At a September 16 defense drone expo, a KAI jet-powered UAV crashed immediately after takeoff.

In August, two kamikaze drones launched from the navy's Marado ship both plunged into the sea within seconds.

Meanwhile, the PD170 powers Türkiye's combat-proven Bayraktar TB2/TB3 and Anka/Aksungur drones, with Aksungur logging 45 hours endurance and 42,000 ft altitude.

South Korea's defense exports are booming (Chunmoo rockets, K2 tanks, Cheongung-II missiles) but the drone sector lags significantly behind.

Source: Yonhap

Ran NRW since 2021 in a CDU-Greens coalition.

He told ZDF he wants to stay as Minister-President — "trust is rebuilt by governing, not personnel debates."

But hasn't issued a hard "never Berlin" pledge.

Next NRW election April 2027. CDU polling down from 2022 but still first.

This week he visited Türkiye for the 65th anniversary of the German-Turkish labor agreement.

Has called the AfD "the main opponent of democracy" and is open to examining a party ban.

Background: Münsterland lawyer, CDU member since age 17, youngest CDU state MP when elected in 2005, former transport minister under Laschet.

But a New York Times investigation found that hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan gold is now sitting in U.S. warehouses because refiners are unwilling to certify that it is free from criminal financing, corruption and environmental abuses.

The Times found that some gold entering the supply chain was linked to miners who pay protection money to the Tren de Guayana gang. Another U.S.-backed investor, Heeney Capital, has taken over operations at the El Chocó mine, where contractors have also reportedly paid gang protection money.

Source: NYT

The agents were reportedly trying to retrieve public information but used aggressive methods when blocked, including bypassing a website filter and other restrictions.

OpenAI said it is reviewing the findings, contacted the UN and acknowledged other cases where its agents bypassed security controls or disrupted websites.

Source: WSJ

His departure follows reported tensions with FBI Director Kash Patel. People familiar with the bureau told The New York Times that the two often went long periods without speaking, and Patel had increasingly sidelined Bailey.

Bailey joined the FBI in August 2025 as co-deputy director under an unusual leadership structure introduced by the Trump administration. He previously served as Missouri attorney general.

Source: NYT

Ukraine’s Border Guard Service said the checkpoint itself was not hit.

There is the conduct and the war crimes that Israel has committed in Gaza. And we have a really major societal task: that both things can and must be said in the same sentence.

We have an obligation toward Israel. Questioning the existence of the State of Israel violates every moral principle on which this country rests.

Nevertheless, legitimate criticism of the Israeli government must be possible.

I think there is a lot of evidence that war crimes were committed in Gaza.

Every form of antisemitism has to be named and fought. But that must not lead to a prohibition on speaking — to the idea that Israel or its government cannot be criticized.

There must be spaces where people can ask their questions without immediately being portrayed as antisemites, while at the same time there clearly is antisemitism.

People often think that because Jews were victims after the Second World War and after all the pogroms, the State of Israel is therefore a peaceful state. But that isn’t the case.

It is part of the DNA of the State of Israel never again to allow Jewish life to be destroyed through violence. It has always been a defensive, combative and, in that sense, outwardly aggressive state.

But then there is a step that goes beyond that — and in Gaza, that step has gone far too far in many places.

I am simply arguing that we should not make the mistake of silencing ourselves where legitimate questions are being raised.

President Trump is willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release of frozen funds for concrete progress on nuclear.

We will never waver in our stance until those who committed crimes against humanity, shed the blood of 74,000 of our Gazan brothers and sisters, and spread terror across our region from Lebanon to Syria are held accountable before the law.

We will continue to speak the truth with courage.

U.S. officials say talks through mediators have been “positive and constructive,” and Iran has shown flexibility on nuclear issues, but the two sides remain divided over the timing of commitments.

Today, we're thrilled to announce that Mesabi Metallics will be building the largest steel plant in American history.

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