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Germany has deployed 2 soldiers to South Korea doubling its presence from just 1 to monitor the North Korean ceasefire agreements-Bild Thats pretty funny...
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Ukraine wants peace but will not just give in to Russia at any price, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a defiant speech on Monday as foreign leaders gathered in Kyiv to mark its Independence Day celebrations.

Iran blacklists 45 tankers in Hormuz escalation Iran said that it has blacklisted 45 tankers for violating its rules to cross the Strait of Hormuz, adding that it would take action against future transits and any vessels transferring loads with them. The announcement comes ahead of Washington's expected announcement later on Monday of new measures to isolate the Iranian economy, while the Iranian foreign ministry warned earlier of "consequences" for countries joining in the US economic sanction

After higher prices for winter kick in, energy debt unpaid for more than 30 days likely to rise, says Energy UK Households in Great Britain could owe their energy suppliers as much as £7bn by the end of the year after higher gas and electricity prices forecast for the winter kick in, an industry group is warning. Domestic energy debt and arrears climbed by about £500m over the past year to a record £6bn at the end of June as the Middle East conflict continued to stoke rising gas market prices. C

SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and the U...
🇺🇦🫡🎖️ President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi, the commander of Ukraine’s battle-hardened 3rd Army Corps, the country’s highest state distinction: the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Gold Star. Zelenskyy presented the honor on Ukraine’s Independence Day, August 24, recognizing Biletskyi for his personal courage and heroism in defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as his service to the Ukrainian people. Biletsk

Humanoid robots are breaking world records in sports, and are increasingly being developed and tested for military use.

Russia says it has launched a military satellite into space on the back of a Soyuz-2.1 rocket from Arkhangelsk.

Oleg Pendzin noted that Ukraine exists solely through financial injections, aid, mercenaries, and weaponry

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Germany will double its South Korea deployment in September, from one soldier to two. The troops fall under the U.S.-led UN Command, tasked with monitoring the North Korea ceasefire and aiding civilian evacuations in a crisis, per BILD.
Lebanese reports: Multiple strikes hit the village of El Meisri in southern Lebanon. https://t.co/JLwnQSphPW

Lebanese media report that the head of General Security, Gen. Hassan Choucair, granted Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Shibani a six-month residency permit as a civilian, after his diplomatic visa expired today. Shibani had refused to leave despite a decision by Beirut's Foreign Ministry months ago to expel him. According to the reports, he arrived in person at the General Security secretariat to receive the new residency permit, which was issued without any diplomatic title. -Kann

Correspondent Joe Inwood breaks down the weapons technology that could make a difference in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Russia is spending about EUR 340 billion on the war, while Ukraine is spending EUR 140 billion, so we need to make the war painful for Russia itself, so that Russian society feels the impact and pushes Putin toward negotiations.

A group of former international players, including World Cup winners and FIFA legends, called on Monday for immediate change at world soccer’s governing body, saying its leadership under embattled President Gianni Infantino had been blinded by power. Infantino has been under mounting pressure to resign after shelving his now abandoned proposal to create a commercial body for FIFA tournament rights and sell off 20 per cent to private investors. The Swiss has shown no signs of walking away from th

🇲🇽 | A military operation targeting “Tío Lako” ended without his capture, but with 12 members of his group detained. His escape has renewed questions about the power of regional CJNG operators—and the role they could play after the death of “El Mencho.” Read more: https://t.co/TMga7aLL5b

Israeli settler attacks, aided by military, increasingly fit the definition of a pogrom.
Andy Burnham: The UK was the first to gift long-range weapons to Ukraine back in 2023. Zelensky has now asked that we share our Storm Shadow technology so that Ukraine can build these capabilities themselves. I am pleased to confirm today that I have approved that request, and that British and French industry — and we thank President Macron and his colleagues too — will now work with Ukraine to take this capability forward.

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The United Kingdom has approved the transfer of Storm Shadow technology to Ukraine for its own production. British Prime Minister Burnham announced this during a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Kyiv https://liveuamap.com/en/2026/24-august-14-the-united-kingdom-has-approved-the-transfer
The occupiers shelled Shyroka Balka in the Stanislav community. A 76-year-old woman sustained fatal injuries as a result of the Russian attack. In Kherson, an 11-year-old boy was injured in a drone attack.

With the Iran war stalled and Seoul slow to deliver on a $350 billion pledge, the U.S. president is dangling a one-on-one summit that could sideline South Korea.
A U.S. Navy sailor, Joshua Aviles, serving aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, says his father, Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, was detained by U.S. immigration authorities while he was deployed in the Middle East. Joshua said he had spent more than nine months at sea…

A U.S. Navy sailor, Joshua Aviles, serving aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, says his father, Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, was detained by U.S. immigration authorities while he was deployed in the Middle East. Joshua said he had spent more than nine months at sea serving the U.S. and was devastated to learn his father could face deportation.
Footage shows at least one MiG-29 targeted in an overnight drone strike on Millerovo Air Base in Rostov Oblast, Russia. The attack was carried out by Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces. https://t.co/864B3lbFGG

The Saudi National Shipping Company (Bahri) announces that one of its ships, "Amzan," was attacked in the Red Sea. https://yemen.liveuamap.com/en/2026/24-august-14-the-saudi-national-shipping-company-bahri-announces

Seven people, including a 16-year-old boy, were injured in Russian airstrikes on Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast on 24 August.
According to the report, the IDF has focused its strikes on strategic ridgelines overlooking villages and towns in the area, as well as on a transportation route leading deeper into Lebanon.

Fires reported after explosions in Zaporizhzhia

Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells AP that Ronald Reagan would be “throwing up” over Trump’s trade policies.

The Saudi National Shipping Company (Bahri) announces that one of its ships, "Amzan," was attacked in the Red Sea.
The IDF’s Paratroopers Brigade has completed 3 months of operations in Gaza and is redeploying to Judea and Samaria. The brigade says it destroyed and sealed 13 km of tunnels, seized Hamas weapons and all sorts of other military operations. https://t.co/FUn9UlYxOH

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The United Kingdom has approved the transfer of Storm Shadow technology to Ukraine for its own production. British Prime Minister Burnham announced this during a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Kyiv

UN Secretary-General Guterres: Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has almost completely stopped.

More than 1,000 billboards have gone up near military installations tying the Iran conflict to higher consumer prices.

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EU police agency says shift could point to involvement of new criminal networks focused on specific artefacts Robberies at European museums are becoming increasingly violent, with thieves brandishing guns, assaulting staff and using sledgehammers, axes and even explosives to smash their way into buildings and display cases, according to a Europol report. The EU police agency said while museum thefts were generally seen as a non-violent form of organised property crime, member states had detected