A California man has been identified as the suspect in the attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night. The Associated Press identified 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen as the suspect. Ahead of a press conference at the White House after shots were fired at the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday night,…
Published on 24/04/2026 – 17:02 GMT+2 A 25-foot ice sculpture in downtown Toronto sounds peaceful enough – until it attracted flamethrowers, sledgehammers, fan frenzy, and eventually the fire brigade. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This was Drake’s way of getting people’s attention. The Canadian rapper installed the towering sculpture in a car park in his hometown to tease…
Iranian state media have shared footage appearing to show the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boarding two cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The video shows small boats carrying masked and armed men approaching the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas. Analysis by BBC Verify indicates that parts of the video appear to have been filmed…
The Black Sea Comet -01 43’ High Speed Interceptor is pictured on the docks outside the 2026 Sea Air Space conference at Maryland’s National Harbor. (Daniel Woolfolk / Breaking Defense) The MQ-9B SeaGuardian is seen here during the Sea Air Space conference at Maryland’s National Harbor. (Daniel Woolfolk / Breaking Defense) A view of the…
When Howie Pyro, the bassist and co-founding member of D Generation died in 2022, it shook his former D Gen bandmate Jesse Malin to the core. Last week, the New York songwriter released a tribute song to Pyro, “Hollywood Forever,” with a B-side of the Clash’s “Rudie Can’t Fail.” Malin takes the Pyro homage a…
The second day of the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space conference has passed at scenic National Harbor in Maryland. Today, Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Navy reporter Diana Stancy discuss new details of the Trump-class battleship, sub delays and the keynote to watch on day three. Breaking Defense will be back with wrap-up…
The world watched as the Earth disappeared behind the pockmarked moon, in the first video showing humanity’s home planet sinking below the lunar horizon. The 53-second clip depicting the astronomical phenomenon, known as Earthset, was posted online on Sunday night by the astronaut Reid Wiseman, who took the video on an iPhone this month while…
US forces have intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf as part of its naval blockade, Donald Trump has said. The US president wrote on his Truth Social platform that the Touska was seized by the US Navy after failing to respond to a warning to stop. Iran said it was a violation of…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email King Charles is set to share a personal cancer update tonight in a video message during Stand Up To Cancer programmes on Channel…
Google DeepMind’s new AI agent learned how to play a bunch of video games — including No Man’s Sky, Valheim, and Goat Simulator 3 — to become a viable “interactive gaming companion.” The new agent tool, SIMA 2, builds on its earlier iteration, SIMA (Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent), which DeepMind released in March 2024. It…
