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🇺🇦 Ukraine·NDTV World·3 months ago

Woman, 9-Year-Old Son Killed After Russian Drone Strikes Home In Ukraine

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: The prolonged war has created a new security reality. We have more territory to defend. We will remain in the security zone in Gaza, in the security zone in Lebanon, and in the security zone in Syria. We have no intention of withdrawing from there, despite what, unfortunately, they say on the left. And this reality will remain.

🇮🇱 Israel·Middle East Eye·3 months ago

Iran formalises Strait of Hormuz control as US struggles to sustain war it launched with Israel

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🌍 Global·Military Times·3 months ago

Bill seeks nationwide concealed carry for special operators

A senator and special operations veteran with a scrutinized story of a gunshot wound filed a bill to let special operators carry nationwide.

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DRC and Rwanda agree on initiatives to strengthen Washington Agreement monitoring

La RDC🇨🇩 et le Rwanda🇷🇼 s’accordent à Genève sur deux initiatives pour renforcer le suivi des Accords de Washington. Elles visent un meilleur contrôle du cessez-le-feu et des mouvements de troupes. https://t.co/Z9k5CUrg5N

🌍 Africa·X/@radiookapi·3 months ago

The U.S. is pressing Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a nearly week-long settler siege of Palestinian homes in Qusra, West Bank.

The U.S. is pressing Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a nearly week-long settler siege of Palestinian homes in Qusra, West Bank. Fifteen Palestinians, including two children, have been trapped without water or electricity. Israeli soldiers later removed a settler tent, but residents say "settlers" remain in the area. Source: Reuters

🇷🇺 Russia·Ukrinform·3 months ago

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Russians launch missile strike on educational institution in Balakliia

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·Interfax Ukraine·3 months ago

Some 20,610 cases of deportation or forced displacement of children verified in Ukraine – Justice Ministry

Minister of Justice Denys Maslov and UNICEF Representative in Ukraine Anne-Claire Dufay discussed the return of Ukrainian children deported or forcibly displaced as a result of Russia’s armed aggression, of whom 20,610 cases have been confirmed to date, the Ministry of Justice reports.

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Heavy fighting & artillery fire erupt outside El Obeid as Sudanese army clashes RSF

Heavy fighting and artillery fire erupted outside El Obeid in North Kordofan as the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF clashed southwest of the city. The escalation follows recent battles along the vital Exports Road corridor. https://t.co/sdUaJ6WXDU #Sudan #ElObeid #NorthKordofan #SudanWar

🌍 Africa·X/@sudantribune_en·3 months ago

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US warns Iran it will step up economic pressure; two more ships attacked in Hormuz

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🇮🇷 Iran·Al Monitor·3 months ago

🇮🇷 Iran·Al Monitor·3 months ago

Lebanon's creative talent suffers as Iran war squeezes Gulf economies

By Nazih Osseiran BEIRUT, Aug 14 (Reuters) - For decades, the Gulf served as the center of gravity for much of Lebanon's creative talent, with swathes of designers and marketing executives flocking to its cities to find clients or relying on its foundations and cultural centers for funding. But with Gulf economies now under pressure from a nearly six-month-old regional war, Lebanese creatives say financing and work opportunities are drying up.

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Hormuz traffic slows further after US threatens more economic pressure on Iran

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🇮🇷 Iran·Al Monitor·3 months ago

🕌 Middle East·X/@osint613·3 months ago

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon conditions end of Israeli strikes on Hezbollah weapons surrender

Asked when Israeli strikes on Lebanon will stop, the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon: "Tell Hezbollah that if it hands over its weapons, everything will stop." https://t.co/gUSn2DEXPL

🇮🇱 Israel·Middle East Eye·3 months ago

Palestinians in West Bank village remain under Israeli settler siege for sixth day

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NEW: Iran says it shot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone over Hormozgan using an IRGC air-defense system.

🇷🇺 Russia·Moscow Times·3 months ago

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Russia Dismisses Calls for Black Sea Ceasefire

The Foreign Ministry said it saw no grounds for "half-measures" that would offer a respite to Ukrainian forces.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Interfax Ukraine·3 months ago

Ukraine's govt allocates UAH 41.1 mln from UNITED24 for learning spaces, backup power at frontline schools

The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated UAH 41.1 million from funds raised through UNITED24 to arrange learning spaces and backup power supplies at educational institutions in frontline regions, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky has said.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Ukrainska Pravda·3 months ago

Russia vows to "freeze" Ukraine this winter, Ukrainian military promises to "keep warm" by Russian refinery fires

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Poland is considering sending another batch of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, saying transferring just two or three missiles would not weaken Poland’s air defences.

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🇮🇱 Israel·Guardian World·3 months ago

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Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’

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Iran claims IRGC downed U.S. MQ-9 drone over Hormozgan with advanced air defense system

Iran claims its IRGC downed a U.S. MQ-9 drone over Hormozgan province using a new, advanced air defense system tied to the country's integrated air defense network.

🕌 Middle East·X/@osint613·3 months ago

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Ukrinform·3 months ago

Ukrainian Defense Forces strike two ground-based relay stations, five Russian UAV command posts

On August 13 and overnight into August 14, units of Ukraine's Defense Forces struck two ground-based relay stations and five command posts for Russian military drones in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and in Russia.

🌍 Global·South China Morning Post·3 months ago

Wrong radio frequency by Cathay crew led to Nato jet interception: report

The flight crew of Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways selected the wrong radio frequency due to a mistaken response to instructions, leading to the London-bound flight’s loss of communication with the local air traffic control unit over Romanian airspace last month, an investigation report has revealed. The Hong Kong government said on Friday that the Civil Aviation Department had completed its review of the airline’s full investigation report and expressed “serious concern” over the.

🌍 Global·France 24·3 months ago

Europe swelters under fifth heatwave of summer

A large part of Europe is in the grip of its fifth heatwave of the summer, with temperatures in parts of France soaring to 40 degrees Celsius. And the extreme weather is also taking a toll on the world’s oceans: last month, average global sea temperatures reached a record high of 21 degrees Celsius. Chair of the National Heat Risk Commission at Grantham Research Institute, at LSE, Emma Howard Boyd, shares further insights.

🇷🇺 Russia·EuroMaidan Press·3 months ago

Russia drops eight FAB-250 bombs on Kramatorsk, killing one and injuring 18

Prosecutors opened a war crimes investigation into the glide-bomb strike, the latest in a series that has hit residential blocks across Donetsk Oblast.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·EuroMaidan Press·3 months ago

Reuters: Russia dismisses Black Sea ceasefire idea after Ukraine’s offer

Reuters says Kyiv passed the proposal through a third party after attacks pushed carriers from Odesa and choked routes that move Ukrainian grain.

🇮🇱 Israel·France 24·3 months ago

West Bank: Palestinians families trapped in home

Israeli settlers are carrying out a campaign of violence and intimidation against the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank, where families have had their electricity and water supplies cut off, in what residents say is an attempt to force them from their homes. France 24 Senior Reporter Catherine Norris Trent recalls reporting from Qusra in 2023, when villagers told her that Israeli settlers were attacking them, preventing them from accessing their land and threatening them wit

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‘People were burning’: Crew members of ship hit by Houthis recount attack

Internationally recognized Yemeni authorities say 6 people were killed, at least 9 wounded when Iran-backed rebels launched three missiles at vessel as it was coming into port The post ‘People were burning’: Crew members of ship hit by Houthis recount attack appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·LiveUAMap·3 months ago

General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed strikes at the Ust-Luga Novatek terminal

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Al Jazeera·3 months ago

Russian ballistic attacks intensify as Kyiv claims Dnipropetrovsk advance

Ukraine says it has liberated 26 settlements in the south as it retools under heavy bombardment.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·EuroMaidan Press·3 months ago

Armor can barely reach Ukraine’s front now—so robots drive and soldiers walk

Ukraine's frontline logistics are under strain from drone pressure, forcing soldiers to walk while ground robots take over the most dangerous runs.

🇮🇷 Iran·LiveUAMap·3 months ago

Head of the Iraqi Security Media Committee: Investigations are ongoing to determine the launch site of the drones towards Erbil.

US Navy Swaps Aircraft Carriers Amid Reports of Plummeting Morale

US Navy Swaps Aircraft Carriers Amid Reports of Plummeting Morale Pentagon is deploying the USS George Washington to the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln after alarming reports of plummeting morale, supply shortages, and severe exhaustion. READ MORE

🇺🇦 Ukraine·NDTV World·3 months ago

Russia Questions US Over Alleged Role In Ukraine's Deep Strikes

No peace talks on Ukraine have taken place since February, when the US went to war with Iran and broke off its efforts to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv.

🕌 Middle East·X/@osint613·3 months ago

Lavrov: US 'deeply involved' in strikes on Russia, seeks answers on intel support

Russian FM Lavrov: The U.S. is "deeply involved" in strikes inside Russia. Moscow is seeking answers over American intelligence support and attacks on civilian targets. https://t.co/eBYcVhE1g0

🇮🇱 Israel·Al Monitor·3 months ago

US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village, officials say

By Pesha Magid and Rami Ayyub QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The United States wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a siege imposed by Jewish settlers in a Palestinian village, U.S. and Israeli officials said on Friday, as settlers pressured residents by pitching a new tent before Israeli soldiers arrived and it was taken down.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Al Monitor·3 months ago

Attacks on healthcare in conflict zones averaging more than four a day in 2026, World Health Organization says

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Attacks on healthcare facilities, workers and patients in conflict zones including Ukraine and Gaza have continued to rise in 2026, reaching an average of more than four per day, the World Health Organization said on Friday. There have been more than 900 attacks between January and August this year, resulting in at least 900 deaths and more than 1,400 injuries, according to WHO data presented in Geneva by Altaf Musani, the agency's director of hum

🇮🇱 Israel·Times of Israel·3 months ago

Driven by prolonged conflict and ideological shift, more Israelis seek quiet life abroad

Emigrees cite political drift rightward, social stagnation, 'endless and pointless wars' as they depart Jewish state in droves; experts increasingly concerned about 'brain drain' The post Driven by prolonged conflict and ideological shift, more Israelis seek quiet life abroad appeared first on The Times of Israel.