Bomb-disposal team, light public housing unit win chief executive’s award
Hong Kong leader John Lee praises teams for embodying professional spirit of civil servants in ‘rising to challenges and pursuing excellence’
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Newest first · UTC+11:00War in Ukraine: Deadly Russian air raid on Kramatorsk leaves 1 dead and 17 wounded
Emergency crews worked through the night on Friday to rescue residents trapped under rubble and extinguish fires after eight FAB‑250 guided aerial bombs hit the city, local authorities said. Several private homes and a garage caught fire, while an apartment building suffered extensive damage. The strike caused secti…
· AfricaNews
‘De facto annexation’: Israel to shift civilian enforcement in West Bank from army to police
Israel is preparing to replace the army in the West Bank with civilian police forces, in a move seen as further advancing the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
· Middleeasteye
Suspect charged with vandalizing DC World War II memorial with bubble soap, red graffiti
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· Josh Christenson
Mutual defence: The alliances that preceded Turkiye-Pakistan-Saudi pact
One week on from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye signing their joint defence agreement, the Turkish defence ministry revealed more details about the alliance on Thursday. They include plans to hold joint military exercises and to deepen cooperation between their defence industries.
· Sarah Shamim
Video: Israel Katz inaugurates illegal new settlement in Jenin
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz inaugurated an illegal new settlement in Jenin on Thursday, shortly after Israeli soldiers demolished Palestinian shops and properties on the same day pic.twitter.com/lQAqpOpMEb
· Middleeasteye
UMich Sentiment Slumps In August As War Re-Escalated, Inflation Fears Tick-Up
Following July's rebound to pre-war levels, the preliminary August University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index was expected to weaken modestly as the MidEast re-escalated (and with it the price of gas).
· Tyler Durden
Tensions rise in Qusra as Israeli settlers target homes in West Bank town
Activists accumulate food and water supplies in front of Israeli army soldiers who are blocking the road leading to the houses of three Palestinian families that have been besieged by Israeli settlers for six days, in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mo…
· Sam Metz
Yemen UN envoy warns Security Council of regional escalation amid Iran-backed Houthi attacks
Yemen faces its greatest risk of renewed war since 2022 as fighting intensifies between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-supported army and attacks on Red Sea shipping threaten further regional escalation, UN envoy Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council.
· THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Wife of US soldier released from federal immigration custody
Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo shows photos of his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, a Brazilian national who is detained by ICE, near the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center where she is currently held, in Basile, La., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Vidrine)
· Jack Brook
Iraq says daily oil exports at highest level since start of war
Iraq's average daily oil exports since the beginning of August are the highest since the outbreak of the Middle East war between Iran and the United States, which has choked off the Strait of Hormuz, the oil ministry said Friday.
· Middleeasteye
Egypt considering legal issues around joining latest regional defence pact | The National
Egypt must “carefully” consider legal and constitutional issues before it decides whether to join a defence pact signed last week by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said.
· Hamza Hendawi
Iran formalises Strait of Hormuz control as US struggles to sustain war it launched with Israel
Iran has taken another step towards formalising its control of the Strait of Hormuz, as the US threatens unprecedented sanctions while struggling to sustain the war it launched alongside Israel.
· Middleeasteye
Tennessee’s Justin Pearson takes on America’s most contentious issues
The progressive candidate won a Democratic congressional primary after boldly staking positions on voting rights, datacenters and the US war machine
· Lex Mcmenamin
Palestinians in West Bank village remain under Israeli settler siege for sixth day
Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have remained under siege by Israeli settlers for a sixth day, despite an Israeli army operation that was supposedly launched to remove the settlers.
· Middleeasteye
NATO fighter jet shoots down a drone over Latvia
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Saudi Arabia announces start of Red Sea defence alliance: Will it work?
Saudi Arabia and 13 other countries have confirmed the creation of a maritime military coalition to safeguard freedom of navigation through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, with more nations expected to join.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Trump's tariffs unevenly reshape American manufacturing
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff-heavy trade policy has redrawn the supply chain map for American manufacturers. (Nikkei montage)
· PAK YIU
Russia Quickly Rejects Ukraine's Offer Of Ceasefire On Black Sea Shipping
Ukraine has quietly floated a deal through a third-party mediator to halt reciprocal strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea, Reuters reports, in what appears to be a calculated bid to unfreeze a critical global commodity corridor and to relieve pressure on Ukraine's battered wartime economy.
· Tyler Durden
As settler siege continues, Israel advances de facto West Bank annexation | The National
Israel’s defence minister has ordered the military to hand over responsibility for civilian law enforcement to the police in Qusra, as criticism mounts over the country's failure to end a six-day siege by violent settlers against Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank.
· Thomas Helm
Iran formalises Strait of Hormuz control as US struggles to sustain war it launched with Israel
Iran has taken another step towards formalising its control of the Strait of Hormuz, as the US threatens unprecedented sanctions while struggling to sustain the war it launched alongside Israel.
· Middleeasteye
Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’
Israeli PM criticised by political rival for attacking an international ally and overseeing ‘horrific diplomatic failure’
· Emma Graham Harrison, Rowena Mason
Palestinians in West Bank village remain under Israeli settler siege for sixth day
Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have remained under siege by Israeli settlers for a sixth day, despite an Israeli army operation that was supposedly launched to remove the settlers.
· Middleeasteye
Video: Israel inaugurates new illegal settlement in Jenin
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz inaugurated an illegal new settlement in Jenin on Thursday, shortly after Israeli soldiers demolished Palestinian shops and properties on the same day
· Middleeasteye
Russian ballistic attacks intensify as Kyiv claims Dnipropetrovsk advance
Ukraine has declared the successful end of an operation in which it recaptured 745 square kilometres (287 square miles) of its territory this year in its southern region of Dnipropetrovsk.
· John T Psaropoulos
Zhipu launches flagship model GLM-5.3 as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence
Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym
· Xinmei Shen
Zhipu launches flagship model GLM-5.3 as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence
Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym
· Xinmei Shen
US special operations forces ready to step up combat drills in Philippines
United States Navy Admiral Frank Bradley, commander U.S. Special Operation Command, gestures during an interview with the Associated Press Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Makati city Metro Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
· Jim Gomez
Taiwan concludes annual war games, including preparing for PLA sea blockade | South China Morning Post
The 10-day Han Kuang drills also rehearsed moving weapons production, leader’s emergency escape and internet outages.
State Prosecutors Seek 12-Year Prison Sentence for Lev Shlosberg
State prosecutors in the northwestern city of Pskov have asked a judge to sentence veteran opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to 12 years and one month in prison for “discrediting” and spreading “fake news” about the Russian military, the liberal Yabloko party said Friday.
· The Moscow Times
Iran war latest: Oil prices up after US threatens Tehran with 'indefinite' blockade | The National
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· The National
Nato jets shoot down foreign drone after it enters Latvian airspace
Latvia’s military said a foreign drone had entered its airspace as a result of Russia’s electronic warfare activity over the Balvi region
· dpa
Nato jets shoot down foreign drone after it enters Latvian airspace
Latvia’s military said a foreign drone had entered its airspace as a result of Russia’s electronic warfare activity over the Balvi region
· dpa
Could China’s new transport-tanker capability boost PLA power beyond first island chain?
Convertible Y-20B aircraft give PLA Air Force operational flexibility to project power deeper into the western Pacific
· Gabriel Dominguez
Could China’s new transport-tanker capability boost PLA power beyond first island chain?
Convertible Y-20B aircraft give PLA Air Force operational flexibility to project power deeper into the western Pacific
· Gabriel Dominguez
Gaza starvation: Why Israel's supporters are misrepresenting Unicef study
Israel has consistently denied that it has used starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.
· Middleeasteye
Israeli bombardments in southern Lebanon intensify
Israeli warplanes and drones have carried out repeated strikes on the wooded areas of Mansouri and Majdel Zoun in southern Lebanon, the national media agency NNA reports.
· Middleeasteye
Turkey urges Egypt to join its defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
Turkey has urged Egypt to join a defence agreement it signed in Mecca last week with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
· AfricaNews
Tourists flee blazes in Greece as fire hits bomb-riddled forest in Germany | The National
Tourists have been forced to flee forest fires in Greece on fishing boats, as high temperatures continued to plague most of Western Europe.
· The National
The secret Smotrich kept from his wife: Israel was going to war with Iran - interview
In January 2025, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich voted against the hostage deal, called the prisoners it released murderers with blood on their hands, and then did the one thing nobody in his camp expected. He stayed.
· ZVIKA KLEIN, KESHET NEEV
Russia says hit Ukrainian railway and port facilities in new strikes
Russia says its forces have struck a railway station at the Ukrainian Danube port of Izmail and two vessels near Mykolaiv, as Ukrainian drones hit targets inside Russia, including a Baltic oil export hub and a warehouse near Moscow.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Chinese museums left red-faced after caption errors mar Communist Party-themed displays
Blunders such as getting the name of the Red Army or revolutionary leaders wrong have prompted a flurry of public criticism
· Caroline Lin
Chinese museums left red-faced after caption errors mar Communist Party-themed displays
Blunders such as getting the name of the Red Army or revolutionary leaders wrong have prompted a flurry of public criticism
· Caroline Lin
Ukraine-linked ammo plant blows up in Italy (VIDEOS)
A powerful explosion has ripped through a weapons factory in Italy owned by Franco-German defense group KNDS, a major arms supplier to the Ukrainian military.
· RT
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A powerful explosion has ripped through a weapons factory in Italy owned by Franco-German defense group KNDS, a major arms supplier to the Ukrainian military.
· RT
Russian drones kill woman and son as Ukrainian civilian casualties rise
This image provided by Vantor shows smoke in an overview of port infrastructure in Novorossiysk, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor via AP)
· Illia Novikov
Trump orders navy to revert to steam-powered fighter launching system
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, which will not undergo immediate changes. (AP Photo: Giannis Angelakis)
1st Fighter Wing to be temporarily relocated amid chip cluster project push
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry said Friday it will temporarily relocate the functions of the Air Force's 1st Fighter Wing in the southwestern city of Gwangju to three different locations.
· Kim Hyun-soo
Israel shocked by pace of Iran’s military recovery – media
Israeli defense officials have been shocked by the rapid recovery of Iran’s military capabilities since the heavy bombardment by the US and Israel in the opening stages of the conflict, the Jerusalem Post has reported.
· RT
READ MORE: Israel shocked by pace of Iran’s military recovery – media
Israeli defense officials have been shocked by the rapid recovery of Iran’s military capabilities since the heavy bombardment by the US and Israel in the opening stages of the conflict, the Jerusalem Post has reported.
· RT