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US army says 55 commercial vessels redirected amid its blockade against Iran The US Central Command said late on Sunday that its forces redirected 55 commercial vessels as part of its "strict enforcement" of the blockade against Iran. It also added that two more were disabled and another two were boarded to "ensure compliance".

[Shabelle] Darfur -- Sudanese army forces and allied armed groups have repelled a major attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Bir Sleiba in West Darfur, regional governor Minni Minnawi said.

The ATESH partisan movement says its agents destroyed the cab of an electric locomotive.
Ukrainian drones reportedly struck and destroyed a power substation in Russian-occupied Donetsk. https://t.co/Zx4cay3m3n
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine mobilizes unprecedented support for military among young Jews, though many still can't reconcile themselves with past crimes - or far-right bigotry today The post In the army, again? 80 years after the Holocaust, Germany’s Jews consider conscription appeared first on The Times of Israel.

The war has intensified Iran’s economic crisis, squeezing household budgets, hurting businesses and raising fears that millions of middle-income families are slipping closer to poverty.
2Russian troops attacked Sumy with five aerial bombs, injuring five people and damaging residential buildings and infrastructure.

[This Day] The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has decided to wade into the impasse between the aviation unions and airlines over the Ticket Sales Charge debt which accumulated during the US-Iran war due to sudden spike in the cost of aviation fuel.

[UN News] Sarah Tekhlu was ready to give up on university. An Eritrean refugee, she had already been displaced once from Khartoum to Madani, then again to Port Sudan, as war tore through the country around her. Higher education, she had decided, was a luxury she could no longer afford to want.

[UN News] More than 1,000 days of war in Sudan have left millions of children out of school, displaced or exposed to grave violations, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Friday, calling for renewed action to end the conflict.

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According to a statement by the Nihon Hidankyo organization of atomic bomb survivors, Japan is seeking to change the country’s non-nuclear principles and constitution without sufficient debate

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate has initiated an inquiry under Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) into the suspicious death of two underage girls in Lahore police custody on Aug 4, as mystery continues to surround the horrific, tragic incident. The judicial inquiry was launched after the families of the victims – Amina and Anmol – demanded an impartial investigation into what happened to the girls in the police custody for well over two hours – from the time of their arrest to ca

Houthi attack on Mocha kills seven, Yemeni military says The Yemeni military said early on Monday that a Houthi attack on the Red Sea port city of Mocha killed seven people, including military personnel and civilians, and wounded 30 others. The military added that air defences intercepted and shot down 11 Houthi drones that participated in the attack.
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Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,470 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.

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Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inland More than a million people were moved to safety across eastern China by Sunday evening as powerful Typhoon Dolphin made landfall amid fears torrential rain would cause flooding and landslides. Wenzhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, said it relocated more than 900,000 people and opened more than 1,500 emergency shelters. In neighbouring Fujian, 98,900 people w

Report: Tensions deepening between US, Israel Tensions between Israel and the US is growing amid Washington's efforts to wind down fighting in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, according to the Israeli Channel 13 reported. That US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Brad Cooper conveyed the message of Washington wanting to shift toward "closing the three fronts" during a visit to Israel over the weekend, the broadcaster indicated citing a military source.
The number of casualties resulting from Russian military strikes in the Odesa region has risen to 14, with one person in critical condition.

Taiwan Defense Minister Wellington Koo inspected the 3rd Theater of Operations’ Joint Fires Coordination Center in Taoyuan on Aug. 9, reviewing plans for area-denial fires and the structure of the theater’s kill chain. Koo emphasized integrating intelligence-sharing, cross-service systems, and a common operational picture to enable faster, increasingly automated targeting and improve the effectiveness of joint strike operations. 📸: Lin Tinghui, Military News Agency
Vance said the United States was using "a whole range of diplomatic, economic and military tools" simultaneously in an effort to secure the best possible outcome for Americans.

AN effort is underway to spark a debate on creating new administrative units in the country ostensibly on the grounds that the present system is not delivering. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, whose proximity to the establishment is well known, tried to make the case. Claiming the present governance system has “collapsed”, he called for more provinces and administrative units. He offered no explanation of what “collapse” meant and how new units would magically fix Pakistan’s problems. His propos

Pakistan’s fiscal position in FY26 presents a paradox: apparent stability that masks deep-seated fragility. While the overall fiscal deficit narrowed to 1.6 per cent of GDP during the first 11 months (July-May) — with the July-April period falling to 1.1pc — this achievement rests on fragile foundations. Total public debt stood at a staggering Rs83.29 trillion ($298.5 billion) by the end of March 2026, while interest payments consumed Rs6.16tr in just 11 months. The International Monetary Fund (

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SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Nuclear watchdog officials from South Korea and Swede...

AJA: A Houthi attack on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Mokha killed seven people and wounded 30 others, the Yemeni military says. Air defenses intercepted 11 Houthi drones during the attack.

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Footage per @Focus_Taiwan of coastal defense drills across Taiwan during Han Kuang 42: https://t.co/f1S8jA7aYr

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ISLAMABAD: Amid a blame game and fiduciary concerns, the government has quietly restructured the Rs115 billion World Bank-funded post-flood rehabilitation project, depriving more than 134,000 verified flood-affected families in Balochistan of the resilient homes they were promised. Official documents and background discussions indicate that investigations were underway into alleged record tampering, duplicate claims and multiple payments for the same housing units. There were also recorded attem

The next automobile policy will test the ability of policymakers to reconcile competing commercial interests while keeping the country’s broader economic, industrial and environmental objectives in view. In more than one way, the new policy will be the most consequential industrial policy document Pakistan has produced in years. Every major stakeholder is lobbying aggressively for protecting their commercial interests through a policy that was supposed to be announced before the expiry of the pr

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Syria and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding on reorganizing the presence of Russian military personnel along the Syrian coast. The agreement includes transferring civilian facilities to the control of the Syrian state and transforming Russian military bases into joint training centers.

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