August 2nd, 2026

• ​President Trump Announces Perimeters of Peace Deal with Iran Has Been Agreed To - Halts All Planned US Airstrikes on Iran
• Trump says he is cancelling strikes on Iran subject to deal being made 'rapidly'
• Trump climbs down on Iran strikes after Saudi alarm and threats from Tehran - President claims delay is 'subject to being able to rapidly make a deal' as intervention by Saudi crown prince is revealed and Iran warns neighbours
• Iran's Araghchi agreed to deal opening Hormuz, leading Trump to cancel attack - report
• Iran's leadership vacuum leaves two factions battling for control over war's aim - Ultra-hardliners - who control state TV - are pushing for 'total victory' in the war and oppose any compromise, while pragmatists see military pressure as a way to reach a deal
• As Cease-Fire Teetered, Iran Plotted a Wider War With Aid of Its Proxies - During a fleeting truce, Iranians covertly devised a plan to raise the war's costs for President Trump if U.S. forces attacked anew
• Mideast on Brink: Trump May Order Fresh Strikes on Iran, Tehran Warns 'We Are Ready,' U.S. Embassies Urge Departures
• Iran Warns US Against 'Adventurous Action'
• Iran warns against 'flames of war' amid US strike threats on energy sites - Iranian media says armed forces have prepared retaliation plan after US news outlets suggest potentially imminent US-Israeli attacks against civilian infrastructure
• Tankers Hit Near Hormuz as Iran Warns of Wider Disruption
• Iran war: US may face tough missile defense choices as Gulf conflict depletes stockpiles, top commander says
• Top US general warns Pentagon he lacks forces to 'protect' Israel from incoming ballistic missiles amid the ongoing Iran war
• Qatar's quiet war against Israel - It does not fire missiles, but Qatar wields extensive influence that endangers Israel by funding, propaganda and its ties with terrorist organizations. Experts warn Qatar poses a strategic threat.
• Bennett says Qatar a more dangerous enemy to Israel than Iran right now - In interview, ex-PM again vows to declare Doha an enemy state for funding Hamas, Al Jazeera, alleged influence in Netanyahu's office
• Israel wary of warming Egypt-Turkey relations, as Pakistan-led Sunni Axis takes shape following Iran conflict
• Kuwait says it shot down Iranian drones, no one hurt; Tehran accuses US of 'escalating tensions'
• Saudi Arabia gearing up for major assault and possible ground invasion on Iranian-backed Houthis: report
• Houthi Offensive Threatens Second Energy Crisis, Fears of Higher Oil Prices Worldwide
• IDF detonates Hezbollah tunnel system near Beaufort Castle in response to drone strike violating ceasefire - Earth-shaking detonation of 700 tons explosives triggers 3.8 earthquake warning
• Israel Says It Killed Several Hezbollah Members on Key Lebanon Hilltop - The confrontation, over a strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, challenged a fragile cease-fire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group
• Israeli officer moderately hurt in overnight clash with Hezbollah gunmen - army
• Palestinians say 4 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, despite Trump-announced breakthrough
• Senior Palestinian figure: Kushner assured me Israel will stop striking Gaza on Sunday - Dahlan confirms contacts with Trump aide, which were credited for breakthrough in disarmament talks; official says Board of Peace hopes to start weapons handover in coming days, walking back claim that process already began
• 'It's a miracle': Israeli border city of Sderot sees 20% population growth since Oct 7 Hamas attack
• At Tel Aviv rally, daughter of couple slain on Oct. 7 says government is 'defiling our dead' - Weekly anti-government protests held in various locations, slamming failure to probe Hamas attack and also decrying Haredi military exemptions, settler violence
• Boy George defends pro-Israel song, says critics ignore Israelis' suffering - British pop star says his Nova festival tribute is 'pro peace,' rejects claims he lacks compassion for Palestinians, after stepping down from West End role amid backlash
• Settlers assault Palestinians, burn cars in overnight West Bank raid; no arrests
• Haredi protesters try to force their way into Jerusalem cafe open on Shabbat
• Who will speak for them? The silent suffering of Christians under the Palestinian Authority
• Why America and Israel reject the International Criminal Court - Both nations have maintained that the court cannot legitimately exercise authority over the citizens of countries that never accepted its jurisdiction
• Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan accuses anti-Israel rival of scapegoating Jews - Haley Stevens says Abdul El-Sayed is blaming all his 'problems on Jewish Americans,' as he launches fresh broadside at AIPAC days before the primary vote
• 'The Vexed Vicar' warns Church of England has abandoned its historic support for Israel
• Life found in sinkholes beside Israel's Dead Sea stirs excitement about biblical prophecy
• Welcome to the mega-war: Mideast and European conflicts merge, sucking in more countries along the way - even ones claiming neutrality
• Ukraine Reaches 1,600 km Into Russia to Strike Three Major Oil Refineries
• Russia Launches Massive Missile and Drone Attack on Kyiv After Ukraine Sinks Russian Container Ship and Hits Oil Refineries - Zelensky Demands US Patriot Missiles
• Russia hits Ukrainian capital with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least 9 - Two days after deadly nationwide assault, overnight barrage injures 30, damages residential buildings across Kyiv as Zelensky presses US for more air defense systems
• 3 killed, including bomb-carrying woman, and 21 injured in blast near Moscow restaurant
• Moscow blast kills 3, including suspected bomber, and injures 21, authorities say - Woman reportedly may not have known she was carrying explosives
• Founder of Russian retailer Wildberries calls Ukrainian attacks 'acts of terrorism'
• Musk Refused To Meet Zelensky, Who Asked Trump for Help Getting Starlink Tech To Guide Deep Strikes Inside Russian Territory
• Thousands Demonstrate in Kiev, Demand Zelensky Reinstate Fedorov as Defense Minister - Ukrainian Reports Say Young Reformist Was Fired for Planning To Run for President
• Kamala Harris vows to 'revisit' abolishing Electoral College, packing Supreme Court
• Trump says he will push for 'anti-weaponization bill' if he can't get Blanche confirmed as AG
• Tillis responds to Trump, says most senators would vote against anti-weaponization bill
• Election auditor says over 200,000 votes cast in NYC mayoral election are suspicious
• After Minnesota, suspected Iranian hack spreads to water systems in Michigan - NYT says at least 5 other US states have been targeted, with Iran considered the top suspect; Trump lashes out at Minnesota, claims it's to blame for being 'grossly incompetent'
• Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble?
• AI Expert Sounds the Alarm: OpenAI's Rogue Hacker Models and Killer Robots Signal a 'Dystopian' Path to Replacing Humanity
• Humanoid robot skin senses people before contact - Italian startup's Gene.01 humanoid robot uses full-body sensing to react before a factory collision
• Educators warn AI debate has focused too much on cheating, not enough on student learning - Georgia Tech professor says half her students are 'losing their critical thinking skills' as educators redesign assessments
• A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country at global AIDS conference - State Department takes full responsibility and apologizes for map that appears to have been made with AI tools
• SpaceX rocket expected to crash into moon, creating new crater - Astronomers and skywatchers are hoping to witness the collision and the plume of material blasted into space, Reuters reports
• Total eclipse, shooting stars, and the Milky Way: Why Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years
• Dozens injured as earthquake hits near Naples in seismic swarm - At least five taken to hospital and about 300 evacuated in strongest quake to hit southern Italian region in 40 years
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Tsuno, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Tristan da Cunha region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Tristan da Cunha region
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 13,000ft
• SpaceAI could be Southeast Asia's edge against El Nino - if governments actually use it
• UN, scientists warn that strong El Nino will add fuel to 'a planet already on fire'
• Earth Is On Track to Break the All-Time Record for Category 5 Hurricanes This Year - Thanks, El Nino
• Japan's Rescuers Battle 'Cruel Heat' After Major Earthquake - Kumamoto faces a "double disaster," as rescuers work in 100 degree heat, and shelters with limited air-conditioning put displaced people at risk for heatstroke
• Western U.S. heatwave brings record temps to Phoenix, wildfire risk in Pacific Northwest
• 'We stared into an abyss': the men and women battling France's megafire - Exhausted firefighters, foresters and volunteers wage 'war of attrition' against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homes
• Hungary plans to shut down only nuclear power plant amid drought - The plant that supplies nearly half of Hungary's electricity cannot operate with Danube at record lows
• Moment enormous iceberg capsizes triggering tsunami-like waves off coastal town in Greenland
• Plane carrying European tourists crashes in Peru, killing 13 people on Nazca Lines viewing flight
• New Christian Persecution Report Shows Most Dangerous Countries on Earth for Believing in Jesus
• Federal judge blocks Trump admin from ending TPS for Somali migrants despite SCOTUS ruling - "There is no serious debate about what is going on in these cases - defiance, obstruction, and delay."
• GOP Rep. Andy Ogles to File Articles of Impeachment Against Obama Judge For Blocking Trump Admin From Ending Temporary Protected Status For Somalis
• Illegal Alien Faces Third Deportation After Completing Federal Prison Sentence for Reentering the Country Illegally, Also Responsible for Killing Marine in Hit-And-Run Crash in 2017
• Illegal Alien Claims Uncle Stole $2 Million California Lottery Jackpot After She Feared Claiming It Herself Would Get Her Deported
• At least 3 dead, 2 injured in shooting outside of Idaho In-N-Out - shooter dead - Video going viral online showed a man shooting a gun into a Tesla next to the restaurant
• How George Soros and Socialism Caused the Invasion of Spain
• Migrants say hunger and hostility drove them back from Spain's Ceuta to Morocco
• State Department raises travel warning for part of Spain as migrant surge sparks military deployment
• U.S. State Department Blames Spanish Government for Ceuta Invasion
• Morocco Blames Ceuta Migrant Flood on Criminal Trafficking Networks
• Israel's UN envoy sparks Spain spat with accusation of 'colonial enclaves' in Africa - Danon's criticism over Ceuta migrant crisis fuels conspiracy theories accusing Jerusalem of helping orchestrate incursion and draws a rebuke from Israel's ambassador in Madrid
• 22 EU leaders Turn on Spain's Sanchez Over His Migration Failure - Floating Barrier Installed in Ceuta Against Migrants - Western Intel: Morocco 'Facilitated' Invasion
• Socialist Spanish PM blasts Meloni over restored border controls after Ceuta surge, demands emergency meeting - Spain's prime minister requested an emergency meeting of all 27 EU interior ministers in a letter to Ursula von der Leyen
• France and Italy tighten border controls amid Spanish migrant crisis - Calls mount to suspend Spain from Europe's passport-free Schengen zone after some 60,000 migrants enter Spain's Ceuta from Morocco
• Spanish police patrol Melilla border following mass influx into Ceuta
• Spanish Socialist Leader Sanchez Accuses Fellow EU Leaders of Being 'Selfish' over Response to Ceuta Migrant Crisis
• Death Toll in Ceuta Crisis Rises to 67 as More Migrants Vow to Cross From Morocco to Spanish Exclave
• Ceuta has 'literal invaders': Musk's reactions to immigrant videos go viral as thousands cross Spain-Morocco border - Elon Musk jokingly used footage from the zombie film World War Z before Musk shared real footage from the border of Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta
• 'It Is an Invasion': Elon Musk Reacts to Spain's Ceuta Migrant Crisis - Elon Musk reacted to the migrant crisis in Ceuta with a series of posts on X, warning that Spain's budget would be destroyed and describing the situation as an invasion, as thousands of migrants entered the Spanish city
• Trump Admin Cancels 28,000 Trucker Licenses Held by Illegal Aliens
• Pride march draws hundreds of thousands in Germany week after attack - Some 300,000 people took part in a Pride march in Germany's northern city of Hamburg on Saturday, a week after a jihadist attack on a similar march in Berlin left one dead and several dozen injured
• Indiana Fever coach refuses to back Sophie Cunningham in protecting women's sports - claims she's 'not educated' in biology
• Michigan hospital pays $410K to settle lawsuit by physician assistant fired over transgender policy - Valerie Kloosterman said she was terminated after requesting a religious accommodation from gender identity training
• Parental rights concerns raised after Illinois expands minors' access to birth control
• New York Legalizes Assisted Suicide as 'Medical Aid in Dying' Law Takes Effect This Week
• Nutcase James Talarico Tries to Suggest the Bible Requires the Passage of a Government-Run Healthcare System
• Rand Paul: I Think Intel. Agencies Are Still Doing Gain of Function, 'They Won't Give Me Proper Oversight'
• Liberal Radio Host Charlamagne tha God Questions Why Fauci Pled the Fifth Over 100 Times "if There Was No Crime Committed"- Calls Fauci "Suspicious" and "Fishy"
• Fauci Secretly Joined an mRNA Vaccine Startup. Then It Landed Millions in Government Grants and a Billion-Dollar Buyout. Fauci joined. Then the taxpayer money started moving.
• Another Fauci Fraud: Unearthed Clip Busts Fauci with Blatantly Inaccurate AIDS Claims
• Fauci's Fifth fuels vow to haul him into court 'every day' despite Biden pardon - Officials say Biden's pardon only covers federal offenses, leaving Fauci exposed to potential state law violations
• Flashback: Fauci Said He Would 'Cooperate Fully,' Has 'Nothing to Hide'
• Hubris - or Retardation? Fauci Logged All of His Lies on Government Server
• Legacy media, news apps buried bombshell Fauci diary revelations: report
• Nicki Minaj Blasts Fauci: One Day He'll Understand the Pain He Inflicted When He's on a 'Feeding Tube'
• Dr. Birx Admits Blue States Over-closed to Send Political Signal in Election Year
• Ex-CDC chief admits Fauci diary shows Americans misled on COVID virus, vaccine effectiveness
• Maher: We Shouldn't Do Gain of Function, Fauci 'Caught in Actual Lies' on COVID Origin
• Stephen A. Smith apologizes to Kyrie Irving for criticizing his refusal to take Covid vax - "The reality is, is that Kyrie Irving, no matter what we think, may have been more right than we have given him credit for."
• No cure, no vaccine: Experts warn of rare Bourbon virus after first NY case - A Long Island patient was hospitalized with severe symptoms from the tick-borne illness spread by lone star ticks