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The Pentagon announced a $22.9 billion contract with Raytheon on Monday for Tomahawk missiles amid reports of a shortfall due to the war with Iran. Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao said the contract will "accelerate Tomahawk missile delivery to our warfighters at unprecedented speed." "Guaranteeing our naval and joint forces have the lethal firepower they need to deter aggression and protect the homeland is paramount," Cao said in a statement. "The Department is utilizing every available tool

US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to bomb Oman, 60 days after the signing of a memorandum of understanding towards a peace deal to end the war between the United States and Iran. Here are the latest developments in the Middle East conflict: - Trump threatens Oman - Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Tehran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender.
Russia’s Supreme Court rejects anti-war party Yabloko’s appeal against a ban on taking part in parliamentary elections.

President Herzog met Kushner and Mladenov in Jerusalem on Trump's Gaza plan. Herzog: it protects Israel's security and a safer future for the region. https://t.co/zQeKBaTvzP

With both sides refusing to compromise on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the US naval blockade, there is no clear path out of the war that began on February 28 The post As 60-day MOU expires, the US and Iran are even further apart than before appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Dr. Maung Zarni | Burmese Author & Human Rights Activist | Free Rohingya Coalition: The Rohingya continue to face slow genocidal destruction - displacement, forced labor, execution & ghetto-like internment. The attacks are by the Arakan Army, which controls around 17 towns & hundreds of villages across Rakhine State. The Arakan Army represents the Rakhine ethnic group - considered the most anti-Muslim & ethnically chauvinist of Myanmar's groups. To understand the Rohi

Les affrontements entre l’AFC-M23 et les Wazalendo à Ufamandu 1er en territoire de Masisi #NordKivu, ont provoqué la fuite de plusieurs centaines de familles. Des tirs d’artillerie lourde ont été entendus ce lundi matin, selon des sources locales. Lire ➡️https://t.co/LaccQXlJNV https://t.co/5I4uGp1kQF

Trump aide is joined by Board of Peace officials Mladenov and Blair, a day after they met with Hamas leader, as Israel refuses to withdraw from Strip until terror group disarmed The post Kushner, Netanyahu meet for hours in Jerusalem amid push for US-backed Gaza plan appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Regarding US munitions used against Iran, Trump said that what has been used so far against Iran "is peanuts."

IDF: A Hamas explosive detonated overnight in the area of the yellow line in the northern Gaza Strip, and terrorists opened fire toward the same area. No casualties were reported among Israeli forces. Israeli forces struck in the yellow line area immediately afterward. The IDF says the incident constitutes a violation by the Hamas terrorist organization.

Pentagon signs multibillion-dollar Tomahawk deal amid missile shortage concerns The Pentagon announced a $22.9bn contract with Raytheon on Monday to accelerate deliveries of Tomahawk missiles, amid reports that US missile stocks have been strained by the war with Iran. Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao said the deal would speed up deliveries “at unprecedented speed” to meet current operational demands. A recent analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated that US sto

Iran's more offensive posture follows Trump's comment that the US would soon make the Strait of Hormuz its territory.

Shin Bet chief David Zini and Military Intelligence chief Shlomi Binder joined Netanyahu's meeting with Kushner, briefing on Hamas violations in Gaza, per a source familiar with the details. -Axios.
Following a meeting on the situation at the front, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that personnel decisions are being prepared to strengthen the protection of cities, communities, and frontline logistics against Russian drones.

Pilgrims in Lourdes marking the feast of the Assumption paid tribute to the monks of Tibhirine on Sunday, thirty years after their murder. The seven French monks were kidnapped and killed in 1996 during the Algerian Civil War.

Mother and son Olga and Nikita Belov say they were facing jail and potential torture after asylum case was rejected A Russian family who were on the brink of being deported from Finland after repeatedly being denied asylum – despite the threat of arrest, imprisonment and torture for their pro-Ukrainian activism – have won a court appeal and will have their case reconsidered. Nikita Belov and his mother, Olga Belov, fled their homeland for Finland in 2022 after attracting the attention of Russian

Trump warns US will 'bomb shit out of' Oman if it strays from Washington's line on Iran MEE staff on Mon, 08/17/2026 - 13:40 The US president was asked by Fox News about parallel talks between Tehran and Muscat over Strait of Hormuz control US President Donald Trump on 14 August 2026 in Garden City, New York (Samuel Corum/Getty Images via AFP) Off US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of Washington’s efforts to reach a deal with Iran over the Strait of
Dr. Maung Zarni | Burmese Author & Human Rights Activist | Free Rohingya Coalition: China & India both pursue interest-driven, not value-driven, foreign policy on Myanmar. Both of them do not prioritizes democratization, human rights or ethnic equality. China holds decisive leverage. It can put a brake on military operations launched by Sino-Myanmar border ethnic organizations. These organizations depend on China for electricity, food, border trade & arms supply. Chin
The move comes amid criticism levied at the military of its failure to control settler extremists, who in recent days have targeted Palestinian homes in the village of Kusra.

CNN Report: US envoy Jared Kushner urged Netanyahu to advance the Trump-backed Gaza ceasefire plan and "not stand in the way." Netanyahu made clear that moving forward before the elections would be problematic. The meeting ran more than four hours.

The Russian foreign minister stated that Moscow was concerned over the involvement of the Ukrainian military in state-sponsored terrorism against Sahel countries

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. US-China ‘Board of Investment’ stalls before expected Trump-Xi meeting The US-China Board of Investment, one of the key outcomes of the May summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, is unlikely to be among the deliverables for their expected meeting next month..

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KARACHI: The state-owned Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) on Monday announced a “pioneering” gas and condensate discovery from its operated exploratory well, Dolphin X-1, at Sirani Block in Sindh’s Sujawal district. “This is the first-ever hydrocarbon discovery from Jurassic-age Chiltan Formation in Lower Indus Basin, opening up a new hydrocarbon play” in hitherto “untapped, challenging frontiers”, one of the country’s top oil and gas producers said in a statement. With the discovery, PPL said i
War and destruction plague the nation while politicians try to ‘boom boom boom’ the consciousness of this away. Israel suffers from a governing culture that is only skilled at projecting power
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ISLAMABAD: PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah announced on Monday that Sajid Iqbal Abbasi — who won the LA-14 seat on Jammu Kashmir Awami Dast-o-Bazu Party’s ticket in recent elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) — had joined his party. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the PM’s adviser on political affairs reiterated that the PML-N was set to form the government in AJK as it had secured 25 seats in the elections. He expected the party’s total strength to reach around 33 after the allocation o
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Thirty Russian servicemen surrendered during a clearance operation to liberate the village of Andriivka-Klevtsove in the Volnovakha district of Donetsk region, near the administrative border with Dnipropetrovsk region, the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Monday.

Explosions were reported in Odesa

Defense minister's plan, seemingly aimed at washing military's hands of settler violence, comes amid surge in incidents, siege on Palestinians in Qusra The post Katz: IDF has 2 weeks to draft plan to hand West Bank civilian enforcement to police appeared first on The Times of Israel.

A leaked internal chat from Italian ex-general Roberto Vannacci's party "Futuro Nazionale" reveals antisemitic, racist, and pro-Nazi messages among 300 members, including local party leaders in Lombardy. Messages included: — Arabs should be exterminated. — Jews are beasts, Satan worshippers, pedophiles, cannibals. — The Führer aimed to create the United States of the world. He would have torn down barriers and by now we'd all speak German. Members called for "military-style" organization

South Korean troops fired warning shots last week after North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line on the eastern DMZ. The North Koreans withdrew immediately. No casualties, no exchange of fire. It marks the first MDL violation of 2026 and is assessed as likely accidental. -Reuters.
Dr. Maung Zarni | Burmese Author & Human Rights Activist | Free Rohingya Coalition: Even Myanmar's strongest supporter, China - and to a degree India - grew worried about the junta collapsing. Neither wanted a Balkans or Syria scenario on their doorstep. Both share over 1,000 miles of border with Myanmar. China stepped in. Russia had always backed the military - 25 years of technological & military cooperation. India followed its own strategic calculus. The result: a

The veteran Yabloko politician was found guilty of “discrediting” and spreading “fake news” about the Russian military.

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The veteran Yabloko politician was found guilty of “discrediting” and spreading “fake news” about the Russian military.

Ukraine’s Joint Forces Group have posted a video showing how commander Vladyslav Polskyi rescued two seriously wounded assault troops whom a ground robotic system had failed to pull out of the kill zone.

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The U.S., South Korea, and Japan are pursuing different AI-driven combat systems. That will lead to different recommendations on the same battlefield.