Washington,(WSJ/Reuters) – A high-profile US military program designed to field thousands of autonomous drones and AI-enabled weapons to deter China has failed to meet its goals, facing cost overruns, technical flaws and delays, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Launched in 2023 by then-Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, the “Replicator” initiative aimed to deploy…
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images (File image) The number of agents fired by the bureau is unclear The FBI has fired a group of agents who were pictured kneeling at a racial justice protest over the death of George Floyd, US media report. The termination letter cited alleged “lack of judgement” in their actions, according…
More than 20 people have been rescued in Kenya from a suspected human trafficking ring that lured them with job offers in Russia but intended to send them to fight in Ukraine, police said. It follows an intelligence-led raid on a residential apartment on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, where officers seized recruitment materials,…
Google Drones were observed overnight above Karup airbase (pictured), Denmark’s largest military base Drones have been seen near military facilities including Denmark’s largest, following a series of incidents that caused air disruption earlier this week. The devices were observed above Karup airbase, among others, forcing it to briefly close its airspace to commercial traffic. Possible…
Gustavo Petro told US soldiers to ‘disobey Trump’s order’ at a speech in New York on Friday The US has said it will revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa, after he urged US soldiers to disobey his American counterpart Donald Trump during a speech to the UN in New York. The State Department described Petro’s…
Assata Shakur, an activist with the Black Liberation Army exiled in Cuba for four decades, has died in Havana, aged 78. Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, died Thursday of unspecified health conditions and “advanced age”, Cuba’s foreign affairs ministry said in a statement on Friday. She had been on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists…
The Department of Homeland Security has placed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on leave after he was filmed shoving a woman to the ground at a New York immigration court. He has been relieved of his current duties while DHS conducts a full investigation into the incident, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said…
Jaroslav Lukiv, Chi Chi IzunduInvestigations correspondent and Olivia Davies Getty Images Elon Musk has not publicly commented on the latest development Billionaire Elon Musk and Prince Andrew are named in new files released by Congressional Democrats that relate to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. The files turned over to the House…
The gunman who killed four people in a Manhattan office building had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease often linked to high-contact sports like American football, according to the New York City medical examiner’s office. In July, Shane Tamura, 27, drove from Las Vegas to New York City with an assault-style rifle, shooting…
Reporter Farzana Chaudhry LAHORE: An important meeting was held at the Head Office of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) under the chairmanship of Dr. Sajid Mahmood Chohan to review arrangements for the 556th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji. During the meeting, Additional Secretary Shrines, Nasir Mushtaq, briefed that final arrangements were…
