The seven-year agreement with Lockheed Martin comes as conflicts in Iran and Ukraine strain U.S. missile inventories and the Pentagon pushes defense contractors to accelerate weapons production.
Deal could mean large profits for American companies but also raises concerns about nuclear proliferation in Middle East
Earlier the U.S. revoked a waiver allowing Tehran to sell oil, eliminating a key incentive for Iran in interim peace deal
A British historian examines how Oxbridge shaped Britain’s ruling class, raising wider questions about elite education, political power, and the West’s uneasy reflection on its own decline
Restless Road and Julia Cole will perform contemporary American country music at a free public concert in Piraeus on July 1, 2026, celebrating the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence and U.S.-Greece friendship
The message of the letter is clear: Turkey cannot return to the F-35 program as if the S-400 issue had never happened
Tehran freezes all back-channel messaging with Washington, demanding a full halt to Israeli operations in Lebanon and Gaza, and warning of a possible blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
Patrick Theros, a Greek American former envoy to Qatar with decades of experience in the Persian Gulf, argues that the Trump administration weakened Iran militarily but damaged its path to a negotiated exit
Summit’s second day was a test of whether talks could yield a concrete deal
The summit projected an air of friendship between the governments and business communities of two rival superpowers
Chinese leader raises issue that clouds Trump’s hopes for ‘best summit ever’
As Trump prepares to meet with Xi Jinping this week, he is eager to move on from the conflict that is hurting his domestic power and the global economy
Speaking Monday from the White House, Trump referred to the latest round of attacks as a ‘mini war’
Iran fired missiles & a drone at the UAE, sparking a fire at Fujairah's oil facility. The U.S. Navy was authorized to counter Iranian threats in the Strait of Hormuz
As Britain faces tensions with Washington over Iran and the lingering Epstein scandal, King Charles visits the US to mark American independence's 250th anniversary, a symbolic but carefully limited diplomatic gesture, experts say
The US is struggling to replenish key weapons systems, including Tomahawks that the duration of the conflict is consuming faster than they can be produced
In posting that a whole civilization would die if no deal was struck, the president sparked a frantic global guessing game over his real intentions
Reverse-engineering existing technology yielded ‘the Toyota Corolla of drones’—cheap, easy to manufacture and devastatingly effective
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a statement, declaring they would target US companies as retaliation for US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
Effort takes on new urgency nearly three weeks into the war with Iran as oil prices soar