MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 2 -- Air University posted the following news: * * * Air University Advances Counter-UAS Efforts Through Alpha Blue * Air University students are working through one of the more persistent challenges facing the Joint Force: how to counter small, widely available drones that don't fit neatly into existing defense systems. As the character of warfare continues to shift, the university is connecting education more directly to real-world application. That effort is c more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news: * * * Iran and Russia Are Working Together To Kill Ukrainians - and Americans. This Cannot Stand. By Mike Pompeo, Senior Counsel for Global Affairs This week, Russia fired around 200 Iranian-supplied Shahed drones on Ukrainian civilian targets - including a maternity hospital in Odesa. At the same time, Putin has been stepping up his assistance to the beleaguered Iranian regime, providing the satellite  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 3 -- BAE Systems issued the following news release: * * * BAE Systems awarded $180m contract for Tridon Mk2 from Sweden BAE Systems has secured a contract worth $180 million from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the TRIDON Mk2 anti-aircraft system. The TRIDON Mk2 is a truck-mounted 40 mm anti-aircraft gun system that addresses a gap in today's air defense. The system has multi-target capability and can engage a wide range of aerial threats, inc more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 3 -- Barrick Gold, a gold and copper producer, issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Barrick Provides an Update on Reko Diq Toronto - Barrick Mining Corporation (NYSE:B)(TSX:ABX) ("Barrick" or the "Company") today provides an update on the status of the Reko Diq project. On February 5, 2026 the Company announced that it was reviewing all aspects of the project in light of the escalation of security risks and increased security incidents. Barrick con more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Kaine, Gallego, Colleagues Press Trump Administration on Decision to Ease Sanctions on Russia and Iran * Denver -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and 22 of their Senate colleagues in a letter pressing President Trump on his decision to ease sanctions on Russian more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, April 3 -- Chevron, an energy company, issued the following news release: * * * Chevron statement regarding exclusivity agreement with Microsoft and Engine No. 1 AI is driving significant growth in demand for reliable, always on power, underscoring the importance of energy security and abundant domestic supply. To support that demand, Chevron, Microsoft and Engine No. 1 have entered into an exclusivity agreement related to the negotiation of a proposed power generation and ele more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 2, 2026, by Victor Cha, president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, and Andy Lim, deputy director and fellow with the CSIS Korea Chair: * * * The Impact of the Iran Conflict on South Korea: By the Numbers One month into the Iran conflict, no noncombatant country has been hit harder than South Korea. The effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint thro more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 2, 2026, by Leslie Abrahams, deputy director and senior fellow with the Energy Security and Climate Change Program, and Lauryn Williams, deputy director and senior fellow in the Strategic Technologies Program: * * * Iran Conflict Heightens Cyber Threats to U.S. Energy Infrastructure The energy sector has long been targeted as a point of leverage in geopolitical conflict. Histori more PR

BUFFALO, New York, April 2 -- D'Youville College posted the following news: * * * D'Youville University Celebrates Excellence, Resilience, and Community at 2026 Honors Convocation * D'Youville University honored its highest-achieving students during the 2026 Honors Convocation, held in the Kavinoky Theatre, celebrating excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service across the university. The annual tradition recognizes students who have distinguished themselves academically while makin more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 3 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary on April 1, 2026, by freelance journalist and critic Mark Nayler: * * * Going Nuclear Europe is re-embracing nuclear power, but Spain refuses to follow. On April 28 last year, a massive blackout plunged Spain and Portugal into darkness for over twelve hours. Flights were canceled, thousands of people were stranded on trains, and there were at least eight related deaths. The Spanish right seize more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on April 2, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Putin's Moves Against Internet Alienate Russians Executive Summary: * Russian President Vladimir Putin's moves against Telegram channels and the Internet more generally have alienated many Russians, angered regime allies in business and government who depend on the web, and undercut the K more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on April 2, 2026, by analyst Hlib Parfonov in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia's Unmanned Systems Forces Become Wildcard in Moscow's Military Modernization Executive Summary: * Russia has established the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) as an independent military branch, institutionalizing drone warfare after lessons from Ukraine, reflecting a doctrinal shift toward drones as a central component of modern com more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Vice Adm. Elizabeth Okano, principal military deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, from a March 24, 2026, hearing entitled "Low-Cost Munitions": * * * Good morning, Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the Department of the Navy's (DON) acqu more PR

LONDON, England, April 3 -- The Royal United Services Institute issued the following news: * * * RUSI Gives Evidence to Parliament on UK Energy Resilience RUSI Research Fellow Dan Marks recently gave evidence to Parliament's Energy Security and Net Zero Committee during an urgent hearing on UK energy resilience following the oil and gas supply shock triggered by the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. The Committee, meeting on 25 March, examined the UK's exposure to energy price shocks, supply  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following remarks on April 1, 2206, by President Alberto Musalem at an American Enterprise Institute event: * * * The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy KEY TAKEAWAYS * The economic outlook is highly uncertain. A baseline scenario for 2026 has real GDP growing close to potential, the unemployment rate holding around its current level, and core inflation beginning to gradually ease toward 2% later in the year. But other more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 2 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The International Commission of Jurists issued the following news: * * * The UN Human Rights Council makes significant but limited progress in addressing human rights around the world, as atrocities multiply in the Middle East and elsewhere * Geneva, 1 April 2026. The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has concluded its 61 st regular session 23 February to 31 March, advancing the protection of human rights by adopting 38 resolutions, out of wh more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Law firms assisted companies in the following recently announced transactions - April 2, 2026: * * * A&O Shearman advised the dealers and managers on the establishment of a euro medium term note program for Novonesis and its Euros1.7 billion triple-tranche debut Eurobond issuance, supporting the Danish biotechnology company's entry into international debt capital markets. The advisory was undertaken to structure a complex multi-maturity bond issuance across three, seven, more ST

WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48887) on March 26, 2026, entitled "U.S. Conflict with Iran." The report is written by Middle Eastern affairs specialists Clayton Thomas, Christopher M. Blanchard, Jeremy M. Sharp and Jim Zanotti: * * * SUMMARY U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, have sparked a wide-reaching regional conflict, with ongoing U.S. and Israeli air operations in Iran and Iranian retaliatory st more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 2 -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe issued the following news release: * * * Uneven progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals observed in the UNECE region with new insights from programme countries Efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 are facing headwinds from heightened global conflicts, growing pressure on the rules-based order and economic upheaval marked by innovation and redefinition in global trade norms more PR

GREATER MANCHESTER, England, April 2 -- The University of Salford issued the following news: * * * Rebuilding Ukraine through education As Ukraine enters its fourth year at war with Russia, academics at the University of Salford are continuing to support students with the creation of new initiatives and teaching that could help reconstruct the country. Dariia Kholiavchuk, Programme Leader in Geography at the historic Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University in western Ukraine, is mak more PR