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The failed coup in Niger brings deep divisions within the military to light. As Russia's support highlights the junta's fading influence, soldiers continue to face jihadist attacks, poor equipment and little pay.
🚫🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 The Kremlin is signaling that a Putin-Zelensky-Trump summit is effectively off the table for now, insisting that any top-level meeting should come only after the terms of a settlement have already been negotiated. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Vladimir Putin’s position remains unchanged: such a meeting would make sense only to formally finalize agreements that had already been reached through a much more complex negotiating process. Peskov also accused Kyiv of showing no r

One police officer killed, three others injured in explosion at administrative building of regional police station in Rivne
Troops neutralise two notorious terrorist kingpins in Katsina @DHQNigeria @HQNigerianArmy https://t.co/5Ac0r8KCr5

A prominent singer has returned to Iran after nearly two decades in exile, as authorities encourage artists living abroad to return home in a show of patriotism against the backdrop of the conflict with the United States. Mohsen Namjoo, 50, whose work mixes Persian traditional music with more modern styles and had been living in the United States, flew into Tehran late last week, with his arrival welcomed by official media.

With Washington moving to ensure that tungsten scrap and lithium-ion battery “black mass” stay in the United States, analysts warn that the new restrictions will deprive Chinese refiners of a source of lower-cost feedstock and prompt Beijing to seek alternative supplies. China could also accelerate domestic recycling and use its own export controls on rare earths and magnets as leverage, they said. The administration of US President Donald Trump on Thursday barred exports of tungsten scrap and..
BIG: A senior Iranian source told Reuters that for every U.S. attack on Iran, Tehran will deliver a “response dozens of times greater.” The source also said Iran’s retaliation against U.S. strikes on Larak showed that “no target in the region is beyond Tehran’s reach.”
Kremlin: The meeting between Putin and Xi Jinping took place in a friendly and constructive atmosphere, and the leaders trust each other. The Ukrainian crisis was only touched upon briefly. The international agenda was also not the main focus of the meeting.
Bessent on Iran: Together, this group will end this 47 years' horrendous reign that they've had.

A senior Iranian source told Reuters that for every U.S. attack on Iran, Tehran will deliver a "response dozens of times greater." The source also said Iran's retaliation against U.S. strikes on Larak showed that "no target in the region is beyond Tehran's reach

Troops neutralise two notorious terrorist kingpins in Katsina By Zagazola Makama Troops of Sector 2, Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised two high-profile terrorist kingpins during an intelligence-led dawn operation in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the operation was conducted in the early hours of Monday, Aug. 31, following credible intelligence on the hideout of key members of a terrorist syndicate operating in the area. The tr

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Breaking the Silence, an Israeli veterans group founded by former and serving soldiers, says the Israeli military has killed Palestinians in Gaza and then searched for evidence linking them to Hamas or other armed groups to justify the attacks. The group calls this “retrospective incrimination”, saying soldiers often did not have that information when the strikes were carried out. Source: MEE

COVID, global warming, conspiracy theorists, natural disasters, financial collapses – and a sham social media ban. It’s no wonder young Australians are glum.
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Liverpool have signed France forward Bradley Barcola from European champions Paris St Germain on a long-term contract, the Premier League club said on Monday, making him the latest marquee addition to their frontline. The whopping fee is estimated to be around £120 million and makes him the most expensive player to leave the French league.
Israel’s first post-October 7 election brings shifting alliances, new political faces and an uncertain path to power
Reporter: Is there a time frame on when Iranian economy could collapse? Bessent: Their economy doesn't have to collapse. We just have to have the regime come to their senses.

CENTCOM: The IRGC claim that a supertanker on the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz struck two mines and came to a complete stop is FALSE. No ships have hit mines in the strait. CENTCOM calls it another IRGC disinformation attempt to intimidate regional commercial shipping.
Bessent on Iran: Iran is lashing out kinetically because they are losing economically. I want to thank the European Union for their support for Operation Economic Outcast.

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India's GDP records surprise growth of 7.8% amid the Iran war
Bessent on Iran: Iran is taking the sanctions very seriously. Iranian leaders are in shock with the state of their economy. We are seeing gas lines 3-4 hours long in Iran.

Authorities in Nepal have warned of possible fresh flooding after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. The floods took place after a glacier collapse. They have killed at least 900 people - with more than 4,000 others missing in Nepal and Tibet. Now, a massive rescue effort continues and communities grapple with devastation and loss.

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Trump's comments came hours after the US struck two Iranian launch systems on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM: No ships have hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Ukraine needs urgent assistance in the war unleashed by Russia, and while the European Union lags behind the United States in terms of military aid, it could be doing far more to deprive the aggressor of sources of funding, according to Kurt Volker, a distinguished fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and former US special representative for Ukraine negotiations.

Trump’s Operation Economic Outcast is expected to push many Iranians into deeper poverty as food inflation soars For many Iranians, the new US sanctions campaign, called Operation Economic Outcast, seems superfluous given the grim economic situation in their country. Iranians are facing runaway food inflation, closed petrol stations and a seemingly never-ending depreciation of the nation’s currency caused by a lack of foreign exchange reserves. Continue reading...

A Green Beret officer expects most of NATO's 32 members to want a look, as Ukraine's war experience reshapes how the alliance trains.

The three countries are moving to formalize military coordination under the newly named Mecca Alliance amid renewed hostilities between Iran and the US.

Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. On a June night in 1996, in a basement apartment in Boston’s Chinatown, a killer put a pistol to the back of a young man’s head and pulled the trigger. The victim’s body was wrapped in quilts, lowered into the trunk of […] The post Investigating a Murder: Public Records Uncover New Clues in Chinatown Cold Case appeared first on bellingcat.

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As US-Iran strikes resume, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye test their pact's substance, and who might join next.

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A Russian drone hit a civilian car carrying a family in Zolochiv, and the children suffered an acute stress reaction, said Oleh Synehobov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.