August 19th, 2026

• UN inspectors visit undeclared Syrian nuclear sites for first time
• IAEA finds 'tons' of nuclear material in Syria; Damascus: We'll keep it for 'peaceful' energy use
• International Atomic Energy Agency Digs Tons of Nuclear Material Buried in Clandestine Site in Syria! al-Sharaa Regime Reverses Plan and Refuses To Hand Over the Findings
• Nuclear material 'that could be put to bad use' found in Syria - Officials visit previously undisclosed site after Damascus voluntarily revealed its existence in letter last month
• Syria says Israel struck military airport; US envoy pans Israel's 'unnecessary escalation' - Damascus condemns 'unjustified act of aggression,' reports material damage but no casualties at base near Turkish border; US's Barrack says Israel's actions undermining regional stability
• Israel confirms striking Syrian air base, saying Turkey was planning to deploy forces
• Israel defends strike on Syria as U.S. frustration with Bibi grows
• US Ambassador Barrack condemns Israeli strikes on Syrian military airport amid Turkish presence - Barrack accuses Israel of 'unnecessary escalation that does not advance regional stability'
• Israel silent as US sharply rebukes strike on Syria - American envoy Tom Barrack warned that strikes on the Abu al-Duhur airfield threaten regional stability as Washington presses for diplomatic restraint
• UAE says Iran fired two missiles at it, both fell in the sea
• US reportedly weighing major troop pullback from Gulf following damage in Iran war - Washington Post says war prompts 'once-in-a-generation chance' to review American presence in region, as Pentagon, CENTCOM said to be considering not rebuilding some damaged bases
• Trump says 'no talks' with Iran, posts map showing Hormuz as 'new US territory' - President seems to contradict Kushner who touted 'robust' talks with Iran a day earlier; Trump claims Strait of Hormuz open and de-mined, despite limited traffic amid fears of Iranian strikes
• Vessel struck in Hormuz; Iran vows to keep waterway shut until US complies with June deal
• Iran weighs strikes on US military assets in Europe if Washington escalates conflict - report
• Iraq probing drone strike on Kurdistan PM's office, as Iran warns of 'false-flag ploys' - Tehran, which kept bombing Iraqi Kurdish opposition groups during ceasefire, hints 'reckless attack' on office of autonomous region's leader Masrour Barzani is bid 'to sow discord'
• After 44 years, Israel's final missing soldier from First Lebanon War battle comes home
• Remains of Yehuda Katz, IDF soldier who went missing in 1982 battle, returned to Israel - Bones belonging to Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz are located in special operation led by military intelligence, Mossad; army doesn't say where remains were located
• Amid Israeli pushback, source reveals Board of Peace weighing new disarmament framework - Official involved in talks tells ToI that US-controlled panel may abandon phased approach to Hamas weapons handover - already approved by Hamas but rejected by PM - in favor of wholesale plan
• Palestinian official worries US 'replicating' PM's strategy of boosting Hamas at PA's expense
• Hamas says it's 'committed' to 15-point Gaza deal while Board of Peace weighs new plan
• Footage reveals first members of International Stabilization Force arrive in Gaza - "International forces and the Peace Council have begun preliminary visits to the Gaza Strip in preparation for the planned reconstruction, while Hamas continues to strengthen and arm itself"
• Israel kills six in Gaza on day after Kushner meeting with Netanyahu, medics say
• 'Gaza genocide lie': Global alliance launches initiative to counter 'modern blood libel' against Jewish state - Initiative fights 'orchestrated genocide lie promoted by anti-Zionists and antisemitic networks around the world'
• 47 Persian Jews from NY make aliyah together, citing impact of Oct 7 in disaspora
• PM, Kushner clashed over continued Israeli strikes on Oct. 7 terrorists - officials
• Bombshell: Abdul El-Sayed's Mother Worked for Terror-Linked Group That Funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas
• Settlers reported to torch West Bank fields and attack Palestinians overnight
• Huckabee defends calling violent settlers 'terrorists': They're 'pouring gas on a fire' - US ambassador to Israel insists Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner didn't clash at meeting over Gaza proposal, says Israel 'never backed away' from Trump's overall plan for Strip
• Huckabee urges Israel to act on settler 'terrorism,' warns Iran over nuclear program - Huckabee further discussed the issues of Israel's elections and the war in Gaza, emphasizing his support for Israel's right to defend itself
• Saudi textbooks show 'significant' progress on antisemitism, tolerance & religious minorities
• FBI data: Jews targeted in 63% of all religious hate crimes in US last year - Antisemitism accounts for 14% of all bias incidents in 2025; anti-Jewish crimes decrease by 21% compared to 2024
• Haredi turnout high in Likud primary, amid fears they won't vote for party in general election - Some Likud activists decry 'foreign body' influencing Netanyahu's slate, but many candidates are glad to get votes wherever they can
• US sanctions ICC president, senior trial lawyer on team seeking Netanyahu's arrest - Rubio slams 'fatally politicized supranational court,' which says the move 'undermines the rule of law'; PM thanks US 'for making clear the corrupt officials who lead the ICC will face consequences'
• The 'Three Musketeers' reshaping the Middle East - 'All for one, one for all' pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan seeks to modify security architecture amid global tension
• Syria sentences to death detained cousin of ousted president Assad - Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of overthrown long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, was convicted of multiple murders and murder accompanied by torture and brutality
• Russians pull billions from banks, fearing Kremlin will seize deposits for war
• 'Our task is to laugh at these enemies': the Ukrainian unit posting drone videos of Russian soldiers' last moments - Creators of chase compilations reject any moral qualms and say they show 'death is waiting' for those who join war
• The Moscow region is hit by almost 800 drones as Russian missiles kill 10 in a Ukrainian village
• Russia Expands Strikes on Ukraine's Critical Infrastructure
• Explainer: The Kuril Islands: how a visit from Putin reignited a 150-year-old dispute between Japan and Russia
• Russia summons Japanese envoy following Putin's visit to disputed islands
• Japan to test hypersonic missiles in Australia
• South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills
• China is watching: the American weakness exposed by the war - The USS Abraham Lincoln set a modern-era record at sea - now its absence from the Pacific hands Beijing a propaganda gift
• Chinese Communist Party-backed exchange program is infiltrating American schools, report warns
• Chinese State Shipping Companies Back Away from Chokepoints Threatened by Iran
• Can China's new Arctic sea route to Europe replace Middle East chokepoints? Beijing's new 'Ice Silk Road' cuts through a melting Arctic, and could prompt new tensions with the US, analysts say
• China Touts Success of Arctic 'Ice Silk Road' to Bypass Strait of Hormuz
• Global bond markets put governments on notice over fiscal, inflation risks
• Global bond markets 'on fire' as borrowing costs soar - Interest on government yields soars to pre-financial crisis levels amid concerns of 'unsustainable' debt
• Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race
• Intel Politics: NSA sat on election threat reporting over Trump 'deep state' label, memo shows
• Trump DOJ to Deploy Record 1,000 Federal Monitors to Polling Places Nationwide for Midterms
• If Only We Had the SAVE Act: Scott Presler Unearths Video of Minnesota Elections Official Telling Workers "Do NOT Ask for an ID"
• Cam Higby's TikTok Account Permanently Banned After He Posted Clips Exposing Minnesota's Insane 'Voter Vouching' System
• Terror-Linked CAIR Urges Officials to Arrest James O'Keefe and Cam Higby For "Using Fake Muslim Identities, Accents and Religious Stereotypes" in Undercover Voter Sting
• Pro-business leader wins re-election in Zambia vote marred by fraud allegations
• Trudeau gov compiled blacklist of Freedom Convoy supporters, shared it with thousands of banking regulators, companies
• Animal passports to become mandatory in Uzbekistan - A new procedure for the identification, registration, and tracking of animals
• Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram as landmark trial begins
• Trump: Weighing 'Pros and Cons' of Flock Cameras
• Humanoid robots could patrol southern border, CEO pitches, as futuristic technology moves closer to reality
• How US military funding propelled China's robot dogs
• 'Worrisome': AI is driving a looming market correction, European central bank economists warn
• Depletion of Strategic Petroleum Reserves to lowest level since 1982 risks damage to storage caverns
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Yanglong, China
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Puerto Madero, Mexico
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Teluk Dalam, Indonesia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Jurm, Afghanistan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ende, Indonesia
• Granada earthquake - Building collapses as 4.8-magnitude tremor rocks Spain
• Three slightly injured in Spain as series of earthquakes hits Granada
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 27,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 23,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Indiana: 100 People, 46 Pets, and 20 Horses Rescued from Devastating Floods
• Miami hits 100 degrees, tying all-time record high temperature held for 84 years
• Brewing Super El Nino expected to be strongest anyone alive on the planet has ever experienced - This potential "Super El Nino" could have major ripple effects on weather patterns around the world
• Belgian firefighters push to encircle 'largest wildfire in a century'
• Devastating Belgian wildfire moves toward Germany as blazes break out in Greece, France: 'Will take decades to recover'
• Abdul El-Sayed Compares Himself to Jesus: He Was 'Radical in His Time Too'
• Aussie Council Mutes Mosque's Plan to Broadcast Islamic Call to Prayer
• Going Viral: Nasty Catfight Breaks Out Between Hijab-Wearing Somali Women at Target
• 'Ready to die?': Man in 'Chucky' mask terrorizes Center City Philadelphia
• Harrowing moment crazed man in Chucky mask chases jogger & asks her 'are you ready to die' as creep terrorises town
• Fourth Circuit Blocks Trump Admin from Arresting Criminal Illegal Aliens Hiding in Churches - Claims Policy "Burdens" Religious Exercise by Scaring Off Illegal Aliens
• ICE Lodges Detainer Against Illegal Accused of Hit-and-Run That Left North Carolina Father Lying Dead in the Street
• TikTok and Meta to Increase Censorship of Supposed Disinfo over Ceuta Migrant Invasion
• U.S. quietly deporting Mexican migrants to Guatemala and Honduras, angering Mexico
• US appeals court blocks Trump immigration enforcement near some houses of worship
• Study: 4 In 10 Fifth-Graders Say They Need Mental Health Care
• Maine breastfeeding coalition celebrates 'trans lactation, chestfeeding, and Two-Spirit families'
• Transgender Defendant Convicted of Crimes Connected to Attempted Assassination of Treasury Secretary Bessent Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison
• WNBA Admits Security in Atlanta Was Wrong for Asking Mother and Daughter to Cover 'XX-XY Athletics' Shirt
• Two Men in Drag Attend WNBA Game Amid Trans Controversy, Declare for WNBA Draft
• North Texas: World Cup Human Trafficking Crackdown Results in 56 Arrests
• Minnesota 'outstanding refugee' honoree accused in fraud scheme tied to sex trafficking: 'Can't make this up'
• Sexual Misconduct Scandals Pile Up in Midterms - While members of both parties face probes, Republican seats are seen at more risk
• Woman apparently impregnated from wrong donor's sperm in latest Assuta foul-up - Single mother shocked when DNA test she performed abroad found newborn and his older brother don't have same biological father, lawyers say
• Fauci adviser David Morens pleads guilty to avoiding records requests, conspiracy to defraud government - The plea comes amid a wave of Republican scrutiny involving the federal response to Covid-19
• Shocking number of Gen Z shut-ins report zero face-to-face human interactions per day after COVID