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A shadow fleet or a dark fleet is a group of ageing commercial ships that use secret tricks to move oil and goods while avoiding international rules and trade punishments.

A new round of Lebanon-Israel talks has begun.
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Throughout July, Russian troops struck over 80 sea vessels at Ukrainian ports and in the Black Sea

A Russian strike has destroyed a warehouse complex where products belonging to Ukrainian ice cream manufacturer Lasunka were being stored.
This morning, four people were injured by the explosions of two aerial bombs in the center of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin.
Blasts reported in Ukraine's port city of Odessa following Russian attack. https://t.co/A0UlBCZl4X
Avner Vilan said Tehran believes its control of the Strait of Hormuz and ability to survive heavy damage would allow it to keep pressuring the region even after US strikes.

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Despite talks of a breakthrough on the second phase of the October 2025 agreement, many in the Strip remain skeptical that it will be implemented The post ‘First, stop the killing’: Gazans say they’ll believe ceasefire roadmap when strikes end appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Russian forces are attempting to seize control of Lyman in order to use the city as a base for a further offensive toward the Sloviansk–Kramatorsk urban area.

Russian officials say Ukrainian drones have killed five people, hitting industrial and warehouse sites near Moscow and St Petersburg. Meanwhile, a soldier has killed four people in Russian-controlled Crimea. DW has more.

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The technology shares flight paths among helicopters, planes, and drones, providing real-time warnings and instructions without relying on centralized air traffic control.

Before it was destroyed in an Israeli air strike on April 7, Tehran’s Rafi-Nia synagogue was emblematic of one of the Middle East's largest Jewish communities outside of Israel. According to one worshipper and an expert, both well acquainted with its vibrant community, the prominent synagogue was far more than just a place of worship.

The Lebanese army seized a cache of 122mm Grad rockets smuggled in from Syria. Two members of the smuggling network were arrested. https://t.co/Wew5INw5KA

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Over 18 days, Ukrainian drones have destroyed 13 of 15 Wildberries warehouses. New strikes have been recorded in Krasny Bor and Chekhov.

Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal has warned that, in addition to targeting Ukraine's power grid and heating infrastructure, Russia is now seeking to leave Ukrainian cities without water supplies.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment China (AMEC), the country’s top chip-tool maker, says its preliminary profit will nearly quadruple in the first half of the year as robust demand for home-grown semiconductors continues amid US sanctions. Based on unaudited figures, the company said its income between January and June was at least 2.7 billion yuan (US$400 million), representing a year-on-year growth of 282 per cent, according to a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday. The upper...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran on Tuesday reiterated their resolve to expand bilateral trade to $10 billion, with Commerce Minister Jam calling for transforming “historic brotherly relations” with Iran into a robust economic partnership. Since March this year, both countries have rolled out a series of measures to facilitate border trade, including easing customs procedures, formalising Taftan as a customs station, and notifying new transit routes, against the backdrop of the ongoing US-Iran confl
The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces struck a Wildberries marketplace warehouse in the Leningrad Region of the Russian Federation.
The tunnel network was intended not just for surveillance, but also to facilitate attacks on Israeli troops and communities near the Lebanon border.

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President Lee Jae Myung called on officials to take prompt action as extreme weather conditions became "normal." Authorities extended their first-ever heat wave warning for all of Seoul on Tuesday.
Ukrainian drones hit a Wildberries warehouse (Russia's Amazon equivalent) near St. Petersburg, sparking a massive fire. https://t.co/RrkSpr7D99
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck another Wildberries warehouse in the morning in the settlement of Krasny Bor, Leningrad region, Russia; in total, during 18 days of combat operations, Ukrainian drones visited 15 of the marketplace’s warehouses, 13 of which burned down, reported Commander of the AFU USF Robert Brovdi (Madyar).

Iran's Mohsen Rezaei warns that U.S. vessels and forces will face "serious risks and casualties" if the Hormuz blockade is challenged. "We will never permit the opening of a second corridor in the Strait of Hormuz."

According to the helicopter pilot, the nationality of drone operators was identified through radio intercepts and statements from captured militants

Iran-US War: Online classified platforms are seeing more listings for used clothes, work shoes, used perfume bottles and natural hair.

Japan warns Russia-North Korea axis raises regional security threat

President Lee Jae Myung called upon officials to take prompt action as extreme weather conditions became "normal". Authorities extended their first-ever heatwave warning for all of Seoul on Tuesday.

The Astra-PVO can destroy unmanned aerial vehicles by kinetic energy or by a warhead

Syzran supplies airfields and units of two Russian military districts, and it sits over 800 km from Ukraine. Also, Wildberries confirmed a fire at the Krasny Bor complex, the third of its Leningrad Oblast hubs struck in under two weeks.
Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries warehouse in Krasny Bor, Leningrad region, setting off major fires. https://t.co/xLiOhlnu73

Israel Paying Millions to Influence AI Chatbots Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is leading a $46.5 million Israeli government campaign to influence AI chatbots by publishing hundreds of pro-Israel articles across a network of websites. The sites are designed primarily for AI systems, not human readers. Parscale's contract explicitly aimed to shape "GPT conversations," and his team claims they are already seeing success. AI tools including Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Gemi

Japan's latest defense white paper argues that military spending can strengthen both national security and the economy by boosting technology, startups, and domestic arms production. It labels China as Japan's greatest strategic challenge and signals further defense spending focused on deterring a Taiwan conflict. However, questions remain over how the government will finance an even larger military buildup while managing Japan's strained public finances. Source: Reuters

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Four others were wounded in the deadly attack, local authorities said, and the gunman was taken into custody.

[UN News] Drone strikes are posing deadly risks to civilians in Sudan and hampering humanitarian efforts to reach them as attacks continue to affect conflict-hit areas, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Monday.