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Andy Burnham is expected to approve tougher action against Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including a trade ban on settlement-linked goods and sanctions on individuals. Source: The Times

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Real estate is located near a military base on the island of Musko

Huge Ukrainian drone attack toward Moscow and Southern Russia tonight just hours after the CIA director Ratcliffe left.

Three dwelling houses, six civilian infrastructure facilities, a bus, and eight trucks were damaged
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service is aware of a video broadcast by Iranian state television discussing a potential plot to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump's youngest son, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. "The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees. Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence," Secret Service spokesperson Nate Herring s

In tonight's programme, the United States on Monday called for beefed-up U.N. sanctions against the warring parties in Sudan. Also, Muslims celebrate Mawlid across Africa but festivities were cancelled in Tigray because of recent drone attacks. And finally in the Kenyan village of Cheporor, a recent discovery of gold sent thousands of amateur prospectors rushing to the area.

Trump's special envoy Richard Grenell: Ambassador Tom Barrack is as close to Donald Trump as one can be. He speaks regularly to the President and isn’t a free-lancer. His work in Türkiye is part of the larger policy that President Trump has for protecting Americans. It is an America First policy. Tom is doing exactly what he’s asked to do.

Trump's 'Board of Peace' warns Hamas against flying kites The US-led board supervising a Gaza peace plan on Tuesday warned Hamas against flying kites, after Israel threatened retaliatory strikes. "All militant activity in Gaza must stop, including the flying of kites. We have conveyed this message directly through the established mechanism," an official on President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" said on condition of anonymity. Reporting by AFP Displaced Palestinian children fly kites near th

Economic escalation is unlikely to force the Iranian government to capitulate to US demands, according to experts.

Elsewhere, Ukrainian investigators traced the components of a downed Russian Su-35 fighter to 22 unsanctioned firms supplying its engines, guidance, and missiles.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister says Hormuz to remain closed despite temporary Oman deal Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in a televised interview on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite a temporary transit agreement with Oman. “America and other countries should know that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened except through Iranian arrangements,” Gharibabadi said, adding that Iran remains “in a state of war”. Gharibabadi says Iran and Oman have held t

IRAN FUEL CRISIS: The following stations are currently out of service in Tehran: Pasdaran, Mirdamad, Shariati Park, Damavand, Mirza ye Shirazi and Dolat. Some stations are reportedly limiting purchases to 20 liters per vehicle. With estimates that restoring oil and gas output to prewar levels could take up to 2 years, the regime faces a difficult choice: raise fuel prices and risk unrest, or maintain current prices as shortages deepen. It’s only getting worse from here.
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In Kramatorsk, Russian forces struck a rescue vehicle whose crew was clearing up the aftermath of an airstrike.

The US Secret Service is aware of a video broadcast by Iranian state television discussing a potential plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump’s youngest son, a spokesman said on Tuesday. “The US Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees. “Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence,” Secret Service spokesman Nate Herring wrote in an email. A three-minute...

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Trump envoy Tom Barrack on SDF's dissolution: Absolutely historic. POTUS's far-sighted leadership opened the path for the SDF's orderly integration into Syrian state institutions, transforming past division into lasting partnership. Recognizing the Kurdish language in education and securing substantive roles for Mazloum Abdi and Ilham Ahmed within the Syrian government pays due respect to their leadership and the sacrifices of our Kurdish partners. This is what real integration looks like:
Iran's Deputy FM Kazem Gharibabadi: We are still in a state of war, and the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed.

Iran's Ghalibaf mocks Bessent and his "economic D-Day"
Iran's Deputy FM Kazem Gharibabadi: The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will only happen in exchange for ending the war on all fronts, lifting the blockade, and resolving the situation in Yemen. We told Pakistan's Army Chief that reopening the Strait of Hormuz depends on America fulfilling its commitments under the memorandum of understanding.

Top Iranian officials mock US 'economic D-Day' on social media Several top Iranian officials have taken to social media to mock US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's "economic D-Day" of sanctions on Iran, including parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghabilaf and Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei. Ghabilaf made fun of Bessent's apparent slip in Monday's press conference in which he appeared to imply that the sanctions risked collapsing the global economy, saying

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi: Iran told negotiators that the US must correct its errors and return to its commitments if it wants a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Iran's Deputy FM Kazem Gharibabadi: Why should we always wait for America to attack? We can take preemptive action.

Armenia has said it is happy to welcome Russian citizens who flee across its border to avoid the looming mass mobilisation. The turnaround of relations between Russia and Armenia is significant.

Satellite imagery shows at least 15 simultaneous ship-to-ship oil transfers happening in the Gulf of Oman today, moving roughly 25 million barrels of crude from nearly every regional producer except Iran. The transfers are part of the workaround system that emerged after the Strait of Hormuz became restricted. Shuttle tankers load inside the Persian Gulf, pass through the strait, and transfer cargo to larger vessels waiting in the Gulf of Oman for onward delivery to Asian markets.

According to a number of US media outlets, the Iranian media broadcast a video suggesting option for killing Barron Trump for a reward of $10 million

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi says the Strait of Hormuz will reopen only in exchange for an end to the war on all fronts, a lifting of the siege, and a resolution on Yemen.

Japan looks to salvage rare earths using nuclear reprocessing tech

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The UAE has now localized drone defense production, with U.S. defense startup Powerus manufacturing its Guardian interceptors in the country. The facility is producing about 30 interceptors per day, with plans to increase output to 100. The Guardian, which costs roughly $5,000 per unit, is designed to intercept one way attack drones such as Iran’s Shahed.
Ukraine’s partners should join forces to counter Russia, in particular by implementing joint patrols of Ukrainian airspace.
Katz's visit follows an IDF strike in Syria near Damascus on Saturday, which itself followed a larger strike on a military airfield on August 18.
DAMASCUS, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has been dissolved, the armed militant group's leader said on Tuesday, a major step in the integration plan agreed on earlier this year with the Islamist-led government in Damascus. "We announce today the end of the mission of the Syrian Democratic Forces and announce with full responsibility its dissolution as an independent military force," SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said in a televised speech.

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Turkey won’t abandon Syria or let Israel draw ‘red lines’, Erdogan says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Monday to Israeli strikes on a Syrian military base last week, saying Ankara would not abandon its friends in the region and that no outside power could set the boundaries of Turkish foreign policy. Israel carried out several strikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northern Syria, approximately 70km from the Turkish border, claiming that Ankara was preparing to dep

As the military expands suppressor use, veterans and researchers are raising concerns about toxic blowback and its potential long-term health effects.

Three people, including two Chinese citizens, died in a fire on Tuesday at a petrochemical site in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, the company announced. More than 100 others were wounded as a result of the blaze at the remote Amur Gas Chemical Complex, a joint venture between Russia’s Sibur and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec). “The deaths of three people … two citizens of the People’s Republic of China and one Russian citizen, have unfortunately been confirmed,” Amur GKhK

The leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the Washington-backed group at the forefront of the battle against the Islamic State jihadist group, announced their dissolution on Tuesday under a deal with the government. After being Syria's most highly-trained and organised paramilitary force for years, Washington promptly dropped the SDF in favour of the new US-friendly authorities in Damascus after the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in late 2024.