August 21st, 2026

• ​Trump sounds alarm on 'crazy' Iran, says regime would use nuclear weapon 'without question'
• Oil Embargos Are Squeezing the Iranian Economy
• Iran calls Trump's floated sanctions 'economic terrorism' as US set to unveil plans
• Palestinian who tried to stab soldier in Jenin overnight identified as father of terrorist behind 2022 Tel Aviv attack
• Official: US plans to again bar Abbas from going to NYC for UN address next month - PA leader enlists Turkey's Erdogan to appeal to 'good friend' Trump on his behalf; UN official to ToI: We hope US will honor host country obligation to let in General Assembly speakers
• Progress made in talks with Israeli banks to delay move that could collapse PA economy
• Hamas, IDF troops, and shadowy middlemen accused of cashing in on Gaza smuggling - Multiple stakeholders profit as Gazans face high prices, turn to smugglers to provide contraband
• Hamas using Gaza hospital for 'torture' of Palestinians amid eroding support, says Israel
• IDF: Hamas terrorist who held multiple Oct. 7 hostages killed in central Gaza strike
• Western allies rebuke Israel over West Bank plan, Gaza probes, 'inhumane' rhetoric
• Israel moves forward with internationally condemned settlement plan that could 'bury' two-state solution
• European leaders demand Israel halt controversial E1 settlement project in West Bank
• UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada condemn Israel's West Bank settlement project
• EU said readying cross-industry sanctions against Israel over E1 settlement project - Brussels reportedly devised list of sanctions - said to cover academics, commerce and security - for use if construction begins in area seen as key to future Palestinian state
• 'Thou shalt not steal': US envoy warns settlers against seizing Palestinian property - Huckabee says settlers involved could be hit with US sanctions, though adds such measures yet to be mulled; Western nations condemn Israel's E1 West Bank settlement plan
• US envoy Huckabee tells Israeli settlers not to take Palestinian Americans' land
• Wildcat labor strike brings Ben Gurion Airport to halt on busiest travel day of year
• Crisis at Ben Gurion: Pilots told not to come to the airport as staff overwhelmed
• Netanyahu Expels Union Chief from Likud - The decision follows a wildcat strike at Ben Gurion Airport that disrupted travel for thousands of passengers during one of the busiest days of the year
• Trump administration slaps new sanctions on ICC officials for targeting US, Israeli officials
• ICC denounces new US sanctions as 'flagrant attack' on its independence - UN, EU and European governments rally behind court president Tomoko Akane; Netanyahu applauds Washington's move against 'kangaroo court'
• UN Security Council 'emergency' meetings have become political tool against Israel, Danon says - The global body's focus is "more about bashing Israel, less about concrete efforts, practical solutions and confronting the bad guys"
• Stubbed your toe? Blame Israel: The rise of 'Israel Derangement Syndrome'
• Even as many countries turn against Israel, the Jewish state continues to bless the nations
• NY governor encourages Mamdani to focus on New York City instead of Israel - Asked about mayor's anti-Israel rhetoric, Hochul, who is running for reelection against a pro-Israel Republican, says his priority should be on city government
• Woman Who Recently Converted to Islam Arrested for ISIS-Inspired Plot to Bomb New York State Capitol Building
• Israel pushes back on US plan to coordinate military moves with Turkey in Syria - Jerusalem fears coordination with Ankara could constrain its freedom to strike as tensions rise over Turkey's expanding role in Syria
• Turkey denies military visit to Syrian base; Damascus confirms it but refutes deployment plan
• 'No state left': Hundreds of Tunisians protest against government, water shortages - Signs complain of 'thirst' and 'darkness,' as citizens of only democracy to come out of Arab Spring oppose alleged rollback of freedoms, call for release of 'political detainees'
• 'Perfect storm' brews for global food supply this winter as grain prices soar
• Global wheat buyers brace for supply squeeze amid Black Sea attacks
• Russia runs out of petrol at seven in 10 stations as fuel crisis worsens
• German Prosecutors Say a Second Nord Stream Sabotage Suspect Was Arrested in Croatia - Volodymyr Zhuravlyov Reportedly Detained While Making a Hollywood Film About the Explosions
• Drone Warfare in Ukraine and the Changing Nature of Combat
• Ukraine Planned to Swarm Moscow Airports With AI-Guided Drones - The stalled operation, code-named "M&Ms," sought to isolate Russian elites and force Vladimir Putin to negotiate a truce
• Jet Fighter Destroys Naval Drone Near Black Sea Gas Platform 'to Protect Lives' - Romanian officials accuse Russia of launching explosive drone, saying it threatened hundreds of workers
• Nato jet destroys drone 'loaded with explosives' metres from Black Sea gas project as 'irresponsible' Russia slammed
• US Air Force plane turns back from Antarctica after Russian missile threat
• Kyiv seeks Elon Musk's permission to hit Putin's missile launchers with Starlink drones
• North Korea launches ballistic missiles as Trump seeks to rekindle nuclear talks with Kim Jong Un
• North Korea fires 10 missiles day after Trump curtails South Korea joint drills
• US aircraft carrier arrives in Mideast to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln after record deployment - Crew on Lincoln reportedly suffered mental health declines and supply shortages amid its over 250 days at sea; move leaves East Asia without an American carrier strike group
• US sanctions more Cuban companies and officials - Rubio said the figures targeted by the sanctions form "part of the regime's raison d'etre of exporting Marxism, racial resentment, and Communist violence across the world"
• Former Zambian minister killed in post-election security raid
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Blasts Democrats After Target Takes $1 Billion Tariff Refund - Democrat-Funded Corporate Welfare
• Treasury Secretary Bessent calls $166B court-ordered tariff refund a 'corporate bonanza' - By law, the refunds go to the importers of record who paid the duties at the border, not directly to the consumers who absorbed the cost through higher prices
• Lawmakers Trade Blame Over Staggering $40 Trillion National Debt
• Bill de Blasio backs Democrats' socialist wing, says Americans are 'hungry' for far-left vision - Former New York City mayor says 'there's a reason' socialist candidates are winning
• 'I'll settle for not crazy': Denver business leaders brace for socialist shift after big win for DSA
• Jill Biden Entertains the Possibility That Joe Was Drugged Before His Awful 2024 Debate
• James O'Keefe Offered Senator Lisa Murkowski's Brother's Ballot at Anchorage Polling Station with No ID Required - Murkowski Calls For O'Keefe to be Prosecuted
• Islamic advocacy group demands James O'Keefe be prosecuted after team dressed as Muslims to expose Minnesota elections - They claim "Using fake Muslim identities, accents and religious stereotypes as part of a political stunt is not a harmless prank or political stunt" and don't seem to be concerned with 1A protections
• Radical Far-Left Afghani Muslim Wins California US House Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell
• Stephen Miller Says CBS, ABC, NBC, New York Times and Other Fake News Media Should Be Forced to Register as Democrat PACs: "They're an Arm of the Democrat Party"
• US Academic Who Exposed Plagiarist Jason Arday Is Suspended After Arday Commits Suicide
• More than 150 Polymarket wallets may have traded on military secrets, research finds
• AI "nudify" apps that can digitally undress any photo pose back-to-school risk
• House Democrat: Rein in data centers without losing tech race to China
• Hundreds to attend ecumenical gathering on AI, human agency: 'Great potential for good and harm'
• The new kingmakers: Crypto, AI and betting firms fuel record spending on the 2026 midterms
• 'Darth Vader' uses dark side to mock controversial surveillance cameras: 'The Emperor is a fan of Flock' - The man told council members the technology would help the Emperor 'find the rebel scum' and track Luke Skywalker
• Solar activity reaches moderate levels following strong M8.1 flare from Active Region 4513
• Colombia's president pegs early quake losses at $9.6 billion
• Strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Peru, damaging homes and schools
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Ende, Indonesia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Dunhuang, China
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Jabonga, Philippines
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits south of Tonga
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ende, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ende, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
• Granada seismic sequence exceeds 620 earthquakes, around 600 residents evacuated, Spain
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 18,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Discharge rises, significant gas pollution reported during Mulakvisl glacial outburst flood, Iceland
• The 2026 El Nino could become the strongest in a lifetime - A strengthening El Nino is already suppressing Atlantic hurricane activity
• Back-to-back tropical threat for Hawaii, impacts to start this weekend - Hawaii's Big Island could face a new wave of flooding rain and power outages, with a tropical depression poised to become a hurricane this the weekend
• Tornado tears through Dover, Delaware, leaving significant damage, prompting state of emergency
• Famed century-old ship dubbed "Sava's Titanic" emerges in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry
• European drought reveals 100-year-old steam boat and ancient Roman bridge
• Apparent human remains found in Lake Mead as water levels reach record low
• Puerto Ricans stopped trusting tap water long before mandatory rationing began - In addition to the outages, water quality problems over the years have created widespread mistrust of Puerto Rico's water system
• 'Survival mode': Indiana residents endure a ninth day without power
• US power grid at risk of 18-month blackout; 1 city now in dark for more than a week
• More than 100 dead after gold mine collapse in Central African Republic
• At least 50 killed, mostly children, as overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria
• Christians Killed in Democratic Republic of Congo and Across Africa in Recent Days
• Pastor unleashes on Dearborn as religious tensions erupt at city council meeting: 'Enough is enough' - The outburst came amid a wave of anti-Islam protests targeting the Michigan city's Muslim community and its elected officials
• 'We are not a nation of Muslims': Black pastor rails against what he believes is the implementation of Sharia law - Pastor Lorenzo Sewell challenges city councilmembers in Dearborn, Michigan to denounce Muslim religious code
• 'Abolish ICE' El-Sayed's mother worked for group designated by US as supporting terrorism: report
• Illegal immigrant who killed roommate flees US after Virginia officials helped him get passport, let him leave psych facility
• Nebraska's largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students
• FBI seizes Eric Swalwell's devices at California airport amid sexual misconduct probe
• San Francisco drag queen stuns audience with Charlie Kirk assassination reenactment at LGBTQ nightclub
• Wayne Root: The WNBA Women's Basketball League Doesn't Know What a Woman is. But the More Important Question to Ask- "WHAT IS A DEMOCRAT?"
• Far-Left NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill Signs Draconian Law That Will Effectively Block People from Praying Outside Abortion Centers
• The Summer the Ticks Took Over - A scientific and civilizational horror story
• Top Fauci adviser's plea deal provides possible roadmap for further conspiracy prosecutions