Poland scrambles jets due to Russian missile attack on Ukraine, air raid sirens sound in Lublin (2026-07-30 05:31 UTC)
Kurz: Polish forces scrambled combat aircraft, placed air defense systems on heightened alert, and briefly activated air raid sirens in Lublin overnight Thursday in response to a massive Russian air attack on Ukraine.
8 killed, 30 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches massive ballistic missile, drone attack (2026-07-29 22:29 UTC)
Kurz: Russia launched dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as hundreds of drones, towards Ukraine in the early hours of July 30 in yet another large-scale attack. Damage was reported in various cities, including Kyiv and Lviv, just hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky w…
Ukrainian F-16 crashes during combat mission, pilot ejects safely (2026-07-29 20:09 UTC)
Kurz: Ukraine’s Air Force lost contact with an F-16 fighter jet during a combat mission on July 29 after the aircraft experienced an in-flight emergency, the military said.
Ukraine and Iran’s dangerous new standoff, explained (2026-07-29 19:17 UTC)
Kurz: The escalating tensions between Ukraine and Iran over the past few days have prompted fears of a military conflict between the two countries. Kyiv and Tehran have many reasons to be at odds with each other. Iran has supported Russia’s war effort against Ukraine since 2022, while …
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Reports of blasts at base in Jordan, as army says five Iranian missiles downed (2026-07-30 05:46 UTC)
Kurz: Reports of blasts at base in Jordan, as army says five Iranian missiles downed Explosions were reportedly heard at Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. Middle East Eye could not verify these reports. Meanwhile, the country’s army spokesperson said five missiles coming in from Iran w…
US strike on family home in Iran’s Qeshm kills three, including toddler (2026-07-30 05:37 UTC)
Kurz: US strike on family home in Iran’s Qeshm kills three, including toddler A US strike on a residential house in Qeshm, located in Iran’s Hormozgan, killed three members of a family and injured two others. The deputy governor of Hormozgan for politics, Ahmad Nafisi, said that the fa…
Israeli blasts, shelling reported in southern Lebanon (2026-07-30 05:15 UTC)
Kurz: Israeli blasts, shelling reported in southern Lebanon Israeli forces carried out a number of explosions in southern Lebanon overnight and early on Thursday, state media reported. Bombings targeted the towns of Mansouri, Majdal Zoun, and Mazraat Beit al-Sayyad. Meanwhile, shelling…
Hunger hampers Ebola response as cases top 3,200 in DR Congo (2026-07-29 12:00 UTC)
Kurz: The UN emergency food agency appealed for immediate funding on Wednesday, warning that deepening hunger is undermining the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has now infected more than 3,200 people.
UN warns conflict, displacement and cholera are deepening Sudan’s humanitarian crisis (2026-07-28 16:24 UTC)
Kurz: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that conflict, mass displacement… The post UN warns conflict, displacement and cholera are deepening Sudan’s humanitarian crisis appeared first on Dabanga Radio TV Online .
El Burhan visits newly captured North Kordofan towns (2026-07-28 16:21 UTC)
Kurz: Sovereignty Council President and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Lt Gen Abdelfattah El… The post El Burhan visits newly captured North Kordofan towns appeared first on Dabanga Radio TV Online .
SAF claims gains on Omdurman–El Obeid road as fighting continues in North Kordofan (2026-07-27 19:14 UTC)
Kurz: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) say they have tightened their grip on the strategic Omdurman–El… The post SAF claims gains on Omdurman–El Obeid road as fighting continues in North Kordofan appeared first on Dabanga Radio TV Online .
People in El Obeid, Sudan have limited services as drone attacks intensify (2026-07-20 12:34 UTC)
Kurz: Half a million people in El-Obeid, North Kordofan state, Sudan are facing limited basic services as drone strikes from the Rapid Support Forces intensify. Liesbeth Aelbrecht details the impact on people.
Generation Jihad | Seeking forgiveness from the Taliban (2026-07-29 16:18 UTC)
Kurz: Former Marine and New York Times journalist Thomas Gibbons-Neff recently returned to Afghanistan to find accountability and closure, specifically seeking out a Taliban commander he had battled in 2010. Bill Roggio and Will Selber break down the merits of Gibbons-Neff’s recent tou…
China envoy makes a rare response after NZ foreign minister’s ‘go back’ slur (2026-07-30 05:59 UTC)
Kurz: A parliamentary clash in Wellington has elicited a subtle rebuke from Beijing after New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters told a Chinese-born opposition lawmaker to “go back to your own country”. The comments on Wednesday prompted a rare social media response from Beijing…
ASML’s Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography and the Limits of Reverse Engineering in China (2026-07-29 08:00 UTC)
Kurz: In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce informed the Dutch company ASML that it suspects one of its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines has reached China, an accusation that ASML denied, and for which no supporting evidence has yet been made public. ASML is the sole global …
Navy Awards $76.6B for 9 Virginia, 5 Columbia Subs to General Dynamics, HII (2026-07-29 21:09 UTC)
Kurz: This post has been updated with an additional statement from the Navy and General Dyanmics. The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII $76.6 billion in contracts on Wednesday for the next batch of attack and ballistic missile submarines after a nearly three-year…
More than 35 Experiments Test Unmanned Systems, Emerging Technologies During RIMPAC (2026-07-29 18:16 UTC)
Kurz: U.S. and partner forces conducted more than 35 experiments to test unmanned systems and emerging technologies, pushing interoperability among nations to new limits during the biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise. “These efforts help us understand how new capabilities fit into the…
How Mexico Locked In Its Militarized Police State (2026-07-29 17:30 UTC)
Kurz: In 2021, Andrew Ivey wrote, “‘I Have Other Data’: The Guardia Nacional and the Entrenchment of Mexico’s Militarization’,” where he warned Mexico was headed toward a militarization trap. Five years later, amidst increased pressure from the Trump administration and the election of …
Spain: Hundreds of migrants attempt to swim toward Ceuta (2026-07-29 23:15 UTC)
Kurz: Spain’s Civil Guard, maritime Rescue Services and the Red Cross said they rescued migrants from the water. The interior minister acknowledged the country was facing an “extraordinary, exceptional situation.”
SpaceX wins $1.6B to launch Space Force ‘sensing and targeting’ sats (2026-07-29 20:55 UTC)
Kurz: The SpaceX task order is the first to be awarded since the Space Force’s July 17 massive $11.4 billion plus-up to the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 contract vehicle ceiling.