Arab leaders welcomed Syria back into the Arab League after the country’s nearly 12 years in exile. The move marks one of the most significant steps in the Arab world to re-normalize relations with Damascus. The Arab League revoked Syria’s membership in 2011 after Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad led a massive crackdown on protesters that…

Iran has been accused of concealing military equipment as “humanitarian aid” to smuggle weaponry into Syria for use by proxy groups in attacks on U.S. troops, according to leaked documents obtained by military intelligence. The Pentagon has confirmed the authenticity of the documents, which were discovered on Discord in April and reported by The Washington…

The first few days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine did not go down how President Putin or the rest of the world might have imagined. Some blame Russia’s intelligence apparatus for its surprising failure to quash the Ukrainian military early on. But with Putin sitting on top of a spy machine that feeds its leader…

The arrest of 21-year-old Jack Teixeira for leaking intelligence materials has led many to question the accessibility of top-secret U.S. government papers. Teixeira, an airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was part of a support system for military drone operations. But revelations about past racist and violent remarks he made online have raised concerns…

AI chatbots have recently been found to be responsible for creating content on a variety of news websites, raising concerns about the potential for misinformation. NewsGuard, a news-rating group, has identified 49 news and information websites in seven languages that appear to have content generated by AI. “Artificial intelligence tools are now being used to…

A doctor who split his time practicing in Iowa and Sudan has been killed. He was stabbed to death in front of his parents, wife and two children when trying to escape the unrest in Sudan.  49-year-old Bushra Sulieman was fatally stabbed outside of his Sudan residence. The U.S. doctor had been treating those wounded…

The formation of a NATO-like alliance in the Pacific region continues to pick up steam. In the latest chapter, Australia wants to partner with the United States to field a fleet of flying MQ-28 Ghost Bat drones. The Ghost Bats are the first drones developed by Boeing Australia, and will be the first Australian-made attack…