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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.

Saudi Arabia opposed Egypt's inclusion in Mecca agreement, sources say Saudi Arabia opposed Egypt joining the security pact signed with Turkey and Pakistan last week, despite Ankara's push for Cairo to be included, three Saudi sources familiar with the discussions told Middle East Eye. One of the sources, a former senior adviser to the Saudi monarchy, said Riyadh did not want Egypt to join the agreement "at least for now". All three sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensit
The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine has foiled an FSB agent network that was coordinating Russian airstrikes against the Defense Forces in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kirovohrad regions.

A Chicago jury awarded $29 million in damages to the family of an Irish-born United Nations employee who died in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash, a US court spokesman said Wednesday.
Emergency teams aided by police, soldiers and volunteers have been working with excavators and, at times, their bare hands, hunting for survivors beneath debris.

Collaboration between prominent synagogue and neighborhood Hasidic group hailed as a 'giant leap forward,' could offer benefits to both sides The post ‘Important new chapter’: NYC’s Park East Synagogue partners with local Chabad appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Heavy gunfire and explosions rocked Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea tonight amid a reported Ukrainian drone attack. https://t.co/BnFWcYS7QI

President Trump again insists US has 'total control' of strait, while Tehran resolute that the US must meet its demands.

A new NAKO analysis maps 482 companies inside Rostec and finds Western sanctions reach only a fraction of them—which is how the microelectronics in Russia's drones and missiles keep getting through.

The billionaire has since repeated that he is keeping the option of striking Tehran on the table, but prefers to stress the economic damage inflicted on the country through economic sanctions.

Keeping a low profile doesn't come naturally to Donald Trump. Yet that is the strategy the American president says he now favors in the war against Iran, and he is betting on economic pressure over diplomacy or new strikes. "We are low-keying it," Trump told news site Axios by phone Sunday. "We're only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money."

Polls suggest Republicans nationally are souring - but in Kingsport, Tennessee, they don’t blame the president.

According to Andrey Marochko, this was preceded by the liberation of the neighboring settlement of Vodyanoye on August 12

Despite reported frustration, Trump refrains from publicly calling out Israel for not cracking down on violent settlers, who he lifted US sanctions against upon returning to office The post US said fuming at Israel for allowing ‘anarchy,’ rampant settler violence in West Bank appeared first on The Times of Israel.
1 killed in Israel’s first Gaza strike in over a week. https://t.co/Bcg3H3rUDO

For decades, thousands of Chinese investors made pilgrimages each spring to Omaha, in the central US state of Nebraska, treating Warren Buffett’s shareholder meetings for investment firm Berkshire Hathaway less as corporate briefings than as audiences with an oracle. Buffett’s retirement as CEO, effective January 1, ended a 60-year run at the helm of the global conglomerate. Though he remains chairman, he was succeeded as chief executive by Greg Abel, who joined Berkshire in 1999 and had run its
The US last imposed major sanctions on Russia in October 2025, when the Treasury Department targeted Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil.

The Volchansk pocket continues to shrink, military expert Andrey Marochko said

The spill of Russian crude bound for India compounds the environmental damage from spills in and around the Strait of Hormuz, where tankers and oil facilities have come under attack.

Russian forces killed two men in the city of Kherson on the evening of 12 August using drones.

Israeli soldiers tried to disperse the settlers with tear gas. After the soldiers left, residents said, the settlers resumed their attacks.

Ukraine is short 4.5 million workers and 81% of its registered unemployed are women—yet a Soviet-era law still bars them from night shifts in the industries most desperate to fill them.

China said on Wednesday it would help Colombia recover from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the country’s west on Monday, killing more than 200 people. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Beijing would do what it could in suitable ways, in line with what Colombia requested, in response to questions from Xinhua and Telesur at a briefing in Beijing. Guo said no Chinese nationals had been reported killed or injured in the disaster, and that the embassy in Bogota was “working to...

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Ukraine's military has sought to heap pressure on Moscow's war effort in recent months, counterattacking on parts of the 1,200-km front and striking logistics and energy infrastructure.

Taiwan’s 1st Theater of Operations conducted a military-civilian battlefield repair drill in Penghu on Aug. 11, integrating civilian technicians and repair facilities to restore damaged tactical vehicles. Forward support teams established repair points at civilian facilities, where personnel conducted parts resupply, fault diagnosis, and vehicle repairs. M936A2 recovery vehicles retrieved vehicles unable to move under their own power, testing wartime logistics resilience and rapid restoration

Acting Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara says Ukraine will intensify deep strikes against Russian military infrastructure, logistics, naval assets and energy facilities following the operation in Novorossiysk.
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - From the beginning, something didn't add up. During the closing hours of the NATO Leaders' Summit in Ankara in July, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he would not be flying home aboard the new presidential plane that had brought him to the Turkish capital after Qatar gifted it to the administration last year.

Venture group plans to use funds for investing in 16 companies that focus on software infrastructure needed for businesses to securely manage AI agents in workloads The post Backed by Walmart and Cisco, Israel’s Team8 raises $365m to help build AI startups appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Months after diplomats and families were ordered to leave, US embassies across the Middle East are preparing for continued reduced operations amid the ongoing Iran conflict.
Russian special services have stepped up efforts on social media to collect personal data on Ukrainian prisoners of war and their relatives.

At Jantar Mantar, New Delhi’s designated protest site, India’s future spent weeks enduring the heat and demanding change. But what kind of change, and why? These were young people, many of them highly educated but still without a job despite sitting numerous government recruitment exams. Their anger was not because they had been cheated. It stemmed from worse: their qualifications had simply stopped meaning anything. China has a word for this dilemma. India does not, and that missing word...

Settlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terror Israeli militants have besieged two Palestinian families in their homes since the weekend, aiming to take over their properties in the West Bank village of Qusra through a campaign of terror. A group of settlers and soldiers set up a tent outside the home of Yousef Hassan on Sunday afternoon, trapping him inside with his wife and two young daughters. Continue reading...

Retired General VanHerck said he warned even the Secretary of Defense that U.S. military installations were sitting ducks to such actions. The post Former NORAD Boss Wasn’t Surprised By Langley AFB Drone Incursions appeared first on TWZ.

An Army Apache attack helicopter crashed in a central Texas field on Wednesday, killing both people on board and sparking a wildfire that forced several homes to be evacuated, sheriff's official said.

A US congressional advisory body on China said the country is projecting an image of confidence even as concerns about its economy and future growth remain beneath the surface, following a week-long visit to Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou in July. Members of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) discussed their observations during a wide-ranging press briefing on Wednesday, offering new details about meetings with Chinese officials that had not previously been disclosed. “I

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