Northrop Grumman moves to boost B-21 Raider output
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are ramping up production capacity for the B-21 Raider to field the new bomber more quickly. The company describes the program as a demonstration of its perfo ... more

Dubai airport briefly suspends operations after interception
Dubai (AFP) Mar 7, 2026
Dubai airport, the world's busiest for international traffic, suspended operations Saturday before partially resuming services, after an air defence interception in the area during attacks from Iran. ... more

France's Dassault accuses Airbus of sabotaging European aircraft project
Saint-Cloud, France (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
France's Dassault Aviation on Wednesday accused Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain in the multibillion-euro FCAS warplane programme, of seeking to sabotage the project. ... more

Water emerges as a dangerous new war target
Paris, France (AFP) Mar 9, 2026
Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants - critical infrastructure for millions of people in the arid region. ... more

Hydromea and Equinor prove subsea wireless link from seabed to cloud
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026
Hydromea and Equinor have completed what they describe as the world's first real-time, high-bandwidth wireless data link from the seabed directly to a cloud environment, demonstrating a subsea-to-sa ... more

Warming El Nino may return later this year: UN
Geneva (AFP) Mar 3, 2026
The warming El Nino weather phenomenon could return later this year as its cooling opposite La Nina fades away, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more

Residents warned 'crocs everywhere' after north Australia floods
Sydney (AFP) Mar 8, 2026
Police in Australia's Northern Territory warned of 'crocs everywhere' on Sunday and said they had moved more than a thousand people across the state into shelter after massive floods. ... more

Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets
Jerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2026
What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? ... more

Children must not be 'collateral damage' in Mideast war: UN experts
Geneva (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child insisted Wednesday that children must be protected during the war in the Middle East, highlighting an alleged air strike on an Iranian school. ... more