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Unidentified aircraft struck Syria’s Abu al-Duhur Air Base overnight, near the Turkish border. https://t.co/QR3Je5AwPf

We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. How Southeast Asia’s monarchies stay relevant in a volatile region The kings in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Brunei have to be attuned to societal or economic changes to survive, analysts say. 2. ‘Islamic Nato’? Why Pakistan’s new defence pact has India on edge A..
The European Solidarity party proposes introducing an economic resilience package to support Ukrainian business during a difficult period, which would include war risk insurance, accessible financing for recovery after Russian attacks, a moratorium on law enforcement pressure and inspections, protection of logistics hubs and critical warehouses, export support programs, and predictable rules for entrepreneurs, reported party leader and Member of Parliament of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

Poll finds just 1 in 5 Americans think conflict has been worth it, while 80% expect prolonged US involvement, as war and high gas prices weigh on voters The post Trump’s approval rating sinks to presidency low of 33% as Iran war drags on appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Kushner says Israel can 'finish the job properly' in Gaza if Hamas disagrees to disarm Speaking to Fox News after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, said that Israel will have the support of the US to “finish the job properly” in Gaza if Hamas does not agree to disarm. Kushner also said that he had a "very cordial" meeting with Hamas and that getting the group to disarm and move forward with Trump's peace pl

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Taiwan’s 1st Theater of Operations conducted an offshore-island special reconnaissance and joint-fire drill in Penghu on Aug. 12. Amphibious reconnaissance troops used Sea Dragon and Cheng Kung boats, closed-circuit diving gear, and UAVs to infiltrate a target island, establish observation positions, and identify enemy forces and key facilities. Target data was then transmitted through TAK to guide long-range precision fires, testing the full infiltration-to-targeting kill chain. 📸: Cai Fangy
"There is no one in the world who will do the work for us. There is no country in the world that will send its soldiers to shed their blood and forcibly disarm Hamas," he told the students.

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Russian strike drones have attacked Brovary in the Kyiv region, damaging an office building and warehouse facilities and causing fires at three locations.

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Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, and the situation was now under control, officials said, in the second such incident in the country in less than two months. The shooting took place at a school attached to the privately-run Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the city of Zamboanga, where the gunman brought a pistol and a rifle onto the school campus and fired at students inside the classroom, according to a prel

Ukraine's defence forces repelled 244 Russian attacks over the past day, with the heaviest fighting on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts.

On June 11, 1982, 3 Israeli soldiers disappeared during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub in Lebanon. Zachary Baumel was recovered from Syria in 2019. Zvi Feldman was recovered in 2025. Today, the IDF confirmed the remains of Staff Sgt. Yehuda Katz, the last of the 3, were recovered from Syria and identified, closing the case after 44 years.

US president says Kim Jong Un's response was 'very positive' and again slams Seoul for refusing to join war on Iran.

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For Ukraine, taking part as a valued contributor rather than an aid recipient marks its deepening integration with the alliance it seeks to join.

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Russian forces launched 1,158 attacks on 59 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours, killing two people and injuring four others in attacks on Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia and Polohy districts.

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The president of Ateneo De Zamboanga University confirmed that two people were killed in the attack.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the 60-day negotiation deadline set out under the June Iran-US memorandum of understanding for a lasting settlement had been rendered null and void by "violations" committed by Washington. After meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, US envoy Jared Kushner said Monday he hoped to see the start of Hamas's disarmament within "30 days". Follow the latest developments.

Oklo, NuScale Power, X-Energy, BWX Technologies, and Centrus Energy are the five Nuclear stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. “Nuclear stocks” are shares of publicly traded companies involved in the nuclear-energy industry, including uranium mining, reactor design and construction, nuclear-fuel production, plant operations, and related services. Their performance can be influenced […]

Many buyers wait in hope of better deal, although there are hotspots in Scotland and northern England Half of homes in Great Britain are taking longer to sell than last year as volatile conditions in the mortgage market amid the Iran war prompt buyers to “wait and see” if they can get a better deal, according to a report. As the Middle East conflict continues to unfold, the property platform Zoopla said homes in 180 out of 363 local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales were taking longer t

The boy shot and killed a schoolmate at a junior high school before fatally turning the gun on himself, the mayor of Zamboanga City said.
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US Democrats set to push for resolutions to stomp out Trump's war powers Axios reported that Congressional Democrats are planning to push for new resolutions in order to restrict US President Donald Trump's war powers, after he threatened to "bomb the shit" out of Oman. "At this point we may just need to file war powers resolutions for the 192 other countries," congressman Ro Khanna told Axios. US lawmaker Tim Kaine announced in a statement on Monday that he will introduce a resolution regardi

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday announced plans to turn the ongoing sit-ins against the petroleum levy into a broader nationwide public movement, warning the government that failure to meet JI’s demands could lead to a countrywide shutdown and a march on Islamabad. “This is not a protest for a few days. We have not come here to leave,” Rehman said while addressing a sit-in outside the Punjab Chief Minister’s House in Lahore. He warned that if the government r

Russia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the anti-war Yabloko party against its removal from the parliamentary elections, while at least 60 people were detained outside the court.
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[African Arguments] Since 2020, soldiers have seized power in Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso (twice), Niger, and Gabon. In every case, the announcement has followed the same script: corruption has hollowed out the state, civilian government has forfeited its legitimacy, and the military is stepping in to restore what politicians destroyed. Crowds have gathered to celebrate in Bamako, Conakry, Ouagadougou, and Niamey, believing that the promise on offer, cleaner government, was one worth the r
MK Gilad Kariv called those responsible “incited hooligans” and accused the Israeli government of contributing to hostility toward Reform and other liberal Jewish denominations.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced 61-year-old Donetsk region resident Andrii Hulak to five years and four months in prison over his service in the Azov Regiment.

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Israeli forces carry out artillery shelling, strikes in south Lebanon The Israeli military targeted the outskirts of Majdal Zoun with artillery shelling early on Tuesday, Lebanese state media. Earlier, strikes were reported in the town of Mansouri alongside shelling on the outskirts of the towns of Haddatha and Baraachit.

FROM collapse to rebirth, phoenix-like. If the discussions and chatter are to be believed, the collapsed system is gearing up to save the country and its people by ‘devolution’. If, in the process, the system saves itself, it would presumably just be a bonus. In reality, however, this may just be the ‘real’ reason. After all, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s confession about a system that had collapsed was accompanied by a warning about the ‘cockroaches’ getting together and overturning it all.

Four strikes hit military airport in Syria’s Idlib: Report Four air strikes have hit the Abu al-Zuhour military airport in the eastern countryside of Idlib, northern Syria, Al Jazeera reported. This reportedly marks the first attack of its kind on the airport since the fall of the al-Assad regime in December 2024.