According to additional details about the meeting provided by CNN, the surprise gathering will allow Secretary Hegseth to describe the administration’s reinvention of the Department of Defense as the “Department of War” and outline new standards for military personnel, with a White House official telling CNN, “It’s meant to be a show of force of what the new military now looks like under the president.”

Sources state that the meeting is expected to resemble a “pep rally” where Hegseth will underscore the importance of the “warrior ethos” and outline a new vision for the U.S. military, with him expected to discuss new readiness, fitness and grooming standards the officers are expected to adhere to and enforce. Hegseth’s team is planning on recording his speech and releasing it publicly later, being amplified by the White House.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he was open to lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American-made long-range weapons to strike targets inside Russia, but he didn’t commit to doing so during a meeting Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to a senior U.S. and Ukrainian official who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.

During the meeting, Zelensky asked Trump for more long-range missiles, such as Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, and approval to use such weapons to strike targets on the sovereign territory of Russia. Trump replied that he didn’t oppose the idea, but officials said the president didn’t make any commitments to reverse a U.S. ban on such attacks, thought the Trump Administration is seriously considering providing Tomahawks and other long-range weapons to Ukraine, according to a senior U.S. official and a senior European official briefed on the plans by the White House.

In a 4–9 vote, the U.N. Security Council has failed to adopt a draft resolution by China and Russia to delay “Snapback Sanctions” against Iran by at least six months, with the full-force of sanctions approved previously by the United Nations expected to go into effect tonight at 12:00am.

At 12:00am tonight, the Iranian Central Bank will be once again disconnected from the SWIFT Payment System, as Snapback Sanctions under the following United Nations Security Council Resolutions immediately re-enter effect against Iran:

-UNSCR 1696 (2006)
-UNSCR 1737 (2006)
-UNSCR 1747 (2007)
-UNSCR 1803 (2008)
-UNSCR 1835 (2008)
-UNSCR 1929 (2010)

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announces that he will be declassifying all records related to Amelia Earhart, an American aviation pioneer who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe in July of 1937.

A Tekever AR5 Long-Range Maritime Surveillance Drone with the Finnish Border Guard is currently doing laps over the Baltic Sea off the coasts of Latvia and Estonia.

The U.S. Department of War is drawing up options to target cartels and drug traffickers inside Venezuela, with drone strikes against drug trafficking groups’ members and leadership, as well as drug labs located inside the country, potentially beginning “in a matter of weeks,” according to sources who spoke with NBC News.

Activity by unknown drones, ranging from large to small, were observed last night over roughly a dozen critical sites across Denmark, primarily involving a number of military bases, including Karup Air Base in Northern Jutland, which serves as home to all helicopters operated by the Danish Defense Forces and the main base of the Royal Danish Air Force. In addition to Denmark, drone sightings were also reported last night over locations in Germany, Norway and Lithuania.

The U.S. Navy has deployed several P-8A “Poseidon” Maritime Patrol and Surveillance Aircraft to Oslo Gardermoen Airport in Norway to support allied military operations, as tensions continue to rise between NATO and Russia and unknown drone sighting are increasing over countries in Northern and Eastern Europe, according to officials with the Norwegian Armed Forces who spoke with NTB.

Speaking today in front of the United Nations General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claims that Russia has no intention of attacking NATO or the European Union. However, Lavrov states that any “aggression against my county will be met with a decisive response,” adding that there should be no doubt about this amongst the members of the E.U. and NATO.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov both adamantly claimed in the weeks prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, that Russia had no intention of attacking Ukraine.