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Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Vsevolod Chentsov and Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen discuss further steps toward Ukraine’s EU accession.
NEW: Iran granted special permission for Iraqi oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz after repeated requests from Baghdad. IRNA said at least one-third of Iraq's pre-war export volume has received Iranian licenses to cross. Iraqi President Amedi confirmed facilitation "in recent days" but said the matter "remained complicated." Iraq's southern seaborne exports have recovered to roughly 1.2 million barrels per day, up from near-zero earlier this year but still only about a third of pre-

The special military operation is ongoing, Russian President said
According to the report, the Israeli drone struck a vehicle in an Al-Ayn area farm.

Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has seen thousands of bodies buried in makeshift sites.
WATCH: Israeli "settlers" stole a donkey from a Palestian farmer and dragged it until it died in the South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank. The footage shows the animal being pulled and struggling as the vehicle moves.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with former U.S.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz: The IDF recommended multiple times to carry out the strike at the Abu al-Duhur airfield in Syria based on clear intelligence information received regarding Türkiye's intentions to conduct operations there that would endanger the state's security. It was agreed that before granting approval, a direct warning would be given to the Syrian regime at the highest levels to try to prevent the move – and this was indeed carried out. Simultaneously, the intellig

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Feyzullah Tuna Akgun | Iraq Studies Coordinator | Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM): If Gulf countries cannot sell oil through Hormuz, the Development Road becomes a major alternative. Iraq imports 80% of its daily food through Basra ports - the Development Road offers an alternative supply route. It is also Iraq's path to a post-oil future. Over 50% of Iraqis are on public payrolls affected by oil. The Development Road creates new cities, industrial zones & e

Israeli army claims attack in southern Syria The Israeli army has said it conducted an attack in southern Syria, claiming that it targeted a person who was preparing an attack. It did not provide any evidence to support this claim. Al Jazeera reported earlier today that an Israeli drone struck a truck in southwestern Syria's Beit Jinn.

RAWALPINDI: Police have detained the husband and domestic servant of a 45-year-old woman who was found dead with her hands tied behind her back at an apartment in Rawalpindi, while her elderly father-in-law is also being questioned as part of the investigation. The woman, identified as Hina Javaid, was found dead in the washroom of her apartment in Askari Apartments, Lal Kurti, on Thursday evening. Police said the body bore signs of torture, with a wire fastened around her neck and tied to the s
Russia's Medvedev on Ukraine: Ukraine is now commonly called "Country 404." Half of its population has already disappeared, along with 20% of the territories that had fallen into its hands. I am sure that more and more territories will be "returned" to Russia, and our valiant army constantly confirms this.
During wartime, government officials should focus on saving the country, not on their own approval ratings, therefore members of the current and future Cabinets of Ministers must declare that they will not run in the next parliamentary elections, according to Chairman of Kyiv Security Forum and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016) Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Brazilian President Lula is seeking help from Donald Trump as tensions with Secretary of State Marco Rubio escalate ahead of Brazil’s October election. Lula has accused Rubio and parts of the State Department of favoring the Bolsonaro family, while U.S. officials say Lula is deliberately provoking Washington to boost his standing against Flávio Bolsonaro. Despite the dispute, Lula and Trump recently held a “friendly and cordial” call and agreed on maintaining strong commercial ties. Source:
Russia's Medvedev on Europe: The current leaders of the European Union and some European states are direct descendants and ideological heirs of fascists, and in some cases simply stupid people.

Three people were killed and 17 others were injured, including a child, in Russian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia district on 22 August
Russia's Medvedev: There are many attempts to pretend that Russia simply does not exist — that it is some kind of misunderstanding that must disappear. Russia cannot be cancelled!
Russia's Medvedev: Look at how the current leaders of Germany and Japan behave today. They thirst for militarization and revenge.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of an Ebola vaccine, as authorities step up efforts against the ongoing outbreak. More than 2,500 people have already died and health officials from the WHO are warning this epidemic could surpass the deadliest on record – that occurred between 2014 and 2016 and caused over 11,000 deaths across West Africa. Dr Muhammad Munir, Professor of virology at Lancaster University in the UK, helps us understand the situation on the groun
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Former YPG/SDF commander Sipan Hamo, now Syria's Deputy Defense Minister for the Eastern Region, says Israel is trying to disrupt Kurdish integration into the Syrian state: Certain forces, foremost among them Israel, are attempting to provoke and disrupt the process. We have overcome the most difficult phase, but difficulties remain. Damascus is now the shared capital for all of us. He said those who wanted to use Kurds as a military tool for other regional plans "lost," while Turks, Arabs

BIG: Qatar slashed government budgets by up to 30% and cut overseas aid by roughly 85% as the Iran war devastates its LNG-dependent economy. Iranian strikes on Ras Laffan, the world's largest LNG hub, cut export capacity by 17%, with full recovery expected to take 3-5 years. The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has further crippled exports. The IMF projects Qatar's GDP will contract 8.6% in 2026. Goldman Sachs estimates Qatar and Kuwait are losing $1.5-2 billion per week in e
Putin: The people are the source of power. The constitutional right of citizens to choose their representatives and determine the path of development of their country is inviolable. This is the basis of the legitimacy and effectiveness of democratic state institutions. Therefore, even under the most difficult conditions, we will not retreat from the principles of popular rule. We are holding, and will continue to hold, elections at different levels throughout the entire territory of our vas

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha mocked Vladimir Putin’s intention to use the relics of Prince Dmitry Donskoy to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.

China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, concluded his visit to South Korea but declined to back Seoul’s push for multiparty peace talks involving the North. Read more: https://t.co/DkwnboR6Z7 #southkorea #northkorea #china #diplomacy https://t.co/CzCCQCUMi3

Former British and French diplomats are urging action over what they say is Israel’s "erasure"of Palestine. More than 100 of those diplomats have penned a letter to the French President and the British Prime Minister calling for a ban on trade and arms sales to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. Among the signatories: Sir Vincent Fean, British former Consul-General Jerusalem and current trustee of the Britain Palestine Project. What does he hope the letter will achieve? He answered our

Former British and French diplomats are urging action over what they say is Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine. More than 100 of those diplomats have penned a letter to the French President and the British Prime Minister, calling for a ban on trade and arms sales to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. The unprecedented joint letter directly accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing and warns that the world no longer sees it as a genuine democracy. Our correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky te
IRANIAN AFFAIRS: Iranian refugee Behnam Vali Heydarian recounts persecution, attacks, pro-Israel activism, and fears of deportation to Iran after his journey from Islam to Christianity and Judaism.
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Putin on Ukraine: The more difficult the situation at the front becomes for the enemy, the more brutal and barbaric the attacks carried out by the "Kyiv regime" become. This reveals the entire neo-Nazi, Banderite, Russophobic essence of the force we are fighting.
Ukraine’s Minister for Veterans Affairs Vitaliy Kim announced an audit of the construction of the National Military Memorial Cemetery.
German CDU MEP Hildegard Bentele defended Ben-Gvir after he called for killing “30–40” Palestinians in Gaza every night, including people posing no threat. She urged viewers to consider the “context,” citing debunked October 7 atrocity claims and the challenge of “dealing with terrorists who do not want to disarm.” “It’s a difficult one,” Bentele told DW News.

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Somali pirates hijacked an oil products tanker off Yemen, a Somali maritime security official said, the latest in a resurgence of piracy that has seen six commercial vessels seized since April across the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean. Six armed pirates hijacked the Eritrean-flagged M.T. Sibu 1 on Thursday about 136 nautical miles (252 kilometres) east of al-Mukalla, Yemen, and took it towards Somalia’s Puntland coast, the official, who has knowledge of the incident, told journalists on..

Ukraine's military intelligence says Russia runs a secret biolab complex in Tver Oblast, an inversion of Russia's own false claims about Ukraine.

On Gaza’s shore, 1,300 Palestinian children joined a swimming class to cope with the trauma of Israel’s genocidal war.

Around 100 people were attending a meditation retreat in central Myanmar when the building was targeted by military planes, witnesses said.

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