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Two hundred coordinated drones are set to light up Madrid’s sky during the annual international tourism fair FITUR in the Spanish capital. The drone light show is organized by the hotel chain Sercotel to celebrate its 30th anniversary at 12:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 24.

WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of 11 U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday asked the Biden administration to investigate and potentially sanction Chinese drone maker Autel Robotics, citing national security concerns. The letter, signed by House China select committee chair Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), a Republican, and the panel’s top Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), asked the Commerce, Defense, and […]

The U.S. military is now mixing artificial intelligence and lethal weapons. NTD spoke to Christopher Alexander, the chief analytics officer at Pioneer Development Group, who has in-depth knowledge of a new AI-powered drone that’s now part of the U.S. Air Force. Alexander outlined the Valkyrie drone’s capabilities and the ethical concerns that accompany it.   […]

Ukrainian drones were downed near Moscow, the southern Rostov region, and the southwest Bryansk region in the early hours of Thursday, the RIA news agency cited Russian authorities as saying. According to another news agency, TASS, three buildings were damaged in the city of Rostov-on-Don, and one person was injured when one of the drones […]

KYIV/BUCHAREST—Ukraine claimed on Monday Russian drones had detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River, but Bucharest denied its territory had been hit. Moscow has conducted long-range air strikes on targets in Ukraine since the start of its invasion last year. Since […]

Ukrainian drones attacked more targets in Russia late on Wednesday, a night after drones struck at least six regions deep within Russia. One of the drone strikes, targeting an airfield far from Ukraine’s borders, destroyed military transport planes on the ground. In a separate incident, Ukraine’s military said six of its servicemen had died on […]

MOSCOW—Russia said on Wednesday it had thwarted the latest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow but three people were killed in a drone strike near the Ukrainian border. The governor of Belgorod region, which neighbors Ukraine and has come under frequent attack, said the drone hit a sanatorium in a village. He said two people had […]

Beijing’s export limits on two metals essential to the production of modern technologies came into effect on Tuesday. The move is seen as a reaction to increasing Western measures limiting the regime’s access to advanced semiconductors. A day earlier, the Chinese regime also decided to limit the foreign sales of certain types of drones. Beijing […]

MOSCOW—A high-rise building in Moscow’s business district that houses three Russian government ministries was struck by a drone for the second time in three days on Tuesday, in what Russia called an attempted Ukrainian “terrorist attack.” A Ukrainian presidential adviser said Moscow should expect more drone attacks and “more war.” The building that was hit […]

CAIRO/AMMAN—The U.S. Central Command said on Sunday it conducted a drone strike on July 7 that killed an ISIS leader in Eastern Syria. It used the same MQ-9 drones in the attack that had “earlier in the day been harassed by Russian aircraft in an encounter that had lasted almost two hours,” it said in […]

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder holds a media briefing at 2:30 p.m. ET on July 6 after Russian jets harassed a U.S. drone over Syria.

The U.S. Air Force is speaking out after a colonel said an AI-powered drone killed the human operator in a simulation. The military is now denying the colonel’s claim.

Russia’s war is hitting home. A city on the country’s border was hit with a round of shelling on Tuesday night.

MOSCOW—Ukraine launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday but air defenses destroyed all eight of the drones, Russia said. Drone attacks deep inside Russia have intensified in recent weeks with strikes on oil pipelines and even the Kremlin earlier this month that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine. Drone debris hit some of […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Wednesday’s drone incident at the Kremlin was a “hostile act” and Russia would respond with “concrete actions.” Russia has accused Ukraine of firing drones at the Kremlin in an attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin, and said the United States was behind the purported attack. Ukraine […]

Removal proceedings against Soros-backed prosecutor Kim Gardner are continuing. That comes just days after she vowed never to resign from office. A video showing the moment a drone exploded above the Kremlin in Moscow has been shared by numerous media outlets. Russia alleges it was an attack against President Vladimir Putin. Both Republicans and Democrats […]

The U.S. military carried out an airstrike in Syria on Thursday after a drone attacked a U.S. base, killing one and injuring six more, including service members, according to the Department of Defense (DOD). In a late Thursday night statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that he had authorized U.S. Central Command forces to carry out […]