Iran unveiled its first domestically-made hypersonic ballistic missile during a ceremony according to state news agency IRNA. The missile, named "Fattah", was presented during a ceremony attended by President Ebrahim Raisi and commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The missile can reach a top speed of 15,000km per hour, IRNA reported.

Since his controversial arrest and the violence that followed it, more than two dozen leaders from Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-lnsaf (PTI) have quit the party, who all blame the continuing government crackdown for the exodus. In the biggest setback for Khans party since the exodus began, Shireen Mazari left the PTI on Tuesday 23rd after the former human rights minister was detained several times since she was first arrested on May…

Global weapon expenditures hit a record $2.24 trillion in 2022, an increase of nearly 4%, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The global watchdog found the trend was led by European countries returning to Cold-War spending levels, though the US remained the world’s largest spender on war by far. Dr. Nan Tian, a senior researcher with SIPRI’s Military Expenditure and Arms Production Program...

More than 100 US intelligence documents were posted on Discord, a secure messaging app that contained sensitive, classified information about the war in Ukraine, Russian military activity, China and the Middle East. The photographed papers, which appeared to have been folded over and then smoothed out, contained top secret information, including from the Central Intelligence Agency. POLITICO’s review...