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Trump: Today, I concluded a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families. As everyone knows, under President Biden, beef prices soared at their fastest rate and the American beef herd fell to its smallest size in modern history. As we work to rebuild this herd and help our ranchers, for the next 90 days, the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff. We have a commitment that t

Iranian oil prices rise as US blockade tightens supplies to China Iranian crude prices have climbed as fewer cargoes reach Chinese buyers under a tightening US blockade, Reuters reports. Traders said Iranian oil deliveries for September and October had fallen below volumes in July and August. Sellers have already placed much of the crude shipped earlier, leaving fewer barrels available. Iranian oil that traders offered at discounts is now commanding premiums as supplies tighten. The shift follo

Syrian Foreign Minister: It is too early to discuss any strategic agreement with Israel; the priority is to stop its attacks on Syria.

Syrian Foreign Minister: Israel should not dictate to Damascus its alliances or partnerships.

Violent explosions were reported in Donetsk

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Poland demanded answers from Israel after the investigation into the Gaza strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers, including Polish citizen Damian Sobol, was closed.

[WFP] WFP and other humanitarians warn that refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan, many of them fleeing conflict in neighbouring Sudan, face severe hunger - as shrinking contributions threaten a vital food and nutrition lifeline and threaten progress in building self-reliance.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov suggests Moscow is eager for the US to revive its support for Russian agenda.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani: Israel is seeking not to give space to Syria to have stability in the country or to rebuild the country. We want to reconstruct the country, we want the stability of Syria and the region, we don’t want to go into war with Israel, and we want Israel to stop its aggression against Syria.

Russia's 20 August attack damaged the Ukrainian warehouse of Yves Rocher that sits on Ukraine's list of international sponsors of war.

Commodore Maryla Ingham has handed over command of NATO’s Standing Maritime Group One after four months leading operations from the Baltic and High North to the western Atlantic. Royal Navy ends four-month command of NATO task group first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, reaffirmed the Alliance's continued military support for Ukraine during his first phone call with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Mykhailo Drapatyi.

Public anger has surged on mainland social media after authorities declined to classify the death of a programmer in his company’s toilet as work-related. According to Jiupai News, Xing Zhi, a 39-year-old programmer from Shenzhen and father of two, died in his company’s toilet in April. After clocking in that morning, Xing went directly to a second-floor toilet instead of his 11th-floor desk and never returned. He was later discovered collapsed in the toilet and was pronounced dead after...

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Yiftah Ron Tal said the chaos caused by the Ben-Gurion Airport strike was unjustified, calling the move "bullying and intolerable behavior."

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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lead negotiator in talks with the United States, made the comments after President Trump vowed an “economic D-Day” against Iran.

A drone strike on Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, injured at least 13 people, including five children, a hospital official said Thursday. The attack comes amid growing tensions between federal and Tigrayan forces and fears the region could slide back into war.

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Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has claimed that he was the first world leader in modern history to order troops to open fire on Russian soldiers.

Israeli settler kills Palestinian youth and wounds elderly man near Hebron A Palestinian youth has died after Israeli settlers opened fire during an attack near Sa’ir, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Another Palestinian, a man in his 70s, suffered serious gunshot wounds in the same attack, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Paramedics transported both Palestinians to hospital after performing resuscitation at the scene. The younger victim later died from his wounds. The Quds

Ukraine’s security is NATO's security, NATO Military Committee Chair Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone says.

Head of foreign affairs select committee urges government to adopt ban amid rising settler violence, after foreign secretary rebukes Israel over construction tender It is a national scandal that survivors of terrorist attacks are still being “mistreated and neglected”, campaigners have said as the UK marked the first dedicated memorial day for victims. Brendan Cox, husband of murdered MP Jo Cox, said the findings of a report he co-authored “lays bare the scale of failure” on some issues facing s
According to the officials, US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose another harsh package of economic sanctions is intended to “buy time” until after the US midterm elections.

Kyiv accused “Masha and the Bear” of spreading “pro-Russia narratives” and posing a threat to Ukrainian national security.
Ukrainian MiG-29 downs a Russian jet-powered Shahed drone. https://t.co/mtXkM5LBal
Ukrainian MiG-29 jet closely chasing a Russian jet-powered Shahed drone until it crashes into an open field. The video shows the fighter trailing the drone in close formation before it loses control and impacts the ground.

A weapons cache near Berlin, believed planted by Russian intelligence for potential attacks in Germany, has been uncovered, per a joint WDR, NDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung investigation. Two functioning firearms were found. After the cache was deemed compromised, they were disabled and fitted with GPS trackers. A suspect linked to it was arrested in Romania. Germany's Federal Prosecutor has investigated since November.

Even when fully mobilised, China’s industrial system would only be able to meet 60 per cent of the country’s military demand for drones in a conflict, according to a rare study looking into the expected effects of a sudden war. The estimates were produced by an artificial intelligence model that covered a multilevel supply chain linking drone assembly plants with subsystem and component suppliers. The study also accounted for inventories, production capacity, order backlogs, budgets and civilian

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, August 21st
German intelligence services have just discovered a weapons cache near Berlin linked to Russia which was being prepared for various attacks around the country a man linked to the cache was just arrested in Romania.

The newaspaper noted that military operation against Iran had depleted US arsenals and "laid bare the limits of American hard power"

It is unclear why the civilian-contracted plane was at the radar site on Alaska's south-west coast.

Iran warned Friday it would deliver a "crushing" response to any new U.S. threats, after Washington promised its toughest sanctions yet. Tehran condemned the move as "economic terrorism." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the measures, aimed at squeezing Iran without raising oil prices, will be detailed Monday.

France, Germany, Britain and Italy condemned on Thursday plans by Israel to open up construction tenders for a residential property project called 'E1' in the occupied West Bank. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have settled among millions of Palestinians in land captured by Israel in a 1967 war. Nearly all countries and a range of UN bodies consider that such settlements violate international law, although Israel disputes this, citing historical and biblical ties to the land. FRANCE

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The Secretary of the U.S. Air Force confirmed that Seymour Johnson AFB is the planned recipient of the F-15EX Eagle II aircraft included in the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget. The Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Troy Meink confirmed in a letter to Senator Ted Budd that Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, […]

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Friday slammed the government for “flouting” the orders issued by the Supreme Court for moving incarcerated party founder Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital. On Tuesday, the SC had directed the government to move Imran to Shifa International Hospital, a private facility. All eyes were on the hospital with a heavy police presence stationed on Thursday night. However, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar revealed on Friday that Imran was instead taken to the governmen