Security Intelligence: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 27, 2025.
MIL-OSI Global: Supreme Court rules that states may deny people covered by Medicaid the freedom to choose Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia Abortion-rights demonstrators holds a sign in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington as the Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic case is heard on April 2, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Having the freedom to choose […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Update: Critical incident investigation continues in Manurewa
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Counties Manukau District Commander, Superintendent Shanan Gray: Police are continuing with a critical incident investigation surrounding the events leading up to a fatal crash in Manurewa overnight. We are now in a position to release further information as our enquiries continue. The driver of the Mitsubishi vehicle remains […]
MIL-OSI USA: Cornyn, Senate GOP Colleagues Introduce Resolution Supporting Operation Midnight Hammer
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Texas John Cornyn WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Katie Britt (R-AL), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Rick Scott (R-FL), Jim Justice (R-WV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ted […]
MIL-OSI USA: Crapo, Senate GOP Colleagues Introduce Resolution Supporting Operation Midnight Hammer
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Idaho Mike Crapo Washington, D.C.–U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Missouri), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), Dave McCormick (R-Pennsylvania), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Jim Justice (R-West Virginia), Kevin Cramer (R-North […]
MIL-OSI: Bitcoin Treasury Corporation Announces the Resumption of Trading of Its Common Shares on the TSX Venture Exchange, Closing of Common Share Offering and Initial Bitcoin Acquisition
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Trading to Commence Under Symbol “BTCT” Not for distribution to United States news wire services or for dissemination in the United States. TORONTO, June 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitcoin Treasury Corporation (TSXV: BTCT) (“Bitcoin Treasury” or the “Corporation”), further to its press releases dated June 17, 2025, and June 24, 2025, […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Arrest – Aggravated robbery – Pinelands
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services The Northern Territory Police Force has arrested a 47-year-old male in relation to an aggravated robbery in Pinelands yesterday afternoon. Around 5:00pm, the Joint Emergency Services Communication Centre received reports of a disturbance involving a male allegedly armed with a machete on the Stuart Highway in Pinelands. It […]
MIL-OSI Australia: The NBL Blitz will be held in Canberra this year
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services The NBL Blitz will be held at the recently refurbished AIS Arena. In brief: The National Basketball League will hold its pre-season tournament, the NBL Blitz, in Canberra this year. The NBL Blitz will be held at the recently refurbished AIS Arena. This story includes ticket details and […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Youth arrested in restaurant burglary, Waikato
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Sergeant Mike Palmer: A youth has been arrested and charged in relation to a burglary in Pukete on Wednesday. The burglary happened at around 2:20am on Wednesday morning at a restaurant on Church Road. Two youths in a stolen vehicle smashed a glass door and took around 35 bottles […]
MIL-OSI USA: Shaheen, Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Create First-of-its-Kind Program to Make Child Care More Accessible for Military Families
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), senior members of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, are introducing bipartisan legislation to respond to the shortage of child care availability across the country, particularly for military families. The Senators’ […]
MIL-OSI USA: Cortez Masto, Rosen Condemn Trump Administration for Rescinding Approval of High-Speed Internet Funding for Nevada
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Nevada Cortez Masto Senators Will Delay Department of Commerce Nominees Until States Receive Funding. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and 12 Democratic Senators in a letter condemning the Trump Administration’s reckless decision to rescind approval for […]
MIL-OSI USA: “Adaptation of New Technology is What Wins Wars” King Stresses in Armed Services Hearings
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Maine Angus King WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke with Michael Dodd, the nominee to serve as the Assistance Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, about the importance of developing and deploying new […]
MIL-OSI USA: Maine Delegation Presses Labor Secretary to Reopen Job Corps Centers
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Maine Angus King WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Maine’s Congressional delegation opposed the agency’s attempt to bypass Congress and close Job Corps centers nationwide. The move, which DOL calls a “phased pause in operations,” comes just months after […]
MIL-OSI USA: Volcano Watch — Where does Kīlauea tephra go? The answer is blowin’ in the wind
Source: US Geological Survey Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. This animated GIF shows a timelapse sequence consisting of one image every several days between December 25, 2024, and June 20, 2025. The photos were taken from the northern rim of the caldera, […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Defense and Technology – Pacific Defense Secures Launch for MOSA Space RF Payload
Source: Pacific Defense EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Pacific Defense, the leading provider of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) products, announced it has secured the inaugural launch for its Moonraker MOSA space Radio Frequency (RF) payload on board the K2 Space Gravitas Mission in February 2026. The mission includes a series of multi-orbit Space Situational Awareness (SSA) […]
MIL-OSI Security: Strength, energy and unfailing personal commitment
Source: United Kingdom National Police Chiefs Council Investigation into Post Office Horizon scandal gathers momentum Scope increased with 6m documents to review Currently seven main suspects under investigation Six months since the police team investigating the Post Office Horizon scandal was strengthened to 100, their work continues to gather pace with the scope ever increasing. […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: SOPA Announces the Winners of its 2025 Awards for Editorial Excellence
Source: Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Bloomberg’s Mishal Husain delivered the keynote address about image, voice and trust in the age of AI HONG KONG, June 26, 2025 – The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the highest standards in journalism, announced the winners of its […]
MIL-Evening Report: NATO’s 5% of GDP defence target ramps up pressure on Australia to spend vastly more
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Fellow, Naval Studies at UNSW Canberra, and Expert Associate, National Security College, Australian National University After lobbying by US President Donald Trump, NATO leaders have promised to boost annual defence spending to 5% of their countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. A NATO […]
MIL-OSI USA: Chairman Wicker Leads SASC Hearing to Consider Five Senior Pentagon Nominations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Mississippi Roger Wicker Watch Video Here WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led a hearing to consider the qualifications of five senior nominees to serve within the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, and the […]
MIL-OSI Security: Pacific Partnership 2025 Conducts Mission Stop in Nuku’Alofa, Tonga, June 26, 2025 [Image 2 of 8]
Source: United States Navy (Logistics Group Western Pacific) Issued by: on NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (June 26, 2025) U.S. Navy Capt. Andrew Kaplan, right, and Chief Hospital Corpsman David, center, both deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2025 (PP-25), assist a local doctor perform an ultrasound during PP-25 in Nuku’Alofa, Tonga, June 26, 2025. Now in its […]
MIL-OSI Security: Pacific Partnership 2025 Conducts Mission Stop in Nuku’Alofa, Tonga, June 26, 2025 [Image 1 of 8]
Source: United States Navy (Logistics Group Western Pacific) Issued by: on NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (June 26, 2025) U.S. Navy Cmdr. Christina Carter, public health nurse deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2025 (PP-25), writes on a whiteboard during a tabletop training exercise with local nurses of Vaiola Hospital as part of PP-25 in Nuku’Alofa, Tonga, June […]