Issue 2026-04-05
Stories
- First US Combat Jet Downed Over Iran Since War Began
- Pentagon Pulls 1,900-Plus JASSM-ERs From Global Stocks for Iran War
- US SEAL Team 6 Extracts F-15E Weapons Officer From Iran After 48-Hour Chase
- Five EU Finance Chiefs Urge New Windfall Tax After Hormuz Oil Shock
- Trump Unveils $1.5 Trillion FY-2027 Defense Budget, 40% Jump Amid Iran War
- UAE Demands Immediate Loan Payback; Pakistan to Return $3.5 Billion by 23 April 2026
- Artemis II Crew Crosses Halfway Mark, Sets Up First Crewed Lunar Fly-By Since 1970s
- Russia’s April 3 VPN Block Fuels Nationwide Payment Outage, Telegram Usage Surges
At a Glance
- On 3 April 2026 an Iranian air-defence missile shot down a US two-seat F-15E inside Khuzestan; one airman was rescued...
- A late-March 2026 order re-routed roughly 82% of America’s JASSM-ER cruise-missile arsenal from the Pacific and other...
- Between 4–5 Apr 2026, Navy SEAL Team 6 led a multi-branch operation that slipped into Iran’s Kohgiluyeh mountains and...
- In an April 3 2026 letter, the finance ministers of Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Austria formally asked the Eu...
- The White House sent Congress a non-binding FY-2027 blueprint that would lift Pentagon outlays to roughly $1.5 trilli...
- After years of routine rollovers, Abu Dhabi abruptly asked for the full return of its $3.5 billion deposits, promptin...