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By Elwely Elwelly and Menna AlaaElDin DUBAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister dismissed the threat of new U.S. sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday and said the expected new measures would fail to defeat Tehran. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is due to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Monday, has threatened to impose "the toughest sanctions in history" on Iran.

Morocco has announced it has territorial claims on the Spanish territories in Northern Africa Ceuta and Melilla and wants to negotiate with Spain for their hand over the Justice Ministry of the country stated. Spain has since completely rejected these statements.

The Sindh government said on Sunday it would be asking the chief justice of the provincial high court to establish a judicial commission to determine whether the investigation in the Mir Raza Ali murder case was being conducted impartially and in accordance with the law. The decision comes days after Ali’s parents approached Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, requesting that he directly supervise the investigation. His parents, Mir Hussain and Mariam, wrote a letter to the Sindh CM through the

NEW: Russia is quietly running nationwide mobilization readiness exercises testing its ability to house, feed, and arm a large influx of new recruits. In one exercise in July, military officers flew from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad to oversee concrete mobilization planning for the exclave's residents. Similar tests are taking place across the country "in case the call is made." No decision has been taken by the Kremlin. Unlike the chaotic 2022 mobilization, Russia now has an electronic r

Zelensky: Russia will likely end the year holding about the same amount of Ukrainian territory it held at the start of 2026. He also claimed Russia could mobilize another 300,000 troops this year, and that Russian forces have already suffered 267,000 losses in 2026, including roughly 155,000 killed.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks made public Sunday that wartime elections would be a "tsunami" that would "destroy the country". Kyiv has been engulfed in a political crisis over the summer, triggered when Zelensky fired popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who days later called to organise a vote.

Ukraine marks Flag Day on 23 August – a holiday that has taken on particular significance during the war. Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia (Life) has collected together some posts from Ukrainians reflecting on what one of the country's key symbols of statehood means to them.

Sudanese anti-war political and civil groups meeting in Addis Ababa have rejected army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s dialogue initiative, warning it entrenches partition and military rule. Instead, the coalition proposed a comprehensive three-track peace roadmap. https://t.co/oEf2oAGfx9 #Sudan #SudanWar #AddisAbaba #IntraSudneseDialogue

Israeli attack in central Gaza kills two, wounds seven Two Palestinians have been killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp and the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza, Al Jazeera reports, citing a source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

The Sindh government said on Sunday it would be asking the chief justice of the provincial high court to establish a judicial commission to determine whether the investigation in the Mir Raza Ali murder case was being conducted impartially and in accordance with the law. The decision comes days after Ali’s parents approached Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, requesting that he directly supervise the investigation. His parents, Mir Hussain and Mariam, wrote a letter to the Sindh CM through the

The embattled Ukrainian president slams Mykhailo Fedorov's idea as a 'tsunami' that would 'split' the country.
Canada's Ontario Premier Doug Ford: President Trump can't be trusted. Simple as that. He changes the deal. He keeps moving the goalpost. President Trump is the type of person that would steal your lunch money the first day. He'd steal the toque off your head the second day and the third day he'd steal your running shoes. He is not to be trusted whatsoever.
Canada's Ontario Premier Doug Ford: We never started this fight, but I can assure you we're going to win this fight. We're going to be United Team Canada. We have to use every tool in our toolbox to make sure as Donald Trump is trying to inflict pain on every Canadian that we inflict pain right back.
Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner held a private meeting to discuss possible cooperation between Democrats and the Trump administration if Democrats win the House. The meeting suggests Trump’s allies are preparing for a possible Democratic House majority, where Jeffries could become speaker. Source: NYT
Iraq's PM al-Zaidi on corruption: Our government will be free of corruption, God willing... because there's no money anyway.

The names of three more people who were killed in Russia's 21 August strikes on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih have been revealed: Oleksandr Mosora, a man known only as Maksym, and his son Davyd. Some members of their families were injured and are now under medical supervision.

NEW: The US dollar crossed 200,000 toman in Iran's free market for the first time, a new all-time historic low for the currency. The move accelerated sharply in the past week, jumping over 6% from 186,500 to 200,000 toman. Official government exchange rates remain far lower at roughly 155,000-160,000 toman.
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Overnight, a major logistics facility near Saint Petersburg was hit by Ukrainian drones. https://t.co/cM3WKcy3ee

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GRAPHIC: Earlier today, A Palestinian attacker stabbed and wounded a 24 year old Israeli man near Al Auja in the Jordan Valley before fleeing. IDF forces launched a manhunt across the Al Auja and Jericho areas, backed by special forces and Israeli Air Force. https://t.co/grVMIxkpGS

Mahdi Rahimi, head of the Iranian Parliament News Agency, in an interview with Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen: Iran has received an invitation to join the "Makha Agreement," the trilateral defense alliance between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan. Rahimi said Iran is currently considering the matter.

Iran's security chief has warned of retaliation against countries joining US ‘economic war'.

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Ukraine's Special Operations Forces destroyed 14 Russian targets: 3 aircraft (Su-33, MiG-29, Orion UAV), 8 radar systems, a S-400 position at Gelendzhik, and Tor and Pantsir air-defense systems. 11 were in Rostov region and Krasnodar Krai, 3 in occupied Crimea. https://t.co/j9kS0wvF64
Born in London in 1958, Langford was the daughter of British television director Barry Langford and moved to Israel with her family when she was 14.
Iran's Defense Minister Majid Ebn-e-Reza: Trump talks too much.

The parcel depot near Kazakhstan can hold tens of millions of orders and had to be cleared out.
An official military source told Walla that the IDF “is not underestimating the threat, is monitoring it and treating every incident seriously."
WATCH: Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces hit 14 Russian targets: 3 aircraft (Su-33, MiG-29, Orion UAV), 8 radar systems, a S-400 position in Gelendzhik, and 2 air-defense systems (Tor and Pantsir). 11 targets were struck in Russia’s Rostov region and Krasnodar Krai, 3 in occupied Crimea.
NEW: Sudan’s Army says it shot down a long-range “strategic” drone today Blue Nile State after it crossed from the direction of Ethiopia. SAF sources attribute the drone to the RSF and say it was targeting forces near Kurmuk. No wreckage or independently verified drone type has yet been released.

Several European leaders are involved in efforts to convince Elon Musk and Donald Trump to approve Starlink coverage over Russian territory for Ukraine’s military needs. Zelensky said French President Emmanuel Macron and Finnish President Alexander Stubb have helped with the talks, with around 10 world leaders involved overall. Source: RBC Ukraine
Denmark will continue providing Ukraine with weapons, air defense systems, and other military assistance for as long as necessary, as the war cannot be won with words alone.
🇺🇦🇱🇹🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇱🇻🇳🇴 Six Nordic and Baltic leaders have arrived in Kyiv ahead of Ukraine’s Independence Day, sending another highly visible signal that Northern Europe intends to remain firmly behind Ukraine. The delegation includes Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. They are schedule

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An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno The ruinous fires that overran parts of France this summer have burned more land than ever recorded, forced more people from their homes than at any point since the second world war and caused what scientists suspect is the country’s first firestorm thundercloud. The smoke from France’s biggest inferno in nearly 80 years choked Limoges, a c

The displaced in Gaza are struggling to find safe, discreet and sanitary toilets amid health crisis.
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In a Reuters interview in Damascus on Saturday, days after Israel bombed a Syrian airbase, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani also stressed that Damascus' priority is to halt Israeli attacks.

Asaad al-Shaibani urges Israel to seize 'historic opportunity' for diplomacy.