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Relative calm has returned to the Ethiopia-Sudan border following recent clashes between federal forces and Tigrayan troops. The renewed fighting has raised concerns over the stability of the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement. https://t.co/JdP6i0Mpvx https://t.co/4AvnXYBMQy
Zelensky: Developing our own ballistic defense system is a task that has been successfully accomplished by only a handful of countries in the world. Ukraine has this capability. We can confidently say that our arms manufacturers have already reached the required level. We expect that by 2026-2027, Ukraine will achieve the necessary results.
Two fatal shootings in Israel's Arab sector within 24 hours have left two men dead, with police probing possible criminal motives behind the attacks.

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Taiwan could end 2026 without awarding a single new large-scale contract for domestically produced combat drones.
"Jewish community and Israel are not the same thing, brother man. They're not – that is not the same thing," Stewart, who is Jewish, said.
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A crossing in the Zaporizhzhia direction was struck today by a Russian FAB-3000M-54 fitted with a UMPK guidance kit, footage shows. https://t.co/8vgARw6dDq

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Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby has spent months trying to secure an official visit to Beijing, but China has so far declined to invite him. The apparent reason is Beijing's anger over the Trump administration's $11 billion arms sale to Taiwan, along with broader U.S.-China tensions. Colby, a longtime China hawk, sees the trip—particularly a speech at China's National Defense University—as an opportunity to stabilize military ties and explain U.S. defense policy. However, Chinese

Colombian cartels and rebel groups are seeking Ukrainian drone warfare expertise, with some Colombians fighting in Ukraine allegedly returning home with advanced drone skills. Officials warn the knowledge transfer is making armed groups more effective and eroding the Colombian military's long-held air superiority. Source: FT
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Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast killed four people; several people have been reported injured in Pavlohrad and the Vyshneve hromada.
The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on 18 Russian companies, banks and vessels, as well as one individual, the UK Foreign Office said in a statement published on Thursday.

Russian occupying forces attacked a minibus in Kherson with a drone during the day, with five people known to have been injured so far, the regional prosecutor’s office said.

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Two women who were switched at birth 37 years ago grew up just 4km apart in southern China, discovering that a hospital error had set their lives on divergent paths. Huang Xiaolin and Li Hui were born 55 minutes apart at Qingyuan People’s Hospital in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, in October 1989, according to China Newsweek. Nurses briefly presented the newborns to their mothers before taking them to a nursery, where both wore identical hospital attire. The maternity ward did not use...

The CIA has created a secret Cuba task force to intensify intelligence and covert efforts aimed at pressuring Cuba's government and exploiting divisions within its leadership. The move aligns with the Trump administration's renewed focus on Cuba, including increased intelligence collection and elevating Cuba to a top U.S. intelligence priority. Source: NYT

The convicted individuals include 36 foreign mercenaries from 13 countries

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Ozon Bank said the move would not affect its operations since it does not hold foreign assets or use the international SWIFT messaging network and conducts business only within Russia.

The UK has imposed sanctions on 19 individuals, companies, banks and vessels accused of supporting Russia’s war effort, including six banks and six oil tankers linked to Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet. UK sanctions Russian banks and shadow fleet ships first appeared on UK Defence Journal.

Lithuanian military intelligence has said it has information indicating that Russia is considering using Ukrainian-made drones to attack critical infrastructure in the Baltic region.

Chinese state-owned corporation Sinopec has purchased 30-40 cargoes of Russian ESPO crude for delivery in July-September to offset reduced supplies from the Middle East caused by the war with Iran.
Russian forces attacked the Zaporizhzhia district with guided aerial bombs, damaging residential buildings and an educational institution.
Bernie Sanders: We've got to stop endless wars. We have to stop excessive military spending. We have to stop funding the extremist government of Israel, which has committed genocidal actions against the Palestinian people. We've got to stop that. We're going to start investing in our people—in housing, education, and healthcare.

Bodies of five more international climbers, including world-renowned British-Nepali Nirmal Purja, have been airlifted to Skardu after they were killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak, 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 43-year-old Purja on Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains. His company confirmed there were no survivors. “Following one of the most technically deman
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Bodies of five more international climbers, including world-renowned British-Nepali Nirmal Purja, have been airlifted to Skardu after they were killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak, 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 43-year-old Purja on Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains. His company confirmed there were no survivors. “Following one of the most technically deman

N12 Report: The U.S. Air Force has begun withdrawing some of its refueling aircraft from Ben Gurion Airport, ahead of an approaching agreement.

Twelve companies, including seven banks, one individual, and six vessels, were added to the list
By Jason Lange and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Five months into the U.S. war with Iran, Americans who expect the Middle East to slide toward chaos outnumber those who see the war bringing more stability by three to one, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The six-day poll concluded on Monday, as Republican President Donald Trump again backed away from threatened "massive attacks" on Iran, underscoring uncertainty surrounding a conflict he initially predicted would bring a swift

Trump privately told Republican donors he wants JD Vance to win in 2028, using language like "We need to elect JD." Advisers stress he hasn't fully settled on a successor and is still keeping some competition alive between Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. One source summarized it as "JD is earning it, and Trump sees it," noting Trump stopped routinely asking "JD or Marco?" Source: WaPo

According to the International Volleyball Federation, some national volleyball federations also declined to participate in the Under-17 World Cup, which will be hosted by Qatar
Ukrainian FPV drone nets a Russian fiber-optic quadcopter mid-air. https://t.co/A3EOJqvW1g

Ukrainian strikes have cut Russian refining to a two-decade low, forcing one of the worldvs largest oil producers to buy finished fuel abroad—first from India, now from Morocco, shipped to the Arctic.

A German court on Thursday handed an Afghan man a life sentence for a car-ramming attack in Munich last year which killed a two-year-old girl and her mother and left dozens injured. The court in Munich found the man, named only as Farhad N., guilty of two counts of murder, 23 of attempted murder, and 22 counts of bodily harm, 19 of them serious. The court found that the offences carried a “particular gravity of guilt” – a designation that makes it much less likely that 25-year-old Farhad N. will
In the Zaporizhzhia district, Russian troops attacked cars with drones, injuring three people.