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President Masoud Pezeshkian says Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in ‘perfect health’.

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Investigators probing the suspected August 4 drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport found a suspicious antenna and several DNA traces that could help identify the perpetrators. The modified drone carried a 5G router, two SIM cards, a camera and an extra battery, suggesting it could be remotely controlled over long distances. It was also carrying around 600g of Semtex, but the explosive failed to detonate due to a defective detonator. Source: Tagesschau

Turkey suspects Israel fabricated Trump Air Force One assassination plot to derail US-Iran deal Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report that said Iran planned to assasinate US President Donald Trump during the Ankara Nato summit last month was a ruse to undermine negotiations with Tehran, Middle East Eye has learnt. It was around 2pm on 8 July when journalists heard that Turkish security forces were unusually deploying additional units to Ankara Airport, where Trump’s Air
Novorossiysk remains the last outpost where Russia can station its Black Sea Fleet warships after losing the ability to use Crimea as a naval base fully.

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Russian occupiers launched a strike on Odesa region on Tuesday, August 11, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Kiper.

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The naval facility and air base have long been Moscow's principal military footholds in the Mediterranean and Middle East.

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Knesset declined to renew COVID-era requirement that assisted-living facilities provide places to vote, in move groups say is discriminatory, could affect 35,000-37,000 voters The post High Court hears arguments as petitioners seek to keep ballot boxes at retirement homes appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Nine individuals have been blacklisted for the first time, including Rostec Executive Director Oleg Yevtushenko

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least nine people overnight and wounded dozens, Kyiv said Tuesday (August 11), accusing Moscow of launching North Korean missiles in the raid.

As well as drought, Europe has also been battling wildfires this summer. Firefighters this week are struggling to control a rapidly expanding wildfire in southwestern Spain that has forced the evacuation of around 800 people. For more on that topic, FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih is joined by Alexander Held, Senior Fire Management Expert at the European Forest Institute.

LAHORE: As many as 12 people, including six minors, were found dead after a speeding loader rickshaw carrying 24 people fell into the Muzaffargarh Canal on Monday night after attending a marriage ceremony in a nearby village, it emerged on Tuesday. On Monday, three loader rickshaws carrying a wedding procession were travelling to Basti Arain from Lomar Wala in Kot Addu district when one of the rickshaws lost control due to overspeeding and fell into the Muzaffargarh Canal near Sheikho Sugar Mill

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Russia has effectively lost the ability to use occupied Crimea as a naval base, but continues to launch airstrikes against Ukraine and maintain military infrastructure on the peninsula.
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LAHORE: Ten additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) took their oath on Tuesday, hours after President Asif Ali Zardari gave his assent to the appointment of the judges, ending a weeks-long deadlock. Chief Justice Aalia Neelum administered the oath to the newly appointed additional judges at a ceremony held at the LHC. The newly sworn judges were Ghulam Sarwar Nihung, Muhammad Ajmal Khan Zahid, Aamir Ajam Malik, Shireen Imran, Asad Ali Bajwa, Muhammad Amjad Pervez, Khalid Ibn-i-Aziz, Mun
Lebanon’s parliament has abolished the death penalty, replacing it with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor. The move makes Lebanon the first Arab country to formally end capital punishment. Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004, although courts continued issuing death sentences. Source: AP

An RSF and SPLM-N force has launched a heavy attack on the town of Geisan in Sudan’s Blue Nile region. Local officials say army forces are fighting to repel the assault, while reports emerge of market looting and gunfire targeting civilians. Read more: https://t.co/hY1tkrCRyf #Sudan #BlueNile #Geisan #Attacks

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Three crew members were killed in a suspected Houthi attack on an Egyptian-owned cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday, while a container ship was struck by a missile off Pakistan in a suspected US attack, maritime and Yemeni sources said.

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The situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains extremely difficult and unpredictable, with the facility gradually losing its ability to recover due to prolonged maintenance problems.

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Observers say the nominations empower the hardline old guard, prioritise loyalty over military innovation.

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Kyiv is testing a new electronic-warfare system designed to stop cheap Russian FPV drones from destroying expensive Ukrainian heavy bomber drones and ground robots without disrupting their own control links.
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through Colombia's coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, killing at least 164 people.

LAHORE: Amid conflicting reports regarding the outbreak of gastroenteritis in the provincial capital, some hospitals witnessed an extraordinary rush of patients brought in with severe complications of the waterborne disease. The situation was said to be particularly alarming at the province’s largest teaching hospital, Mayo Hospital, where medics said they were receiving patients with complications including kidney failure and stroke. Other government hospitals, including Lahore General Hospital

IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani made an unannounced visit to Baghdad last night, holding separate meetings with Coordination Framework leaders and commanders of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias. The meetings focused on the contentious issue of restricting weapons to state control, a topic gaining urgency ahead of a late-September deadline that has fueled concerns the Iraqi government could use force against armed factions. Qaani urged the militias to avoid clashes with Iraqi security force

Rocket attack hits Iranian Kurdish opposition camp, security sources say A rocket attack hit a training camp for the Iranian Kurdish opposition northeast of the Iraqi city of Erbil on Tuesday, reported Reuters citing security sources. The sources blamed Iran for the assault, adding that no casualties were reported.