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Afghanistan – Taliban captures Afghan commander Ismail Khan after fall of Herat (Al Jazeera)

Afghan commander and former mujahideen leader Ismail Khan addresses a gathering at his house in Herat The Taliban has captured Ismail Khan – the...

India/Rahul Gandhi/Twitter – Blocked by Twitter for political reasons: India’s Rahul Gandhi (Al Jazeera)

Gandhi's Twitter account has 19.5 million followers Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s main opposition party, has slammed Twitter for blocking a tweet over...

Ethiopia/Tigray/USA – US envoy heads to Ethiopia to urge end to fighting (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations says 400,000 people are at risk of famine because of the continuing conflict US President Joe Biden is sending his special...

Egypt/North Sinai – Attack kills eight Egyptian troops in Sinai (Al Jazeera)

Egypt has been battling armed groups in northern Sinai for years A roadside bomb exploded in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula,...

Syria – Explainer: What are the clashes in Syria’s Deraa about? (Al Jazeera)

Nearly half of the population of the rebel-held district has fled heavy shelling and ground battles, but the UN warns remaining civilians are cut...

Iraq/Turkey/PKK – Turkish soldier killed in mortar attack in northern Iraq (Al Jazeera)

The PKK has waged a rebellion in the mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey since 1984 that has killed more than 40,000 people Kurdish rebels...

USA/Defense – Audit: Some Navy sub cybersecurity inspections were neglected in recent years

Geoff Ziezulewicz As hacks, intrusions and attacks against civilian and military networks have increased in recent years, the Navy and other services have placed a premium...

USA/Defense – US Navy nears decisions on new small, medium underwater drones (Defense News)

Megan Eckstein The U.S. Navy is “well on its way” to delivering a replacement small unmanned underwater vehicle for mine countermeasures and is in source...

USA/Defense – Palantir: With Joint All-Domain Command and Control, the Pentagon is finally catching up (Defense News)

Palantir global defense lead Doug Philippone. (Palantir)  Nathan Strout Software company Palantir boldly stated in paperwork filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last year that...

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