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Get you up to speed: Alibaba sues US military over labelling it a ‘Chinese military company’
Alibaba has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense in federal court in San Jose, California, contesting its designation as a “Chinese military company.” The e-commerce giant asserts that the claim has “no basis in fact or law” and seeks the removal of its name from a blacklist of companies allegedly affiliated with China’s military.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Jose, California, seeking the removal of Alibaba from the US Department of Defense’s blacklist of companies affiliated with the Chinese military. As of June 30, companies on this list are prohibited from providing goods, services, or technology to the Department, with additional restrictions beginning in 2027.
Alibaba has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense, insisting the classification of the company as a “Chinese military company” is unfounded and lacks legal basis. In response to the Pentagon’s designation, China’s embassy in Washington condemned the move as “discriminatory” and called for an end to practices that harm Chinese businesses operating overseas.
What remains unclear — It is not specified how Alibaba intends to challenge the US government’s designation in court.
Alibaba files lawsuit against US Department of Defense over military label
News|CourtsAlibaba sues US military over labelling it a ‘Chinese military company’
The e-commerce giant says that the US government’s claims that it is affiliated with the Chinese military have ‘no basis in fact or law’.
Published On 23 Jun 202623 Jun 2026
The Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense for labelling the retailer a “Chinese military company”.
A court filing from Alibaba on Tuesday contests that designation, arguing that the e-commerce giant is not affiliated with the Chinese military.
“The determinations have no basis in fact or law,” the company said in its lawsuit. “Alibaba is governed by an independent board, none of whom has any military affiliation.”
“Its products and services are built for retail, logistics, and enterprise information technology — not weapons, defense, or intelligence,” the company added.
The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in San Jose, California, and seeks the removal of Alibaba’s name from a growing list of companies blacklisted for alleged affiliations with China’s military.
The US added Alibaba to a list of companies believed to be assisting the Chinese military on June 8, along with Chinese firms such as BYD and Baidu.
Alibaba at the time warned that it would take legal action to contest the designation.
“Alibaba is not a Chinese military company nor part of any military-civil fusion strategy,” a company spokesperson said following the designation. “We will take all available legal action against attempts to misrepresent our company.”
China’s embassy in Washington, DC, slammed those designations as “discriminatory”.
“Chinese companies that do business overseas have been strictly observing laws and regulations of their host countries,” an embassy spokesperson said. “The US should stop its wrong practice and create a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies.”
The Pentagon’s list of designated “Chinese military companies” has risen to include 188 firms, up from 134 in 2025, as the US ratchets up pressure on the Chinese tech sector.
Companies included on the list cannot provide “goods, services or technology” to the Department of Defense, as of June 30.
Starting in 2027, the Pentagon will also be prohibited from “contracting for goods and services” from such groups, even if they arrive through a third party.
US government contracts are often highly sought-after by tech firms as lucrative commercial opportunities.
In a statement, the Pentagon accused Alibaba of being “a military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defense industrial base because it is affiliated with MIIT”, an acronym for China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
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‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says killer Virginia McCullough as she is arrested for murdering her parents
A woman who murdered her parents “in cold blood” before hiding them in makeshift tombs for four years told officers to “cheer up, you caught the bad guy” as she was arrested in her home.
Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough, 71, shortly afterwards in 2019.
She ran up large debts on credit cards in her parents’ names and after their deaths, she continued to spend their pensions until she was finally caught in 2023.
In body-worn video footage released by police, a handcuffed – and eerily calm – McCullough told officers: “I did know that this would kind of come eventually.
“It’s proper that I serve my punishment.”
She said she had slipped something into her father’s drink then put his body under a bed on the ground floor, and put her mother’s body in an upstairs wardrobe.
McCullough, having been arrested on suspicion of double murder, told an officer: “Cheer up, at least you’ve caught the bad guy.”
She added: “I know I don’t seem 100% evil.”
At the police station, she told officers where a kitchen knife was, which she described as a “murder weapon”, and a hammer which she said “will still have blood on it”.
McCullough, of Pump Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday with a minimum term of 36 years at Chelmsford Crown Court, after she admitted to their murders between 17 and 20 June 2019 at an earlier hearing at the same court.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how she hid their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home in Great Baddow in Essex, then told persistent lies to cover her tracks.
The court heard she cancelled family arrangements and frequently told doctors and relatives her parents were unwell, on holiday or away on lengthy trips.
But concerns over Mr and Mrs McCullough’s welfare were raised in September 2023 by a GP at their registered practice, and Essex County Council’s safeguarding team referred these to police.
The GP had not seen the couple for some time and said Mr McCullough had failed to collect medication and attend scheduled appointments. It was found McCullough had frequently cancelled appointments, using a range of excuses to explain her father’s absence.
Police said a missing persons investigation was initially launched and McCullough lied to officers, claiming her parents were travelling and would be returning in October.
It became a murder investigation, and when officers forced entry to the house in Pump Hill on September 15 2023, McCullough confessed that her parents’ bodies were in the house and that she had killed them.
Nicola Rice, a specialist prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “McCullough callously and viciously killed both of her parents before concealing their bodies in makeshift tombs within their home address.
“She spent the next four years manipulating and lying to family members, medical staff, financial institutions, and the police, spending her parents’ money and accruing large debts in their name.”
She added: “This was a truly disturbing case, which has left behind it a trail of devastation, and I can only hope that the sentence passed today will help those who loved and cared for Lois and John begin to heal.”
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Defense alliance NATO chief Mark Rutte has met US President-elect Donald Trump to discuss global security issues, according to a NATO spokesperson.
The meeting took place in Palm Beach, Florida.
During his first term as US president, 2017-2020, Trump pushed for European NATO countries to spend more on defense and described the alliance’s cost-sharing as unfair to the US.
Rutte took over as NATO chief from Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg in November.
Before taking office in January, Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth for the post of defense secretary, which has raised eyebrows among many allies.
Hegseth, 44, has served as an infantry captain in Iraq and Afghanistan, but has no senior military or government officer experience.
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Multiple missiles were fired in an airstrike towards a densely populated part of Lebanon’s capital early on Saturday.
The huge airstrike targeted Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, and no prior warnings were given by the Israeli military. The largely residential area was struck last month.
At least one violent explosion was heard across the city, Reuters witnesses said, and plumes of smoke could be seen. Scenes of massive destruction at the site were shared online, including a massive crater in the ground.
“Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy’s air force completely destroyed an eight-story residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in Basta,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
The health ministry put the initial death toll at four, with 23 wounded. The number is expected to climb in the coming hours as search and rescue efforts continue.
It came after a long day of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been non-stop since last week.
The cross-border fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group escalated into a full-blown war in mid-September.
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the eastern Beqaa region, and has sent ground troops across the border. Hezbollah has continued to fire rockets deeper into Israel.
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