August 29th, 2026

• ​'Goods Are Not Coming In': Tehran Braces for Unrest as Trump Intensifies Economic Offensive
• Iran Returns to 'Diplomacy' Talk as Economy Collapses
• Iran government says diplomacy and defense inseparable, vows to resist US sanctions
• CENTCOM: U.S. Clears Iranian Mines from Hormuz Lanes; Iran Oil Exports at Zero - Trump Says Tehran 'Begging to Make a Deal'
• US targets Egyptian bank in fresh sanction on Iran as war hits six-month mark - Iran accuses US of 'state terrorism' and implores other countries not to cooperate, tell US pressure won't work; Trump says there are no closures in Strait of Hormuz: 'That sucker is open'
• Hezbollah chief vows no 'surrender' as he again rejects Israel-Lebanon deal - Naim Qassem slams US-backed framework agreement as 'illegitimate, unlawful, humiliating,' rails at 'pilot zones' where Lebanese army is supposed to dismantle terror infrastructure
• Israel strikes Hezbollah after drone attacks, warns US that Lebanon 'pilot' is about to fail
• IDF dusts off decades-old posts along Jordan border to battle threats 'from beyond' - Drawing lessons from October 7, military massively bolsters defenses along mostly calm eastern frontier, stepping up fight against gunrunning, drones and other threats orchestrated by Iran
• Amnesty says Hamas must 'stamp out' extrajudicial executions of 'collaborators,' ensure justice - 'Anyone who feels insulted grabs a gun' - Gazans report culture of militancy created by Hamas inside Gaza
• More nations rethink funding for UN relief agency after feds refer 100-plus staff for Hamas ties
• Israel lauds Finland's decision to end UNRWA funding, invites other nations to join, Danon says - "For years, UNRWA schools have incited violence against Israel, UNRWA employees actively participated in the Oct. 7 massacre and throughout the war, terrorists carried out attacks against Israelis from UNRWA facilities"
• Secret, direct channel between Israel and Hamas credited for enabling Jan. 2025 hostage deal - Israeli TV reveals further details about Netanyahu's authorization of direct talks between Shin Bet and the terror group, which began after it executed six hostages in August 2024
• Former hostage Emily Damari marries food influencer Danielle Amit in emotional ceremony - Damari, who had to hide her sexual orientation from Hamas captors, was smiling broadly as she lowered the veil on her now-wife's head
• Prosecutors: Palestine activists who damaged Trump Scottish golf course had 'terrorism connection'
• Two teens indicted for planning ISIS-inspired attacks on Temple Mount, security forces - Suspects from northern Israel; one also accused of researching explosive belts, lawyer for second argues exposure to ISIS material stemmed from 'curiosity'
• In rare West Bank airstrike, IDF says it killed 3 Palestinian terror operatives
• IDF kills Hamas-linked former senior Jenin terror cell member in West Bank vehicle strike - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated the IDF for the "successful thwarting of the terrorists in Jenin" in an X/Twitter Post earlier on Friday
• Dozens of ultra-Orthodox men block highway in West Bank after draft-dodger's arrest
• Group of settler youth attack journalists, activists in front of IDF soldiers, no arrests made - Central Command head tells Netanyahu 'nationalist crime could ignite Judea and Samaria'
• Million Jews and 40 communities: Smotrich's plan causes uproar in Arab world - Arab activists accuse Smotrich of 'ethnic cleansing' and call on Arab public to mobilize voters to block Minister Smotrich's plan to settle one million Jews and establish 40 new communities in the Negev and Galilee
• Israel's Finance Ministry warns of dire economic consequences of mobilizing IDF reservists
• Democrats are waking up to the American far left's antisemitism problem
• El-Sayed: It's Not Antisemitic to Criticize 'Genocide', Can't Let Issues on 'Country 6,000 Miles Away' Divide Dems
• Anti-Israel genocide claims on US campuses linked to preexisting BDS activism, study says
• Commentary: Bye-bye Bibi? Netanyahu in danger of being voted out, Eisenkot rising fast - Still too soon to count Netanyahu out
• Netanyahu in dire straits: New right-wing party threatens to sink Minister Smotrich & his entire coalition - Winter's 'People of Israel' shoots up in the polls but harms right-wing bloc's chances of winning
• Ben Gvir refuses Netanyahu's demand to merge with Smotrich; Likud: He's crowning Eisenkot
• How the sunken 1948 Altalena arms ship became an election battleground in Israel in 2026 - Always a symbol of the battle between left and right, the re-discovery of the wreck has been seized on by nationalist parties seeking to appropriate the mantle of victimhood
• China strips former generals Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli of top military positions
• Sweden to deploy fighter jets, warships to Finland amid fears of 'deteroriating security situation' - Sweden responded to a request from Finland to strengthen air defense over fears that the Russia-Ukraine war is spilling into NATO's northern borders with Russia
• Trump to Axios: I'm not worried Russia will attack NATO
• Report: Purpose of CIA Director's Trip to Moscow Was to Deliver a Serious Warning to Russia
• Russia's 'Doomsday Radio' erupts with coded messages after CIA chief's Moscow visit
• Russia's Cheap, Jet-Powered Banderol Missile-Drone Is Straining Ukraine's Air Defenses
• This 600 mile range robot boat can now launch a swarm of one-way attack drones
• US Threatens the UK: Increase Defense Spending, or Lose Support for Sovereignty Over the Falkland Islands
• Britain Facing Energy Security Crisis This Winter With Gas Reserves at Rock Bottom, Warns Industry Leader
• President Trump Announces Massive Oil Deal with Venezuela - "BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!"
• Trump: 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuela Oil Under US Control
• Ro Khanna: Trump Taking Venezuelan Oil Is 'Morally Wrong'
• Trump's historic oil deal with Venezuela realigns global energy and puts OPEC, Canada on notice
• Treasury Department Focused on Economic Growth, Not Climate at G20 Meeting
• Fed Chair Warsh signals rate hikes may be needed with US inflation stubbornly elevated
• House to Vote on Resolution Denouncing Socialism
• Progressive Leader Describes How the Left Is Going to Use a Number of "Wargames" Before Midterm Election to Take Over Congress - Plan Involves Marc Elias and Norm Eisen
• Homeland Security warns of Chinese parts in election machines, will require paper ballot audits - The Department of Homeland Security is mandating random paper ballot audits for upcoming elections, citing significant security risks posed by Chinese-manufactured components in widely-used voting machines
• Trump Appeals New Court Block on Mail Voting Order as Midterms Near
• Marine One Lost Communication with Air Traffic Controller While Trump Was Onboard Again - Second Time This Month
• Berlin being 'blackmailed' after cyberattack, says Mayor Wegner
• Florida Sheriff Dismisses Flock Camera Concerns as 'Ignorance and Misinformation,' Compares 'DeFlock' Efforts to 'Defund the Police'
• Ron DeSantis Says Flock Cameras Are 'Quickly' Popping Up: We Don't Want to 'Become a Surveillance State'
• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott moves to cut state funding for AI-powered Flock cameras amid privacy concerns - The move comes as cities cancel contracts with the automated license plate reader company amid privacy concerns
• X exposes Chinese bot farm manipulating debate on US data centers, energy policy
• 700 OpenAI bots went rogue and hacked AI company Hugging Face - Hundreds of AI bots worked in tandem to attack the tech company Hugging Face after an OpenAI testing agent was able to escape from its environment
• X busts 200,000-account Chinese-linked bot farm influencing U.S. AI and energy debate
• 'Space is the hot thing': Trump signs order to create a US Space Academy - Speaking at a ceremony to honor Artemis astronauts, Trump says new school will be modeled on institutions like West Point, says US will launch nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars in 2028
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Southwest Indian Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Isangel, Vanuatu
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Labuha, Indonesia
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 22,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Nepal Refuses Foreign Rescue Teams for Help with Devastating Floods
• Nepali churches reach cut-off valleys by mountain bike as Himalayan floods leave hundreds dead
• Bodies of Nepal flood victims wash up 100 miles away
• Trapped Nepali workers pulled from hydropower tunnel after catastrophic flooding
• Sick crooks arrested after being filmed stealing jewelry from Nepal floods victims
• Typhoon Saudel makes landfalls on China's eastern coast, disrupts travel
• Tropical Storm Karina forecast to reach major hurricane strength, bringing hazardous swells to Mexico as Lowell strengthens
• Dolly to drench northern Caribbean, raise flood risk - Dolly will bring drought-relieving rain to parts of the northern Caribbean, but downpours could trigger dangerous flash flooding and mudslides. The storm could wander close to the United States next week.
• Illinois sets US state record for most tornadoes in a year
• Global ocean heat breaks record months after its usual peak - A strengthening El Nino and unusually warm Atlantic waters pushed the global average sea-surface temperature to a new high in August
• Wildfires kill 12 and leave 54 injured in Jijel, Bejaia and Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
• Burning Man's 70,000 Attendees Are Descending Upon a Wildfire Evacuation Zone - Some Nevada locals say now's not the time for Mad Max cosplay
• Judge Throws Out 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Confession Days Before 25th Anniversary of September 11 Terror Attacks
• Trump DOJ sues Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington over in-state tuition for illegal immigrants - "Over 30 years ago, Congress made clear that States cannot put illegal aliens before our Nation's own citizens."
• Pushback: Fed-Up Spanish Citizens Charge Beach in Ceuta, Disperse the Invaders and Set Fire to Their Shacks, Clash With the Police
• U.S. Military Uses Lasers to Shoot Down Mexican Cartel Drones at Southern Border
• Man Sets Himself on Fire Inside Lobby of Manhattan Building That Houses Google Offices and NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau
• After Jeffrey Epstein Scandal, Her Son's Conviction for Rape, and a Lung Transplant, Mette-Marit Has Become the New Queen of Norway
• Wyoming mom says it was 'worth it' to kidnap, shoot 11-month-old son in the face so dad can't get custody
• North Dakota Mother Accused of Slitting Throats of Her Three Children After Telling Father, "Say Goodbye to Your Kids"
• The Satanic Temple band releases music video depicting 'abortion ritual' in Hobby Lobby bathroom
• Over 1,200 Human Heads And Multiple Human Fetuses Discovered In A Warehouse In Detroit
• LGBTQ group reveals which Dem nominee is sponsoring Halloween event featuring drag shows - The Halloween event will also feature several activities targeting children
• Sec. Bobby Kennedy Allows Release of Shocking HHS Study Linking Transgender Ideology to Leftist Political Violence
• Exempt from Supreme Court rulings? N.J. school district, Calif. defend secret gender transitions
• Pennsylvania Democrats Erase "Mother" and "Woman" From State Health Code - Replaced With "Postpartum Individual" in Radical Gender Ideology Push
• WNBA Had Trans Player in League for Years - This Will Likely Cause Major Legal Problems for Woke League After They Banned Enes Kantor Freedom and Roysha White from Joining
• Royce White shows up to Indiana Fever game in blonde wig amid WNBA Draft pursuit - The former NBA first-round pick said he was there to 'scout some of the competition' and support the league
• Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo spreads to 2 new health zones with a total of 60 areas now affected
• Woody Harrelson Formally Asks UK's New Prime Minister to Probe COVID 'Vaccine Injury'
• Measles deaths may have been 'fabricated,' RFK Jr claims after coroner raises questions
• Josh Shapiro falsely blames baby's death on RFK Jr, measles vaccine hesitancy -coroner says infant died from ruptured spleen
• RFK Jr. Fact Checks Democratic Governor Who Claimed 'There Is No Fetal Tissue' in MMR Vaccine