Defense
Turkey says second Iranian ballistic missile shot down by NATO defences in airspace
Kids walk around an Iranian missile after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near the Turkish border in the Qamishli district of Hasakah, Syria, on March 4, 2026, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Amjad Kurdo | Afp | Getty Images Kids walk around an Iranian missile after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near […]
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‘Not slowing down’: One week on, U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue
Smoke and fire rise from the site of airstrikes at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran continued on Saturday, one week after they launched their joint campaign to rid Tehran […]
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Palantir rallies 15% for the week as Iran war boosts prospects, muting Anthropic concern
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Palantir was an outlier in a tough week for the stock market, as the provider of software and services to the U.S. government saw its stock rally 15% following the U.S. […]
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Trump says defense CEOs agree to quadruple production of ‘Exquisite Class’ weaponry
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Dec. 2, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters President Donald Trump met Friday afternoon with CEOs of major defense industry companies at the White House as the war against Iran ended its first […]
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UAE mulls freezing Iranian assets as Middle East conflict escalates: WSJ
The Damac Heights real estate development, right, in the Dubai Marina in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The United Arab Emirates is considering cutting off Iranian access to billions of dollars held in the Gulf state, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The move could […]
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House rejects war powers resolution to rein in Trump on Iran
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks with the media on the day of classified briefings for the Senate and House of Representatives on the situation in Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters The House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a war powers resolution to restrict President […]
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German defense firm Renk CEO says Iran war could drive ‘increasing demand’ in the Middle East
The RENK Group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of highly efficient drive and control technology. They develop systems for using high forces and torques to drive vehicles, ships and machines. Customers come from the defense, energy and industrial sectors. (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images) Christof Stache | Afp | Getty Images […]
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5 unresolved questions hanging over the Anthropic–Pentagon fracas: ‘It’s all very puzzling’
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks on an artificial intelligence panel during Inbound 2025 Powered by HubSpot at Moscone Center on in San Francisco, Sept. 4, 2025. Chance Yeh | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to label Anthropic a “Supply-Chain Risk to National Security” on Friday resulted in […]
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NATO members feel the heat from the Iran war, but the bar for the bloc to act is high
Debris of a NATO air defence system that intercepted a missile launched from Iran is seen in Dortyol, in southern Hatay province, Turkey, March 4, 2026 in this screengrab from video. Ihlas News Agency | Via Reuters This picture shows debris of a NATO air defense system that intercepted a missile from Iran headed to […]
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Spain rejects White House claim it agreed to cooperate with U.S. forces amid Iran war
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gestures during a press conference at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on December 15, 2025. Thomas Coex | Afp | Getty Images Spain has pushed back against the White House’s claim that it agreed to cooperate militarily with Washington amid the conflict with Iran, doubling down on its anti-war stance […]
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