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While Hezbollah is not being designated under any new authority, the Treasury Department is redesignating it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist "for service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force", according to the statement.
Around 15:00 on Thursday, Russian invaders attacked a cyclist with a drone in Darivka, according to Head of Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin said.

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Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that Antonio Guterres remains deeply concerned by the continued escalation of the Ukrainian conflict
Upon Ghalibaf’s arrival, he insisted that the two countries needed to strengthen a “new regional order” and denounced “foreign interference.”

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The grandmother of Hind Rajab told AFP her family had no faith in a criminal probe into the five-year-old's death in Gaza in 2024, calling it little more than an attempt by the Israeli military to "justify" her killing. Hind Rajab's body was recovered from a car riddled with bullets in Gaza City days after she was last heard from in a desperate, hours-long phone call to the Palestinian Red Crescent on January 29, 2024. Her death sparked international outrage and calls for an independent invest

Yemeni government forces carry out dozens of ‘operations’ against Houthis Yemeni government forces said they have carried out “81 qualitative military operations” against Houthis in the past 24 hours, Al Jazeera reported. Armed forces spokesman Colonel Majid Abdullah al-Nuzaili said the operations are “part of a series of retaliatory measures” against Houthi attacks, resulting in the “neutralisation of a number of field commanders” as well as the destruction of equipment and vehicles.

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US targets Hezbollah with fresh sanctions The United States will on Thursday issue fresh sanctions targeting Lebanon's Hezbollah, including re-designating it under a terrorism authority, according to a statement seen by Reuters, in a move aimed at emphasizing its links to the Iranian government. While Hezbollah is not being designated under any new authority, the Treasury Department is re-designating it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist "for service to the Iranian regime under the comm

The group that captures a Russian soldier shares a reward of 100,000 hryvnias (~$2,225), while each confirmed kill in small-arms or hand-to-hand combat, backed by video, brings 15,000 hryvnias (~$335).
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Israel Knew There Was No Turkish Buildup at Syrian Airbase, It Attacked Regardless Damascus explicitly told Israel that Abu Al-Duhur was being rehabilitated for Syrian use and would not host Turkish military, but Israel struck the airbase anyway. READ MORE

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced an update to its medical recommendations for military personnel based on the experience of intense combat operations.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher, who is currently visiting Ukraine, during which he paid special attention to the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the temporarily occupied city of Oleshky in Kherson region.

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According to the statement, Washington's new restrictions against Tehran represent "a continuation of a failed US policy, the repetition of which will lead only to another failure"

A senior Iranian commander said Saudi Arabia will be unable to the defeat the Yemeni group as the conflict intensifies.
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Alexander Voloshin remarked that Kiev has long promoted Europe as a sanctuary where human rights are a fundamental priority
IDF artillery shelling on Tell al-Dabsha hill, southern Lebanon. https://t.co/yR18IBZ7qU
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Military officials said the enforcement gap stems largely from fewer arrests, since prosecutions generally begin only after draft evaders are detained or report to military facilities.

Experts have said that the UAE is sending a message to Iran, which has ramped up attacks on Emirati tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, while also signalling alignment with the United States -- although halting trade is expected to do little in the way of curbing illicit flows of sanctioned oil money.
Unemployment, reduced public salaries and strained healthcare are worsening the West Bank’s economic crisis amid Israeli restrictions, The New York Times reported.

A warehouse storing products of the cosmetics brand Yves Rocher in Ukraine was significantly damaged as a result of a large-scale Russian attack on 20 August.
Les FARDC affirment avoir abattu, ce jeudi 20 août 2026 à Ruyengo dans le territoire de Fizi (Sud-Kivu), un drone kamikaze appartenant aux éléments du RDF/M23 et à leurs alliés Twirwaneho/Red-Tabara. https://t.co/x3bYyzmBv4

The Turkish president’s top communications aide says Ankara will not be drawn into the Israeli government's “games” as Washington pushes a Turkey-Israel-Syria deconfliction mechanism.

British activist Anas Altikriti questions UAE surveillance operation Areeb Ullah on Thu, 08/20/2026 - 16:17 The veteran activist said the police refused to tell him who threatened his life ten years ago Anas Altikriti was served with an Osman notice by the London Metropolitan Police - a notice given to individuals whose life is at imminent risk (screengrab) Off It was a cold winter morning when British police knocked on Anas Altikriti's family home in London. The veteran anti-war activist wa

With no end in sight to the war in Iran and an unchecked Israeli policy across the region, the kingdom is hedging against future uncertainty and a less predictable US policy.

The Iranian Ministry of Defense said that each new act of pressure or sanction has highlighted the need to rely on domestic resources

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- A mother has allegedly killed two of her children and injured three others in a stabbing attack at Kalungu Bunga in Ggaba Parish, Makindye Division, Kampala. The attack occurred at about 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2026, according to the Kampala Metropolitan Police South.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Iran: "There will be coordinated economic isolation."

Saeid Reza Mosayeb Motlagh said that Donald Trump "uses every means and every opportunity to isolate Iran and put pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran in an attempt to compensate for its military defeat"

On the Radar: US Eyes Ground War Against Crime What's next for the US military campaign against Latin America’s criminal groups? What’s behind Chile and Peru's recent security crackdowns? And are explosives and drones becoming standard weapons for criminal groups in the region? This week's top three organized crime stories in On the Radar. The post On the Radar: US Eyes Ground War Against Crime appeared first on InSight Crime.
Nasser Hemmati, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran: "At present, Iranian oil exports have stopped. We are no longer exporting any oil at all. This is a reality we acknowledge. The other problem is that we are also unable to access our own financial resources." https://t.co/UGuxhh0rKH

A warehouse belonging to the EKO Market supermarket chain was damaged on the morning of 20 August as a result of a large-scale Russian missile attack.

“We believe HÜRJET has the potential to become not only the trainer aircraft of Türkiye and Spain, but also a training platform for NATO,” CEO Mehmet Demiroglu said.