Kuwait’s accusation that Iran carried out a drone strike against Kuwaiti territory threatens to derail the US-Iran negotiations in Islamabad before they produce any binding agreement. The talks, brokered with Pakistani mediation and aimed at de-escalating the military standoff between Washington and Tehran, now face a concrete test: whether a direct attack on a sovereign […]

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Registration is open for Industry Space Days 2026 at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) technical centre in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on 16–17 September.

China’s multi-element Chang’e-7 lunar spacecraft has arrived at Wenchang spaceport for launch preparations ahead of a planned liftoff in the second half of 2026.

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The NATO alliance is fracturing along lines that no amount of diplomatic polish can conceal. Trump’s refusal to consult allies before launching the US-Israeli war on Iran, followed by his public statement that he is considering withdrawing from NATO, has pushed the 77-year-old alliance into what multiple analysts describe as its worst crisis ever. The […]

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Taiwan’s legislature is locked in a fierce fight over a special defense budget to acquire U.S. weapons systems — and the opposition party that’s blocking it just sent its leader to shake hands with Xi Jinping in Beijing. The collision of these two events has fractured what remained of Taiwan’s cross-strait defense consensus, and Beijing […]

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