Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee this week pushed forward the Trump administration’s desired “Department of War” name change in passing their version of the annual defense policy bill.  In closed-door deliberations over its fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the panel included language to formally change the Department of Defense to the…

Three Indian mariners were killed on board a tanker struck by U.S. forces earlier this week over allegedly violating Washington’s blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, according to New Delhi. Indian Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the three people were killed in the “tragic incident” aboard the Palau-flagged MT Settebello. The seafarers…