Economics & Markets: * September 8, 2026 — China reported a record $119.1 billion trade surplus for August, with exports rising 25% from a year earlier to $401.4 billion and imports rising 28.2% to $282.4 billion. Strong overseas demand for Chinese cars, semiconductors and other high-tech products
Trending: * September 5, 2026 — Manjit Singh Bedi, one of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters, was arrested in India after nearly a year on the run and is accused of stealing at least $600,000 from the U.S. SNAP food-assistance program through a grocery store he operated in
Trending: * September 3, 2026 — The United States imposed new sanctions on Fidel Ernesto Castro Calis, grandson of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, along with Cuba’s state-owned Banco Exterior de Cuba and four companies operating in the country’s energy, oil, nickel, and mining sectors. * Secretary of State Marco
Trending: * September 2, 2026 — AeroVironment won a $464.8 million U.S. Army contract to produce dozens of LOCUST high-energy laser systems designed to detect, track, and destroy drones using directed laser energy. * AeroVironment says it is the first U.S. production contract for high-energy laser weapon systems,
Trending: * September 1, 2026 — U.S. Central Command carried out a new wave of strikes against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), targeting air defenses, radar and communications systems, maritime facilities, vessels, and capabilities used to deploy sea mines. * CENTCOM said the strikes followed recent Iranian attempts to attack
Trending: * August 31, 2026 — The Pentagon added Starshield AI’s Grok for Government to GenAI.mil, its secure generative-AI platform available to more than 1.7 million Department of War personnel, joining OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. * Grok is approved to handle sensitive information and provides advanced
Trending: * August 30, 2026 — U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz after CENTCOM said Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the strategic shipping route. * Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the strike killed and
Trending: * August 27, 2026 — The U.S. Justice Department charged 81 alleged members of Los Baja Deo (LBD), a violent drug-trafficking organization operating around Mayagüez and western Puerto Rico, with federal drug and firearms offenses; 70 defendants were arrested during the takedown. * Authorities say the organization operated since at
Trending: * August 26, 2026 — the U.S. Justice Department and FBI seized and shut down QScan and QTRouter, two hacking platforms operated by the China-based QTFY group and used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to attack and hide their activity against U.S. government and critical infrastructure networks. * The
Trending: * August 25, 2026 — U.S., Dominican, Colombian, and Dutch forces carried out a coordinated drug interdiction in the central Caribbean after a U.S. SOUTHCOM aircraft detected a suspected smuggling boat and allied aircraft continuously tracked it until Dominican forces intercepted it. * Authorities detained three suspects and seized 1,
Trending: * August 24, 2026 — The United States officially removed Syria from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list after 47 years, eliminating major restrictions on U.S. aid, financial activity, exports, and private investment involving Syria. * The Trump administration said the decision recognizes counterterrorism steps taken by President Ahmed al-Sharaa’
Trending: * August 23, 2026 — Iran announced the discovery of more than 7.5 trillion cubic feet of high-quality “sweet” natural gas in southern Fars Province, with about 5.7 trillion cubic feet estimated to be recoverable—equivalent to roughly 15 years of production from one phase of the massive