August 13th, 2026

• ​Islamic NATO? Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan Sign Collective Defense Pact as Security Order Shifts
• Erdogan hopes for expansion of defense pact with Saudis, Pakistan, amid bid to woo Egypt - Turkish president says he'd eventually like 'all countries of the region to gather under its umbrella' but probably wasn't thinking of Israel
• Mecca defense pact isn't meant to challenge Israel, at least not on the battlefield - Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey aren't going to go to war for each other. But they do want to show the US and Iran that they are ready to lead in a region they see as destabilized by Jerusalem
• CIA cast doubt on Israeli intel about Iranian threat that led Trump to swap planes - report
• Iran Knew Trump's Location Before Air Force One Ruse
• USS Lincoln Families Warn Navy of Mental Health Toll
• Desperate US sailors trying to jump overboard on extended Middle East deployment, families say - Concerns have been raised about conditions on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, with claims of food shortages and sailors' mental health struggles
• Top IRGC Adviser Says Iran Could Prolong War to Outlast Trump - U.S. Vows to Keep 'Wall of Steel' Blockade
• The US wants to end a war Israel cannot afford to - Ceasefires and negotiations do not necessarily mean the threats to Israel have disappeared, and contrary to what Washington tends to believe, Hamas and Hezbollah are still here. As the US seeks to close the chapter on the war, Israel must now prepare for a new Middle East.
• Trump touts 'total control' over Hormuz after US helicopter fires at vessel attempting to break naval blockade - Iran warns its military is shifting to the offense, strikes Kurdish groups in Iraq
• 'I think we'll keep it': Trump says US controls Hormuz, IDF believes blockade is 'highly effective' - Officials told the Post that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir told ministers: "The blockade of Iran is highly effective. The economic crisis there is getting worse."
• Panama canal fees soar due to Iran war and El Nino as ship 'pays $4m to jump queue' - Falling water levels linked to weather system are expected to limit number of slots to transit shipping lane
• Lebanese president confirms talks with Israel, vows complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon
• US slams Katz after he boasted that Israel is 'here to stay' in southern Lebanon
• Britain, Italy among countries eyed to send troops to Lebanon to verify Hezbollah disarmament - The countries could help define the mechanism's scope, provide personnel to oversee its implementation, or contribute troops to observe or take part in inspections verifying disarmament, sources said
• Board of Peace's Gaza envoy denies financial deal with Hamas: 'Not on the table'
• Board of Peace blurs Yellow Line as it wages uphill battle to advance Gaza plan
• IDF says Hamas operative killed in first Gaza airstrike in over a week
• 5 Palestinian students and faculty sue Columbia University, claiming discrimination - Lawsuit alleging a hostile environment amid anti-Israel protest movement is latest fallout from demonstrations that rocked campus after October 7 Hamas attack and start of Gaza war
• In Qusra and beyond, settlers are chasing Palestinians out and taking over their homes - While previous displacements targeted relatively mobile Bedouin communities, extremists have begun forcing occupants out of permanent structures on village outskirts, and then moving in themselves
• IDF fails to remove settler extremists besieging Palestinian home in West Bank
• US said fuming at Israel for allowing 'anarchy,' rampant settler violence in West Bank
• Jerusalem, Washington hit back on UN claims of rampant 'settler violence' - "Calling it 'settler violence' is a provocation" which "denies our connection to the land of Israel" and "distracts from constant terrorist attacks against Israelis," said Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon
• 'Make the earth shake': Haredi protesters don yellow stars, block roads after draft evader's arrest
• Eisenkot vows 'no compromise' on IDF draft law, including for Haredim, if elected PM - Yashar leader says a minority government would be 'bad' but may be required as 'last resort,' as poll shows anti-Netanyahu bloc on verge of majority if Zionist Home joins it
• Officials say US forces on track to complete Iraq pullout by September 30 - Washington, Baghdad agreed in 2024 to wind down US-led operations against the Islamic State; Iraq also calls on Iran-backed militias to disarm, though they're unlikely to do so
• Analysis: Why America's socialist movement has Israel in its crosshairs
• New York Magazine blasted for 'antisemitic,' 'dangerous' cover story that smeared Jewish people while supposedly celebrating Arab culture
• Campus antisemitism extends beyond student protests and into classrooms, ADL warns - ADL warns faculty conduct occurs in the 'relative opacity of academic spaces,' making it harder to observe
• Putin Warns of Pacific Threat as Submarines Protected by Anti-Drone Nets
• Ukraine pounds Black Sea Fleet's 'last major stronghold' while Putin flexes naval power in Pacific - Zelenskyy claimed responsibility for the Novorossiysk attack using Palianytsia drones and Neptune missiles
• Ukraine attacks Russian grain export terminals in Black Sea, prompting warning about food markets
• 'Kimmel Live' Host Anthony Anderson Jokes About Trump Dying and Burning in Hell
• Operation 'Round River' Exposed: FBI Had 14 Informants on Biden Crime Family Corruption But Ran Secret Counter Op to Bury Evidence
• Dem Rep. Pocan: Republicans Calling Us Democratic Socialists Don't Understand Definitions
• Dire Democrats: Socialist surge forces moderates to reclaim party to compete against Trump's GOP - The loss for Hong shows there may be limits to the Democratic Socialists' movement's reach beyond urban centers and can alienate moderate Democrats and swing voters
• Minnesota Republican Senate Hopeful and Former NFL Reporter Michele TaFoya Makes Pitch to Democrats to Fight 'Socialist Lurch' of Their Party
• Jen Psaki Makes a Horrible Admission About the Democrat Party's Nominating Process on the Air
• MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is refusing to concede in Minnesota's Republican gubernatorial primary, alleging irregularities in the vote totals
• Another Democrat Ballot Scandal: Former NJ Mayor Gina LaPlaca and Husband Hit With New Criminal Charges for Forging Signatures to Fraudulently Get on Democratic Primary Ballot
• A 199-Year-Old Supreme Court Ruling Could Hand the President Unlimited Power this Summer
• Babylon Bee sues New Mexico over 'unconstitutional' AI satire law - "Put simply, HB 182 spoils the joke as it begins, each and every time."
• Meta Faces Criminal Complaint in Germany for Its AI-Glasses, Accused of Violating Privacy Laws
• A World of Spooks: Germany Approves New Sweeping Powers for Intelligence Services, Leading to Fears of Mass Surveillance
• Major City Routing 911 Calls to AI to Decide Who Gets a Human and Who Doesn't
• NYT: If You Weren't Worried About A.I., You Should Be After the Past Few Weeks
• Excitement sweeps Europe as millions view total solar eclipse - Eclipse passes through parts of Greenland and Iceland before moving toward Spain, which gets some of the best views of the phenomenon, before it fades over the Mediterranean
• Millions crowd Spanish cities to see country's first total solar eclipse in over a century
• Colombia's New Government Strained by Quake Response
• Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits South Sandwich Islands region
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 17,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Mt Etna volcano in Italy erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Kilauea volcano on Hawaii erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 11,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft
• Tropical Storm Cristobal forms in Atlantic, another storm may follow soon
• Brewing tropical storm to strike Hawaii with flooding rain, high winds and dangerous surf this weekend
• Derecho unleashes winds of 90+ mph, spawns tornadoes in Midwest - A possible tornado flipped a car near Columbus as severe storms unleashed 90 mph damaging winds, flash flooding and widespread power outages across the Midwest
• At least six tornadoes confirmed after derecho sweeps through Iowa, Illinois and Indiana
• Midwest faces fourth consecutive day of flooding after 'catastrophic' Indiana deluge
• 'Complete insanity': Heavy flooding cripples Indiana town
• State of Emergency declared in Perry and Muskingum counties after flooding leaves one dead, Ohio
• Thousands flee yearslong drought in Somalia as hunger deepens and aid shrinks
• Deadly military helicopter crash in Texas kills 2, sparks wildfire and forces evacuations: officials
• Dallas-Fort Worth airport to install Islamic foot wash stations inside bathrooms
• Man kills wife and 7-year-old daughter before taking own life at Minnesota home daycare; fourth victim found
• Illegal Alien With Lengthy Rap Sheet Brutally Murders California Man One Day After This Woke Judge Releases Him
• Swedish PM Warns Spain's Mass Illegal Migrant Amnesty Risks Reopening Europe's 2015 Migrant Crisis
• ICE to spend up to $20m on gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
• ICE refuses to disclose records on Ilhan Omar fraud probe, cites ongoing 'enforcement proceedings'
• Former SPLC CFO Arrested on Fraud Charges for Secretly Funneling Payments to White Supremacist Groups
• Trump AG Todd Blanche Busts Massive Chinese Sham Marriage Ring - 11 "Naturalized" Citizens Arrested for Orchestrating Over 1,000 Fake Marriages for Green Cards
• Florida surrogate fights to keep custody of triplets after Chinese 'dad' believed to be human trafficker can't get US visa to retrieve them
• Baby Gabriel Has Been Born, Texas AG Ken Paxton Protecting Him After California Biological Parents Tried Forcing Surrogate Mother to Abort
• Clueless WNBA attacks 'bad-faith' fans who don't want biological men ruining women's sports - The league's CBA says only women can play, but its 400-plus-page agreement never defines the term
• Trans issues take center stage as Tafoya, Flanagan clash in explosive Minnesota senate race - "When our children tell us who they are, it is our job as grownups to listen and to believe them," Flanagan said of trans-identified kids
• Senator Ron Johnson Reveals Fauci Deleted His Contact List from His iPhone Likely to Cover Up Text Messages
• Fox News' John Roberts Admits He Developed Pericarditis After His Third COVID Shot - and It Got Worse After the Fourth