Cloud cover changes are a “top-down dynamical driver” of Earth’s climate
By Kenneth Richard | No Tricks Zone | August 12, 2026
A July 2026 Environmental Research Letters paper authored by Bellocchi et al. attributes ~80% of the rise in Earth’s absorbed solar radiation since 2000 to declining high-reflectivity cloud cover, primarily from circulation-driven contraction of storm-cloud zones.
The study highlights the climate’s “albedo governance,” suggesting a 1% shift in Earth’s albedo corresponds to a 1°C surface temperature change.
With more cloud cover, more solar radiation is reflected and the surface cools. With declining cloud albedo, which has been observed since 1980, less solar radiation is reflected and the surface warms.
Cloud cover changes are driven by natural atmospheric circulation modes and internal variability. This is supported by reconstruction data showing cloud cover decline has for centuries occurred independently from “greenhouse-gas forcing.” … Full paper
MEMO | August 12, 2026
The UK government has refused to release information relating to an Israeli influence firm accused of interfering in Scotland’s parliamentary election, invoking national security and warning that disclosure could damage Britain’s relations with other countries, according to a report by The National.
The Scottish newspaper reported that the Cabinet Office withheld all material requested under Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation concerning BlackCore, an Israeli firm linked by France’s foreign interference watchdog to an alleged digital influence operation targeting Scottish First Minister John Swinney and the Scottish National Party (SNP).
The controversy follows findings by Viginum, France’s service for protection against foreign digital interference, which said in June that it had identified BlackCore-linked operations affecting elections in Scotland, France, New York City, Angola and Togo.
In Scotland, Viginum identified the “mobilisation of at least 256 accounts” which posted around 1,400 comments, primarily targeting Swinney, the SNP and the Scottish Government. Of those, 652 targeted Swinney personally, according to the French investigation. … continue
Al Mayadeen | August 12, 2026
A group of current and former Palestinian students and staff have sued Columbia University, accusing the university of discriminating against its Palestinian community and subjecting its members to unequal treatment since late 2023, according to a court filing in New York.
The lawsuit reports that Columbia failed to protect Palestinian students and staff from harassment while subjecting them to “unfair and biased disciplinary hearings.”
Columbia has previously denied reports of discrimination and condemned hate. … Full article
Press TV – August 12, 2026
Israel is imprisoning around 40 Palestinian journalists, including five women, as it intensifies a sweeping crackdown to silence the Palestinian press and suppress reporting on its violations and crimes, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).
The PPS said Israeli authorities are also keeping three journalists under house arrest, while 19 of those currently detained are being held under administrative detention without charge or trial.
More than 250 Palestinian journalists have been arrested or detained since Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, the group said, with many later released.
More than 260 journalists have also been killed since the start of the war, according to the PPS.
The group said the arrests, killings and enforced disappearances of Palestinian journalists are part of a systematic Israeli campaign to silence the press, crush press freedom and prevent the world from seeing the violations and crimes committed against Palestinians.
Journalists held in Israeli detention have faced a range of abuses, including starvation, medical neglect, torture, mistreatment, sexual assault and harsh detention conditions, the PPS said.
It added that Israeli authorities have used administrative detention to imprison journalists indefinitely without charge or trial, often invoking “secret files,” while accusations of “incitement” are increasingly deployed against journalists over their reporting and expression of opinion. … Full article
IMEMC | August 12, 2026
Israeli occupation forces demolished a home and filled a water well in the Bani Naim–Yatta desert area south of Hebron on Tuesday, as demolition activity continued across Palestinian communities in the southern occupied West Bank.
Local activist Osama Makhamra said the forces demolished a home belonging to Ibrahim Mufleh al Atimin, leaving his family of nine without shelter.
Makhamra said the forces returned for a second time and filled a 180‑cubic‑meter water well belonging to Hashem Ibrahim al‑Atimin with dirt and debris, leaving it unusable. […]
Later Tuesday, Israeli forces delivered demolition orders for Khallet al-Dabe’ School and several homes and farms in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.
Activist Jaber Dababsa said Israeli forces issued a demolition order for the school, which serves 12 elementary students. … Full article
The Cradle | August 12, 2026
Hordes of illegal, extremist Israeli settlers have been besieging two Palestinian families who are trapped in their homes near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
The families have been stuck in their homes and surrounded by the settlers since Sunday, in the town of Qusra – where Israelis have been uprooting locals and establishing illegal outposts. […]
Local sources described the violent settler attack, siege, and road closures to WAFA. The besieged Abu Rida family is located in the Ras al-Ain area of Qusra.
“Colonists raided the vicinity of the home of the Abu Rida family, belonging to Yusuf Abdul Salam Abu Rida, in the Ras al-Ain area of Qusra, imposed a siege around it, prevented residents from reaching the property, and erected a tent nearby under the protection of Israeli occupation forces,” the sources said.
The settlers blocked the road leading to the home with rocks, according to sources.
While the house has been besieged for days, extremist settlers have been trying to take over the house for four months, WAFA reported.
“Colonists have repeatedly cut electricity to the home, pelted it with stones, and besieged it on several occasions,” residents of Qusra say.
The Hassan family of Qusra town are also trapped in their homes and have been appealing for urgent help via social media. Their electricity and water supplies are being targeted as well. … Full article
IMEMC | August 12, 2026
Israeli military operations have devastated farmland, water sources, and tree cover across the occupied West Bank and Gaza, according to Palestinian officials, researchers, and multiple UN agencies.
The destruction has accompanied expanding colonial projects in the West Bank and has compounded the humanitarian collapse in Gaza, where UN bodies have documented widespread damage from bombardment, bulldozing, and military operations.
Across both regions, the loss of agricultural land has uprooted thousands of trees, severed water networks, and left entire communities unable to sustain long‑term food production.
Farmers say the effects extend far beyond the plots directly hit by bulldozers, with destroyed wells, irrigation lines, and access roads leaving large agricultural zones dry and inaccessible.
Jenin has faced some of the most extensive bulldozing in recent months. In Zububa, west of Jenin, farmer Munir Abu Bakr lost around 50 dunams of land planted with olive trees and irrigated vegetable crops, along with an artesian well. … continue
Al Mayadeen | August 12, 2026
Firefighters and residents in south Lebanon have accused Israeli occupation forces of deliberately starting wildfires, as forested areas have been consumed by flames following Israeli bombardment.
Environmental organizations said the fires reported in recent weeks reflect a longstanding pattern of Israeli attacks affecting Lebanon’s natural environment.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military dropped flares in a wooded area outside Khiam in south Lebanon, igniting fires. When firefighters moved in to put out the flames, a drone struck nearby, forcing them to retreat, Hussein Fakih, head of civil defense in the Nabatieh region, told the Guardian.
“Most of our missions are now related to fires. There are enormous areas of woodland that have burned; I don’t have the exact figures, but in the areas close to the [frontline], around 30-40% of the land has been affected by fires”, he stressed.
According to videos and testimony from first responders, the Israeli occupation forces have caused fires throughout southern Lebanon, particularly in olive groves and agricultural areas, during the nearly two months since the June 17 ‘ceasefire’ that “Israel” is violating daily. […]
During the summer of 2024, Israeli troops used trebuchets, medieval catapults, to hurl flaming debris over the border wall into Lebanon. The Lebanese army also published photographs of Israeli drones carrying hoses that were used to spray forests with flammable materials.
Health and environmental experts raised concerns in February after Israeli aircraft dropped herbicides linked to cancer on farms in southern Lebanon. […]
On Aug. 1, forcibly displaced residents of the border village of Yaroun discovered that their olive and fruit groves, along with their homes, had been burned by Israeli troops occupying the area.
“They had already bulldozed the whole village. Then they set fire to the trees. What remained in this particular area were the olive trees, large groves, with very old olive trees. They started there, then the fire spread along the outskirts of the village”, said Hafez Ghasham, mayor of Yaroun.
Residents of Yaroun had already seen the Israeli forces bulldoze all but 20 of the village’s 900 homes in previous months. During their forcible displacement, they pooled money to purchase costly satellite imagery of the village. … Full article
MEMO |August 12, 2026
Israeli forces blew up buildings in southern Lebanon early Wednesday, including a school, and struck a site used to commemorate Ashura, causing injuries despite ongoing ceasefire negotiations, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported.
Israeli forces detonated and destroyed the four-story Sheikh Naim Mahdi School building in the center of Eastern Zawtar, the agency said.
They also carried out explosions in the Touline Valley along the Wadi al-Saluki road, it added.
During the night, Israeli forces carried out two large explosions in Haddatha, as well as a massive blast in Beit Yahoun in the Bint Jbeil district, according to the agency.
An Israeli drone directly struck an Ashura commemoration site on the Kafra-Al-Asi road, causing several injuries, the NNA said.
The agency also reported that an Israeli drone flew over Beirut’s southern suburbs. … Full article
Press TV – August 12, 2026
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has condemned US threats and airstrikes against Iran’s civilian infrastructure as clear war crimes, warning that normalizing such “unprecedented violations” of the Geneva Conventions would erode the international legal order.
In a post on X on Wednesday marking the 77th anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions, Baghaei said the architects of the treaties could scarcely have imagined that decades later, the United States, as host of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council, “would repeatedly threaten to attack the infrastructure, bridges, and power plants of another country, and would in fact commit such crimes.”
He said the conventions established fundamental rules governing armed conflict, including “humanity,” “distinction,” “military necessity,” and “proportionality,” as well as the prohibition of “unnecessary suffering,” with the aim of “civilizing humanity and humanizing war.”
Adopted in 1949, the four Geneva Conventions establish international rules for the protection of civilians, wounded and sick combatants, and prisoners of war during armed conflicts. … continue
By Yousef Ramazani | Press TV | August 12, 2026
… While Taiwanese companies have invested heavily in helium recycling systems that can recapture ninety to 95 percent of the helium used in certain processes, leak-detection helium is essentially unrecoverable, and even a 5 percent loss at high consumption volumes adds up rapidly.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reportedly held inventory of four to six months and had locked in multiyear helium supply contracts as part of its Arizona fab planning, but the prolonged nature of the disruption raised concerns about the sustainability of these buffers. […]
Efforts to diversify helium supply have been complicated by the physical limitations of the industry. New helium projects under development in Canada, Tanzania, and Minnesota are years away from meaningful production.
The specialized cryogenic containers used to transport helium are in limited supply, and the stranded containers in West Asia represent a significant portion of the global fleet. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | August 12, 2026
Saudi airstrikes targeted areas in Yemen’s northwestern Saada province on Wednesday, according to reports from media outlets in Sanaa.
The strikes hit the Bani Muain area in the Razih district, which lies along the border, according to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, while Yemeni media reported that Saudi airstrikes also targeted several areas in the border district of Al Dhaher.
In response, Yemeni forces continue to retaliate against the Saudi aggression, according to the reports.
The Yemeni government maintains that the Yemeni armed forces are at full readiness to confront the aggression and are continuing to target Saudi military mobilizations, emphasizing that the equation of “blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation” is an irreversible option until the demands of the Yemeni people are achieved, according to the statements.
In response to the Saudi aggression and as part of the “blockade for blockade” equation, the Yemeni armed forces are imposing a navigation ban on Saudi oil ships in the Red Sea. … Full article
RT | August 12, 2026
The Pentagon was accused of whitewashing US Army crimes after publishing its annual estimate of civilian casualties in 2025.
The report, submitted to Congress late Monday and obtained by US news outlets, contains numbers that are far lower than estimates by independent outlets.
The Pentagon concluded that US military operations killed 153 civilians and injured 243 last year. All of the cited casualties in 2025 stemmed from Washington’s bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen, while another 15 remain under review.
However, independent monitors have reported figures significantly higher. The Airwars group has estimated that at least 258 civilians may have been killed during the Yemen campaign, while the Yemen Data Project has put the toll at 238 dead and 467 injured. The Pentagon recorded no civilian casualties from US military operations in the Western Hemisphere, despite dozens of strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific beginning in September of 2025 – a point of particular criticism. … continue
The Cradle | August 12, 2026
Iranian Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati announced on 12 August that the country will soon be joining the New Development Bank (NDB).
“The most important result of cooperation among BRICS member countries is the establishment of the New Development Bank, and our country will soon become a member of this bank,” said Hemmati.
BRICS states have worked to cut their reliance on the dollar by pushing for trade and financial transactions in national currencies.
Hemmati said member states are able to trade with one another in their own currencies, as Iran remains under sweeping western sanctions and seeks to build an alternative economic network around them.
“We are seeking to establish bilateral and trilateral monetary cooperation with member states,” he said. … Full article
By Drago Bosnic | August 12, 2026
NATO member Turkey plans to transfer a massive arsenal of US-made long-range strike systems and artillery munitions to the Neo-Nazi junta forces. This includes at least 70 M39 ATACMS TBMs (tactical ballistic missiles), 12 M270 MLRSs (multiple launch rocket systems), 2,524 M26 227 mm rockets (compatible with both the M270 MLRS and the M142 HIMARS) and 47,000 M509A1 203 mm cluster-munition artillery rounds.
This will be by far the largest single transfer of NATO-sourced weapons and munitions to the Kiev regime outside the United States. It comes at a critical moment for the political West, as the Neo-Nazi junta’s ATACMS stockpiles are virtually gone after years of failures against the Russian military, both in terms of losses caused by Moscow’s world-class long-range precision strike capabilities and its no less stellar SAM/ABM (surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile) systems.
With the US embroiled in its disastrous aggression against Iran, the Pentagon is unable to restock its own arsenal, let alone spare some of its missiles for the Kiev regime. Turkey’s decision to deliver these weapons and munitions comes at a critical moment for the political West, demonstrating its loyalty to NATO and its aggression against the world. Namely, arming the Neo-Nazi junta with so many weapons is a clear message to both Russia and Iran, particularly now that the latter has also been targeted by NATO’s favorite puppet regime. As previously mentioned, it also comes amid US aggression against Iran, demonstrating strategic coordination between Ankara and Washington DC. Turkish motives are certainly multifaceted. Apart from showing loyalty, it’s also gaining massive profits from (re)selling its old stockpile of US-made weapons and earning “points” for a potential return to the troubled F-35 program. … continue
RT | August 12, 2026
Russia could seize ships carrying Western cargo in retaliation for similar actions against Russian maritime trade, President Vladimir Putin has warned.
There have been several incidents in recent months in which Western militaries have seized vessels that their governments accused of being part of a so-called Russian ‘shadow fleet’. Putin warned on Wednesday during a meeting with Pacific Fleet commanders that Moscow could take retaliatory measures wherever it deemed necessary.
“Some nations are violating the Law of the Sea by trying to restrict the movement of our civilian traders. They recently came up with the idea of seizing our ships and selling off our plundered property. This is certainly nothing short of piracy and robbery,” Putin said.
“If such a policy is implemented in practice, we will be forced to take mirror responses. And not necessarily in the waters where our ships are being raided. We’ll do it wherever and anywhere we see fit,” he added.
Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Viktor Liina reported in response that the Russian military has detailed information about Western commercial traffic.
“From April 24 to August 6 of 2026, 1,001 ships passed through the Russian exclusive economic zone, including 379 with flags of unfriendly nations,” he said. “That includes 273 general cargo ships and 71 tanks, including 26 under the British flag and nine under the French flag.”
The UK and France have carried out several interdictions of supposed Russian ‘shadow fleet’ vessels. In June, The Telegraph reported that British authorities were considering selling around 100,000 tons of Russian crude seized from a sanctioned tanker and using the proceeds to benefit Ukraine. … continue
Sputnik – 11.08.2026
The EU is using Operation Irini as a tool of intimidation, which amounts to an abuse of international legal norms, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.
“Today, Operation Irini is effectively being used by the EU to intimidate commercial carriers and obstruct freedom of navigation. This is a clear case of abusing existing international legal norms and broadly interpreting its own authority,” the ministry said in a statement.
In order to hinder maritime shipments of oil and other cargoes on behalf of Russia, the European Union is leveraging the naval operation Irini,conducted off the coast of Libya. Citing the “adjusted” mandate of this operation, European forces are carrying out unlawful inspections of foreign vessels.
“The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, by labeling not the actions of EU member-state ships involved in Irini as unlawful, but rather the routine maritime shipments that ensure the energy and food security of developing countries, once again demonstrates flagrant disregard for the norms of international law,” the Foreign Ministry added.
RT | August 12, 2026
Romanian officials have presented pieces of foam plastic as supposed evidence that drones recently shot down over the country were Russian, Moscow’s embassy in Bucharest has said.
Speaking to the Izvestia newspaper on Wednesday, the mission responded to Romania’s accusations that Russian UAVs have on numerous occasions strayed onto its territory during attacks on Ukrainian military-related sites.
During a meeting at Romania’s Foreign Ministry on the matter, Russian diplomats were shown “pieces of foam plastic” and were asked to regard them as evidence of the drones’ supposed Russian origin. “Naturally, we were provided with no facts linking these drones to our country,” the embassy said.
The mission suggested that the incidents amounted to a “prearranged performance” involving shooting at training targets, intended to justify Romania’s military buildup and higher defense spending. “The local political establishment has long pursued this goal and is actively implementing it in practice,” the embassy said, adding that Bucharest is purchasing expensive Western-made weapons with taxpayers’ money, justifying it by the alleged “threat from the East.” … continue
The United Kingdom is the most active supplier of main units and components for unmanned aerial vehicles used as killer drones against civilians. Germany supplies weapons in large quantities, and Sweden is also involved. Canada plays an active role, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik told Sputnik.
“At the very least, these countries, even in their official rhetoric, emphasize as much as possible that they are supplying the Ukrainian regime in Kiev with unmanned aerial vehicles, which have caused civilian deaths in the Russian cities of Nizhnekamsk and Belgorod,” Miroshnik stressed.
“Ukrainian forces have fired more than 7,000 munitions at civilian facilities in Russia in the past week, killing 43 civilians and injuring 376 more, the Russian diplomat said.
He added that Ukrainian troops used large quantities of “weapons with shrapnel and high-explosive fragmentation warheads with the aim of causing maximum harm to civilians.”
The enemy attacked residential areas, infrastructure facilities, industrial and logistics hubs in 16 Russian regions located far from the front lines, according to Miroshnik.
He also said that a Ukrainian drone operator deliberately directed a UAV at a beach with civilians in Arkhipo-Osipovka, Krasnodar Region, which should be classified as a grave war crime under international humanitarian law.
Disregarding the norms and principles of international humanitarian law, the enemy carried out deliberate strikes on medical facilities and medical transport, including those located in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Miroshnik pointed out.
RT | August 12, 2026
Two people, including a child, have been killed and a dozen others wounded in another large-scale Ukrainian drone raid on Russia’s Krasnodar Region, local governor Veniamin Kondratyev has said.
The region was targeted by hundreds of UAVs overnight, Kondratyev wrote in a post on Telegram on Wednesday.
Civilian facilities and private homes in Novorossiysk, Anapa, Gelendzhik, and the Temryuksky district suffered damage in the raid, he added. … Full article
By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | August 11, 2026
Delcy Rodriguez, the “interim president” of Venezuela installed by the United States after kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro, is destroying and spitting in the face of the political revolution started by Hugo Chavez’s election in 1999, dubbed the Bolivarian Revolution after Simon Bolivar.
Anti-imperialism was always at the forefront of Hugo Chavez’s and Nicolas Maduro’s agenda, first and foremost, solidarity with the Palestinians suffering under Israeli occupation.
In 2009, after Israel’s bombardment in Gaza dubbed Operation Cast Lead, which killed 1,400 Palestinians – including 300 children, and which a UN inquiry called “a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population”, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez severed “ties with Israel in protest against its war in the Gaza Strip”, with Chavez saying, “Venezuela … has decided to break off diplomatic relations with the state of Israel given the inhumane persecution of the Palestinian people”. … continue
By Anthony Watts | Watts Up With That? | August 10, 2026
Climate Central’s latest report, Warming U.S. Cities Face Higher Cooling Demand and Energy Bills, argues that climate change is driving increased cooling demand and higher electricity costs across America. The report is mistaken, overlooking several important factors that explain the increased use of cooling better, factors endemic to growing cities.
Climate Central describes “cooling degree days as a temperature-based metric used to estimate the demand for energy to cool buildings.” Climate Central has calculated that cooling degree days have increased in 97 percent of the 241 U.S. cities it analyzed since 1970, resulting in an average 37 percent increase in cooling demand. It further suggests that household cooling costs will continue to climb as the climate warms.
Perhaps the most obvious omission is that the analysis focuses exclusively on cities. Climate Central’s own methodology states that it calculated cooling degree day trends using temperature records from 241 urban locations between 1970 and 2025.
Cities are well known to experience the Urban Heat Island effect. As vegetation is replaced by asphalt, concrete, buildings, parking lots, highways, and other infrastructure, urban areas naturally become warmer than surrounding rural regions.
A definitive test case was performed in Reno, NV that illustrated how even a difference of just one mile could dramatically alter temperature measurements used as part of the climate record.
Pavement absorbs solar energy throughout the day, buildings trap heat overnight, and millions of air conditioners discharge waste heat directly into the surrounding environment.
In fact, Climate Central acknowledges this phenomenon in its own report, noting that air conditioners release waste heat outdoors and that, in cities with millions of units operating simultaneously, this process can increase the urban heat island effect.
Despite recognizing that cities generate their own localized warming, the report makes no serious attempt to determine how much of the increase in cooling degree days results from expanding urban development rather than some general warming trend. … Full article
RT | August 11, 2026
The Ukrainian state has no political will to root out corruption, as powerful interests reap illegal benefits from the increasingly compromised system, including the massive defense sector, senior anti-graft officials have warned.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies are facing growing resistance from powerful interests that benefit from entrenched graft within the government, according to senior investigators.
Efforts to obstruct the work of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) are being compounded by shortages of personnel and legal powers needed to pursue major cases effectively, the heads of the two Western-backed bodies said at a press conference on Monday.
“The state demonstrates that it has no political will to fight corruption properly,” SAPO Head Aleksandr Klimenko told journalists. He said graft remains a serious problem and is becoming more acute at the highest levels of government, which are the primary focus of NABU and SAPO investigations.
NABU Director Semyon Krivonos said corruption in the defense sector remains one of the agencies’ main priorities because it directly affects Ukraine’s military capabilities amid the conflict with Russia.
“Corruption is transforming to a certain degree now. Large arms suppliers can have powerful beneficiaries, including top-level law enforcement officials, members of parliament and people from other branches of the government leveraging secret agreements,” he said.
The two agencies were established under pressure from Kiev’s Western backers and were designed to operate with a significant degree of independence. In recent years, they have investigated several figures linked to Vladimir Zelensky’s inner circle, and the Ukrainian leader has unsuccessfully attempted to bring the institutions under his political control.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has been hit by a series of corruption scandals in recent years. One of the latest high-profile controversies involved former Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. Leaked NABU surveillance recordings suggest that he had close links to businessman Timur Mindich.
Mindich, a longtime business associate of Zelensky, fled to Israel last November… Full article
By George Beebe | Responsible Statecraft | August 11, 2026
Over the course of a few short weeks, a grim new reality has taken shape in Ukraine.
Russia has shown that it need not conquer and occupy Ukraine’s entire Black Sea coastline to turn that country into the equivalent of a landlocked state. It need only deny access to Ukraine’s critically important Odessa port complex, something it is doing quite effectively through air and missile strikes on port facilities and approaching ships.
That reality will probably not amount to a knock-out blow in the ongoing war. But it is likely to have a profound impact on Ukraine’s already gloomy post-war prospects — and, by extension, on the contours of a new European security landscape in the current conflict’s aftermath.
Only a handful of months ago, Russia was conducting few military operations against Odessa. Early in the war, attacks by Russia and Ukraine on merchant shipping in the Black Sea had threatened to choke off agricultural exports vital to world markets. Under pressure from India and other key partners in the Global South, Moscow agreed to the so-called “Grain Deal” with Ukraine, brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, to allow unimpeded commercial exports from the region. … continue
Sputnik – 11.08.2026
WASHINGTON – The United States will not be able to replenish the Javelin anti-tank missiles transferred to Ukraine until at least 2030, according to Pentagon budget documents reviewed by Sputnik.
In fiscal years 2022–2025, the US Army purchased 9,374 missiles to replenish their stockpiles. However, a significant portion of these batches will not be delivered to the military until several years after the contracts were signed.
The most recent delivery – a batch of 944 missiles, funded back in 2024 – will not begin until August 2030.
Deliveries of command and launch units for the Javelin systems will also be delayed for several years, according to Sputnik’s calculations. The latest batch purchased with funds to replenish weapons transferred to Ukraine includes 50 warheads and is scheduled to be delivered to the US Army by the end of 2028.
The Pentagon explains this delay by saying that the volume of additional procurement in the 2022–2024 fiscal years exceeded the production capacity of its facilities. The full procurement and production cycle for one Javelin missile takes up to 4.5 years, while for a command and launch unit, it takes just over four years, Sputnik revealed.
RT | August 11, 2026
Bulgarian opposition leader Kostadin Kostadinov has called for Ukrainian Ambassador Olesya Ilashschuk to be expelled from the country, accusing her of interfering in domestic affairs and citing a series of security incidents involving Ukraine.
The Revival party leader said Sofia should declare Ilashschuk persona non grata after the Foreign Ministry announced it would summon her over a Ukrainian drone that crashed and exploded near a strategic gas pipeline over the weekend.
The UAV entered Bulgaria through Romanian airspace and detonated near the former Kardam border checkpoint, around one kilometer from a compressor station on the Trans-Balkan Pipeline. The Defense Ministry said the aircraft was likely a Maya decoy drone of a type used by Ukrainian forces, but noted there was no indication the incident was deliberate.
Kostadinov accused the authorities of downplaying the episode, arguing that the damage at the site was inconsistent with an unarmed reconnaissance drone. He described it as an “act of aggression” and questioned whether other Ukrainian drones had also entered Bulgarian airspace.
He also demanded that Ilashschuk be questioned over two former Ukrainian servicemen detained earlier this year on espionage charges. Revival claims the men had obtained sensitive information, including coordinates and technical details of compressor stations along the Balkan Stream gas pipeline. … Full article
IMEMC | August 11, 2026
Israeli occupation authorities issued a military order Monday to seize 2,224 dunams of Palestinian land belonging to the village of Marda, in the Salfit governorate of the central occupied West Bank, citing what they call “military purposes.”
The targeted land lies in a strategic location along Road 505, directly north of the illegal colonial bloc of Ariel. […]
The order transfers possession of the land to the commander of the Israeli occupation army through the official responsible for land affairs at the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
The location provides an elevated vantage point over movement routes in the area, and the order states that the land will be used to establish a military communications tower or similar installation. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | August 11, 2026
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) documented 552 Israeli violations in South Lebanon over three days, from Friday, August 7, through Sunday, August 9, including 455 artillery shells and 97 violations of Lebanese airspace, most involving drones.
UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said, “229 shells fired by the Israeli army on Saturday represent the highest number recorded by UNIFIL since June 21,” as the UN force also reported an Israeli airstrike in al-Mansouri.
UNIFIL further reported that Israeli tanks fired shells that landed around 200 meters from a UNIFIL position in Mays al-Jabal… Full article
Al Mayadeen | August 11, 2026
An Israeli drone strike on the city of Nabatieh wounded two civilians, the Emergency Operations Center of Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced.
The strike was carried out in two successive rounds, with the second targeting an ambulance team from the Islamic Health Authority, Islamic Message Scouts Association, and other medical personnel that had arrived at the scene to evacuate the wounded. The strike damaged an ambulance.
The Ministry renewed its condemnation of the continued Israeli targeting of ambulance crews, describing it as an unacceptable violation of international humanitarian law and all international norms. … continue
Press TV – August 11, 2026
Seven US Navy personnel have reportedly been killed and several others wounded in a violent clash aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, as growing unrest among the carrier’s crew has exposed mounting pressure inside the US military amid a prolonged deployment.
The incident erupted after an adviser to US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Brad Cooper boarded the carrier to address mounting complaints from crew members following protests by their families over the ship’s prolonged deployment, according to Tasnim News Agency, citing an informed military source.
The adviser was reportedly met with boos and had water bottles thrown at him while addressing a gathering of personnel.
The confrontation subsequently escalated into a fight among crew members involving knives and other bladed weapons, leaving seven personnel dead and several others wounded, according to the source.
The atmosphere aboard the carrier remains tense and unsettled, Tasnim reported. … continue
David Stockman’s Contra Corner | August 11, 2026
… there is surely a silver lining in this greatest U.S. military defeat in modern history – even if under the nation’s most impulsive and strategically incompetent presidents ever. Namely, the possibility that the delusional scales of Empire may finally fall from the eyes of the American people.
The fact is, there is no need for a globe-spanning empire of military forces, bases, naval armadas, forward deployments, and Forever Wars stretching from one end of the planet to the other. An invincible nuclear deterrent combined with a robust Fortress America conventional defense of the nation’s coastlines, airspace, and near approaches would more than guarantee the security and liberty of the American people from sea-to-shining-sea.
Moreover, a true America First defense posture could be funded on roughly $350 billion per year, not the empire’s current near-trillion-dollar budget. So the Donald’s rash, impulsive launch of the war on Iran may, ironically, point the way toward a more peaceful world free of the utterly unnecessary, dangerous, and bankrupting empire bivouacked on the banks of the Potomac. … Read full article
Al Mayadeen | August 11, 2026
Amid ongoing Saudi aggression against Yemen, the Sanaa negotiating delegation is maintaining contacts with various regional and international parties, the delegation’s head, Mohammad Abdul Salam, stated.
He stressed that attacks by Yemeni armed forces on Saudi vessels, military buildups, and camps inside Yemen constitute a legitimate response to the aggression against the Yemeni people, particularly the July 13, 2026, assault on Sanaa Airport.
“We have never closed the door to dialogue and negotiations, either before or after, and it is the Saudi side that rejects them. It has recently stated this clearly, contradicting its statements in which it claims to support peaceful solutions,” Abdul Salam said. … Full article
By Blaise Malley | Responsible Statecraft | August 11, 2026
In early August, the top U.S. special operations commander for Africa signed a security agreement with the president of Puntland — a semi-autonomous region in northeastern Somalia — to expand the American military installation there.
The deal surfaced through a short statement from the Puntland government.
“Under the agreement, the United States will expand its military base in Bosaso to improve operations against terrorism and to help protect maritime security,” the Puntland Government of Somalia wrote in a statement. “The Puntland state remains committed to fighting terrorism and any threat that could harm the security, stability, and development of Puntland, Somalia, and the Horn of Africa.”
There are few details regarding the arrangement, which has no public text and has not yet been confirmed by the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) or anybody in Washington.
“The informality is really important,” said Samar Al-Bulushi, associate professor of anthropology at University of California, Irvine, and a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute. “If the U.S. wants to be able to stand by its claim — that seems to be a claim only — that it respects the sovereignty of the Somali government, then, in theory, it wouldn’t be negotiating formal agreements with these semi-autonomous regions.”
The deal was reportedly negotiated without input from the central government in Mogadishu — whose authority the government in Puntland does not recognize — marking a notable shift toward treating Somalia’s federal peripheral states as sovereign negotiating partners in their own right. […]
AFRICOM officials also met with leadership in Jubaland, another federal member state that does not recognize Mogadishu’s authority, in the days before the Puntland government announced the deal. These efforts could reinforce a pattern that risks deepening the divisions the U.S. says it wants to see resolved. … Full article
MEMO | August 11, 2026
US forces fired on a Panama-flagged ship early Tuesday that was attempting to breach an American blockade of Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an official.
An American chopper fired at the rudder of the ship after the crew ignored warnings from US personnel working to enforce the naval blockade of Iranian ports, the US official reportedly said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties in the incident, and the US official reportedly said the ship appeared to be trying to move its crew to another civilian vessel after the attack.
Earlier Tuesday, maritime security firm Vanguard said that a Panama-flagged containership, Vela Nova, was struck by a missile fired from a helicopter while transiting westbound through the Gulf of Oman about 71 nautical miles (131 kilometers, 82 miles) from the coast of Pakistan.
“The missile struck the vessel, causing a fire that was subsequently extinguished,” Vanguard said in an initial report on the incident. All 17 crew were accounted for, it added.
Press TV – August 11, 2026
The US government has quietly sold two oil tankers seized following its military aggression against Venezuela to Dubai-based vessel recycler Global Marketing Systems (GMS), with the vessels set to be dismantled in India.
The two tankers, the Era and Lileo, were purchased by GMS last month for an undisclosed sum, Lloyd’s List reported on Monday.
Both vessels had been seized by US authorities in January 2026 amid Washington’s military campaign against Venezuelan oil shipments. … continue
In an era of cheap drones, the new battleship is overly reliant on expensive and highly vulnerable technology
By Dan Grazier | Responsible Statecraft | August 11, 2026
The first proposed Trump-class battleship now has a price tag: $23 billion.
This cost, as assessed by the Congressional Budget Office, will garner a lot of attention. But the primary concern for policymakers and citizens alike should be the complexity of the ship’s design.
The U.S. Navy has a poor shipbuilding record in the 21st century. The Zumwalt-class destroyer, the Littoral Combat Ship, and the Constellation-class frigate have been complete failures. The final verdict of the Ford-class aircraft carrier is not yet in, but when the ship’s crew can’t even rely on the sewage system to work properly, the case isn’t looking too good.
It becomes clear reading through the CBO’s report that Navy officials in Washington have learned nothing over the past 25 years from their shipbuilding mistakes. … continue
Investigation into clinical trial documents reveals the FDA used statistical sleight of hand to make a serious safety signal in Moderna’s flu vaccine disappear
By Maryanne Demasi, PhD · MD REPORTS · August 10, 2026
When the FDA licensed Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine last week, legacy media coverage focused almost exclusively on efficacy.
The pivotal trial reported that the vaccine was “26.6% more effective” than a conventional flu vaccine at preventing protocol-defined influenza-like illness.
What received far less scrutiny was a much more serious problem in the trial data published in The New England Journal of Medicine – much of it relegated to an appendix behind a paywall.
An analysis of that appendix alongside the FDA’s own briefing document exposes clear regulatory malfeasance.
A statistically significant safety signal from the pivotal trial was systematically diluted until it disappeared from the official story. … continue
By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | August 10, 2026
When U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told an interviewer this weekend that the Strait of Hormuz would “become irrelevant” within two years — with more than half the energy now crossing it rerouted through underground pipelines — he was indulging a pipe dream. Bessent fails to grasp that Iran’s ability to use the Strait of Hormuz as geopolitical leverage is not going to vanish if the Gulf arabs quickly build oil pipelines. It is true that capital hates chokepoints, and Gulf producers are indeed racing to build around one. Saudi Arabia is expanding its East-West Petroline, the UAE has leaned harder on its Fujairah bypass, and Iraq is dusting off long-dormant overland export corridors. Chevron is even studying a revived Haditha–Baniyas line from Iraq to the Syrian Mediterranean.
Although Bessent ‘s oil pipeline proposal sounded like a nifty way to neuter Iran, he fails to grasp the true economic importance of the Persian Gulf and the leverage that Iran will continue to have for years to come. Bessent’s framing treats Hormuz as an oil problem, and a pipeline network — however ambitious — solves an oil problem. But Hormuz is not merely the world’s most important oil chokepoint. It is the sole maritime exit for a cluster of specialized commodities that cannot be pumped through a pipe, cannot be quickly re-sourced elsewhere, and whose disruption is already inflicting measurable economic damage across food, semiconductors, and heavy industry. Building a crude bypass and declaring the strait “irrelevant” mistakes one throughput for all of them.
The evidence for that is not hypothetical. It is the record of the past five months. … continue
RT | August 10, 2026
Ukraine must compensate Iran for a deadly attack on one of its cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea, as Kiev has failed to convince Tehran that the strike was unintentional, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
The ship was hit in a Ukrainian strike last month, killing one sailor. Tehran condemned the attack as “reckless.” Kiev initially defended its actions, saying Iran has “no standing to pretend to be a victim,” but later described the attack as a mistake and said it did not seek an escalation with Tehran.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday that Tehran heard Kiev’s account of the strike but did not consider the matter resolved. … continue
RT | August 10, 2026
The death toll from the Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan has risen to 13, the regional government has told the media.
Some 48 people are reported to have been injured. Mayor Radmir Belyaev said “both industrial and civilian sites” were targeted in the city, which is located some 880km east of Moscow.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said one of the civilians killed was a minor. The agency has designated the Ukrainian attack as an act of terrorism, stressing that the targeted locations “had nothing to do with military activities.”
Citizens of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan may be among the fatalities, the administration of Tatarstan said.
The regional Health Ministry has ordered a surge of responders, sending to Nizhnekamsk six additional medical teams from the city of Naberezhnye Chelny and Tatarstan’s center for disaster medicine, a specialized trauma hospital. … Full article
By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | August 10, 2026
The Israeli Shin Bet has apparently forcibly disappeared Artyom Kirpichonok, a Russia-based historian with Israeli citizenship who has been critical of Zionism.
According to friends of Kirpichonok, “Kirpichonok arrived in Israel last week on a flight from Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, to attend an event to which he had been invited. After landing, however, he did not contact any of them and has not been heard from since. Reports indicate he arrived at Ben Gurion Airport from Yerevan on Aug. 2.” … continue
Palestinian Information Center – August 10, 2026
ATHENS – Greece has witnessed on Sunday a wave of pro-Palestine protests rejecting Israeli occupation policies, with dozens of events organized across the country under the slogan National Day of Action for Palestine.
According to reports by Greek media and protest organizers, the events covered at least 91 locations, including the capital Athens and the city of Thessaloniki, along with several islands and tourist areas, such as Crete, Rhodes, Kos, Mykonos, Corfu, and Zakynthos.
The main demonstration took place in Athens at seven pm in Monastiraki Square, while other areas around the capital hosted protest events, including Victoria Square, Haidari, Porto Rafti, and Palaia Fokaia.
The surroundings of the city of Thessaloniki witnessed a protest gathering near the statue of Eleftherios Venizelos at 7.30 pm.
The events are spread across several well-known islands and tourist destinations, including Rhodes, Kos, and Mykonos, along with Crete, Corfu, Zakynthos, Naxos, Tinos, Samos, Lesbos, and others.
Demands to change Athens policy toward Israel
Pro-Palestine organizations participated in organizing and supporting the movements, including the BDS Greece movement, the March to Gaza Greece organization, and the Palestinian Community in Greece.
Protest organizers raised demands for the Greek government to change its policy toward Israel, including stopping military cooperation between the two sides, imposing an arms embargo, and imposing sanctions on it.
Demands also included re-imposing entry visas on Israelis, along with investigating Israeli soldiers and military personnel entering Greece, under the grounds of potential involvement of some in war crimes, according to what protest organizers present. … Full article
Press TV – August 10, 2026
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate has documented at least 108 attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers against Palestinian journalists and media workers in the occupied West Bank in July alone.
In a statement on Sunday, the syndicate’s Freedoms Committee said the violations included detentions, beatings, interrogations, obstruction of journalistic coverage, and the seizure or destruction of press equipment.
The committee said the violations had made it increasingly difficult for journalists to document Israeli military raids and settler violence on the ground.
Brief detentions and restrictions on reporting accounted for the largest category of violations, with 58 cases recorded during the month.
The committee also documented 11 attacks by settlers against journalists. These included physical assaults, shoving, and threats, mostly while journalists were covering settler attacks and military raids.
In 12 cases, Israeli forces fired stun grenades or tear gas at journalists, causing some to suffocate, according to the committee.
Six journalists were beaten, while four sustained bleeding injuries, including injuries caused by shrapnel, as they were covering developments in the Gaza Strip. Two other journalists were detained and four were interrogated about their reporting.
The syndicate recorded four raids on journalists’ homes or media offices, including the closure of one media outlet.
It also documented three cases in which journalistic equipment was confiscated or destroyed and two incidents in which footage was deleted. … Full article
MEMO | August 10, 2026
The Israeli army forced a Palestinian family from their home and turned it into a military post Sunday as Israeli occupiers carried out attacks on Palestinians and farmland across the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces raided the home in Arraba, south of Jenin, ordered the family out and told the owner that troops would remain there until Sunday evening, local sources told Anadolu Agency.
The army also closed the Arraba junction and the road leading west toward Yabad, disrupting movement on a key route connecting the area with nearby towns.
Elsewhere in Jenin governorate, Israeli occupiers cut down dozens of fruit trees on Palestinian land in Khirbet Farasin, including some around 10 years old.
Local sources said the area has faced repeated attacks, with hundreds of trees cut down during the previous agricultural season.
Near Ramallah, Israeli occupiers attacked farmers in the eastern part of Al-Mughayyir village, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. … Full article
IMEMC | August 10, 2026
Medical and journalist sources in Gaza said Israeli occupation forces carried out attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including artillery shelling, tank and naval fire, drone strikes, home demolitions, and assaults on displacement camps from Rafah to Beit Lahia.
Civilians were injured in several neighborhoods as Israeli forces targeted residential areas, coastal zones, and tent shelters, while civil defense teams reported additional victims still trapped under rubble amid the collapse of medical and humanitarian services.
Medical sources in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, said two citizens, including a child, were shot by Israeli forces in the Al‑Najjar neighborhood in the center of the city, while a third was injured by gunfire in the Al‑Dhahra area west of Khan Younis. Israeli artillery simultaneously struck eastern Khan Younis, intensifying bombardment across the district.
In the central Gaza Strip, Israeli artillery shelled the eastern areas of Al‑Bureij refugee camp, while occupation forces opened heavy fire toward the eastern edges of Jabalia refugee camp and the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.
Local sources reported that Israeli military vehicles invaded the Beit Lahia Project area and fired extensively toward homes and residential blocks.
Throughout the day, Israeli forces continued widespread gunfire, artillery shelling, home demolitions, and attacks on shelters and displacement camps across the Gaza Strip. In central Gaza, artillery struck areas northeast and east of Al‑Bureij refugee camp, while Israeli naval vessels opened fire along the coastline.
In eastern Gaza City, tanks and military vehicles opened fire near the Tuffah neighborhood as quad‑copter drones carried out attacks. Several civilians were injured in the Al‑Mahatta area of Al‑Tuffah and the Nafaq area in the center of Gaza city, when Israeli forces fired toward residential areas.
Israeli naval vessels also renewed heavy fire along the coasts of Khan Younis, Rafah, and Gaza City. Gunfire was reported near the Bani Suhaila roundabout east of Khan Younis, targeting homes and displacement tents. In Rafah, Israeli tanks fired heavily in the Al‑Shakoush area north of the city, while artillery struck northern Rafah and targeted tents of displaced families in the Al‑Mawasi area. … Full article
MEMO | August 10, 2026
A poll by Israel’s Kan public broadcaster on emigration from Israel found that one-third of respondents know someone who has left the country, while 12 per cent said the outcome of the next election could determine whether they stay in Israel or leave.
The issue of emigration from Israel, and concerns over a growing number of Israelis choosing to leave the country, is expected to be a key issue in the upcoming election. … Full article
Despite the pressure, President Trump seems to be moving closer to approving Ankara’s reentry into the fighter jet program
By Fatih Kocaibiş | Responsible Statecraft | August 10, 2026
For the first time in years, Washington is discussing Turkey’s return to the F-35 program as a serious possibility.
At the NATO summit in Ankara last month, President Donald Trump said he would lift the CAATSA sanctions that the U.S. imposed on Turkey after Ankara purchased Russian S-400 missile defense systems in 2019. Trump added that he was “certainly” considering restoring Turkey’s access to the F-35 program, which was also suspended at the time..
Notably, a separate sale of American engines for Turkey’s domestic KAAN fighter jet has advanced through congressional review. Ankara is also reportedly exploring the transfer of its S-400 batteries to a Gulf state, a step Washington has demanded for years.
But the Russian system is no longer the only source of resistance. Israel argues that Turkish F-35s would, in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s words, “destroy the power balance” in the region. The phrase invokes Israel’s “qualitative military edge,” a provision in U.S. law according to which Washington cannot sell weapons to Middle Eastern states if those arms would give them capabilities on par with Israel’s own weaponry.
Yet these rules have never been formally applied to Turkey, which is, after all, a U.S. treaty ally. What is being tested is thus not only an arms sale, but whether Israel’s claim to regional primacy can restrict American policy toward a NATO ally. … continue
Washington must cease its strong-arm tactics before shipping can resume through the key waterway, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran has said
RT | August 10, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened through diplomacy while Washington continues to use military pressure against Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
Iran closed Hormuz in response to a US-Israeli military campaign launched in late February. Washington subsequently imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports, escalating a standoff over a strategic waterway that has historically carried around a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday that diplomacy is “certainly” part of the “struggle to safeguard our national interests,” but added that “when dealing with a side that insists on the use of force, a maritime blockade is not a diplomatic action that we can lift through diplomacy.”
“Certainly, you have to use authority and military power, along with diplomacy, to prevent the United States’ aggression, and that is what is being done,” Baghaei told a press briefing.
Tehran has set out a series of conditions for reopening the strait, including compensation for war damage, the lifting of sanctions, and the release of frozen Iranian funds, as well as a permanent end to hostilities against Iran and its regional allies.
The IRGC has also said that reopening Hormuz will depend on Washington fully accepting Tehran’s conditions. … continue
By Stavroula Pabst | Responsible Statecraft | August 10, 2026
Almost every day, the military tests various emerging technologies across the U.S., including drone and counter-drone systems and GPS jamming.
To a certain extent, this testing is inevitable. But, as experts told RS, the government has in many cases not ensured that the proper safeguards and necessary interagency coordination are in place to make sure such tests can be conducted safely. These testing issues strain civilian airspaces — increasingly disrupting aircraft and even sometimes leading to accidents.
In particular, the military’s domestic testing and use of drone- and counter-drone technologies have precipitated several recent high-profile mishaps. … continue</a
RT | August 10, 2026
Multiple explosions have been heard at a Bulgarian munitions storage facility after a delivery truck serving a military plant caught fire, local media have reported.
The incident occurred around midday on Monday near the village of Belitsa in Gabrovo Province, according to the BGNES news agency, which published footage showing a large white cloud rising in the distance, accompanied by loud bangs.
No casualties were reported. Officials attributed the fire to the accidental ignition of the vehicle. The facility was cordoned off and around 300 employees of Bulgarian arms manufacturer EMCO were evacuated, while residents of nearby settlements were advised to remain indoors, Gabrovo Governor Kristina Sidorova said.
Bulgaria, a NATO member and formerly a major supplier of military aid to Ukraine, has distanced itself from the conflict under Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s government. In June, Sofia said it would send no further weapons packages to Kiev. Last month it withdrew from the so-called “coalition of the willing,” a UK- and France-led group of European countries funding Ukraine. … Full article
By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | August 10, 2026
According to a Wall Street Journal report citing US officials, President Trump has been privately weighing the possibility of declaring victory against Iran and ending the war without securing a nuclear deal.
Trump reportedly has floated to senior aides that if the US can keep Iran’s nuclear program in check and traffic resumes through the Strait of Hormuz, he would be willing to extend the ceasefire “indefinitely” and effectively declare the conflict over. … continue
Al Mayadeen | August 10, 2026
Malaysian authorities have intercepted a shipping container at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor over suspicions that its cargo was intended for export to “Israel” in breach of the country’s trade restrictions, local media reported.
The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) carried out the operation on Friday after receiving intelligence concerning the shipment, prompting officers to inspect the container.
According to a statement cited by Berita Harian, initial findings suggested that the shipment may have violated Malaysia’s customs regulations governing exports to “Israel”. … continue
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- NATO deploys Italian, Spanish, Turkish jets to eastern flank
- Burnham dances right on cue as warmonger puppet PM
- Netanyahu says Israeli special forces would rescue him if arrested abroad
- Israeli Forces Demolish 3 Wells in Tubas, Order Citizen to Demolish Home in Jerusalem
- Four Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, including two children
- Israeli Occupation Shells Syria’s Southern Countryside of Quneitra
- From Tehran to Riyadh: How Israel Draws the Red Lines America Can’t Cross
- Pentagon hands Lockheed Martin nearly $59 billion deal as US interceptor stockpiles collapse
- Houthi official denies reports of plan to charge ships passing through Bab al-Mandab
- US-Israeli schemes target entire region, Saudi serving them: Al-Houthi
- Iran warns Bulgaria against hosting US warplanes, secures assurances from Cyprus on base neutrality
- US airstrikes damage student dormitories in Ahvaz, sports hall in Fars
- IRGC Says It Struck Kuwait Air Base Hosting US Troops
- Leaked: How Britain exploits US Empire
- Ukraine’s ‘turned tide’ doesn’t comport ‘with basic military reality’
- Ukraine continues its use of mine terrorism against civilians
- How NIH Silenced Its Critics Without Telling Them
- Congress Asked Fauci at Least 111 Questions — Fauci Refused to Answer at Least 111 Times
- China rejects report alleging air-defense missile deal with Iran
- The Eighth Front: Inside Israel’s $1 Billion Influence Campaign
- Nearly half of Americans want Benjamin Netanyahu arrested
- Israeli Forces Shoot 2 Palestinians, Abduct Others, in the West Bank
- Israeli jailers torture Palestinian prisoners suffering scabies
- Israeli army suicides rise again as two female soldiers die, bringing this year’s total to 16
- Three Palestinians killed, several others injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza
- The Death Count Trap: Why Tallying Victims Won’t Stop Israel’s Genocide
- Israel rules out withdrawal from occupied Lebanon, wants ‘freedom of action’
- Iran demands ‘restitution’ for Kiev’s deadly attack
- US requested negotiations with Iran, not other way around: Gharibabadi
- Iran reaffirms right to defend itself against US-Israeli aggression
- Iranian Missiles Strike US Base in Jordan
- US, Saudi Arabia launch joint aggression against Iraqi resistance; at least 20 killed
- Iraq cancels PM’s Riyadh visit after US-Saudi aggression amid calls for response
- US conjoins the wars in Eurasia, West Asia
- Satellite imagery confirms damage at Yanbu oil facilities
- The Second Circuit Again Violated the Rights of the Amish
- Fauci Treated for Pulmonary Infarction Months After Getting COVID Vaccine, Diaries Show
- Ukrainian press gang allegedly shoots, runs over women
- Ukraine using mobilization threat to pressure journalists – media
- Canada’s New “Hate” Law Is Already at People’s Doors
- Israeli army raids Quran radio station in occupied West Bank, shuts it down
- Chad announces withdrawal from International Criminal Court Treaty
- EU reiterates ICC cooperation obligation as Netanyahu again crosses airspace of member states
- Netanyahu will reject US demands for withdrawal from Lebanon, Gaza, Syria if asked: Report
- Palestinian killed, others wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza
- Ukrainian Drone Strikes Passenger Bus in Russia’s Belgorod Region, 19 Injured – Governor
- Satellite imagery shows big fire at Aramco’s Abqaiq after drone strike
- Iraqi intelligence forces smash sabotage teams affiliated with Ukraine
- Russia warns Ukraine expanding ‘terrorist activities’ beyond Europe
- Kremlin demands Ukrainian threat be ‘definitively destroyed’ after Caspian Sea strike on Iranian vessel
- No Hormuz passage for those taking payouts from Iran’s frozen assets: Top military command
- Is the Department of War Covering Up the True Extent of US Casualties?
- Third of Americans Support US Conflict With Iran – Poll
- US use of Italian military bases in the conflict with Iran shows lack of autonomy
- The synthesis of regional conflicts into WWIII has begun
- Is Peter Mandelson a Russian or a Zionist asset?
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