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Ukraine sanctioned five Russians and four organizations linked to the production and distribution of Masha and the Bear, accusing the cartoon of spreading pro-Russian narratives. The sanctions target the studio Animaccord, its executives, creators, and rights holder.
The number of people injured in a Russian drone attack on the building of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Zhytomyr region on august 19 has risen 59.

Reports suggested a Lukoil-operated oil refinery was targeted in a drone barrage on the Ural Mountains region of Russia.
The DOJ is seeking voluntary interviews with FBI officials involved in the 2022 Mar-a-Lago search as part of a broader investigation into past probes of President Trump. Investigators are examining whether Trump was targeted by a criminal conspiracy, though it remains unclear what charges, if any, prosecutors are considering. Source: Reuters
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, responding to Trump’s threat: “We must prepare to overcome these unjust sanctions.” The regime is scared.

One person has been killed and another injured in a Russian guided aerial bomb strike on the village of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Two rocks surrounded by coral, with a total land size of less than 10 square meters (approximately 108 square feet) at high tide, are the entire basis on which Japan claims a 150,000-square-mile exclusive economic zone, an area nearly the size of Japan itself. The uninhabited feature, located more than 1,000 miles south of Tokyo, is called Okinotori.In late July, Japan protested Sino-Russian live-fire drills held within the exclusive economic zone it claims around Okinotori. Tokyo cited the safe

Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi has set a September 30 deadline to bring all weapons under state control and disarm Iran-backed militias. Kata'ib Hezbollah is threatening al-Zaidi directly, warning its "patience is running out." He says he won't retreat "even if it costs me my life." The pressure is coming from both sides. Washington is demanding disarmament, with Iraq's access to crucial dollar flows and its economic stability at stake. Tehran wants its armed network preserved. @theiranwatcher

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, with PM Nawaf Salam, is pushing to sign an EU military cooperation deal to bring in a European force replacing UNIFIL when its mandate ends this year, per Al-Akhbar. Aoun is treating it as needing no cabinet approval or parliamentary law, backed by the U.S., which favors limiting European participation to Italy. His Rome visit will raise the file with PM Giorgia Meloni.

Lebanese outlet Nidaa' al-Watan reports Israel carried out covert operations near the Ali al-Tahr ridge in southern Lebanon, killing a large number of Hezbollah operatives and IRGC personnel. The operations have reportedly expanded north of the Litani River, with the goal of opening a path toward Mount A-Rihan.

Vladmir Teslov, 27, charged after allegedly seeking to provide information about Ukrainian forces to ‘Russian intelligence services’ Australian police have charged a man who allegedly joined the Ukrainian military and sought to provide information about its activities to people he suspected were Russian agents. Vladimir Teslov, a dual Russian-Australian citizen, appeared in court on Friday after the Australian federal police (AFP) charged him with an attempted foreign interference. The offence c

Hamas platoon commander Sabahi Sami Mahmoud Shahata was killed in an IDF strike in the Nuseirat area on Wednesday. He infiltrated Israel during the October 7 massacre and later helped hold multiple hostages in Hamas captivity. He recently tried to organize further attacks on IDF forces and civilians. The IDF.

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Israeli army advances into southern Lebanese town, shelling reported The town of Khiam in Lebanon's Nabatieh is currently facing heavy Israeli shelling as army vehicles enter the area, according to state media. Israeli troops reportedly detonated a house in the town. Fresh artillery shelling was also reported on the outskirts of Mayfadoun.

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Ukrainian forces and Russian troops engaged in 238 combat clashes over the past day, August 20, with the heaviest fighting reported in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors of the front.

At Pokrovsk direction clashes yesterday near Dorozhnye, Novooleksandrivka, Udachne, Kotlyne and towards Novyy Donbas, Bilyakivka, Bilytske, Hannivka, Svitle, Shevchenko, Myrne, Vasylivka, Serhiyivka, Novopavlivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

At Kupyansk direction clashes yesterday near Radkivka and Hlushkivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

At Oleksandrivka direction clashes yesterday near Nove Zaporizhzhya and near Zaporizke and Rybne, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

Residents of Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district spent Thursday assessing the damage after a Russian overnight barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones tore through a residential area.

Russian artillery shelled Neskuchne, Sopych, Korenok, Potapivka, Volfyne, Bezsalivka, Ulanove, Tovstodubove of Sumy region, Zorya, Buda-Vorobyivska, Yanzhulivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

“You cannot be at mental peace always. You will be worried. So even my family — they are scared all the time, and they were anxiously praying [for] the vessel [to] come out of this area safely.” While Captain Chirag operates a commercial cargo vessel in the Red Sea, his comments in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 attacks in the Middle East could just as easily be attributed to the hard-charging crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney and other surface combatants fighting Houthi thre

At Huliaipole direction clashes yesterday near Verkhnya Tersa, Charivne, Vozdvyzhivka, Rivne, Dolynka and near Bilohirya, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

At Kursk and North Slobozhansky(Sumy) direction Ukrainian forces have repelled 3 Russian army assaults, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

At South Slobozhansky(Kharkiv) direction clashes yesterday near Lyman, Izbytske, Okhrimivka and near Starytsa, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Google on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote the country’s digital transformation, with students in the country getting free access to the tech giant’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools for a year. The MoU was signed during a reception hosted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in honour of the Google team at the PM House, according to an official press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). “Pakistan and Google signed an MoU

At Lyman direction clashes yesterday near Lyman, Novoserhiyivka, Drobysheve and near Novoselivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports
A Day of Mourning has been declared in Kyiv on Friday, August 21, for the victims of the Russian strike overnight into August 20, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has said.

At Kramatorsk direction clashes yesterday near Nykyforivka, Minkivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

At Orikhiv direction clashes yesterday near Plavni, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriyivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine reports

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Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of Mefdoun in the direction of Zawtar al-Sharqiya this morning.

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"The US has massive amounts of 'munitions'" Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on August 6, adding that claims of any munitions shortage were fabricated.

American actor and screenwriter Liev Schreiber, a UNITED24 ambassador who was in Kyiv during another large-scale Russian attack on the night of 19-20 August, visited the Solomianskyi district, where people were killed after a nine-storey residential building was hit.
Sixteen people were killed and 42 others injured in Russian attacks on Kyiv on August 20.