Security Intelligence – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 9, 2025

Security Intelligence: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 9, 2025.

MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Moore Announces Over $2 Million Recovered for West Virginians
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Riley Moore (WV-02) Washington, D.C. – Congressman Riley M. Moore is proud to announce that he and his team have recovered over $2 million for West Virginians since he took office on January 3, 2025. The Congressman’s casework team is based in the Morgantown and Martinsburg district […]

MIL-OSI USA: Cramer, Rosen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Recognize Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crew Service in Combat Operations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the 119th Air Wing “Happy Hooligans” in Fargo operating MQ-9 Reapers and the 319th Reconnaissance Wing in Grand Forks flying RQ-4 Global Hawks, North Dakota plays a critical and growing role in operating Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and is on the […]

MIL-OSI USA: Cramer, Rosen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Recognize Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crew Service in Combat Operations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the 119th Air Wing “Happy Hooligans” in Fargo operating MQ-9 Reapers and the 319th Reconnaissance Wing in Grand Forks flying RQ-4 Global Hawks, North Dakota plays a critical and growing role in operating Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and is on the […]

MIL-OSI USA: Cramer, Rosen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Recognize Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crew Service in Combat Operations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the 119th Air Wing “Happy Hooligans” in Fargo operating MQ-9 Reapers and the 319th Reconnaissance Wing in Grand Forks flying RQ-4 Global Hawks, North Dakota plays a critical and growing role in operating Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and is on the […]

MIL-OSI China: Trump says US will send more weapons to Ukraine
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security team plan to discuss details of shipping weapons to Ukraine on Tuesday, after Trump said the United States would send more weapons to the country, according to media reports. “We’re going to send some more weapons. We have […]

MIL-OSI USA: Risch, Crapo, Hagerty, Introduce Legislation to Exclude Illegal Immigrants from Electoral College, Congressional District Count
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Idaho James E Risch WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) led their colleagues in introducing the Equal Representation Act.  The legislation would ensure that only legal citizens are counted in determining Congressional districts and Electoral College map that determine presidential elections. […]

MIL-OSI USA: Attorney General Bonta Joins Lawsuit to Prevent Trump Administration from Distributing Thousands of Forced Reset Triggers Across the Country
Source: US State of California Department of Justice OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday joined a lawsuit led by the attorneys general of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, suing the Trump Administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), over its official plans to return thousands of forced reset triggers (FRTs) into communities […]

MIL-OSI Submissions: Afghanistan: ICC’s arrest warrants against Taliban leaders is an important step towards justice for Afghan women, girls and LGBTQI persons – Amnesty International
Source: Amnesty International Responding to the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Taliban Supreme Leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the Taliban Chief Justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, for their suspected responsibility for the crime against humanity of gender persecution in Afghanistan, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International, reiterates: “The announcement is […]

MIL-OSI USA: Hoyle, Merkley Fight Back Against Trump Funding Cuts with Renewed Effort to Reduce Wildfire Risk, Boost Economic Opportunities in Forest-Dependent Communities
Source: US Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) July 08, 2025 For Immediate Release: July 8, 2025  EUGENE, OR –  As the Trump Administration illegally cuts and withholds funding for wildfire mitigation projects, Oregon’s U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up to introduce the Wildfire Resilient Communities Act in Congress. This legislation would provide dedicated federal support to reduce […]

MIL-OSI Australia: What Has Australian Macroeconomic Thought Achieved in the Past Century – And Where Can it Contribute in the Next?
Source: Airservices Australia Introduction It is a great honour to address you on the 100th anniversary of the Economics Society of Australia. It’s an honour because, over that past century, Australian thinkers have helped develop some of the most important building blocks in open economy macroeconomics – the branch of economics that seeks to understand […]

MIL-OSI Australia: Call for information – Aggravated robbery – Rapid Creek
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services NT Police are calling for information in relation to an aggravated robbery that occurred in Rapid Creek early this morning. Around 2:15am, the Joint Emergency Services Communication Centre received reports of a stolen motor vehicle on Aralia Street. It is alleged that when the victim was exiting his […]

India–Brazil bilateral trade to touch $20 billion over next five years: PM Modi in Brasilia
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India and Brazil will work to expand cooperation in trade, clean energy, defence, Artificial Intelligence, and digital public infrastructure, underlining that both countries share a common vision for inclusive development and a people-centric approach to innovation. Speaking at a […]

MIL-OSI Security: Pittsburg County Resident Sentenced For Possessing An Unregistered Explosive Device
Source: Office of United States Attorneys MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jerry Brandon Pearce, age 56, of Indianola, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 25 months in prison for one count of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm (Destructive Device). The charge arose from an investigation by […]

MIL-OSI Security: South Bay CEO Sentenced For Employment Tax Crimes
Source: Office of United States Attorneys SAN JOSE – A California man was sentenced today to a year and a day in prison for a decade-long scheme to avoid paying over employment taxes to the IRS. The following is according to court documents and statements made in court: John Comeau, of Santa Clara, was the […]

MIL-OSI Security: New York Man Charged with Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
Source: Office of United States Attorneys NEWARK, N.J. – A New York man has been charged for engaging in a scheme to defraud multiple lenders by using the personally identifiable information of a Hudson County man to submit fraudulent loan applications to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars of loans, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced. […]

MIL-OSI Security: Woman sentenced for smuggling firearms into Mexico
Source: Office of United States Attorneys BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 38-year-old Georgia woman has been sentenced today for smuggling several firearms and magazines hidden in a vehicle’s gas tank, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Mirna Luna pleaded guilty April 1. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. has now handed Luna a 46-month term of […]

MIL-OSI Security: Harlingen man imprisoned for possession of child sexual abuse material
Source: Office of United States Attorneys BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 47 year-old Harlingen man has been sentenced for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Rico Deangelo Longoria pleaded guilty April 1. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. considered information in several victim impact statements and ordered Longoria to serve 121 months […]

MIL-OSI Security: Jury Finds Father Guilty of First-Degree Child Sexual Abuse of His 12-Year-Old
Source: Office of United States Attorneys             WASHINGTON –A Washington, D.C. resident, 33, has been found guilty by a jury on seven felony charges, including first-degree child sexual abuse, second-degree child sexual abuse, and incest for sexually abusing his 12-year-old daughter between April and May of 2023, announced U.S. Attorney […]

MIL-OSI Security: RGV man sent to prison after using girlfriend and minor to pass through checkpoint with illegal alien
Source: Office of United States Attorneys CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 42-year-old resident of Rio Grande City has been ordered to federal prison for unlawfully transporting an illegal alien, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Jason Al Venecia pleaded guilty March 26. U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos has now ordered Venecia to serve 24 […]

MIL-OSI Security: Former Loan Officer Charged and Agrees to Plead Guilty to Million-Dollar Heloc Scheme
Source: Office of United States Attorneys BOSTON – A former loan officer was charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with defrauding his employer out of almost $1 million. Brian Socha, 45, of Brookfield, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of bank fraud. A plea hearing has not yet been scheduled […]