August 17th, 2026

• ​Trump says US will reduce military exercises with South Korea, citing lack of help with Iran
• President Trump Orders Secretary Hegseth to Slash "Costly" Joint Military Operations with South Korea - Cites His "Very Good Friendship" with Kim Jong Un After Seoul Refuses to Help America
• Trump orders cuts to South Korea joint drills despite warnings of North's growing battlefield experience - President says move is based on 'very good relationship with Kim Jong-un' but US military officials have said Ukraine war is boosting regime's combat capabilities
• North Korea Threatens to Exercise Self-defense as it Slams US-South Korea Military Drills
• NKorea Fires Missile Ahead of US-SKorea Drills
• Iran betting it can outlast Trump if Dems take Congress, Gingrich says: 'Trying to win in America politically' like North Vietnam
• Report: US had secret backchannel with IRGC, learned it supports Iran's negotiators - Axios says then-intel chief Tulsi Gabbard contacted top Iraqi Kurdish official in May to ascertain Revolutionary Guard's position on talks; Iran sets $30,000 bounty for US soldiers
• Iran Offers $30,000 Bounty for Killing or Capturing American Troops - Double If Carried Out By a Woman
• Iran executes man who allegedly rammed cops 'in support of the Zionist regime'
• Iran pushes bill to criminalize journalists' communication with 'hostile media'
• Bab el-Mandeb Strait faces growing threat as Houthi attacks raise fears of a second Hormuz - The critical Red Sea choke point is emerging as a second pressure point in the US-Iran conflict
• Hamas, Hezbollah coordinating attacks with Iran as IDF warns of rebuilt 'axis of evil'
• Kushner meets Hamas chief in Egypt in push for Gaza disarmament; IDF continues strikes
• Eight Arab, Islamic nations accuse Israel of derailing Trump's Gaza peace plan
• Ben Gvir: We should kill '30 to 40′ of Israel's enemies in Gaza every night, 'they're not worthy of life'
• Netanyahu Walks 'Political Tightrope' on Trump's Gaza Disarmament Deal
• Report: Hamas tells WH it will demilitarize Gaza
• 'Spearhead of annexation': Israel hands West Bank rule to civilian police - The transfer of law enforcement exposes plans to erase the Green Line, enforce apartheid and empower armed settler groups
• Pope calls to end violence against West Bank Palestinians as settler attacks surge
• Besieged Palestinians in Qusra homes say IDF now blocking them in, fear settlers will return
• Jewish prayer books reportedly allowed onto Temple Mount for first time
• Many Israelis are choosing to leave - can Israel's next government reverse the growing brain drain?
• High-End Russian Escort Plants Trash Bin Bomb That Kills Ukrainian Submarine Commander Defector on Orders of Kiev
• Russia Sends Four Missile Warships Near Japan After Putin's Provocative Kuril Islands Visit
• Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
• Moscow 'under siege' as Ukraine onslaught starts inferno at 'Russia's Amazon' - Ukrainian has launched a 600-drone attack on Moscow in what the region's governor Andrei Vorobyov has called 'one of the most massive drone attacks in recent times'
• Vlad's Cash Crash: The suicide drone onslaught shattering Putin's 'Amazon' empire as Ukraine plots next death blow to paralyse war machine
• NATO fighter jet opens fire as warplanes scramble to intercept 'Russian' drone
• House Majority Leader Steve Scalise Says the Democrat Party Has Been Taken Over by a 'Bolshevik Revolution'
• Elon Musk vows to expose government censorship demands on X
• Publisher of Axios Boasts That He Uses AI to "Read" Everything For Him Now, Instead of Using His Brain - "AI has become my reading buddy."
• Japan aims for the moons of Mars
• Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 53, aftershocks hamper rescue efforts
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Ende, Indonesia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Ende, Indonesia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Puerto Madero, Mexico
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ende, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Madang, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Levuka, Fiji
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 30,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Mt Etna volcano in Italy erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• 1 dead, homes swept away as Hurricane Lala brings heavy rain to Hawaii's Big Island - Forecasters warn of life-threatening flooding, mudslides and damaging winds, with up to 25 inches of rain possible at higher elevations
• Hurricane Lala cuts power to thousands in Hawaii — rural outages could last months
• Flooding sweeps eastern Indiana, breaking 113-year-old record
• At least six dead as severe storms and historic flooding hit Indiana
• Europe's Great Rivers Are Dying. The Continent Is In for a Shock.
• New satellite images show Europe's disappearing rivers due to drought - Half of Europe's land is experiencing drought, impacting river levels across the continent
• Belgium's biggest wildfire on record heads towards Germany
• Two dead, hundreds evacuated from fires on island near Athens
• Democrats Swamp State Legislatures with 250 Pro-Migrant Bills to Obstruct Trump's Deportation Mandate
• NYC: Socialist Lawmaker Claims Stealing for 'Biological Need' Should Not Be Illegal
• Caitlyn Jenner Torches WNBA's "Hypocrisy" Over Trans Controversy - Backs Ex-NBA Stars Declaring for Women's Draft: "XX Are In, XY Are Out"
• Exhausted health workers in Congo struggle to keep up as Ebola outpaces contact tracing
• Fauci was privately informed about questions over COVID-19 vaccines and miscarriages, new texts show
• Flashback: Pfizer CEO Said People Who 'Spread Misinformation' About Covid Vaccines Are "Criminals" - As Fauci Secretly Knew Jabs Cause Miscarriages
• Johnson, Paul release new email showing top FDA official's concerns about COVID vax adverse effects
• A Genuine Scandal: Former ABC News Journalist Terry Moran Claims 2021 Story About COVID Being a Lab Leak Was Spiked by Anthony Fauci