August 24th, 2026

• ​Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan invited Iran to join newly-established Mecca defense pact - report
• Iran Warns Gulf States Against Joining Trump's Economic War, or Else
• Iran says 'desperate' new sanctions will fail, mediator Pakistan sending army chief to Tehran - Iran said Pakistan's army chief would visit Tehran on Monday as part of efforts to restore peace and security in the region but gave few details
• Iran Official: Support for New Sanctions Would Be an 'Act of War'
• Iran's president admits country faces 'many problems,' insists deal is best way forward - Pezeshkian says Tehran must escape state of 'neither war nor peace' as US preps fresh sanctions; new Iran security chief threatens Gulf oil routes, while Pakistan pushes mediation
• Iran Parliament Speaker: 'We Are Hungry, We Cannot Survive'
• UAE suspends all trade with Iran 'until further notice' after accusing Tehran of firing ballistic missiles toward country
• Hormuz crisis hides a deeper oil threat that could outlast the war - Insurers, shipowners and technical challenges mean U.S. refineries could face prolonged diesel and jet fuel disruption
• Iran announces new natural gas discovery as war and US sanctions hamper production
• Iran made billions of dollars, bypassed sanctions amid US blockade, top official Rezaee claims - "In the past month or two, we sold seventy million barrels of oil," he said. "Now every day we sell oil to American ships on that side, as much as we produce."
• Azerbaijan sues CNN for defamation over Iran war coverage
• Iran-linked cyberhackers blamed for four-day shutdown of UK power plant
• Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant - Unprecedented cyber attack believed to be most successful of its kind
• Iran hacks reveal weak spot on US, UK water, power grids as regime aims to maximize disruption: expert
• Israeli forces reportedly use phosphorus shells in attacks on southern Lebanon - Lebanese state media says Israel indiscriminately attacked several towns, with extensive destruction reported in Bayt al-Sayyad
• Katz orders IDF to accelerate destruction of Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon
• Mossad chief, Syria FM hold positive de-escalation talks after Israeli airbase strike, source says - Meeting comes after Shaibani told Reuters Israel has 'historic opportunity' for diplomacy
• Syrian FM urges Israel to seize 'historic opportunity' for bilateral relations - 'We do not trust Israel currently,' top diplomat Asaad al-Shaibani says, but 'Syria is extending its hand for understandings, peace, diplomacy' with its neighbor
• US envoy Tom Barrack retracts comment that Syria's Golan is occupied - Ambassador to Turkiye says US policy of recognising Israel's claimed sovereignty over Syrian territory is 'unchanged'
• US envoy Barrack reverses Golan comments, reaffirms Trump's recognition of Israeli sovereignty - Israel conquered the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, annexing the area by law in 1981. UN Security Council resolution 497, passed only days later, rejected the annexation as "null and void."
• IDF kills Hamas commander, strikes weapons production site near Gaza aid center
• IDF told to act forcefully against Gaza kites; 3 reported killed in Israeli strikes - Netanyahu tells IDF to do 'everything' to counter Gaza drone threat; Katz: Kites to be treated like drones even if they have no explosives; IDF: Strikes targeted Hamas commander, arms site
• US envoy tries to downplay remark that Israel occupies Golan, which defied American policy - Tom Barrack insists he was describing UN's position on the territory, not endorsing it; also asserts he wasn't advocating for Iran and Hezbollah to join Israel-Lebanon talks when he said they're 'missing from that table'
• What is Israel's E1 plan and why has it sparked international opposition? Offering of residential tenders is part of decades-long plan to connect Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim
• UK's proposed ban on Israeli settlement trade would breach int'l legal obligations, lawyers warn
• Car, building torched in apparent settler attack in West Bank; no injuries reported
• 24-year-old Jewish man stabbed in Jordan Valley terror attack, IDF searching for attacker - IDF soldier on family vacation stabbed after stopping to shop in Palestinian town
• At 102 and 97, Jewish American couple finally makes aliyah to Israel
• Argentina removes judge over antisemitic posts in historic first
• Not The Bee: Witness at Australian Antisemitism Royal Commission Questions Israel's Right to Exist
• Bill Maher Blasts Democrats for Becoming a Party of Jew Haters: 'I Said it Because it's True'
• Eisenkot lays groundwork for a minority government, if necessary, to oust Netanyahu- The Yashar party head is exploring the idea of a 58-seat coalition as an alternative to partnering with Ra'am, arguing a fragile government is preferable to another Netanyahu term
• Somaliland's president invites Israel and US to build bases at Berbera - Speaking to The Economist, Somaliland's president Irro pushes for Red Sea security as part of his recognition bid, pitching Berbera as a base for global powers. He says he is not intimidated by Houthis threatening to retaliate. "There is nothing free in the world."
• IDF faces security dilemma over Chinese-made drones used on battlefield
• Rescuers dig through Ukraine mall wreckage as Zelensky condemns 'despicable' Russian strike
• Putin's doomsday weapon sparks new era of submarine warfare - Poseidon nuclear torpedo is Russia's latest attempt to intimidate Britain and Nato
• Danish PM calls on Europeans to provide Ukraine with Patriot missiles
• Frederiksen: The only way to protect our countries and citizens is to stand with Ukraine
• Russia sabotages weapons factories across Europe
• Russia likely to mobilize at least 300,000 more troops to Ukraine war, Zelensky warns
• Zelenskyy Rejects Wartime Elections, Says Would 'Split' Ukraine
• Holding election in wartime would risk destroying Ukraine, says Zelenskyy - President sharply criticises proposal, saying 'elections right now are a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine'
• Zelensky should be asked what he knew about government corruption, sacked minister tells BBC
• Trump accuses Canada of wanting 'benefits of being a State, without being one' amid trade war
• Pence: 'Last Thing' Our Economy Needs Is a Trade War with Canada
• The World's Breadbaskets Are Getting Pounded by War, Weather and Trade Spats
• The Telegraph: Trump is in another unwinnable war - this time with the bond market - As US debt rockets, the president and allies are scrambling to prevent a financial earthquake
• Opinion: The bond market is going to burst the stock-market bubble
• "Biblical Levels of Insider Trading": New Prediction Market Monetizes Anything in Livestreams - "What if any livestream could become a prediction market?"
• Trump shrugs off assassination attempts, remarking 'only consequential presidents get shot'
• 'It's a violent process': DSA vows to overtake Democrat Party
• Left-Wing Guardian Freaks Out: Trump Lays the Groundwork to Secure America's Elections — National Security Emergency May Be Coming
• It's Official: California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs "Stop Nick Shirley Act" into Law - Journalists Can Now Be Finded and Jailed for Uncovering Democrat Fraud
• Trump Explains His Support for AI Data Centers: In the 'Right Location' They Can Create Jobs, Lower Taxes
• Nobody knows who built AI coding model Ox Alpha or where the code goes
• America Is Building a Surveillance State Like China's - "If there are Flock cameras in your city, they are tracking, logging and sharing your movements without a warrant," warns the ACLU
• Florida woman spent 13 days in jail after Flock camera alert pointed police to wrong vehicle
• Post-9/11 Fear Grew the Surveillance State. 25 Years Later, It's Still Growing. The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them.
• Humanoids break records at Beijing Robot Games
• China postpones launch of unprecedented water-hunting moon mission amid space race
• A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say
• Strong M6.0 earthquake hits Hokkaido region, Japan
• 5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, injuring at least 37
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Lata, Solomon Islands
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ruteng, Indonesia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Kirakira, Solomon Islands
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Attu Station, Alaska
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 23,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Tropical Storm Moke brings new flood threat to Hawaii as residents recover from Hurricane Lala
• Powerful storm hits Baltic countries, killing 2 and leaving hundreds of thousands without power
• NYC streets almost turned to rivers after being hit by heavy storms
• Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires
• Human-caused wildfire near Reno, Nevada, prompts state of emergency as 90,000 urged to flee
• Dozens of co-ordinated arson attacks hit southern Thailand
• Thai prime minister meets security chiefs after coordinated attacks in 3 southern provinces
• Nigeria Christian Community Leader Alleges Land-Grab Agenda Behind Massacres
• The world finally noticed Nigeria's persecuted Christians. Why hasn't anything changed?
• Chinese Christian Detained After Listening to the Bible in His Car
• Alarming, Potentially Fatal Condition Known as "Scromiting" Surging In Teen and Young Adult Cannabis Users
• Mexico's new wave of Gen-Z emoji-loving cartels - Murderous drug gangs are mastering the language of social media to win young recruits
• Virginia Dem Admits System 'Failured' After Islamist Illegal Charged with Killing Landlord Fled to Tajikistan After State Hospital Granted 48-Hour Pass
• NC mom who beat 2-year-old daughter to death, demanded 'afterlife' photo shoot, sentenced to life in prison
• Former Disney child star Raquel Lee sues studio for negligence, claiming alleged on-set sexual abuse
• Enes Kanter Freedom Ejected from WNBA game after player gets triggered by his pro-woman shirt - "I just got kicked out of a @WNBA game for supporting WOMEN! Let that sink in, AMERICA!"
• Louisiana girl, 8, dies after contracting suspected brain-eating amoeba linked to lake swim
• WSJ: Hype for Moderna's Cancer Vaccine Is Running Ahead of the Math - Personalized mRNA shots may prove neither as wide-reaching nor as lucrative as hoped
• Fauci's Lawyers Launch Legal Defense Fund as Investigations Against Him Intensify, Attorney General Blanche Calls Senate Findings 'Extraordinarily Troubling'
• Rep Brandon Gill Weighs in on Autopen Pardon of Dr. Fauci, "I Think There is Absolutely a Legitimate Case That We Ought to Test These Autopen Pardons"