Former defence minister Al Carns turns down ministerial offer
Al Carns resigned from ex-PM Sir Keir Starmer's government citing concerns over defence spending
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Newest first · UTC+11:00House passes $1.5tn defense bill despite standoff over Israel and Trump’s voter agenda
Passage of annual bill complicated by Trump’s decision to join Israel in attacking Iran without congressional approval
· Chris Stein
Zelenskyy speaks to Trump envoys to 'reinvigorate diplomacy'
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday he had spoken with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in a bid to revive efforts to end the war with Russia.
· Agence France-Presse
House votes to adopt Department of War renaming
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber as members debate a series of measures including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a spending package for the Iran war, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
· Kevin Freking
Ukraine’s new military chief pledges to escalate retaliation against Russia
Ukraine’s new military chief has announced plans to expand offensive operations against Russia, including missions behind enemy lines, after being appointed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Triolo, Mangum lift Pirates over Yankees 5-3 in doubleheader opener after Cole strikes out 11
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski reacts after giving up a three-run home run to New York Yankees’ Ben Rice in the seventh inning during the first baseball game of a doubleheader, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Jim Quinn Warns "We've Already Entered This Fourth Turning's Global War..."
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· Tyler Durden
Japan, China need an economic hotline as well as a defense one
A sculpture outside the office building of China Northern Rare Earth Group, with "Build world-class" inscribed at its base, in the rare-earth industrial hub of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. © Reuters
· David Tingxuan Zhang
Defense says VP's request for Senate-funded catering during trial has not been approved
MANILA, Philippines — The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said Wednesday that, as far as it knows, the Senate has yet to approve the Office of the Vice President's request to shoulder the catering expenses of its lawyers, support staff and witnesses during the impeachment trial.
· James Daniel Danio
ASX set to rise, Wall Street mixed; Oil continues to climb
The US stock market is drifting in mixed trading, while oil prices climb another 3 per cent as fighting continues in the war with Iran.
· Stan Choe
Ukraine has a new butcher-in-chief – all the better to feed Ukrainians to the grinder
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
· RT
Ukraine has a new butcher-in-chief – all the better to feed Ukrainians to the grinder
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
· RT
Save our town: Lancelin residents take coastal erosion fight to city centre
Dozens of Lancelin residents poured into Forrest Place on Thursday morning, armed with signs and banners with one message: “save our town”.
· Indigo Lemay-Conway
(LEAD) Trump threatens to bomb Iranian bridge, power plant if Tehran fires at ship in Strait of Hormuz
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Zelenskyy under growing pressure to reinstate sacked defence minister
Campaigners in Ukraine pledge to continue nationwide protests until Mykhailo Fedorov gets his job back
· Lukeharding
House GOP pushes $95 billion package for Iran war and Trump priorities
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber as members debate a series of measures including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a spending package for the Iran war, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
· Lisa Mascaro
Germany wants combat drones. Government officials can’t agree where to get them.
BERLIN — Germany wants a fleet of uncrewed combat aircraft to meet a key NATO requirement. But divisions inside its defense ministry over whether to buy an Australian drone or wait for European alternatives threaten to derail Berlin's goal of fielding an initial fleet by 2029.
· Chris Lunday
Beloved NY soldier killed by Iran came from military family, had smile that could ‘light up room’
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· Reuven Fenton, Natalie O'Neill
NATO seals €27B overhaul of Cold War-era fuel network
BRUSSELS — NATO countries finalized a €27 billion deal to overhaul the alliance’s military fuel transport system, the organization announced Wednesday.
· Victor Jack
US judge sets 2027 trial date for Venezuela’s Maduro
A United States judge has set a trial date for former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, both abducted from the South American country during a US military attack in January 2026.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Israel's spy chief held talks on Iran war in Washington, Axios reports
The head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency traveled to Washington two weeks ago to discuss the Iran war, in his first visit to the US capital since taking office, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing two unidentified sources with knowledge of the situation.
· Middleeasteye
IDF detains Israeli civilians who attempted to breach Syrian border
The IDF detained several Israeli settlers on Wednesday for attempting to cross into Syrian territory, the military said.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mykhailo Drapatyi: Ukrainians hope new commander will end army’s ‘Soviet culture’
Drapatyi has long been a critic of the military’s command culture, but experts warn change could take time
· Pjotr Sauer
Trump’s war on Iran is unpopular and expensive. He’s perfectly OK with that
Trump’s response to the Iran war’s mounting death toll and astronomical costs? ‘It won’t have any impact on me’
· Adam Gabbatt
Middle East security alliances include Russia and China as a result of Trump’s war
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IDF reveals identities of Gaza terrorists who doubled as professional soccer players, coaches
The IDF disputed "false claims" of targeting innocent Palestinian soccer players, referees, and coaches in Gaza, revealing their identities as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists following a military intelligence assessment.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ukraine’s strikes on ‘Russia’s Amazon’ bring war closer to ordinary Russians
Kyiv’s forces have been targeting warehouses belonging to online retail giant Wildberries, owned by Russia’s richest woman Tatyana Kim
· Reuters
Ukraine’s strikes on ‘Russia’s Amazon’ bring war closer to ordinary Russians
Kyiv’s forces have been targeting warehouses belonging to online retail giant Wildberries, owned by Russia’s richest woman Tatyana Kim
· Reuters
Yandex Market Limits Liability for Drone Attacks After Wildberries Strikes
Russian e-commerce platform Yandex Market has updated its seller agreement to exempt itself from liability for losses caused by drone attacks, missile strikes and other wartime incidents, the exiled news outlet Vyorstka reported Wednesday.
· The Moscow Times
Abandoned Navy Base Costs Taxpayers $340,000 A Year For Internet Nobody Uses
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· Tyler Durden
Laura Loomer apologizes for downplaying Ukraine war after witnessing the horror: ‘I was wrong’
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· Ronny Reyes
Trump attends transfer of fallen U.S. service members, in photos
President Donald Trump salutes as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville, N.C., Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
· Julia Demaree Nikhinson
Iran’s judiciary warns against ‘infiltrators’, announces new executions
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s judiciary has announced several executions this week linked to unrest over recent months, as part of a campaign against those accused of trying to “create divisions” during the war with the United States.
· Maziar Motamedi
Israel, Lebanon delegations to meet in Rome on August 4 for new negotiations round, official says
Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold their next round of US-brokered talks on August 4 in Italy, a Lebanese official told Reuters on Wednesday, as the two countries begin implementing a plan for Israeli withdrawals and Lebanese army deployments in southern Lebanon.
· REUTERS
ZOG conspiracy posts spiked over threefold online during 2026 Iran war, study finds
The “Zionist Occupied Government” (ZOG) conspiracy theory increased more than threefold during the 2026 Iran war, Fighting Online Antisemitism (FOA) has revealed.
· MATHILDA HELLER
'Everything was in ruins': Iran's FM Araghchi describes surviving Israel's opening strikes
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has offered one of the most revealing public accounts yet of the opening hours of the Israel-Iran war, describing how he narrowly escaped an Israeli strike on a compound where senior Iranian officials had gathered and suggesting Israel's intelligence capabilities inside Iran e…
· AMICHAI STEIN
Iran declares US radars suffered a ‘dark night’ of missile strikes
Iran’s latest round of missile and drone strikes disabled multiple US radar, communications, and air-defense systems in Kuwait, according to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC which claimed American bases across the region had suffered a “dark night.”
· RT
Iran declares US radars suffered a ‘dark night’ of missile strikes
Iran’s latest round of missile and drone strikes disabled multiple US radar, communications, and air-defense systems in Kuwait, according to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC which claimed American bases across the region had suffered a “dark night.”
· RT
Zelenskyy overhauls Ukraine military top brass
KYIV — Ukraine pushed on with its fight against Russia’s invasion under new military leadership Wednesday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bowed to public pressure and fired his commander-in-chief.
· Associated Press
Top Israeli Minister: 'Best For Us' If US Fights Iran While Israel Sits Out New Round of War
As four more American families grieve the deaths of soldiers killed in the war on Iran, one of the top-ranking ministers in Israel's cabinet told an Israeli audience that having America do all the fighting and dying is "the best for us." Israel had intensely lobbied President Trump to launch a joint war on Iran on F…
· Tyler Durden
WW II bomb found in Camalig town
LEGAZPI CITY — A World War II bomb capable of wiping out a big area or community was uncovered near the Japanese tunnel in the heritage town of Camalig in Albay on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
· Rhaydz Barcia
Trump: US ‘not finished’ as Iran steps up attacks
TEHRAN — US President Donald Trump warned that the United States was "not finished" attacking Iran as strikes continued Tuesday, as Tehran broadened its offensive against Gulf states after its Houthi allies threatened to blockade Saudi ports.
· Agence France-Presse
Peso returns to record low, PSEi drops on war worries
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Napa Valley goes to war with fast food — and locals are furious
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· Nina Joudeh
Trump threatens Iranian power plants and bridges if ships attacked in Hormuz
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Trump threatens to bomb Iranian bridges, power plants over ship attacks
President Donald Trump has warned that the United States military will target Iran’s civilian infrastructure each time Tehran’s forces fire at a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Who is Mykhailo Drapatyi, Ukraine's new commander-in-chief?
Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, is seen as a "humane and strong" military leader
· Bbcnews
Ukraine hits more warehouses of top Russian retailer Wildberries
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IDF considering purchase of anti-submarine aircraft amid growing Turkish threat
Israel’s defense establishment is considering purchasing a maritime patrol and multirole aircraft designed primarily to detect submarines, according to an IDF source.
· AMIR BOHBOT
Trump threatens to strike Tehran in event of Hormuz attacks | The National
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to strike Iranian infrastructure every time Tehran targets commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, in a sharp escalation of US rhetoric,
· Jihan Abdalla