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WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesdayimposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group, designating it a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, according to a notice posted on a Treasury Department website. The United Kingdom previously banned PalestineAction as a terrorist organization. Palestine Action had increasingly targeted Israel‑linked defense companies in Britain with a particular focus on Israel's largest defense firm Elbit Systems.
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe spoke with Russian intelligence officials during a visit to Moscow but did not meet President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Wednesday of a trip that U.S. President Donald Trump described as "semi-routine." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Putin had been briefed on the outcome of Tuesday's visit, which came as the war in Ukraine drags on and as efforts to reach a lasting peace between the United States and
The position was located approximately 50 meters from the Yellow Line, 70 meters from Kamal Adwan Hospital, and 170 meters from a school, the IDF said.

Nikolai Mladenov, head of the Gaza peace board, told UN representatives that Hamas and the armed groups in Gaza agreed for the first time to hand over their weapons and transfer security and civil authority to a UN-recognized interim administration. He set three conditions to advance the process: the international stabilization force must enter Gaza, Israel must meet its Sharm el-Sheikh commitments, and Hamas must fulfill its own. Mladenov also warned that force not aimed at an immediate threa

Raid on UNRWA centre exposes Israel's strategic push to erase refugee rights, seal West Bank annexation, analysts say.

GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan’s Parks and Wildlife Department will auction hunting permits for three Astore markhor, 14 blue sheep and 100 ibexes for the GB Trophy Hunting programme 2026-27. The highest permit base rate is for markhor, set at $200,000. The base rate for blue sheep hunting permits has been set at $25,000, and at $11,000 for Himalayan ibex. The auction notice said that out of the exportable quota of four Astore markhors, one permit had been extended from the last hunting season, so thr
ICC President Tomoko Akane: Even if sanctions were imposed on the ICC itself, we would not give up. Our determination is firm. The permanent institution that is the ICC must not be allowed to collapse. We must not allow it to be destroyed, and we ourselves will resist that with everything we have.
U.S. officials say China-linked hackers breached federal agencies, military networks, hospitals, power companies and defense contractors. The Justice Department seized three domains tied to the alleged campaign. China denies U.S. hacking accusations.

UK minister condemns 'outrageous' Israeli seizure of Unrwa training centre Stephen Doughty, British minister of state for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan, has issued a statement condemning the Israeli seizure of Unrwa's Qalandiya Training Centre in occupied East Jerusalem as "outrageous". “This UN facility has offered generations of Palestinian refugees education & opportunity,” Doughty said in a post on X. The minister urged that “Israel must comply with its obligations

The orchestra dropped Vadim Repin from a March 2022 program after Russia's full-scale invasion, then re-booked him for November.

Stubb: After war with Russia, Finland agreed to lose territory. But it’s not going to be like that for Ukraine

A wall of water crashed through a Himalayan river valley between Nepal and the Chinese territory of Tibet, the Nepali authorities said. The missing included border officials, port workers and foreign tourists.
During a visit to the front lines, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the Golden Star orders to Heroes of Ukraine Andriy Biletsky and Eduard Kolodiy and presented other state awards to soldiers participating in Oleksandrivka operation.

RUSSIA WARNS OF POSSIBLE ATTACKS INSIDE BRITAIN Former Russian deputy foreign minister and Kremlin adviser Andrei Fedorov says Moscow could move beyond verbal threats and take “semi military” action against the UK. Fedorov specifically raised cyberattacks and attacks on British factories producing drones for Ukraine, saying they could be carried out by “unknown sources.” The warning follows PM Andy Burnham’s visit to Kyiv, where Britain agreed to release classified information on UK component

Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Wednesday said he is “90 per cent fit” as he returns to lead his country in the second Test against England at Lord’s. Azam missed last week’s series opener at Headingley because of a finger injury, with the tourists thrashed by an innings and 103 runs in his absence as England went 1-0 up in a three-match campaign. The 31-year-old Azam was hit on the glove while batting during a warm-up match, compounding a finger injury initially sustained during Pakistan’s recen

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Anyone who truly believes that a peaceful solution to this conflict can now be achieved simply through an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and the creation of a Palestinian state is naive.

Russia struck a business centre twice in Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, sparking a fire and injuring at least 10 people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the Golden Star Orders to Hero of Ukraine Andrii Biletskyi and Eduard Kolodii and presented state awards to soldiers taking part in the Oleksandrivka operation.

Israeli court acquits Jewish settler who kicked Catholic nun in the head Elis Gjevori on Wed, 08/26/2026 - 14:41 The ruling comes amid growing attacks by extremist settlers against Christians in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank The 48-year-old nun was attacked on 28 April 2026 in occupied East Jerusalem, leaving her face bruised (Handout via Israeli police) Off An Israeli court has acquitted Yona Schreiber, a Jewish settler from the occupied West Bank settlement of Peduel, over a vi

Donald Trump expressed hope that the spy chief’s unannounced visit to Russia could help end the war in Ukraine.
Cote said the FBI told the company the data breach was an opportunistic attack not specifically targeting Micro-Comm, and the company recommended that customers change passwords out of caution.

Trump: "no time schedule" for negotiations with Iran, and "not in a hurry" to resume them. He called economic warfare and military strikes "both effective" against Tehran. - Al Jazeera

Iranian president Pezeshkian has announced he will meet Putin next week in Kyrgyzstan after the countries have signed a 25 billion dollar deal to develop more nuclear power plants in Iran. More nuclear plants really?

According to the US leader, the Strait of Hormuz "is functioning"
The IDF is operating across the security zone in southern Lebanon. Over 400 terror infrastructures have been destroyed and large quantities of weapons located, including anti-tank missiles and anti-aircraft missiles. https://t.co/73X6rSFUsV
Trump to Al Jazeera: Iran is treating their people very badly, they are killing many, many protesters.

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Beijing has vowed to retaliate against Washington’s expanded Iran sanctions targeting Chinese entities, threatening a clash that could erode recent stability in the US-China relationship and become a new flashpoint weeks before President Xi Jinping visits the US, according to observers. But they say that efforts on both sides, such as this week’s Track 1.5 dialogue, could serve as a check on tensions and allow each side to understand the other’s concerns. The US on Monday announced fresh...
BREAKING: Iran's armed forces have placed outlets including BBC, Iran International and Radio Farda in their military target bank, according to Iranian spokesman general Shekarchi. He says the outlets are linked to Western and Israeli intelligence agencies. https://t.co/3WRksEbVQZ

A 10-year-old boy who makes kites says he is afraid to fly them after Israel threatened to treat kites as acts of war.
Trump: If Donald Trump wasn’t president, there would be no Israel right now. That’s a guarantee. There would not be an Israel.
Trump: You go to London, you go to Paris, it’s almost like Sharia law is a second way of life. It’s ridiculous.
Trump on Iran: I think they have 300. I heard 90%. I think it’s 300% inflation.
Trump on Iran: It’s very hard to protest in Iran when you have people willing to kill you. That’s why they are not protesting. And there is a chance because they become very much weakened... Many of their soldiers aren’t being paid.

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said the Centre and the incoming Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government would work with other political parties and stakeholders to form consensus on “important governance and constitutional issues”, it emerged on Wednesday. Dar’s statement came as he discussed recent developments in AJK with a group of cross-party Pakistan-origin British parliamentarians at Pakistan House in London, Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement on Wednesday. Dar held the meeting as pa
Trump: Something may come out of the CIA Director’s visit to Russia. We are working very hard to get that war ended. They both (Putin and Zelensky) want to see it ended at this point.

Trump: Something may come out of the CIA Director's visit to Russia. We are working very hard to get that war ended. They both (Putin and Zelensky) want to see it ended at this point