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🇮🇱 Israel·Jerusalem Post·about 10 hours ago

Turkey’s rise increases risk of confrontation with Israel, former national security chief warns

Meir Ben-Shabbat to Maariv: Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa 'came from the heart of jihadist darkness, do not assume he abandoned his path' • Erdogan's ambitions 'increase the potential for confrontation'

🇸🇾 Syria·Sky News World·about 10 hours ago

Bashar al Assad sentenced to death in absentia by Syrian court for war crimes

Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the country.

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🌍 Global·Dawn·about 10 hours ago

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Trump says would be 'terrible mistake' to oust embattled FIFA president Infantino

US President Donald Trump said on Monday it would be “a terrible mistake” to replace Gianni Infantino, the embattled FIFA president who tried, and failed, to sell off part of the World Cup to private investors. Infantino came under renewed fire in an open letter signed by three confederations — Europe’s UEFA, North and Central America’s CONCACAF and Asia’s AFC — accusing the world football boss of breaking trust “through deception”. But Trump backed Infantino, who awarded the US president a “FIF

🇷🇺 Russia·TASS·about 10 hours ago

Battlegroup North UAV crews destroy over 10 Ukrainian UAV control centers near Kharkov

A Russian serviceman, call sign Svat, said the enemy is constantly attempting to strike the civilian population and civilian infrastructure

🇺🇦 Ukraine·LiveUAMap·about 10 hours ago

Damascus Criminal Court: Death sentence for ousted regime leader Bashar al-Assad and Daraa's political security chief Atef Najib https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2026/11-august-08-damascus-criminal-cour

Damascus Criminal Court: Death sentence for ousted regime leader Bashar al-Assad and Daraa's political security chief Atef Najib https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2026/11-august-08-damascus-criminal-court-death-sentence-for-ousted

🕌 Middle East·X/@osint613·about 10 hours ago

Damascus court sentences deposed Pres. Assad & cousin to death for war crimes

A Damascus court has sentenced deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death. The same court sentenced his cousin Atef Najib, a former lieutenant colonel, to death. Najib served as head of the political security directorate in Daraa province and was known for ordering the violent crackdown and arrest of boys who painted graffiti in 2011, the event that sparked the Syrian revolution. The verdict found Najib responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes. He is also accused of tortur

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NEW: Damascus criminal court sentenced former Assad-era officer Atef Najib to death for premeditated murder and torture.

NEW: Damascus criminal court sentenced former Assad-era officer Atef Najib to death for premeditated murder and torture. Najib, Bashar al-Assad’s cousin, was accused of overseeing the torture of detainees, including children, and responsibility for multiple deaths.

🛢️ Oil rebounded from below $80 to ~$89 Brent, nearing $90, as hopes for a US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz fade.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Al Jazeera·about 10 hours ago

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Ukraine’s 40-day campaign has not brought the war closer to an end

Kyiv is facing a brutal Russian response as its air defence missile stocks dwindle.

🇮🇷 Iran·France 24·about 10 hours ago

Trump secretly swapped planes in Turkey over Iran threat, report says

US President Donald Trump departed on a secret military flight from Turkey last month when the White House said he was flying aboard Air Force One, an extraordinary move prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported Monday.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·LiveUAMap·about 10 hours ago

Lebanese Ministry of Health: Two injured in an Israeli drone strike on a car in the southern city of Nabatieh https://lebanon.liveuamap.com/en/2026/11-august-07-lebanese-ministry-of-health-two-injured

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·LiveUAMap·about 10 hours ago

Sky News Arabia sources: Two Pakistanis and an Indonesian killed in a Houthi missile attack on a commercial vessel near Bab al-Mandab https://yemen.liveuamap.com/en/2026/11-august-07-sky-news-arabia-s

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6 Ships Cross Hormuz, Down From 140 In Pre-War Days Amid US-Iran Deadlock

Four commodity vessels, including two empty oil product tankers, entered the waterway, data from Kpler showed on Tuesday as of 0420 GMT.

🇮🇷 Iran·NDTV World·about 10 hours ago

A Financial Times investigation reports that during the opening of Sudan’s civil war in April 2023, RSF forces stole at least 1.5 tonnes of gold worth ~$100 million from Sudan’s state refinery an

A Financial Times investigation reports that during the opening of Sudan’s civil war in April 2023, RSF forces stole at least 1.5 tonnes of gold worth ~$100 million from Sudan’s state refinery and banks. Witnesses say the gold was smuggled through Chad and South Sudan before being flown from Juba to the UAE, allegedly aboard Emirati cargo aircraft. Dubai is the dominant destination for Sudanese gold, including substantial volumes believed to be smuggled through neighboring countries. Go

Poland and the Baltic states are boosting security around critical infrastructure over fears Russia could stage a false-flag attack using Ukrainian drones to trigger a NATO crisis.

Poland and the Baltic states are boosting security around critical infrastructure over fears Russia could stage a false-flag attack using Ukrainian drones to trigger a NATO crisis. Lithuania has deployed troops to protect energy sites, while Latvia and Poland have tightened security around dams, gas facilities and power links. Source: Reuters

🇮🇷 Iran·Al Jazeera·about 10 hours ago

What is the US spending all their war money on?

Why is the US Pentagon asking for more money for the war on Iran?

🇮🇷 Iran·TASS·about 10 hours ago

US faces $13 billion in damage from Iranian strikes — newspaper

Iran has damaged or destroyed more than 42 US military aircraft, mostly large drones, but also fighter jets

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🇵🇰 Pakistan·Dawn·about 10 hours ago

'Not an ordinary year': Pakistani students receive their CIE AS & A Level results for June series

Students of Cambridge International Education’s (CIE) AS and A Level across Pakistan on Tuesday began receiving their results for the June 2026 exam series. The CIE, part of Cambridge University Press and Assessment, offers internationally recognised exams to schools in 160-plus countries. In Pakistan, O Levels (grades 9–10) cover a broad subject range, while A and AS Levels (grades 11–12) are more specialised and advanced, providing pathways to higher education in Pakistan and abroad. Over 100,

🇵🇰 Pakistan·Dawn·about 10 hours ago

'Not an ordinary year': Pakistani students start receiving their CIE AS, A Level results for June series

🇮🇱 Israel·Middle East Eye·about 11 hours ago

Iran to increase gas production, says state minister

Iran to increase gas production, says state minister Iran will bring back 95 million cubic metres of gas to its production cycle by the end of September, oil minister Mohsen Paknejad said on Tuesday according to the oil ministry's news outlet, as Tehran conducts repairs on energy infrastructure targeted by Israel and the US. In July, a senior government official said Iran expects to restore around 100 million cubic metres per day of natural gas production capacity "within the coming months," af

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Karachi youth jailed for one year for ‘spreading false, fabricated information’ on social media to ‘incite violence’

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Monday convicted a man of spreading false and fabricated information and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment. However, the court released him into the custody of a probation officer after he pleaded that he was the sole breadwinner of his family and the offence was committed due to “lack of knowledge and illiteracy”. Accused Muhammad Ibrahim was booked in a case pertaining to running an “anti-state” campaign on social media platforms in February 2025 to inci

🇵🇰 Pakistan·Dawn·about 11 hours ago

🇷🇺 Russia·Interfax Ukraine·about 11 hours ago

Russians launch 938 strikes on 58 settlements in Zaporizhia region in past 24 hours – police

Russians are massively attacking Zaporizhia: over the past 24 hours, they launched 938 strikes on 58 settlements in the region: 651 UAVs were launched, 23 airstrikes were carried out, 247 artillery strikes were launched, and seven MLRS attacks were carried out, the National Police press service reported.

Trump:

Trump: You want to see a bird graveyard? Go under a windmill sometime and you’ll see thousands of dead birds.

Trump:

Trump: You know who makes the windmills? China. They don’t use them, but they make them. I said, "How many wind plants are in China?" They’re trying to think. They’re looking around. They have one or two demonstration plants, like, "Here’s what they look like," but they don’t use them because they’re no good. You know, they’re very expensive and they produce bad energy. Very expensive. Most expensive thing. They ruin the neighborhood.

🇷🇺 Russia·TASS·about 11 hours ago

Kiev seeks to extend military operations to Belarus — senior Russian diplomat

Mikhail Galuzin said that Moscow takes such risks into consideration

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Overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine used North Korean missiles, claims Zelenskyy – Europe live

Russian attacks on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least six people and injured 20, officials said Overnight Russian attacks on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least six people and injured 20, officials said. Another six people were killed and 16 injured in attacks on Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk, Reuters reported. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Zaporizhzhia “was struck with North Korean ballistic missiles, Zircons, and guided aerial bombs.” “Every step R

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Guardian World·about 11 hours ago

Trump on Iran:

Trump on Iran: We have three strategies. Do what we’re doing now—just bop along and look how bad they’re doing, because they’ve got 300% inflation. Their currency has almost no value. They’re not paying their soldiers. Their soldiers are leaving. So just keep that going because that’s not sustainable. Hit them really, really hard, or—really, the third is just beat them economically. But we’re doing that anyway. That’s sort of a part of the first. So economically, they are a mess. They can’t

🇷🇺 Russia·Ukrainska Pravda·about 11 hours ago

Russia plans large-scale attacks on Kyiv's energy infrastructure "in coming weeks" – ISW

The Institute for the Study of War forecasts that Russia will increasingly target Ukrainian energy infrastructure during the winter of 2026/2027.

🌍 Global·TASS·about 11 hours ago

FACTBOX: One killed, fires at warehouses in Voronezh Region, 396 UAV attack aftermath

TASS has compiled the main information about the consequences

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🇷🇺 Russia·Ukrainska Pravda·about 11 hours ago

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Zelenskyy: Russians attacked Zaporizhzhia with Zircon missiles, guided bombs and North Korean ballistic missiles

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Trump: We sell munitions, we sell fighters, we sell everything to the European Union, and they do what they want. They give it to Ukraine. But Biden gave numbers away that were just crazy.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·EuroMaidan Press·about 11 hours ago

With Ukraine short of Patriot interceptors, Russia sees no reason to enter real negotiations, ISW says

Kyiv's dwindling air defenses now face freshly built weapons fired straight off the assembly line, not pulled from stored reserves, military intelligence warns.

Trump:

Trump: The reason why munitions are low is because Biden gave $300 billion worth to Ukraine. They never like to mention that. Now, I give to Ukraine also, but they have to pay. Meaning the European Union—I don’t do Ukraine. I give it to the European Union. They have money, and they pay full dollar.