August 20th, 2026

• ​Lapid: Israel's foreign relations 'disaster,' must be considered integral part of national security - Lapid said Israel's diplomatic relationships could bolster its access to advanced weapons, intelligence cooperation, technology, energy, scientific partnerships and global markets
• Syria Defends Its 'Legal Right' to Nuclear Energy as U.N. Atomic Chief Visits
• 'Armed to the teeth': Syria buildup, Ankara involvement necessitated Israeli strikes - experts say
• 'Don't': Netanyahu says he warned Turkey before Israel struck Syrian base
• Netanyahu says that IDF 'made sure' Syria 'understood' that Turkey unwelcome in region - IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir warned that Israel would act to prevent the emergence of a significant military threat from Turkey along Israel's borders
• Chief of Staff in Syria: 'We won't allow enemies to establish themselves on our borders'
• Ankara rejects Israeli 'allegations' on airbase, but Syrian officials confirm Turkish visit
• Houthis planning to seize vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yemen government warns - Such an assault would cement Iran-backed rebels' control over one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and give Tehran a foothold in a second vital waterway in the Middle East
• Iran War: A New Chapter in the U.S.-China Contest for Oil and Minerals in Iraq
• U.S. conducting stealth operation to transport oil through Hormuz
• UAE halts trade with Iran after accusing Tehran of firing ballistic missiles
• UAE imposes financial embargo on Iran after missiles target 'maritime traffic'
• Iran loses key economic lifeline in Middle East that Trump's sanctions couldn't reach as deadlock persists - The UAE's move severs one of Tehran's most important commercial links, cutting off Iran's imports valued at roughly $21B
• Trump unleashes 'economic D-Day' on Iran, warns nations against throwing Tehran a lifeline
• Trump announces 'Economic D-Day' against Iran: 'Most crushing economic operation ever taken'
• Trump shifts approach to waiting Iran out as Tehran intensifies threats on Gulf, Europe - CNN says US freezing talks, Trump thinks Iran will cave due to economic pressure; Tehran warns EU could be hit if war renews, NATO vows response; UAE cuts economic ties with regime
• Report: With no MoU extension in sight, Iran threatens attacks on US sites in Europe - Regime preparing to resume ballistic missile strikes on Israel, in event of renewed hostilities
• Iran threatens attacks on Europe if US 'goes too far' - Tehran exploring options to strike American installations in southeastern Europe and subsea cables in the event that President Donald Trump pursues military escalation
• Bennett: Israel should strike Iran to retaliate for Hezbollah attacks
• Hezbollah Attacked Israel - but the World Keeps Painting Israel as the Aggressor
• Israel continues Gaza strikes on terrorists involved in Oct 7 attacks, despite opposition from US envoy Kushner - Huckabee repudiates reports of 'confrontation' between Netanyahu and Kushner
• At least 10 said killed in Gaza airstrikes that Israel says targeted Hamas commanders
• US provides $206 million for Gaza force despite deadlocked peace plan
• France, Germany and UN condemn Israeli minister Ben-Gvir's 'inhumane' call to kill Gazans
• German lawmakers call for EU sanctions on Israel's Ben-Gvir over Gaza killing remarks
• Israeli military admits for first time to firing on car carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab as it opens criminal probe
• Ben Gvir announces ground broken on gallows where 'terrorists will be executed' - Far-minister says booths being built so families of terror victims can watch executions, days after promising ex-hostage that he'll work to let him to personally hang his captor
• ISIS-inspired terror suspect admits plan 'blow up' revelers at nightclub in southern Israel
• Israel faces growing mental health crisis as PTSD rates surge
• Government opens bidding to build 1,200 homes in controversial E1 settlement project - Construction in area east of Jerusalem would split up West Bank and deal blow to hopes for a contiguous Palestinian state; Peace Now: Tender seeks to tie next government's hands
• Israeli Jewish Births Surge in 2026, Defying Fertility Slump Across Wealthy World
• Anti-Israel Democrat wins upset in Florida Senate primary, in latest victory for DSA
• Bronx man hit with federal hate crime charges over antisemitic synagogue attack during Shabbat service
• US sanctions ICC president, senior trial lawyer on team seeking Netanyahu's arrest
• Colombia: Leftist Ex-President Petro's Admin Faces 80 Corruption Complaints
• Operation 'Forrest Gump': Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Agencies Launch Major Operation Against Deputy Chief of Staff in Zelensky's Office
• Russia Puts RFK Jr.'s Son on Wanted List - Kennedy was placed on Russia's international wanted list over allegations that he fought as a mercenary for Ukraine, according to Russian state media
• Second Ukrainian national arrested over 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blast - The suspect was arrested in Croatia a year after another, an ex-army officer, was charged
• Iran Demands Compensation from Ukraine for Bombing Suspected Weapons Shipment to Russia
• A warehouse burns near Moscow. In Ukraine, drone crews prepare to strike again
• Russian missile barrage across Ukraine's capital kills at least 12 and wounds 33
• US fighter aircraft mysteriously 'flying near Russian border' as WW3 fears explode
• Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Fedorov Challenges Zelensky, Calls for Wartime Presidential Elections
• Trump Pushes for Kim Jong Un Meeting This Year - The president attempted nuclear diplomacy with the autocrat during his first term. North Korea's program has only grown stronger since then.
• Thousands of North Korean IT workers are infiltrating corporate America - Kim Jong Un's regime is exploiting the remote work economy to get its operatives inside American companies
• China completes work on man-made island that is 'ideally placed' for Taiwan invasion
• U.S. Debt Just Topped $40 Trillion: How We Got Here - The U.S. has hit a new borrowing milestone, while debt as a share of GDP nears levels last seen during World War II
• Socialist Ivy Leaguer who complains about the rich lives in luxury $1.5 Million Brooklyn home paid for by his Peruvian parents
• After Cambridge Academic Commits Suicide Over Being Exposed as Fraud, Activists Call for 'Arday's Law' to Limit Free Speech and Honest Reporting
• Lawless State: California Democrats Pass 'Stop Nick Shirley Act'- Journalists will Be Fined Thousands For Recording and Exposing Fraud Inside Immigration Support Service Providers
• Henderson County DA Strips Trinidad, TX Police Department of Prosecution Power After Cops Arrested Two Citizen Journalists for Exercising Their First Amendment Rights
• Revealed: Anti-American Socialist Hasan Piker's Brother Reportedly Held Top-Secret Security Clearance - Worked on Air Force One and Nuclear "Doomsday Plane" at Boeing
• Anna Paulina Luna: 'DSA Is Absolutely Funded and Tied to the Communist Chinese Party'
• Airman Arrested at Capitol for Calling for Trump to Be Impeached Detained Again After CNN Interview
• Revealed: Relative of James Comey Sent Blistering Text to Wife Patrice Comey for Posting "Call to Violence" Against President Trump
• DOJ Says There's 'No Serious Dispute' Fired FBI Chief Comey's Seashell Post Could Be Read as Trump Threat
• Drones Are Being Used To Smuggle Drugs and Cell Phones Into French Prisons - Frequent Criminal Deliveries Are Disrupting Work of Neighboring Hospital's Rescue Helicopters
• ChatGPT called FBI on Goldman Sachs analyst who discussed plans to kill his ex-girlfriend - He told ChatGPT "I'm gonna kill her by the end of this month. If I can't have her then nobody can."
• Massachusetts teen charged with murdering mother and brother used ChatGPT to create 'fantasy stories' about the killings: prosecutors
• Teachers Warn That Students Are Losing the Ability to Think as They Lean on AI for Everything
• Inside Big Tech's Frantic Race to Quell the Growing Backlash to AI - Tech companies are holding listening sessions, offering guaranteed jobs and writing big checks to win public support for the data centers they need
• Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky - Privacy groups warn that flying plate readers could expand surveillance far beyond roadside cameras
• Cop Fired After Allegedly Using Flock Cameras to Stalk Former Boyfriend - She Abused System 166 Times
• Amazon to expand drone service to nearly 500 cities after targeting 1 million deliveries this year
• Doomed NASA space telescope set for uncontrolled fall to Earth after failed rescue mission
• Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon
• The USA and Canada will get a Blood Moon lunar eclipse next week. Here's how to see it
• A triple crisis: Earthquake takes a heavy toll on Colombia's impoverished and neglected region
• US warns Americans to avoid vacation hot spot amid quake fallout and violent crime
• Colombia earthquake: NGO warns of trafficking risk for children
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Levuka, Fiji
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Isangel, Vanuatu
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 22,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Landslide kills 5 at railway construction site in Guangxi, China
• 'Total shock': Lala leaves Hawaii communities buried in mud, communication cut off
• Snowplow in August? Overnight storm dumps 3 inches of hail on downtown Kansas City airport
• Miami reaches 37.8C (100F) for only second time on record, Florida
• European heatwave killed more people in one region than height of COVID - and locals still refuse AC: 'Don't want to be Americans'
• Woman dies in fast-moving B.C. wildfire as thousands evacuate
• Philippine student livestreamed fatal school shooting before taking own life, official says
• UK Home Office guide tells asylum seekers not to rape, harass women or make kissing noises - The nine-page booklet covers gender equality, domestic abuse and consent for those seeking refuge from other countries
• South African President Apologizes for Violence Against Migrants
• Illegal Alien Who Entered US on Biden's Open Border Invitation Murders Woman Near Jogging Trail in Virginia - Tried to Set Her on Fire
• Captain in New York Harbor Capsizing that Killed Mom, Baby Is Illegal Immigrant
• Two Men Show Up to WNBA Game in Toronto Dressed as Women - Declare for Next Year's Draft
• Florida Socialist Senate Candidate Says She Took Her Children to Drag Shows: 'Wholesome' Entertainement
• Biological Parents of Baby Gabriel File $100,000 Lawsuit Against Surrogate Who Refused Demand to Abort Their Son
• Personalized cancer vaccine: Moderna news leads to market frenzy - Moderna stock just surged 90% after its experimental vaccine for deadliest skin cancer passed a landmark late-stage trial. The mRNA-Keytruda combo could change how we treat melanoma forever.
• Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts