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Over the past day, Russian occupation forces launched 962 attacks on 52 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region. One person was killed and three others were injured as a result of enemy attacks on Zaporizhzhia District.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, Dmitry Muratov says the Kremlin leader can only “destroy Ukraine, not conquer it,” with the war now in its fifth year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the far-eastern Kuril islands near Japan's northernmost Hokkaido island for the first time on Thursday. Tokyo issued a strong protest in response to the Russian leader's visit to the disputed territory claimed by Japan that was seized by the Soviet Union in 1945.

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CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Israel's claims of Iranian threat to Trump: Report US intelligence officials were sceptical of an alleged Iranian assassination threat against Donald Trump that was relayed by Israel, sources told The Washington Post. The threat was relayed by the Israeli government to the CIA, but analysts had doubts about the credibility of the information and conveyed their thoughts to the Trump administration, one official indicated. Another official described the reports of th

Russian forces used guided aerial bombs, combat UAVs and FPV drones, artillery and mortars across Sumy Oblast on 12 August, injuring seven people.

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Ethiopia’s new US$12.5 billion mega-airport project has thrust the nation into the heart of a geopolitical tug of war between the United States and China. Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest carrier, is developing the massive Bishoftu International Airport, located 40km (25 miles) southeast of the capital Addis Ababa to serve as a primary hub for African trade and travel. The project has triggered intense competition between would-be contractors from around the world, but Chinese state-owned...
The rebel Ta’sis coalition overran Geisan, the capital of Geisan Locality in southeastern Blue Nile State, on Tuesday morning after launching a fresh offensive against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) from across the Ethiopian border. https://t.co/hz7A6FmDrD

Some US intelligence officials pointed out that Tel Aviv's 'kill plot' warning was designed less to inform the US about the threat and more to influence Trump's decision-making and US policy in the region.

One person was killed and three injured as Russian forces launched hundreds of strikes using drones, artillery and aerial weapons on 52 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 12 August.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide arrived in Islamabad on Thursday, the first such visit in a decade. He was received at the airport by Additional Foreign Secretary (Europe) Ambassador Ayesha Ali, the Foreign Office (FO) said. In a statement on Wednesday, the FO said the minister is undertaking the visit from Aug 13-14 at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. During the visit, the two will hold delegation-level talks covering the full spectrum of Paki

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Luke Bronin, who has said US military aid for Israel shouldn't be used for offensive weapons but backs 'defenses for civilians,' decisively defeats AIPAC-backed John Larson The post Democratic incumbent loses Connecticut primary in which Israel not a decisive factor appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,310 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.
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By Ben Blanchard and Raphael Satter TAIPEI/WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan detected AI-assisted cyberattacks on government agencies last month coming from overseas but the affected bodies successfully "handled" the incident, the Ministry of Digital Affairs said on Thursday.
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The war in the Middle East broke out when the US and Israeli forces conducted joint strikes on Iran on February 28.
Moldovan Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatii interrupted a journalist who began asking him a question in Russian following a government meeting.

Iran's Araghchi slams France for 'hypocrisy' over human rights Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi criticised France and other countries for what he described as "hypocrisy" when it comes to human rights and international law amid continued support for Israel. "Countries like France should stop lecturing the world about 'human rights' and international law. The hypocrisy is blatant and embarrassing," he said in a post on X. "Your backing of Israel’s genocide in Gaza—and aggression against

Ukraine needs more Patriot interceptor missiles from the US to protect its cities from intensifying Russian ballistic attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in a CNN interview.

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Andrey Marochko said earlier that Russian troops have advanced one kilometer north of Ustinovka

EVERY decade in Pakistan’s history has seen a moment when a robust defence of democracy as the best form of government for a country like ours is needed. The never-ending struggle for supremacy between the democratic and non-democratic forces make it necessary. One of the key ways in which non-democratic forces advance their argument is to amplify all the bad things that happen under democratic rule, and all the flaws that democratically elected leaders bring to their position. They advance the

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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Wednesday approved two draft notifications granting sales tax relief to local service providers and industrial undertakings in Malakand division and the erstwhile tribal areas, and cleared a series of measures relating to education, youth employment, healthcare and compensation for victims of terrorist attacks. One notification provides exemption from sales tax on services for local service providers, while the other exempts industrial undertakings es
Russian forces have executed at least 345 Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.

According to the battlegroup’s spokesman Vadim Astafyev, 48 drone communication antennas, 37 ground-based robotic systems, 14 drone control centers, and three launch sites were also wiped out

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Israel has 'policy of ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians in West Bank, advocate says Aseel Baidoun, the deputy director of advocacy and campaigns for Medical Aid for Palestinians, says that the Israeli government has a "systematic policy and a campaign of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians” in the occupied West Bank Aseel Baidoun, the deputy director of advocacy and campaigns for Medical Aid for Palestinians, says that the Israeli government has a "systematic policy and a campaign of ethnic cleans

Apart from that, Ukraine’s daily losses included 61 drone control centers, a Starlink satellite communications station, and 39 ground-based robotic systems

India is looking to join France’s sixth-generation fighter programme in a long-term bid to secure a role in the next era of air warfare, from advanced aircraft technology to the industrial work of designing and building future combat systems. But analysts said the move, while potentially a major step in India’s defence partnership with France, would do little to ease the country’s immediate shortage of combat jets. The defence ministry told Indian lawmakers last week that it had “initiated...

Earlier, Andrey Marochko said that Russian forces have established control over Ustinovka and drove Ukrainian troops eight kilometers from the border with the Belgorod Region

Three of Russia’s largest grain terminals in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk have halted operations after being damaged in a massive overnight drone attack by Ukraine. Grain shipments from Novorossiysk are currently impossible because of serious damage to terminal infrastructure, people familiar with the matter said. A loading gallery at United Grain’s Novorossiysk Grain Plant collapsed after the strikes and several silos were damaged, the people said, while a gallery and truck unloading...

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Yemen's presidential council chief says no plans for truce with Houthis The chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council indicated the government does not want a deal with the Houthis. "We are not for a new truce that reproduces previous experiences," Rashad al-Alimi said, and instead called for "lasting and sustainable peace" based on a state that holds a monopoly on weapons and sovereignty. He added that the internationally recognised government has concluded that the Houthis amount to

Sen. Richard Blumenthal distributed a letter on Wednesday requesting that the U.S. Navy account for conditions aboard the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.