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Deficit has doubled over the past decade with spending growing under Trump and Biden US gross national debt tops $40tn for first time Sign up for the US Breaking News email Donald Trump on Wednesday posted that he intends to inflict on Iran “the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!” “This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale,” the president said. Continue reading...

Russia is redirecting resources toward other ballistic and cruise missiles as it seeks to maintain the pace of strikes against Ukraine.

Children in Russian schools and kindergartens were forced onto the floor and "taken hostage" during "anti-terrorist" drills

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Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc in Lebanon condemned the Israeli strike on Abu al-Duhur airport in Idlib, Syria, calling it a "blatant violation" of Syrian sovereignty.

For the second time in the last three days, joint NATO and USAF aerial activity is taking place over Poland. The key assets currently flying near Kaliningrad are an E-3 Sentry AWACS and an E-37B electronic warfare aircraft. Contributed by @MoloWarMonitor https://t.co/2xSV6vAx2A

At least 10 people wounded as result of Russian strikes at the groceries in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk
An ambulance in Kherson, Ukraine was struck by a Russian drone, wounding two women. https://t.co/pcYRSCRGi9

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Idite Lesom said it has received a growing number of complaints from individuals who were forcibly detained and coerced into signing contracts with Russia’s Defense Ministry.

UKMTO: A tanker 136 NM east of Al Mukalla, Yemen was boarded by six armed individuals after reporting an unauthorised approach. The attackers seized control and redirected the vessel toward Somalia.

Sudan’s SPLM-N faction led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu has retaken full control of its stronghold town of Kauda following days of clashes with local Otoro clan fighters in South Kordofan. The unrest has displaced thousands and disrupted aid operations across the Nuba Mountains region. https://t.co/MeD6RXtT56 #Sudan #SouthKordofan #Kauda #NubaMountains #SPLMN

US President Donald Trump pledged "economic warfare" against Iran and threatened any country that trades with it, prompting Iran to dismiss the plan on Thursday as a continuation of failed policies. The war between the two countries, started by the US and Israel in February, appears stalemated, with peace talks stalled, Tehran keeping the key Strait of Hormuz shut and Washington persisting with a naval counter-blockade of Iran.
Sudan’s SPLM-N faction led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu has retaken full control of its stronghold town of Kauda following days of clashes with local Otoro clan fighters in South Kordofan. The unrest has displaced thousands and disrupted aid operations across the Nuba Mountains region. #Sudan #SouthKordofan #Kauda #NubaMountains #SPLMN
The death toll from Russia's massive attack on Kyiv on August 20 has risen to 15, while 39 people have been injured.

Three Palestinian parties in Israel form joint list ahead of elections MEE staff on Thu, 08/20/2026 - 09:42 Hadash, Balad and Ta’al will revive an electoral alliance as Palestinian citizens face rising political pressure and violence Electoral billboards for Palestinian parties in Israel displayed in the northern city of Umm al-Fahm, on 28 October 2022 (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli) Off Three Palestinian-led parties in Israel announced on Wednesday that they will run on a joint slate in the upcoming p

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Three suspects were detained in Latvia. The company Milrem said more than 200 of its robotic systems would be operating in Ukraine by year-end.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry promises a decisive response to Russian drone incursions into Moldova and Romania.

Ukrainian law enforcement has served a notice of suspicion on a Russian assault trooper after he killed a captured commander of a Ukrainian unit on the Pokrovsk front in October 2025.

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles from inland toward the northeast at 17:04 local time, per Japan's Ministry of Defense. The missiles reached a maximum altitude of roughly 90 km, flew about 320 km, and fell outside Japan's EEZ near the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula. No damage reported.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff stated that they "maintain vigilance for additional launches"
The death toll in Kyiv from Russian strikes on the night of August 20 has increased.
Border guards in Kyiv region destroyed a cruise missile heading toward the capital using a machine gun during Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine on the night of August 20, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Lebanon: I have a son who is now going in and out of Lebanon with his reconnaissance unit, and I’m telling you: he and his friends deserve for us to bomb Beirut, for us to crush them.

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A tanker in the Gulf of Aden reported an unauthorized vessel approaching, 136 nautical miles east of Mukalla, Yemen. The distress call came over VHF channel 16 as it sailed west. - UKMTO https://t.co/WhVVigfkLa

Jason Arday's marathon challenge and football claims found to be true after his death Imran Mulla on Wed, 08/19/2026 - 13:06 Claims the late academic made which were widely derided as false in media and online discourse this month appear to be true, an MEE analysis has found A photo of the late Cambridge academic Jason Arday appears floral tributes at the Senate House at the University of Cambridge on 18 August (AFP) Off Claims made by Jason Arday, who was the subject of a relentless media c

For the first time, the country has re-exported Patriot missiles and begun exporting military frigates, Zhang Hanhui noted
Russian forces have struck food warehouses and Red Cross facilities in Boryspil, Kyiv region.
🛢️ Brent crude hit ~$94 per barrel, up over 4% for the week, with WTI near $86. Both are up roughly 35-38% year-over-year. Trump's freeze on Iran talks and continued naval blockade are keeping the war premium elevated. Prices remain highly sensitive to any change in Hormuz traffic or diplomatic signals.

Vladimir Putin reportedly intervened directly to restore Sergei Bochkarev to his position at Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office.
The death toll from the massive shelling in Kyiv has risen to 13; overall, there are already 14 dead and over 40 injured in Kyiv and the region as a result of the Russian attack, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (MIA) Ivan Vyhivsky reported on his Telegram channel on Thursday.

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A former Zambian cabinet minister was shot dead during a security operation at the home of opposition leader Brian Mundubile, police said Wednesday, days after President Hakainde Hichilema won a second term amid opposition claims of irregularities and intimidation.