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Pakistan Kills More Than 400 in Airstrike on Kabul Drug Rehabilitation Hospital

The Taliban government said a Pakistani military airstrike hit the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, a 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation facility in Kabul’s Police District 9, killing more than 400 people and wounding 250 others.

Taliban spokesman Hamdullah Firtat said the death toll is expected to rise as rescue teams continued pulling bodies from the rubble. Meanwhile, Pakistan denied Taliban’s allegations, saying its military did not target civilian infrastructure. (Read More)​

Israeli Strikes in Tehran Kill Iran's Security Council Chief, Basij Commander

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday that it killed Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in a recent strike in Tehran amid the ongoing Middle East conflict.

According to the IDF, Larijani was seen as the “regime’s effective leader” and a close ally of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The IDF said it also killed Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force, in a separate operation. A senior Israeli official told Fox News the strike was carried out in coordination with U.S. forces. (Read More)​

U.S. Pushes Syria to Send Troops Into Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah

The U.S. has encouraged Syria to send forces into eastern Lebanon to help disarm Hezbollah, according to sources who spoke to Reuters. The report said Damascus is hesitant to carry out the mission, fearing Iranian retaliation, sectarian unrest among its Shiite population, and being drawn deeper into the Middle East war.

The proposal comes after Hezbollah, backed by Iran, fired on Israel in support of Tehran on March 2, prompting an Israeli offensive in Lebanon. (Read More)​

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➤ C-RAM systems at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad intercepted Iranian-backed drones and rockets in the most intense attack on the compound since the war began. Video shows the system firing at incoming threats over the Green Zone. (Read More)​

➤ President Donald Trump demanded NATO allies, Japan, and China send warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, calling it "a test" for the alliance. Germany, Italy, Japan, and Australia all declined, with Tokyo citing legal restrictions on overseas military deployments. (Read More)​

➤ The USS Gerald R. Ford is pulling out of the Red Sea to undergo pierside repairs at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, after a non-combat laundry room fire burned for roughly 30 hours and left more than 600 sailors without sleeping quarters. (Read More)​

SECURITY UPDATES

➤ An estimated 200,000 firearms are smuggled from the U.S. into Mexico each year. Investigators say cartel weapons come through multiple channels, including cross-border trafficking, diversion from foreign manufacturers, and black-market transfers of military equipment. (Read More)​

➤ The two-star general in charge of coordinating support for Ukraine left a tube of classified maps on a train in Europe, leaving the sensitive material unsecured for 24 hours, according to a new Department of Defense Inspector General report. (Read More)​

➤ U.S. medical technology company Stryker is restoring systems after pro-Iranian hackers remotely wiped tens of thousands of employee devices. The group Handala claimed responsibility, saying the cyberattack was in retaliation to the U.S. airstrike on an Iranian school that killed over 150 people. (Read More)​

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES

➤ The U.S. Navy has relocated two of its three mine-warfare ships from the Persian Gulf to Malaysia. The move comes amid rising concerns about Iran’s plan to deploy sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz. (Read More)​

➤ The Pentagon raised the Golden Dome missile defense budget by $10 billion to $185 billion, adding space-based tracking sensors and a secure orbital data network. Operational testing is targeted for summer 2028. (Read More)​

➤ Germany overtook China as the world’s fourth-largest arms exporter from 2021 to 2025. A new report found Germany’s share of the global arms market rose to 5.7%, slightly above China’s 5.6%, driven by demand for tanks, armored vehicles, artillery ammunition, and air defense systems, with top buyers including Ukraine, Egypt, and Israel. (Read More)​

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➤ An essay from Irregular Warfare examines how China is using the digital yuan to build alternative financial infrastructure across Southeast Asia, positioning Beijing to bypass dollar-based systems and extend economic influence through Belt and Road networks.

➤ San Francisco-based company Foundation is testing the Phantom MK-1, a humanoid robot designed for military use. The robot, capable of handling firearms, has been deployed for reconnaissance in Ukraine and is being prepared for potential combat and border patrol operations.

➤ A federal judge barred OpenAI’s lawyers from questioning Elon Musk about his alleged ketamine use in his $134 billion lawsuit against the company. The judge ruled such questions would be irrelevant unless OpenAI could provide concrete evidence that the drug had mind-altering effects.

On this day in history: On March 18th, 1990, two thieves disguised as Boston police officers talked their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and stole 13 works of art worth $500 million, including paintings by Vermeer and Rembrandt. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history.
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Thiel argues the Antichrist will be a Luddite who promises safety while halting technological progress. Does that track?

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