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Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Moscow on Tuesday with Myanmar’s junta chief-turned-president, Min Aung Hlaing, discussing a wide range of issues including prospective energy deals. Russia is the first non-neighbouring country Min Aung Hlaing has visited since becoming Myanmar’s president in April, a sign of the two countries’ deepening ties in the face of pressure from the West. In remarks after the meeting, Putin described Min Aung Hlaing as a friend of Russia and said the..

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: This war was very effective, in my opinion, in changing regional approaches to security and political issues and the way of coexistence with Iran. I think a more accurate and correct understanding has been created among the countries of the region: Security in the Persian Gulf region must definitely be a collective security.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: This recent war showed that foreign forces and foreign bases not only could not bring security but instead turned into security disruptors. Countries without U.S. military bases suffered less damage, while foreign bases were unable to defend even their own interests against attacks.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has held urgent talks with US President Donald Trump, Ottawa confirmed Tuesday, in an effort to avoid fresh US tariffs on Canadian goods as a midnight deadline fast approaches. Trump signed orders for the steep 50 per cent duties last month, with the White House alleging “discriminatory treatment” by Canada against US alcohol, car and dairy products. The tariffs are set to take effect on Wednesday, covering products such as wine, hockey sticks and cement....

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NEW: UK maritime authorities report an incident about 40 nautical miles southeast of Yemen’s Al Mocha.
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IRGC has not realesed any statement about any attack on the UAE as of yet.
596 ex-miliciens Mobondo sont arrivés à Kanyama Kasese, dans le #HautLomami, pour y suivre des formations professionnelles en vue de leur réinsertion sociale. Annonce faite lundi par le ministre délégué Éliezer Ntambwe qui précise qu’au moins 146 armes ont déjà été récupérées par l’armée. https://t.co/Cz5H7QCb2j

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Min Aung Hlaing said that Myanmar has a strategically advantageous location

Ahead of next month’s expected summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington, a low profile US regulatory agency has opened a new front in the technology battle between the world’s two superpowers, even as it attempts to avoid sabotaging the vital high-stakes meeting. The latest action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in July saw it advance stringent bans on new Chinese robots and power inverters. The move came after months of FCC measures...

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The head of state said that Russian is currently taught at the prestigious Yangon and Mandalay universities, as well as at the Armed Forces Academy
🇹🇷🇮🇱🇸🇾⚡️ Israel’s latest strike in Syria appears to have carried a broader strategic message: Jerusalem intends to prevent both the rebuilding of Syria’s military capabilities and any expansion of Turkey’s military footprint that could restrict Israeli freedom of action. Eight strikes hit the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Idlib, damaging its runway and storage facilities. According to an Israeli official, the objective was to prevent Syrian military rearmament and deeper Turkish military entre

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Two children shot by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank Israeli forces fired live ammunition at two children, seriously wounding one, during a raid on the Am’ari refugee camp in the el-Bireh area of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported, citing Palestinian medical sources. #شاهد| اقتحام متواصل لمخيم الأمعري، جنوب البيرة في رام الله pic.twitter.com/tRZ0wbCQuA August 18, 2026
Trump posts map with Hormuz as ‘new US territory’, says no Iran talks planned https://t.co/2SSszb2dTe

US President Donald Trump said that Tuesday that no talks with Iran were under way or scheduled, as he posted a map showing the Strait of Hormuz as a new American territory in a fresh jibe at Tehran. Trump has been pressing his threat to claim sovereignty over the crucial energy waterway as the nearly six-month-old Iran war grinds on with little sign of resolution. Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner had said on Monday that the United States and Iran were having “very positive and active.
🇮🇷🚀🇦🇪 Iranian ballistic missiles are once again threatening the UAE, underscoring how fragile the Gulf security environment remains despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to contain the confrontation. According to the UAE Ministry of Defence, air-defense systems detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran and heading toward Emirati territory. Both ultimately fell into the sea: the first outside the UAE’s territorial waters and the second inside its territorial waters. No casualties or d

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A Houthi ballistic missile crashed seconds after launch from Mount Mirab in Yemen's Taiz Governorate. https://t.co/L8THu1RzO9

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Officials in Nigeria have said at least 25 people were killed in their homes when armed men stormed their village Monday night. Fears of reprisal are real as violence between Muslim herders and Christian farmers spirals.

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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that no talks with Iran are under way or scheduled, as he posted a map showing the Strait of Hormuz as a new American territory in a fresh jibe at Tehran. Trump has been pressing his threat to claim sovereignty over the crucial energy waterway as the nearly six-month-old Iran war grinds on with little sign of resolution.
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[Namibian] The United States (US) has expressed interest in Namibia's nuclear energy ambitions, including the potential future use of American small modular reactors and microreactors.
🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 BREAKING | Something unusual is unfolding on NATO’s eastern flank. One of the largest concentrations of allied air power seen over Poland and the Baltic states in recent years is currently underway, sending an unmistakable signal toward Moscow. Current estimates indicate more than 50 military aircraft are simultaneously airborne, while the real number could be higher because only part of the supporting aviation is operating with active transponders. No exercise of this scale w

Six killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza City, including a child Gaza health officials said on Tuesday that an Israeli air strike had killed at least six people, including a child, at a cafe in the port area west of Gaza City, and wounded a dozen more. The intensity of the strike pushed a number of injured and dead into the sea, with recovery efforts currently under way, according to a report from Al Jazeera Arabic, adding that most of the injured have been transferred to the city’s al-Shifa Ho

Moscow accused London of deliberately escalating the war after reports that Ukrainian forces used UK-built drones to strike targets inside Russia, including oil refineries.

Iran’s authorities say they could shift to offensive operations as Washington considers further sanctions.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's government has been accused of breaching international health guidelines after unveiling plans to send 500 nurses to Israel under a controversial labour agreement -- a move activists warn could deepen the country's own critical healthcare shortage.

[Premium Times] The military said troops rescued nine civilians, including an infant, after suspected terrorists opened fire on travellers in Unguwar Rogo, Kaura Namoda LGA.

Simply lowering energy prices for U.S. consumers is “goal No. 1”

Trump also claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was "open and operating," contrary to Iranian reports. Meanwhile, Syria, the US and Turkey condemned Israeli strikes on a Syrian airbase. Follow DW for more.

The attack follows a series of military interventions in Syria over the past two years, and spurred the latest American rebuke of Israeli actions in recent weeks.