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Israel's Defence Minister Katz: IDF won't withdraw from Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed

Ukrainian security services have assassinated a former Ukrainian submariner commander who defected to Russia in the early days of the war and was directing missile strikes at Ukrainian infrastructure, earlier today in Sevastopol a explosive planted in a roadside bin denoted.

The war correspondent said that 24 fallen soldiers returned to Russia
ANKARA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will form political and military mechanisms under a defence pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday, adding the alliance would also deepen defence industry cooperation.
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch called for the release of two UN staffers and six NGO workers in Afghanistan following a string of Taliban detentions in recent weeks. HRW said on Wednesday that six male staff working with the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) had been "forcibly disappeared" from the NGO's Kabul office last month. The NGO has been involved in aid programmes and advocacy on women's and children's rights, HRW said.
ANKARA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will group senior ministers, hold joint exercises and deepen defence industry cooperation under a military pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday.

Incheon airport had 38.39m international passengers in first half of 2026, as traffic diverted from Middle East hubs South Korea’s Incheon airport has become the world’s busiest airport for international passengers, in part owing to disruption in the Middle East caused by the Iran war. The airport, South Korea’s main gateway, about 30 miles (48km) west of Seoul, handled 38.39 million international passengers in the first half of 2026, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Airports Cou

Quds Force commander Ismail Qaani has wrapped his Baghdad visit, meeting Iraq's leadership and pro-Iranian militia reps, per Al-Hadath. He told the militias to hold onto their weapons and pressed Baghdad to "use the card of the militias" as leverage against Washington. Qaani also criticized fighters who agreed to disarm, calling their arsenals Iranian weapons, not Iraqi.

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An official clarified that, from Washington's perspective, a permanent Israeli military presence in southern Lebanon is inconsistent with the commitments made under the understandings.

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Mecca Defence Agreement will include political and military coordination, Turkey says Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will form political and military mechanisms under a defence pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey's defence ministry said, adding the alliance would also deepen defence industry cooperation. At a weekly briefing in Ankara, the ministry said the mechanisms would include the three countries' defence ministers, foreign ministers, and military chiefs. It added

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A trash-bin IED killed defector Robert Shageev in occupied Sevastopol today. He once commanded Ukraine's only submarine before switching to Russia in 2014. A woman was reportedly detained. No claim of responsibility. https://t.co/hclslhreJM

News editor Ben Sales reviews Israelis' concerns about political violence; he also marks 25 years since the Sbarro bombing and reports on the latest in the US political primaries The post Daily Briefing Aug. 13: As election nears, can voters see extremism in their own camps? appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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The diplomat said this approach "fundamentally distinguishes Russian-Chinese cooperation from the logic of Cold War-era military-political alliances"

Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that senior Ukrainian officials could meet self-proclaimed Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko if doing so could help save lives or influence the course of the war.

Amid relentless war in the Middle East, the Iran-backed militants seem poised to renew their conflict with Yemen’s Saudi-backed government.

Vietnam’s construction of its most ambitious warship to date signals its ambition to develop a self-sufficient defence industry and assert its maritime interests. However, the country is expected to remain dependent on foreign technology for high-end engines, sensors and other critical systems even as it builds its defence manufacturing capabilities, according to analysts. The frigate is being built at the Vietnamese defence ministry’s Song Thu shipyard in Da Nang City, the military newspaper...

US and Japan advance plans for the world's deepest undersea mine to break China's rare earth monopoly: ▪️Targeting deposits 6km underwater near Minamitorishima ▪️Reserves could meet "centuries of industrial demand" ▪️Testing scheduled for 2027-2028 READ MORE

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Thursday denounced a siege by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank village of Qusra as a "horrific act of terror". Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor who in the past has embraced Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, said the Israeli army intervened on Wednesday after a US request, but the soldiers failed to remove the settlers.

According to the statement, Russia and China, as permanent members of the UN Security Council, "consistently uphold the priority of respect by all countries for the purposes and principles of the UN Charter"

U.S. To Terminate 23-Year Military Presence In Iraq By Late September The U.S. is scheduled to withdraw all remaining military forces from Iraq by September 30, concluding a 23-year deployment. READ MORE
Ukraine has never received full and exhaustive lists from the Russian side of all citizens, as well as foreign nationals who defended Ukrainian land and were taken prisoner by the enemy, stated the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

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Ukrainian forces over the past couple weeks have conducted a successful counterattack operation on the Eastern frontline particularly in the Pokrovs'ke direction liberating the highly contested towns of Vorone, Sichneve, Vorskrenshka, Myrne, Yalta, Tolstoi and many more.

The Russian deputy foreign minister said the US did not hand over these proposals to Russia via diplomatic channels
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli on Syria: Syria is Gaza on steroids, and that is the next war, with absolute certainty. There is no avoiding it.

According to European Affairs Department Director Vladislav Maslennikov, Western countries' approaches toward the Arctic region have increasingly been dominated by a confrontational mindset
A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a large fire at a Wildberries logistics hub in Bashkortostan, Russia. https://t.co/ivg5AAi7qb
Putins mobilization is beginning to reach ordinary households. Russian civilians are receiving military summonses, with those who fail to report facing travel bans and restrictions on driver’s licenses. This man asks: “Who needs this?” https://t.co/J4rUQq8h3A
DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management", the head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. The remarks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the U.S. had "total control" of the strategic waterway.
DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Iran will soon join the New Development Bank, the development lender established by the BRICS group of nations, central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in a state media report published on Wednesday ahead of a BRICS finance meeting in India. Iran remains under sweeping U.S. and international sanctions, and it has yet to reach a peace deal to end the current conflict with the U.S. and Israel, giving Tehran added incentive to seek alternative financial channels outs
DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management", the recently appointed head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States had "total control" of the strategic waterway. Hossein Taeb said the U.S. had sought to disrupt what he described as the Islamic Republic's popularity in the region by launching another war in the Strait of Hormuz, but had once more been defeated despite claiming Iran

Colombian rescuers battle time to save lives after deadly 7.4 earthquake, as hopes dwindle in search for survivors.

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The Reform UK leader resigned as the MP for Clacton at the start of July and forced a byelection Economic growth slowed in the second quarter of the year, as the disruption unleashed by the Iran war began to take its toll, official figures show. Heather Stewart has the story. Good morning. In the media, August is known as the “silly season”. With parliament not sitting and many people on holiday, there is less proper news than normal, which means the nonsense stories get (even) more attention th