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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

Two Houthi boats were destroyed off Yemen's western coast by Yemeni naval forces and coast guard, a military source told Al-Arabiya.

The body of Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi, who was among the 10-person expedition that missing after the deadly Broad Peak avalanche, was recovered and shifted to the mountain’s base camp, the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said on Thursday. The avalanche struck on July 30, cutting off contact with the 10-member international expedition led by world-renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja on Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains. Purja’s company later confirmed there were no

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov: The United States has not transmitted any proposals from Zelensky regarding a resolution of the conflict to Russia through diplomatic channels.

IDF: A terrorist who crossed the yellow line in southern Gaza and advanced toward Paratroopers Brigade troops was identified yesterday as an immediate threat. Forces opened fire and a hit was detected. Southern Command remains deployed in the area under the agreement.

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Elbridge Colby, a US under secretary of war, says he is ‘very pleased’ with the nuclear submarine program’s progress Elbridge Colby, the third-highest-ranking official at the Pentagon and formerly an avowed Aukus sceptic, has mirrored his president’s language on the nuclear submarine deal, saying it is “full steam ahead”. Colby, a US under secretary of war, was the author of the Trump administration’s review of the Aukus deal, which would see the US sell three in-service Virginia-class submarine

Three mainland Chinese scientists have won this year’s Future Science Prize, China’s first privately funded award recognising scientific achievement, for breakthroughs in molecular mechanisms, porous materials and arithmetic geometry. The event, being held in Hong Kong for a fourth consecutive year, underscores the city’s growing role as an international hub for scientific development, according to the organiser and Hong Kong’s Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Sun Dong. “The...

US military facilities across the Pacific are in a worrying state of decay, the Pentagon inspector general warned, raising concerns about bases that are critical to deterring China. Corrosion and holes in buildings, falling ceilings and the presence of mould and asbestos were among the problems identified through inspections of 11 US facilities across the region and relayed to a dozen senior Defence Department officials in an emergency management advisory this month. The issues have affected...

Two Palestinian families in the village of Qusra say they have been trapped in their homes, with water and power cut off, since Sunday.

Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, Deputy Defence Minister of Poland, has said her country is considering transferring another batch of Patriot missiles to Ukraine. A decision on the matter is expected within the coming days.

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: The U.S. has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures. Case in point: The war on Iran. Now, an even bigger miscalculation on the Strait of Hormuz. Worse than fake news is fake intelligence. Be careful. Allah is Great, Greater than ANY power on Earth. In Allah we trust.

Iran says Strait of Hormuz is under its control 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 Fars news agency. The remarks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the US had "total control" of the strategic waterway.

Given the relentless demand for computing power, electronic components are in scarce supply. Prices for certain memory chips, known as DRAM, have surged by more than 50 percent in a single quarter this year, and have roughly quadrupled since last fall. Because DRAM supply is tight, Apple, Dell, and HP are currently evaluating memory from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), a company the Pentagon has designated as a Chinese military company. Apple, in particular, has sought assurances from the U

In France, 80 departments have been placed on an orange heat warning Well, that was quick. Straight off the back of the solar eclipse last night, we’re heading into a solar inferno as extreme heat returns today, with temperatures above 40C in parts of Spain and up to 38C in London and Paris. Continue reading...

The jet-powered Shahed hit the locomotive as the train neared a station — the latest strike in Russia's campaign against Ukraine's railways.

Russian troops attacked Chernihiv with jet drones, resulting in damage to several garages of an auto cooperative and the territories of three enterprises, reports the press service of Chernihiv City Council.
Ukraine needs 5% of the United States' current stockpile of Patriot air defense missiles to get through the winter, and 10% of those stocks to stop all Russian ballistic attacks, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hasseb Alwazeer CAIRO/GAZA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Gaza cancer patients are dying at two to three times the pace they did before the start of the war in the territory, as Israel blocks many from travelling for treatment after destroying the only local specialised facility, Gaza doctors said. Israel blew up Gaza's specialised cancer hospital last year after saying troops found a tunnel used by Hamas militants running beneath it. That means that an estimated 17,000 Gazans with

Leavitt Steps Down As Spokeswoman After 18 Months on the Job White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, 28, will leave her role to spend more time with her family with no successor yet named, President Trump announced. READ MORE

The Russian leader stated that the main tasks are being addressed today as part of the special military operation, but it is necessary to "ensure the security of the Russian state along all its borders"
In six border and frontline regions, 56,000 children continue in-person or blended learning; for their safety, 840 mobile shelters need to be installed along school transport and movement routes, reported Minister for Restoration, Infrastructure, and Transport of Ukraine Mykola Kalashnyk.

Putin visited Iturup, one of the Kuril Islands claimed by Japan, for the first time, visiting a local fish-processing plant after overseeing Russian Pacific Fleet drills in the Far East. Tokyo strongly protested the visit, reiterating its claim to the islands. Source: Reuters

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- A senior Pentagon official on Thursday said the Unite...

According to a reconnaissance rifleman, Russian units moved into areas where Ukrainian soldiers were without armor and were moving freely in the open
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee used unusually strong language to condemn Israelis involved in violence against a Palestinian family in Qusra, calling them "Israeli terrorists."

Lebanese firefighters, residents and environmental groups say Israel is deliberately setting wildfires across southern Lebanon using drones, flares and incendiary munitions. The fires have destroyed forests, olive groves and farmland, threatening ecosystems and livelihoods. Source: The Guardian

Military doesn't comment; Palestinian groups say number of detained journalists now 40, pan 'systematic policy of targeting Palestinian journalists' The post Palestinian journalist Mohammed Awad detained by IDF in West Bank, family says appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Sec of War Pete Hegseth: It was Russian air defenses that were supposed to defend Caracas. They didn't work. Cuban guards were supposed to defend Maduro. They weren't able to. Now we are seeing the Cubans and the Russians expelled out of Venezuela.
Ukrainian military will switch off the Russian military machine – destroy infrastructure, fuel and energy sector facilities, fleet, logistics, etc., stated acting Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevheniy Khmara.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam rejects Israel's claim that villages destroyed in southern Lebanon were military sites.

Hours after India made public assurances last week that its ethanol-blended petrol was safe, the country’s main auto lobby withdrew a complaint about fuel contamination it had sent to the government a week earlier. The group said some figures needed more checks. But separate communications between industry executives, reviewed by Reuters, showed that in the preceding days, top automakers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra discussed their concerns about contamination of petrol blended with 2
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Les activités socio-économiques ont tourné au ralenti mercredi, lors d’une journée de deuil décrétée par la société civile à #Mambasa (Ituri). La mobilisation visait à dénoncer la persistance des attaques attribuées aux ADF et les pertes en vies humaines. https://t.co/IQvL6rSWhS https://t.co/PM0ojBJBzg