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US rejected deal on intelligence-sharing proposed by Vladimir Putin’s envoy last week
Editor’s Note: Defense tech enthusiasts may be familiar with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous Arsenal of Democracy speech, which solemnly and urgently called for material support to Europe in its fight against the Nazis. In that “fireside chat,” broadcast to radios across the country, Roosevelt appealed to the American people to break from their tradition of noninterventionism and appeasement to support the war effort. But Roosevelt delivered another speech two weeks later to Congress, on January 6, 1941, that struck a different tone. That address is excerpted below. In his Four Freedoms speech, which also served as the 1941 State The post FDR’s Message on the Defense Industry for the New Year appeared first on War on the Rocks
Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is set to appear in a New York court on Thursday for the second time since his dramatic capture by US forces in January. Maduro faces multiple charges including drug trafficking and weapons offences, as his lawyers challenge legal and procedural obstacles amid US sanctions
Rassemblement National was hoping to make a splash in some big cities ahead of next year’s presidential election, but this failed to materialise
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has said the world gave Israel a ‘licence to torture Palestinians’
Senators Rand Paul and Markwayne Mullin during the latter's DHS confirmation hearing
The provision targets hardware wallet design, raising questions about whether non-custodial products could operate under the proposed rules
Money market pricing shows three quarter-point rises in UK interest rates are fully priced in, as bond yields hit highest since financial crisis
By Maayan Lubell and Nazih Osseiran JERUSALEM/BEIRUT March 14 (Reuters) - The Israeli military warned on Saturday that it may strike ambulances and medical facilities which it said were being used unlawfully by Hezbollah in Lebanon, though it did not provide evidence for the claim. "As part of its terrorist activities, Hezbollah is using ambulances extensively for military purposes," the Israeli military's Arabic spokesman Avichai Adraee said on X, adding that such use must immediately stop