Tally shows Iran has launched far more missiles, drones at Gulf than Israel

(Al Arabiya) Iran has launched far more missiles and drones at Gulf states than at Israel since the war began on February 28, according to an Al Arabiya tally. The tally shows Iran has...

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Tally shows Iran has launched far more missiles, drones at Gulf than Israel

(Al Arabiya) Iran has launched far more missiles and drones at Gulf states than at Israel since the war began on February 28, according...

US says Iran’s ability to threaten Hormuz ‘degraded’ after strike on missile facility

(AFP/Al Arabiya) The US military said Saturday that Iran’s ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz has been “degraded” by the bombing this week...

FBI takes down leak sites tied to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security

(Jonathan Greig - The Record) The FBI accused the Iranian government of using four domains to host information stolen from the government of Albania,...

Police dismantle dark web network exploiting child sexual abuse material

(Daryna Antoniuk - The Record) International law enforcement agencies announced Friday dismantling one of the largest known networks of fraudulent platforms on the dark...

Strategic Leadership in Digital Transformation

(Tarnveer Singh - Infosecurity Magazine) Digital transformation with AI has become one of the defining leadership challenges of the decade. What once centered on...

NCA Boss Warns That Teens Are Being “Radicalized” Into Cybercrime Online

(Phil Muncaster - Infosecurity Magazine) The head of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned that the country’s teens are being “radicalized” into...

This missile just proved itself in Iran. The US needs more, ASAP

(Ryan Brobst and Bradley Bowman - Defense One) Pentagon officials report that the ground-launched Precision Strike Missile—PrSM for short—made a successful combat debut in...

Ukraine deploys units to 5 Middle East countries to intercept drones

(Ukraine has deployed specialist teams to five Middle Eastern countries to help intercept drones and advise on air-defense measures, with officials saying they expect...

European nations decry ‘increasing settler terror’ in West Bank

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Diplomats from 13 European countries and Canada on Saturday slammed growing “terror” by settlers against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, after...

iPhone spyware is everyone’s problem now

(Sam Sabin - Axios) Cybercriminal groups are now using spyware tools once utilized mainly by spies and law enforcement to hack into iPhones, new...

Worlds In Brief (21 March 2026 pm)

War in Iran/Middle East/Gulf and beyond (AFP/Al Arabiya) More than 20 countries on Saturday said they would contribute to efforts ensuring safe passage in the...

The number of countries ready to commit to the Hormuz initiative has risen to 22 following the truce

The number of countries ready to commit to the Hormuz initiative following the ceasefire has risen to 22. This is evident from the Downing...

Pentagon: integration of Palantir AI into the US Armed Forces

Palantir’s Maven artificial intelligence system is set to become an official Pentagon programme: this is stated in a letter to US defence leaders from...

Israeli defense minister warns strikes on Iran to increase ‘significantly’

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that the United States and Israel would intensify their strikes on Iran in the coming week...

Drone attack against Iraqi intelligence services in Baghdad

(Al Arabiya) A drone attack targeted Iraqi intelligence services in an upscale residential neighborhood in central Baghdad on Saturday morning, a senior security official...

Worlds In Brief (21 March 2026 update)

War in Iran/Middle East/Gulf and beyond (AFP/Al Arabiya) Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that the United States and Israel would intensify their strikes on...

Iranian media: US and Israel attack the Natanz nuclear facility

The United States and Israel have struck Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, according to the Islamic Republic’s Atomic Energy Organisation. A statement released by the...

Iran: ready to facilitate the passage of Japanese ships through the Strait of Hormuz

Iran is ready to facilitate the passage of Japanese ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic chokepoint for global energy supplies. This was...

7,500+ Magento sites defaced in global hacking campaign

(Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs) Since February 27, a large-scale campaign has defaced over 7,500 Magento sites, targeting e-commerce platforms, global brands, and government...

Navia data breach impacts nearly 2.7 Million people

(Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs) Navia Benefit Solutions disclosed a data breach affecting 2,697,540 individuals. The company detected suspicious activity on January 23, 2026...

Global law enforcement operation targets AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid botnet operators

(Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs) The U.S. DoJ disrupted command-and-control infrastructure used by several IoT botnets, including AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad. The operation...

La guerra e le Borse. Cronache dai listini

(Marzia Giglioli) Le Borse europee chiudono la settimana in profondo rosso dopo i nuovi attacchi a infrastrutture energetiche nel Medio Oriente, con conseguente ulteriore rialzo...

After the Purge: Reassessing the Risk to Taiwan

Brandon Tran and Gerui Zhang write for The Jamestown Foundation The purge of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from the Central Military Commission (CMC) likely...

Aquatic Tiger: How long-range submarine drones could play a role in a Taiwan conflict

Markus Garlauskas, Drew Holliday, Adam Kozloski, Nicholas Takeuchi, Paul Vebber write for the Atlantic Council The Aquatic Tiger wargame explored how long-range autonomous underwater vehicles...

Geostrategic magazine (21 March 2026) – analyses from global think tanks

War in Iran/Middle East/Gulf and beyond (Joseph Jarnecki and Noah Sylvia - RUSI) Before sunrise on Sunday 1 March, Iranian Shahed drones directly struck two...

Realisti si diventa / Becoming realists

(Marco Emanuele)  Scrivevamo che il fattore umano, da sempre e per sempre, è centrale e strategico. Ciò che oggi manca, tragicamente, è il senso del...

Clienti, non elettori

(Girolamo Boffa) Chi sono davvero i voti di Trump, perché i democratici non riusciranno ad intercettarli, e perché questo sposta tutta la partita dentro il...

US: green light given for the sale of Iranian oil already in transit. WSJ: Iran has struck Diego Garcia

The US has given the green light to the sale of Iranian oil already in transit. In a lengthy social media post, Treasury Secretary...

Global trade grew in 2025 despite Trump tariffs, two reports show

(Neil Irwin - Axios) If you only read the headlines, you might guess that global trade came to a standstill in the last year...

Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows

(Daniel Bush, Paul Brown, Alex Murray - BBC) Iranian strikes on military bases used by the US in the Middle East caused about $800m...

Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli strikes against Syria

(Al Arabiya) Saudi Arabia on Saturday denounced Israel’s strikes on Syrian army camps as “blatant Israeli aggression,” calling on the international community to intervene....

Worlds In Brief (21 March 2026)

War in Iran/Middle East/Gulf and beyond (Reuters/Al Arabiya) The European Commission has urged EU states to lower natural-gas storage targets and start refilling reserves gradually...

Spagna – Messico, re Felipe si scusa. Al via prove di riavvicinamento

(Maria Eva Pedrerol) Prove di riavvicinamento tra la Spagna e il Messico. Il re di Spagna Felipe VI ha ammesso che "ci sono stati abusi...

Trump scatenato con gli Alleati: “siete dei codardi”. E prepara le prossime mosse

(Marzia Giglioli)  Mai Trump si era schierato così duramente contro gli Alleati : “Siete dei codardi, e noi ce lo ricorderemo”. A far saltare i nervi...

Trump: Iran needs 10 years to rebuild what was destroyed, regime change not priority

(Al Arabiya) US President Donald Trump said Friday that it will take Iran 10 years to rebuild after the joint attacks with Israel, adding...

US slaps sanctions on global Hezbollah financial network

(Al Arabiya) The US Treasury Department announced on Friday new sanctions against a global financial network supporting Hezbollah and enabling the diversion of over...

US poised to accept new F-35s without radars, sources say

(Michael Marrow, Valerie Insinna and Diana Stancy - Breaking Defense) Starting this fall, all new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters delivered to the American military...

Israel’s Elbit reveals military contract to put high-powered laser weapon on aircraft

(Seth J. Frantzman - Breaking Defense) Israel’s Elbit Systems recently revealed it has received a contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense to put...

India seeking to join European sixth-generation fighter program: Reports

(Mike Yeo - Breaking Defense) India has expressed an interest in joining one of the two ongoing European sixth-generation fighter programs, according to local...

What is the Pentagon’s ‘Space Data Network,’ and why does it matter for Golden Dome?

(Theresa Hitchens - Breaking Defense) The Space Force’s effort to develop a complex Space Data Network (SDN) of military and commercial satellites is beginning...

Air Force counter-drone lab requests ideas to track and kill small UAS

(Patrick Dawson - Breaking Defense) The Air Force is on the hunt for ways to defend against small drones, posting a pair of Requests...

US intelligence elevates AI as a top global threat in new report

(Patrick Tucker - Defense One) Artificial intelligence is a major subtheme of the U.S. intelligence community’s annual report on threats—one increasingly described in strategic,...

Pentagon leaders called Claude AI ‘woke.’ Tests show otherwise

(Valerie Wirtschafter - Defense One) When Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic a deadline to renegotiate its contract with the Pentagon to include...

A-10s are striking Iranian boats. Some say it’s a ‘wake-up call’ to stop the Warthog’s retirement

(Thomas Novelly - Defense One) A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are strafing boats in the Straits of Hormuz as part of President Trump’s war on Iran,...

‘It takes money to kill bad guys,’ Hegseth says of $200B Iran war request to Congress

(Meghann Myers - Defense One) The Pentagon’s $200 billion request to cover the costs of the Iran war will reimburse what the Defense Department...

Texelis, Scata team up on medium-heavy vehicle that can do drone defense

(Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo - Defense News) French company Texelis Defense and Finnish defense manufacturer Scata have partnered to develop new combat vehicle made entirely in...

Oil prices, fear of Trump? China mysteriously reduced warplane activity near Taiwan

(Defense News) Could it be high fuel prices, or a desire to avoid upsetting U.S. President Donald Trump? What about China’s annual political confab...

Japan’s new ‘ugly duckling’ electronic-warfare aircraft takes to the sky

(Gordon Arthur - Defense News) Japan’s new electronic-warfare aircraft, converted from a Kawasaki C-2 tactical cargo hauler, took to the sky for its maiden...

NATO says Iraq mission relocated to Europe

(AFP/Al Arabiya) NATO’s mission in Iraq has been fully relocated to Europe, the alliance said, with the last personnel from the non-combat force of...

US to deploy of thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, officials say

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three US officials told Reuters on...

NATO relocates Iraq mission due to Mideast war

(AFP/Al Arabiya) NATO said Friday it was “adjusting” its mission in Iraq, with a French military source confirming the non-combat force was being temporarily...

Worlds In Brief (20 March 2026 pm)

War in Iran/Middle East/Gulf and beyond (AFP/Al Arabiya) Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Friday said the enemies of the Islamic Republic were being defeated...

Trump AI plan urges Congress to overrule states

(Ashley Gold, Maria Curi, Mackenzie Weinger - Axios) The Trump administration on Friday released its legislative recommendations on AI, urging Congress to preempt state...

Trump mulls risky Kharg Island takeover to force Iran to open strait

(Barak Ravid, Marc Caputo - Axios) The Trump administration is considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran's Kharg Island to pressure Iran to reopen...

Worlds In Brief (20 March 2026 update)

War in Iran/Middle East/Gulf and beyond (Barak Ravid, Marc Caputo - Axios) The Trump administration is considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran's Kharg Island...

Iran: The Supreme Leader calls for increasing insecurity to the detriment of enemies. The Revolutionary Guards confirm the killing of their spokesperson. Erdogan calls...

A message attributed to Iran’s Supreme Leader states that the Ministry of Intelligence must continue to create insecurity for enemies and security for Iranian...

Perché oggi è diverso / Because today is different

(Marco Emanuele)  E' vero. L'essere umano, fin dalla notte dei tempi, si comporta più o meno sempre allo stesso modo. Ciascuno di noi porta dentro...

Freedom House’s Annual Report Shows the Dire State of Democracy Worldwide

(Joshua Kurlantzick - Council on Foreign Relations) The global monitor of rights and democracy, Freedom House, today released its annual report, Freedom in the...

Could Iran Disrupt the Gulf Countries’ Desalinated Water Supplies?

(David Michel - CSIS) The economies of the Persian Gulf countries depend on oil and natural gas. Their populations depend on desalinated water. Nature...

Misplaced Assumptions Have Plagued U.S. War Efforts Against Iran

(The Soufan Center) There are myriad assumptions by the Trump administration that have proven faulty thus far and have contributed to the devastation wrought...