- The US Navy wants $65 million in emergency funds to deal with a new mystery weapon. (Thanks Raoul.)
- An Iranian version of The Sartorialist: The Tehran Times looks at street fashion in the Iranian capital. (Thanks Joseph.)
- Two poor, creaking, doddering communist dictatorships fight bravely for relevance by shipping rusty weapons to each other. With its usual firm grasp of foreign policy priorities, the US Senate is having a fit. (Thanks Malcolm.)
- The surprising number of Australians fighting with Syria's rebels. (Thanks Julian.)
- The University of Macau is moving to mainland China, though still under Macau jurisdiction. (Thanks Dirk.)
- The Atlantic has created a new online defence magazine called Defense One.
- New Pew survey of world opinion about China and the US (thanks Steph):
