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Pesidential deputy chief of staff Iryna Mudra dismissed day after former defence minister called for wartime election Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired a senior aide amid a fresh corruption investigation – one day after a former defence minister warned the country was facing “a crisis of governance” and needed to hold a wartime presidential election. Iryna Mudra, a presidential deputy chief of staff, was dismissed by decree after multiple reports in Ukrainian media that her house
The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a war crimes complaint in India against an unnamed Israeli soldier, accusing him of deliberately demolishing civilian property in Khan Younis, Gaza, in 2024. HRF says satellite imagery, social media footage and other evidence link the soldier to demolitions in Abasan al-Saghira that may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is HRF’s second such complaint in India. An earlier case against Israeli reservist Eitan Gilboa prompted no action from

With Israeli elections approaching, analysts say Netanyahu needs a new escalation, undermining deconfliction efforts.

Mossad chief Roman Gofman held a call with Syrian FM Asaad al-Shaibani on August 14. Turkey's military presence in Syria was on the agenda.

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After a deadline extension, the latest U.S. tariff threats seemed headed toward resolution on Wednesday, but questions lingered about what Canada would give up, and what it would get in exchange.

Yair Golan, leader of Israel’s opposition Democratic Party: The attack in Syria is a provocative and dangerous move that brings us closer to a confrontation with Türkiye and deepens the rift with our allies, chief among them the United States. Once again, military force is being employed for political considerations, and once again Israel pays the price in security. Netanyahu proves once more that he is an extremist and unreliable figure, one we cannot rely on and certainly not build a stable

According to Vitaly Kiselyov, at present the West is monitoring every personnel appointment in Ukraine, including those in the cabinet
Iranian General Mohammad Reza Naqdi: They announced at least twelve different objectives. For example, they said, "We’re going to seize Kharg Island." They began an extremely heavy bombardment — hundreds of strikes — but they couldn’t even kill a single person there. Then they said, "We’re going to advance into Iranian territory.’" They couldn’t do that. Then they said, "We’re going to open the Strait of Hormuz. We’re going to launch Operation Freedom." Every five or six days they annou

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ICC says US sanctions 'flagrant attack' on court independence The International Criminal Court on Wednesday lashed out at the United States after Washington slapped sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane, calling it a "flagrant attack" on the court's independence. The US sanctioned Akane of Japan and trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal on Tuesday, as part of Washington's campaign against what it calls a "corrupt and fatally politicised" body. The United Nations rights chief Volker Turk and

Four Hamas Nukhba commanders were eliminated in an IDF strike on the Shati area yesterday -- a company commander and three platoon commanders from the Beit Lahia Battalion. https://t.co/bMiBYBzo7Q
Iranian General Mohammad Reza Naqdi: The U.S. government announced two main objectives in the war: to overthrow Iran’s political system and to partition Iran. They imagined that within three or four days they could overthrow the Iranian system and then partition Iran. Not only did they fail, but after those two objectives failed, their war became a war without a strategy.
An intensive training program for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel is currently underway in Poland, led by instructors from the French Armed Forces, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU).

South Korea says it was caught off guard by President Trump’s order to scale back joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun told lawmakers that neither South Korean nor U.S. officials had been informed of the decision beforehand. Source: Reuters

An Israeli strike on a Hamas police headquarters in Gaza City killed 8 officers, including senior commanders, according to Gaza’s Interior Ministry. Those eliminated were: ▪️ Brig. Gen. Ayman Mahmoud Jundiya, acting Gaza Governorate police director ▪️ Col. Fatina Abdul Jabbar al Sahhar, director of the Women’s Police Department ▪️ Col. Osama Hashem al Hajin, Gaza police operations director ▪️ Col. Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Tamraz ▪️ Col. Alaa Ali Alyan ▪️ Lt. Col. Hazem Jabr Khalaf ▪️ Maj. Ot
Iranian General Mohammad Reza Naqdi: The Strait of Hormuz will never lose its importance. This is where oil and gas are produced—the Persian Gulf itself is a center of oil and gas production. You can’t pull the oil wells out of the ground and move them somewhere else. At most, instead of loading it onto ships, they can put it through pipelines and take it somewhere else. But those pipelines are still vulnerable—they can still be struck and damaged. It’s not as though they can simply solve th

Yevgeny Poddubny reported that multiple reconnaissance aircraft operated simultaneously close to the Russian border

A weak yuan guarantees Beijing massive trade surplus even as the White House tries tamp down on Chinese imports Since China offered a truce in the trade war last October following its threat to deprive the United States of rare-earth magnets, the Trump administration has been happy to stop escalating. After all, imports from China have been falling, down by 40% in the year to June, compared with the same period in 2024. Best to declare victory and call it a day. But the US hasn’t won this battle
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Iranian General Mohammad Reza Naqdi: The Americans said they were going to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Is America in the Strait of Hormuz now? Bring me one American. There are all these media organizations in the world—bring me one American in the Strait of Hormuz and show me. Let’s see if they can show one.

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The US president repeated that "Iran cannot have nuclear weapons" and reiterated that Washington has complete control over the Strait of Hormuz
This comes after France announced in May that it was banning Ben-Gvir from French territory.

Sudan’s army says 318 Rapid Support Forces fighters, including four commanders, have defected and joined its ranks in the latest apparent surrender by paramilitary personnel. The move comes as defections increase and fighting continues to devastate the country more than three years into the war.
North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong denies claim on sending more troops to Russia https://t.co/9Zu0qUfOuB
🇷🇺😬🇺🇦 Russian propagandists and military commentators have reacted with visible alarm to the appointment of Major General Yevhenii Khmara as Ukraine’s new Defense Minister, focusing particularly on his background in the SBU’s special-operations apparatus and Ukraine’s campaign of deep strikes inside Russia. Russian military correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny portrayed the appointment as a sign that Kyiv intends to further expand unconventional and long-range operations. Russian propaganda out
The IDF said that it targeted two Hamas commanders in separate strikes against the Nuseirat and Tuffah areas in Gaza, with one of them having participated in the October 7th Massacre.

An Army unit at Fort Stewart, Georgia, is offering soldiers a four-day pass to play GTA VI if they reenlist for at least two years. Twenty soldiers have already taken the deal, which is timed around the game’s Nov. 19 release. About 130 are eligible. Source: CBS News
In Zhytomyr, two police officers were killed and at least 20 people were injured as a result of a Russian attack on the afternoon of August 19.

Report: Israeli settlers seize near-total control of Ramallah village land More than 4,700 of the 4,800 dunams of land in the Palestinian village of Um al-Safa, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, have been confiscated, Al Jazeera reported, as Israeli settlers expand outposts and infrastructure on the village's land. The village, whose population is fewer than 1,000 people, has seen settlers uproot olive trees that residents depend on for their livelihoods, according to the report. Sett

Iran Weighs Strikes on US Military Bases in Europe If Trump Escalates War Tehran is evaluating direct strikes on US military assets in southeastern European nations such as Bulgaria if Donald Trump escalates the conflict. READ MORE
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli on Brazil: Here’s Brazil. They’re trying to issue an arrest warrant for a soldier who was on vacation in Brazil. We contact our friends in Brazil—Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Jair, the former president, and the brother of Flávio, who is now running for president—and we send him the investigation on the Hind Rajab Foundation in Portuguese. He pushes it out on his social media and in the Brazilian media. We create an entire campaign against th

Their husbands died defending the country—and now their families are struggling for compensation.

Donald Trump added that he would not have allowed it, had he been president earlier
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⛽️🇺🇦🔥🇷🇺 Russia’s fuel crisis is reaching the capital itself, with major gas-station chains in Moscow imposing rationing as Ukrainian strikes on refineries continue to squeeze domestic supplies. Reuters reports that shortages have returned to Moscow despite government efforts to redirect additional fuel toward the capital. At Moscow stations, Gazprom Neft has limited gasoline purchases to 40 liters per vehicle at automated stations, while Tatneft has capped gasoline at 50 liters and diesel