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Newest first · UTC+11:00Trump extends limited waiver of shipping law to keep oil flowing in U.S. amid Iran war
The Trump administration on Monday narrowed its waiver of the Jones Act while extending it for another 90 days, leaving in place fewer U.S. shipping restrictions in an effort to keep fuel flowing amid the Iran war.
· Kevin Breuninger
Why Egypt held back from joining Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan's defence pact
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travelled to Mecca on Friday to sign a security pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Turkish officials chose to keep the trip secret.
· Middleeasteye
Hegseth Renames Base for Lindsey Graham
The Defense Department has renamed a military base in Charleston, S.C., for Senator Lindsey Graham, the Republican from South Carolina who died on July 11.
· John Ismay
U.S. military bases in Pacific 'highly vulnerable' to N. Korean, Chinese missiles, drones: expert
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- U.S. military bases in South Korea, Japan and other countries in the Pacific are "highly vulnerable" to North Korean and Chinese missile and drone attacks, a U.S. expert has said, calling for efforts to strengthen air and missile defenses.
· Song Sang-ho
Iran hierarchy consolidation as IRGC veteran tapped for key security role
War on Iran: Phase II: Day 30
Ukraine's Jewish families seek moments of normalcy amid missiles, economic hardship
Jewish families across Ukraine are struggling through a summer marked by intensified missile and drone attacks, economic hardship and limited opportunities to escape the country for a vacation, community leaders said.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iran supreme leader names IRGC General Abdollahi military chief
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei named Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Ali Abdollahi head of the country's armed forces on Monday, while also confirming a new commander of the Guard, putting his imprimatur on the country's military.
· Middleeasteye
Russian court bars only anti-war party from standing in parliamentary elections
Yabloko chairmain Nikolai Rybakov was at the hearing in Moscow
· Bbcnews
The Guardian view on the failed Gaza peace plan: Trump’s hollow claims are ignored in Jerusalem | Editorial
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has no interest in agreeing to a deal. For relief to come to Gaza, real US pressure must be exerted
· Editorial
Russian court bars from parliament vote the only party opposing the conflict in Ukraine
Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov stands after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia’s Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russia bars anti-war party from parliamentary election
The move by the Supreme Court sidelines the liberal Yabloko party, the only officially registered party that opposes the war in Ukraine
· Reuters
Russia bars anti-war party from parliamentary election
The move by the Supreme Court sidelines the liberal Yabloko party, the only officially registered party that opposes the war in Ukraine
· Reuters
South Carolina military base renamed in honor of late Sen. Lindsey Graham: ‘The American people’s workhorse’
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· Ryan King
US military pressure forcing Hormuz closure – Iran
The Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened through diplomacy while Washington continues to use military pressure against Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
· RT
US military pressure forcing Hormuz closure – Iran
Tehran says reopening the Strait of Hormuz requires an end to the US blockade of Iranian ports as negotiations remain stalled
· RT
German reporter’s ‘kill more Russians’ question is ‘glorification of war’ – ex-lawmaker (VIDEO)
A German journalist’s question to Vladimir Zelensky about how Europe could help Kiev “kill more Russians” amounted to a “glorification of war” and was “against humanity,” former Hamburg MP Martin Dolzer has told RT.
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A German journalist’s question to Vladimir Zelensky about how Europe could help Kiev “kill more Russians” amounted to a “glorification of war” and was “against humanity,” former Hamburg MP Martin Dolzer has told RT.
· RT
US SPR Falls Below 300 Million Operational Limit As Oil Drain Unexpectedly Surges To 6.1MM Barrels, Most In 2 Months
As negotiations between the US and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz go nowhere, oil prices continue to slide lower on some naive hope that a resolution to the conflict will magically emerge. Meanwhile, both commercial and strategic stocks continue to be drained at a historic pace, and one day virtually every tank…
· Tyler Durden
Iran's supreme leader appoints six senior military commanders | The National
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed six senior commanders to key positions in the country's armed forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij, according to decrees published by his office on Monday.
· Amr Mostafa
Trump ‘flailing around’ over unwinnable Iran war – John Mearsheimer (VIDEO)
US President Donald Trump knows he can neither sustain nor win a protracted war against Iran, political scientist and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer has said.
· RT
Trump ‘flailing around’ over unwinnable Iran war – John Mearsheimer (VIDEO)
US President Donald Trump knows he can neither sustain nor win a protracted war against Iran, political scientist and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer has said.
· RT
Civil war breaks out in rich, white California town as activists from crime-plagued neighboring city demand it’s ‘canceled’
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· Nina Joudeh
Iraq shuts down 71 fake PMF offices as weapons registration drive expands | The National
Authorities in Iraq have closed 71 fake offices claiming affiliation with the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) as part of a nationwide campaign to bring weapons under state control, an Interior Ministry official said on Monday.
· Amr Mostafa
Khamenei names new Iran military, IRGC chiefs after commanders killed in Israeli-US strikes
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Monday issued decrees appointing six military and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials to leadership positions after the preceding holders were killed in Israeli-US strikes during operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury.
· JAMES GENN
South Korea, US to start military drills next week
SEOUL — South Korean and US troops will begin their annual exercises next week to beef up readiness against North Korean threats, the allies announced Monday, days after North Korea resumed ballistic missile testing activities that are banned by the UN.
· Associated Press
China’s Long March 7A rocket explodes after launch, satellite lost
Rare failure ends a run of successful missions for the new-generation rocket, which was carrying the ChinaSat-4B communications satellite
· Ling Xin
China’s Long March 7A rocket explodes after launch, satellite lost
Rare failure ends a run of successful missions for the new-generation rocket, which was carrying the ChinaSat-4B communications satellite
· Ling Xin
NATO member hit by ammo depot fire
Multiple explosions have been heard at a Bulgarian munitions storage facility after a delivery truck serving a military plant caught fire, local media have reported.
· RT
Iran says it is not concerned by new 'Mecca Joint Defence Agreement'
Iran has played down the mutual security agreement signed between the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey in the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Friday.
· Middleeasteye
Sudan’s army chief holds unannounced talks on national dialogue
Khartoum, Sudan – Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has held unannounced consultations with political and civil society groups and figures, resulting in agreement on steps to create the conditions for a Sudanese dialogue conference, political sources aware of the discussions have told Al Jazeera.
‘They need each other’: What’s behind the new Syria-Russia accord?
Syria and Russia have spent the past 18 months negotiating the fate of Moscow’s military presence in Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024.
· Usaid Siddiqui
Why Egypt held back from joining Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan's defence pact
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travelled to Mecca on Friday to sign a security pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Turkish officials chose to keep the trip secret.
· Middleeasteye
Made in India: Inside the India-Israel weapons alliance Amnesty wants dismantled
For decades, the basic equation in Israeli-Indian defense relations was straightforward. Israel had the military technology, expertise, and weapons that India wanted, and India had one of the world's largest defense markets.
· ALEX WINSTON
German media becoming dangerously radicalized – war correspondent
German news coverage of Russia is becoming increasingly radical as the media grooms the public for war, correspondent Thomas Roeper told RT.
· RT
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German news coverage of Russia is becoming increasingly radical as the media grooms the public for war, correspondent Thomas Roeper told RT.
· RT
Ukraine drone strike on oil refinery deep inside Russia kills at least 13
Attack hundreds of miles from border one of deadliest launched by Kyiv as it steps up campaign to weaken Moscow’s economy
· Lukeharding
Dubai ruler confronted in London over UAE involvement in Sudan war
The ruler of Dubai and prime minister of the UAE has been confronted on the streets of central London over his country's involvement in the Sudan war.
· Middleeasteye
Europe is running out of Patriot missiles as Ukraine braces for Russia’s winter attacks
BERLIN — Europe is scrambling for more Patriot interceptors to donate to an increasingly desperate Ukraine, which is racing to reinforce its ballistic missile defenses before Russia’s expected winter assault.
· Chris Lunday, Veronika Melkozerova
The Mecca Agreement represents a welcome show of force by Arab governments
It will be three years in October since Israel started its genocide in Gaza, a war crime it has repeated in the Occupied West Bank, South Lebanon, and Iran.
· Middleeasteye
Why the Mecca Agreement is a necessary show of force
It will be three years in October since Israel started its genocide in Gaza, a war crime it has repeated in the Occupied West Bank, South Lebanon, and Iran.
· Middleeasteye
Moldovan president condemns Russia over killer drone crash
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has blamed Russia’s war in Ukraine for a recent drone crash in the southeast of her country.
· Daria Zakharova
Houthis seek Hezbollah-like role with plan to escalate Yemen conflict in support of Iran | The National
Houthi militants are planning to escalate the conflict in Yemen and regionalise it in support of their main patron, Iran, and their long-term strategic goals, sources told The National on Monday.
· Nada AlTaher
Hezbollah’s civil branches still operating in Lebanese Army pilot zone, researchers say
Hezbollah’s civilian arm has continued to operate in Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, a pilot zone under the protection of the Lebanese Armed Forces, according to the Alma Research and Education Center.
· DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Why Netanyahu’s ‘coup’ against Gaza plan risks endless war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a United States-led roadmap for Gaza has raised urgent questions about the fragile peace process and the prolonging of suffering for more than two million Palestinians in the territory.
· Mohammad Mansour
Uganda approves deployment of army to Gaza as part of international peacekeeping force
The Ugandan Parliament has approved the deployment of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) to Gaza as part of US President Donald Trump’s proposed international stabilization force.
· MATHILDA HELLER
Ukrainian Drones Launched 750-Miles Deep Into Central Russia Kill 13
Ukraine's military has conducted a rare, mass casualty attack deep into central Russia. Long-range drones reached Tatarstan, which lies some 1,200km (or about 750 miles) east of the Ukrainian border.
· Tyler Durden
BoP proposed deal would leave Israel vulnerable to Hamas re-armament, expert says
The Board of Peace’s proposed agreement to disarm Hamas would leave Israel restricted in its ability to deal with immediate and emerging threats, while allowing Hamas to remain armed with “personal weapons,” according to an assessment by Dr. Igal Shiri published by the Meir Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Research I…
· DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
IDF halts strikes in Gaza after weeks of accelerated fatalities, as BoP seeks Hamas disarmament
The IDF increased the pace of its strikes over the past two weeks, with the number of fatalities rising accordingly, before restricting them under a new policy, following a series of targeted killings across the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire took effect, which, according to IDF statistics, resulted in the deaths of…
· AMIR BOHBOT
Powerful anti-drone laser spotted on PLA amphibious ship in South China Sea
Analysts say deploying the LY-1-equipped vessel during Scarborough Shoal drill was meant to send a message to Manila and Washington
· Albee Zhang