INTEL ARCHIVE

US, Iran engaged in closed contacts regarding conflict — Pakistani ambassador to Moscow

Faisal Niaz Tirmizi also emphasized that the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding signed in June serves as confirmation of Pakistan's effective mediating role

🇮🇷 Iran·TASS·14 days ago

🇰🇵 North Korea·Yonhap·14 days ago

N. Korea warns of 'additional military options' over Japan's expanding defense buildup

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea warned Wednesday it will consider "additio...

🌍 Global·South China Morning Post·14 days ago

Why China’s military is laser-focused on ‘disruptive’ technologies

Having marked its 99th anniversary on August 1, the People’s Liberation Army is now just a year away from its centenary goals, with its evolution highlighting the past, present and future of China’s military strategy. In the fourth part of a series, Amber Wang looks at the PLA’s pursuit of emerging technologies. In an influential book published nearly three decades ago, a PLA military strategist argued that China should not try to match the US weapon for weapon but instead develop asymmetric...

HIGHAerial

Australia news live: Jetstar to charge passengers for overhead baggage; Labor drops so-called ‘widow tax’

Airline removes carry-on weight limit but will charge for bags that don’t fit under seat. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Pocock says housing correction would be ‘good thing’ for the country Independent senator David Pocock said a housing correction “would be a good thing for our country”, adding house prices cannot grow at the rate they have over the past two decades. It’s kind of just become this normal thing that house prices go up at a r

🌍 Global·Guardian World·14 days ago

HIGHNuclear/Missile

Inflicting defeat on Russia, powerful nuclear power, impossible — deputy foreign minister

Mikhail Galuzin pointed out that the West is striving to do so through the hands of its Kiev puppets

🇷🇺 Russia·TASS·14 days ago

CRITICALNUCLEAR

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HIGHESCALATION

The US revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to Washington in response to Brazil's refusal to formally approve Trump's nominee, Daniel Perez, as US ambassador to Brasília and its recent denial of vi

The US revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to Washington in response to Brazil's refusal to formally approve Trump's nominee, Daniel Perez, as US ambassador to Brasília and its recent denial of visas to several US diplomats. A senior State Department official said the visa would be reinstated once Brazil grants diplomatic approval ("agrément") to the US nominee, describing the move as a reciprocal measure rather than an expulsion. Source: Reuters

🌍 Global·X/@warmonitor3·14 days ago

CRITICALMISSILE_ATTACK

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine underway

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·Ukrinform·14 days ago

Ten traitors who fought against Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine sentenced to 15 years in prison

Ten more militants who fought against Ukraine as members of Russia-backed armed groups have been sentenced to 15 years in prison, with their property confiscated, based on evidence collected by the SBU's military counterintelligence and investigators.

HIGHAerial

Stocks of key Pentagon munitions reach dangerously low levels — CNN

The main reason for the depletion of air defense stocks was the war with Iran

🇮🇷 Iran·TASS·14 days ago

🇮🇷 Iran·Middle East Eye·14 days ago

US Centcom says Hormuz remains 'free and open'

US Centcom says Hormuz remains 'free and open' US Central Command (Centcom) said on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz "remains free and open" for commercial vessels amid the Iranian blockade of the waterway. "Over the past three months, US forces have assisted more than 1,000 vessels in successfully transiting the strait despite unwarranted Iranian aggression, and these transits continue today," Centcom said in a post on X. The southern route through the Strait of Hormuz remains free and open f

🌍 Global·The War Zone·14 days ago

Army Revives Giant Cannon to Advance Hypersonic Testing

The Army is transforming its canceled long-range supergun into a test platform that could speed hypersonic development while reducing reliance on costly flight tests. The post Army Revives Giant Cannon to Advance Hypersonic Testing appeared first on TWZ.

HIGHPolitical

Funeral for family killed in US strike on Iran’s Qeshm Island

The funeral for a couple and their toddler took place after they were killed in the US strike on Iran's Qeshm Island.

🇮🇷 Iran·Al Jazeera·14 days ago

HIGHESCALATION

The Trump administration has increased U.S. intelligence operations in Cuba as part of a broader effort to pressure the communist government into major reforms or a change in power.

The Trump administration has increased U.S. intelligence operations in Cuba as part of a broader effort to pressure the communist government into major reforms or a change in power. Officials say the expanded intelligence presence could support a range of options, from gathering information to preparing for potential military action, though no operation has been decided. Source: POLITICO

Israeli military sets off 'huge explosion' in southern Lebanon’s Haddatha

Israeli military sets off 'huge explosion' in southern Lebanon’s Haddatha Israeli forces have set off a “huge explosion” in the southern Lebanese town of Haddatha, according to reports from Lebanon’s National News Agency. This comes as the first day of a new round of Israel-Lebanon talks commence in Rome, aimed at advancing a framework agreement under which Israeli forces would withdraw from the areas it is occupying in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah disarms.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·TASS·14 days ago

UNICEF calls on Ukraine to honor international humanitarian law after attack on Gelendzhik

The United Nations Children's Fund noted in a statement posted on its website that over the past several days, "children have again been killed and injured in attacks in the Russian Federation"

CRITICALNaval

Saudi Aramco reports bumper profits as it bypasses Strait of Hormuz

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🌏 Asia·X/@taiwanmonitor·14 days ago

MEDIUMESCALATION

Taiwan Defense Minister outlines counter-drone strategy, Taiwan-U.S. military cooperation

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Taiwanese Defense Minister Wellington Koo said that Taiwan-U.S. security cooperation extends beyond arms sales and includes broader exchanges intended to help the military incorporate partners’ combat experience into tactics suited to Taiwan’s threat environment. Koo also outlined a layered counter-drone effort combining electronic warfare, lasers, high-power microwaves, automated guns, and interceptors, while emphasizing mobility, survivability, and op

HIGHESCALATION

Trump:

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HIGHGround

'Collective punishment': US Supreme Court greenlights $656m judgement against Palestinian officials

'Collective punishment': US Supreme Court greenlights $656m judgement against Palestinian officials The US Supreme Court has refused to freeze a $656m judgement against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) after the two groups said they were too cash-strapped to compensate Americans for attacks in Israel during the Second Intifada. The decision was announced on Monday by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal justice who is tasked with taking on emergency c

CRITICALMISSILE_ATTACK

The U.S. has depleted nearly 80% of its THAAD interceptors, about half of its Patriot missiles, and significant numbers of other precision munitions during the Iran conflict.

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Saudi Aramco reports bumper profits as it bypasses Strait of Hormuz

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·EuroMaidan Press·14 days ago

HIGHNuclear/Missile

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1623: Ukraine has shot down 445,000 Russian aerial threats since 2022, but Moscow’s tactics and missiles are testing the limits of that shield

A near-miss strike by Lithuania's Kyiv embassy and a rising ballistic-missile share point to a Russian air campaign growing harder to stop, even as Ukraine's intercept record holds.

🇷🇺 Russia·Ukrinform·14 days ago

War update: 216 clashes on front line, most attacks in Pokrovsk direction

There were 216 combat clashes on the front line, and in the Pokrovsk direction the Russians carried out 23 attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions, losing nearly 50 invaders.

🇮🇱 Israel·Times of Israel·14 days ago

Zini said to veto agents’ call to put Jewish extremists in administrative detention

Shin Bet head reportedly thinks there are other means to rein in soaring settler violence, and that the unit tasked with countering it sometimes harasses suspects for no reason The post Zini said to veto agents’ call to put Jewish extremists in administrative detention appeared first on The Times of Israel.

HIGHINVASION

RSF commander Mahdi Jebel Moon killed in clashes with Joint Forces north of El Geneina

Senior RSF commander Mahdi Jebel Moon was killed in heavy clashes with army-aligned Joint Forces north of El Geneina in West Darfur, both sides confirmed, marking a fresh setback for the paramilitary group. https://t.co/plXitfHYSb https://t.co/H0rkowv5VZ

🌍 Africa·X/@sudantribune_en·14 days ago

HIGHNaval

US Centcom says it redirected total of 45 vessels to enforce ‘blockade against Iran’

US Centcom says it redirected total of 45 vessels to enforce ‘blockade against Iran’ The US military says that, as of 4 August, US forces have redirected a total of 45 commercial vessels, disabled 2 and boarded 2 in order to "ensure compliance" with the blockade of Iranian ports it imposed in mid-July, according to a post from the US Central Command (Centcom) on X. That is one more vessel than the total of 44 announced by Centcom yesterday. A U.S. Sailor stands watch in the combat information c

🇮🇷 Iran·Middle East Eye·14 days ago

CRITICALBOMBARDMENT

Massive Ukrainian drone raid on Moscow with hundreds of drones reported

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🌍 Global·X/@warmonitor3·14 days ago

🇮🇱 Israel·Al Jazeera·14 days ago

‘I wanted to hug whatever remained’: Gaza families’ 3-year wait for funeral

Thousands gather for mass funeral of 112 members of Abu Shreia and al-Hassaina families killed in 2023 Israeli attack.

CRITICALGround

'Collective punishment': US Supreme Court greenlights $656m judgement against Palestinian officials

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HIGHGround

Netanyahu says Israeli forces ‘are not withdrawing from the current lines in Gaza’

Netanyahu says Israeli forces ‘are not withdrawing from the current lines in Gaza’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops “are not withdrawing from the current lines in Gaza until Hamas is completely disarmed”, in a video posted to Facebook, cited by the Times of Israel. “Trump thinks, and his team thinks, that Hamas can be totally disarmed and Gaza demilitarised - we’re looking into it,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying. “They sent us a draft, we didn’t agree. It wasn’t ou

CRITICALMISSILE_ATTACK

The U.S. Army is seeking a next-generation surface-to-air missile to counter small drones at longer ranges, with a target cost of under $150,000 per missile.

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🇮🇱 Israel·NDTV World·14 days ago

Israel Won't Leave Gaza Until Hamas Is Completely Disarmed: Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel will not withdraw from its current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed and pushed back on a recent deal announced by US President Donald Trump.