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The Netherlands is investigating an explosion at the port of Rotterdam that killed one person and injured several others on Thursday, 13 August. The blast happened at about 11:30 a.m. at an oil facility in the Europoort industrial section of Europe’s largest port.

Canada and the U.S. are racing to reach a trade deal before Trump’s planned 50% tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian goods take effect on Aug. 19. Carney may offer concessions on alcohol and dairy, but Canada wants major reductions in U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos. This leaves him caught between Trump’s demands and growing pressure at home to stand firm. Source: Bloomberg

Israel's military has moved to try to stop a group of settlers from besieging three homes in the occupied West Bank. One was owned by a Palestinian American, prompting an unusually sharp rebuke from the US ambassador.

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The Yemeni naval forces announce the destruction of 3 Houthi boats loaded with explosives in the Red Sea. https://yemen.liveuamap.com/en/2026/13-august-15-the-yemeni-naval-forces-announce-the-destruction
Yemen’s Houthi-run SABA news agency reported that Houthi forces targeted Saudi Aramco’s Jizan refinery with two drones.
RFK Jr.: I was in Kentucky. There is an organ procurement organization yesterday that we decertified. So they, you know, they’re supposed to get people the kidneys and livers, etc., from donors and give them to people who are entitled to them. And they were doing horrible stuff and breaking a lot of laws. There were literally people waking up on the operating table about to have their organs removed, and they weren’t dead, and one of them came to the press conference. Source: Net Positive

Amid the rubble and debris of Gaza's bombed-out landscape, beekeepers are rebuilding their livelihoods, handling swarms and collecting what little honey they can from the colonies that survived the war. Ibrahim al-Dabbeh, head of the Cooperative Association of Beekeepers in the Gaza Strip says "the war destroyed more than 95% of the bee sector". Rebuilding these hives means trying to revive an industry pushed to the brink of extinction.
RFK Jr.: Before 1900, nobody died from heart attacks, okay? It was just unknown. And then people started dying of heart attacks in the 20th century. Source: Net Positive with John Crist

Iraqi authorities are cracking down on drone attacks after US and Saudi airstrikes targeted Iran-backed militias in the country.

Man dies in Bas-Uele after travelling from Haut-Uele, as head of WHO says outbreak on track to be deadliest ever The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which erupted more than a decade ago and killed more than 11,000 people. Jean Kaseya, the director general of Africa CDC, said a death had been recorded

Houthis claim a two-drone attack on an Aramco refinery in Jizan, Saudi Arabia. - Houthi affiliated media Saba News Agency
RFK Jr.: Dana White said that he’s never seen Trump drink water. He just drinks Diet Coke. He’s got more energy than anybody I’ve ever met. Source: Net Positive with John Crist

Israeli forces on Thursday moved against rogue settlers laying siege to Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated an emblematic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank. Our correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more.

Poland's Internal Security Agency, working with the police, has detained a Russian national who was preparing to murder a dual US-Ukrainian citizen on behalf of Russian intelligence services.

Palestinians reject Hamas disarmament before full Israeli withdrawal, poll finds More than 70 percent of Palestinians oppose Hamas disarming before Israel completely withdraws from the Gaza Strip, according to a new survey. The poll found that 72 percent believe Israel would resume its genocide in Gaza and refuse to withdraw fully if Hamas surrendered its weapons. The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research published the findings on Wednesday, offering a detailed picture of Palestinia
WATCH: Ukraine's 208th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade fires US-made MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles at Russian Geran-4 jet-powered attack drones. Footage dated August 12, 2026. @Archer83Able https://t.co/2O1XHqheQK

A recent report from the Center for Advanced Defense Studies found that Russian state-aligned military forces flew at least 75 flights in Central Sahel.
RFK Jr.: I don’t eat fast food anymore if I can help. Unless President Trump makes me do that. Source: Net Positive with John Crist

🇨🇴 | Alias “Bonito,” identified by authorities as the second-in-command of the Border Commandos, was captured in Colombia. He was linked to attacks against the security forces and civilians, as well as drug trafficking. Read more about this criminal group: https://t.co/cb6uLrDVgU

A Russian drone attack on a train carrying hundreds of passengers in southern Ukraine killed two people on Thursday. Our correspondent Emmanuelle Chaze tells us more.
RFK Jr.: Trump actually eats really good food most of the time, but when he’s traveling, he likes to eat food from national chains because he’s scared of getting food poisoning. When you get on Trump’s airplane, it’s just boxes and boxes of McDonald’s. Source: Net Positive with John Crist

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have escalated attacks after suffering setbacks more than three years into the civil war.

Israeli Diaspora Minister: War on Syria an Absolute Certainty The Likud official, Amichai Chikli, has reiterated his belief that a military confrontation with Syria is inevitable, describing the neighboring nation as “Gaza on steroids.” READ MORE

Palestinians reject Hamas disarmament before full Israeli withdrawal, poll finds Elis Gjevori on Thu, 08/13/2026 - 15:08 Most Palestinians fear Israel would resume its genocide if Hamas surrendered its weapons Israeli soldiers near the Palestinian village of Tell in the occupied West Bank on 25 July 2026 (Jaafar Ashhtiyeh/AFP) Off More than 70 percent of Palestinians oppose Hamas disarming before Israel completely withdraws from the Gaza Strip, according to a new survey. The poll found that

Russian troops have attacked the premises of a logistics company in Pavlohrad. A fire has broken out following the strike.

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Our reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, goes inside a mosquito factory in Brazil, where scientists are producing millions of mosquitoes to fight deadly tropical diseases in a warming world.

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EU welcomes Israeli green light to extend Gaza border mission EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Thursday welcomed an Israeli decision to extend the mandate of the bloc's border assistance mission at the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt and the occupied West Bank until mid-2027. Initially set up in 2005 to help monitor the key crossing, the civilian EUBAM mission was put on standby for nearly two decades. The Rafah crossing shut down entirely during Israel's war on Gaza, but has reop

Ukraine has proposed a mutual halt on attacks against commercial ships in the Black Sea, transmitted through Türkiye. Kyiv says 218+ vessels have been struck since July, with Russian strikes on grain ships near Odesa largely shutting down its seaborne exports.
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Israeli forces on Thursday moved against rogue settlers laying siege to Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated an emblematic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank.
NEW: Ukraine proposed a mutual halt on attacks against commercial ships in the Black Sea, transmitted via Türkiye. Ukraine claims 218+ vessels struck since July, while Russian attacks on grain ships near Odesa have largely shut down Ukrainian seaborne exports.

UKMTO: The IRGC continues to harass and surveil merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, with no confirmed attacks this reporting period. Tanker transits remain in single digits in both directions, and overall commercial traffic stays at reduced levels.
NASA's live eclipse broadcast showed Crimea separated from Ukraine by a border line on its map, effectively depicting it as Russian territory.
WATCH: Major explosion hit the KNDS Ammo Italy munitions plant in Colleferro, south of Rome. The blast originated in the powder pressing department and was heard for kilometers.

The case comes at a sensitive time for French diplomacy. Paris has been working to restore ties with the Central African Republic after relations deteriorated in recent years as Russia expanded its influence in the country through the Wagner paramilitary group
Evacuation efforts are continuing in Odesa region at the site of a Russian strike on passenger trains, according to Head of Odesa Regional Military Administration Oleh Kiper.

Poland has arrested a Russian man who was hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. The Russian was detained on August 7 and had been recruited to kill a man who was “inconvenient to the Putin regime”, Tusk told journalists. The Russian embassy in Warsaw did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. Moscow has regularly dismissed accusations by European powers of attacks, saying the West is stoking..