August 5th, 2026

• ​Qatar Says U.S.-Iran Diplomacy 'Ongoing' but No Direct Talks Scheduled
• Iran faces 'last chance' to make deal, Trump says
• Israel, not Iran, is boxed in as Trump keeps chasing flimsy agreements - Tehran isn't scared of endless US threats, and won't make concessions. Gaza and Lebanon deals are somewhat more promising, but leave plenty of room for terror groups to survive
• IDF struggles to maintain peak readiness amid Trump's Iran strike zigzags, security officials warn
• Rubio: Progress made in talks to reopen Hormuz, but there's still some work to do - Iran and Oman say they're moving toward deal to regulate traffic through the strait; crew of Indian ship rescued after being sunk in Red Sea, where the Houthis have been launching attacks
• Emerging Hormuz Accord Could Give Iran Greater Sway Over Key Waterway
• New Vessel Attacks Threaten Hormuz Shipping Deal
• Rand Paul: 'We Are Worse Off than We Were Before the War' in Iran
• US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
• Iran's unseen supreme leader becomes weapon in escalating power struggle, experts say - Competing claims about President Pezeshkian's relationship with the supreme leader reveal a power vacuum inside the regime
• Iran President Teases Bizarre, Four-Part Pre-Recorded Video Insisting He Is Not Resigning
• Iran's president denies threatening to resign during talks over strait of Hormuz - Masoud Pezeshkian dismisses talk of internal rift as hardline Assembly of Experts call US negotiations 'futile'
• Iran attacks US base in Kuwait, vessel hit by projectile near Strait of Hormuz
• US Denies Reports Suggesting Iran Attacked US Base in Kuwait After Trump Says Talks Were Resuming - Cargo Vessel Hit in Strait of Hormuz
• Saudi Arabia Plans Updated Export Routes as Six Tankers Blocked by Houthis in Red Sea
• Service suspended at a Saudi airport after attack claimed by Houthis
• Israel-Lebanon talks kick off in Rome despite fierce Hezbollah opposition - As negotiators discuss pilot zones, borders and Iran-backed terror group's disarmament, Naim Qassem condemns the process as 'humiliation,' drawing rebuke from Beirut
• Hamas holds mass funeral for 112 people it says were killed in IDF strike at start of Gaza war
• 'First, stop the killing': Gazans say they'll believe ceasefire roadmap when strikes end
• Board of Peace envoy says Israeli strikes in Gaza interfere with efforts to disarm Hamas
• Netanyahu says Israel 'didn't agree' to Board of Peace's plan to disarm Hamas - After extended silence, PM insists IDF won't withdraw from 'current lines' until Hamas fully disarmed, in seeming opposition to US-backed plan for initial Israeli pullback within Gaza
• India steps up arms supplies to Israel, sent almost 3,000 arms consignments since October 7
• Settler extremists said to torch vehicles, cut electrical lines in West Bank raids
• IDF launches operation in Shechem, arrests Islamic Jihad terrorist
• Calling Judea and Samaria the "West Bank" Is historical erasure and a distortion - Using the term "West Bank" shows how thoroughly some Israelis have internalized the language of their adversaries
• Holy Land battle: Solomon's Pools become flashpoint in fight over Israel's biblical heritage
• Israelis are alarmed over the threat of political violence. Can it be averted? Amid an ugly campaign season, scholars and officials are warning of a toxic political discourse across the spectrum - and fear things could get worse before they get better
• American Airlines delays Israel flights until 2027 as security concerns disrupt air travel
• Antisemitic assaults in Britain surged by 82% in first six months of 2026 - report
• Major League Soccer probes alleged antisemitic abuse targeting Israeli player - New England Revolution's Dor Turgeman was reportedly met with 'death to Israel' chants after scoring against CF Montreal; league says hateful language has 'no place' in sport
• Japan sounds alarm over China's expanding Pacific footprint, vows defence boost - Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force as it improves capacity to operate in more distant seas and airspace, white paper warns
• Japan says combat drones key to adapting to new warfare as regional tensions rise
• Japan warns Russia-North Korea axis raises regional security threat
• Ukraine accuses Russia of war crime after video shows drone 'safari' attack on civilian
• One killed, 12 injured in Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv - The latest attack comes after at least 27 people were killed in both Russia and Ukraine earlier this week
• The autonomous arms race in the Russia–Ukraine war
• Turkey calls on Russia, Ukraine to ensure Black Sea safety after drone attack
• Zelensky Dismisses Ambassador to the U.S. Olga Stefanishyna, Investigated by the Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Agencies
• Twenty-five states sue Trump administration over latest round of global tariffs
• 'Lifelong perch:' Aging, dying Congress revives debate over long-held power, term limits - Discussion over congressional term and age limits has been revived following Lindsey Graham, Kay Granger deaths and Mitch McConnell ongoing health crisis
• Wisconsin brewery that promised free beer when Trump dies now plans 'half-price beer day' when McConnell dies
• Ahead of Trump's SoCal visit, heavily armed Downey man arrested at Trump Golf Course
• Possible Iran-Linked Cyberattacks Hit Water Utilities in 12 States
• Dow Jones soars over 900 points to close at new record after strong AI showings, possible Iran deal
• OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches
• Israel rolls out tender for national quantum computer, and plans for advanced AI push
• Israeli startup looks to harness AI to decode the 'language' of the brain
• Israeli defense startups recruit laid-off hi-tech workers as AI reshapes industry
• Pentagon Plans AI Data Centers At Military Bases
• SpaceX rocket about to crash into the moon in unintentional collision - Piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket weighing four tonnes will hit the lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles per hour
• Odds of magnitude 9 earthquake that would devastate West Coast spike after 'unusual' finding: study
• Strong and shallow M6.3 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines
• 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Kermadec Islands
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Sarangani, Philippines
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Auckland Islands, New Zealand region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Sarangani, Philippines
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits south of Tonga
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Rio Grande, Panama
• Strong eruption at Fuego volcano produces pyroclastic flows up to 7 km, prompting evacuations, Guatemala
• Eruption of Volcano Fuego Sends Guatemala on High Alert - Hundreds of Tourists and Villagers Evacuated
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 27,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 21,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala 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
• Major landslide kills 14 at Tsadkane Mariam Monastery in Ethiopia
• Typhoon Dolphin reintensifies to Category 4 strength, landfall forecast in Okinawa by August 7
• This summer isn't breaking heat records - yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say
• Seoul declares emergency as record heat wave grips South Korea
• South Korea's Lee calls heatwave a national disaster as deaths rise to 19
• Three lions die in Tokyo as record-breaking temperatures hit East Asia
• Extreme heat and drought take a toll around the world, in photos
• Europe's heat wave fuels drought, wildfires and fears about energy supplies
• Media Bias: Wildfires Caused by Arson, Not Climate Change
• Narrative Busted: Nearly 400 Arrested in France in Connection to So-Called 'Wildfires'
• Arson Suspect Identified and Arrested in Spokane Wildfires that Torched Hundreds of Homes - Man Previously Gunned Down His Own Father
• World War II explosives emerge and detonate in wildfire-ravaged village in France: "Sound of war"
• Ancient mammoth remains and a Nazi shipwreck: Europe's shrinking rivers reveal past relics
• Iraqi court affirms Christian woman's right to identify as follower of Jesus, not Muhammad
• Islamic Call to Prayer Now Blasts Five Times Per Day Across Minneapolis - Setting the Precedent for Other US Cities
• In-N-Out President Urges Community to Turn to God, not Anger, After Idaho Shooting
• Colombia: Marxist Gustavo Petro Threatens 'Civil War' If President-Elect Abelardo de la Espriella Takes Office
• Report: Colombian Terrorist Groups Grew 90 Percent During Gustavo Petro's Presidency
• Colombian incoming president seeks Israeli tech to combat drug cartels, expand security cooperation
• Marco Rubio Claims Cuba is Part of Left-Wing Network Weaponizing Non-Organic Protests Inside the U.S.
• Spanish immigration crisis exposes cracks in European Union, opportunity for right-leaning parties - The crisis, which saw tens of thousands of Moroccans flood the borders of a small Spanish exclave in Africa, may provide fuel for right-leaning European campaigns ahead of important elections next year
• Report: Migrants Convicted in Spain for Jihadism Detected Among Ceuta Invasion Swarm
• Spain's Socialist Government Allocates 25 Million Euros to Immigrant Minors Who Invaded Ceuta as One in Three Spanish Children Lives at Risk of Poverty
• Hundreds of underage migrants stuck in Ceuta after border breach - Spanish authorities legally required to care for minors, though city migrant center now full, forcing many to beg on streets; misinformation, failures on border paved way for rush
• AG Blanche Seeks to Strip Naturalized Citizenship from Immigrants Accused of Attempted Murder, Child Sex Crimes
• Trump admin trucking crackdown lands 51 immigration detentions, 36 English language proficiency violations
• James Talarico: I Won't Win by Selling Trans People Out
• Perez Hilton taken away in ambulance after apparently cutting himself repeatedly during livestream breakdown
• Cancel Culture: Broadway's 'Hadestown' Dumps Actor Geno Segers for Past Thought Crime on Trans Athletes
• French Trans Basketball Star Says She'd Accept WNBA Offer if League Came Calling
• World's Top-Ranked Female Tennis Player Supports Gene Testing to Keep Men out of Women's Sports.
• Appeals Court upholds Florida ban on children attending sexualized drag shows
• Kansas Judge Scraps Several Pro-Life Laws Before Being Sworn in to State Supreme Court
• Israeli surgeons perform first complete rib cage replacement with 3D-printed implant
• Measles outbreak in 2025 cost almost $5.4M to contain: Research
• Tick-borne 'rabbit fever' spreads with cases reported near major metro area
• CDC reportedly expands scope of US cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states - Six additional states caught up in investigation after Michigan reported first two US deaths linked to disease
• Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges
• Maternal Mortality Doubles in DR Congo as Ebola Keeps Women from Hospitals
• Moderna begins Phase 1 clinical trial of Ebola vaccine against strain behind DRC outbreak - The first phase will evaluate the safety and tolerability of the vaccine
• Rand Paul says he will send Fauci contempt referral straight to DOJ if it passes committee