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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...

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,...

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