, in Pingtung county, Taiwan, 7 September 2022. Taipei has been receiving more arms sales and weapons from the US, while fostering its ties with countries like Japan, the UK, Canada and India, as Beijing vows to unify Taiwan without excluding … Read more

TAT Technologies Announces Proposed Private Placement to Israeli Institutional and Accredited Investors

NETANYA , Israel, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — TAT Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: TATT) (“TAT” or the “Company“), a leading provider of products and services to the commercial and military aerospace and ground defense industries, announced today that, following the approval of its Board of Directors, it has received and accepted commitments from Israeli institutional and accredited … Read more

Congress passes $886 billion defense policy bill, Biden to sign into law

US Air Force general Charles Quinton Brown Jr. (R) and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks (L) attend a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on October 11, 2023.  Simon Wohlfahrt | AFP | Getty Images More than two-thirds of the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of a defense policy bill … Read more

After Zelenskyy visit, Congress could make Ukraine aid a 2024 problem

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2023.  Leah Millis | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrapped up a series of high-profile meetings in Washington this week with no guarantees that a congressional aid package for … Read more