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An Indonesian Navy frigate briefly joined a passing exercise with a Chinese warship off Taiwan’s east coast on August 12, drawing a sharp condemnation from Taipei … Read more
A Romanian F-16 fighter jet destroyed a drone with explosives near the Neptun Deep gas field in the Black Sea on August 20, 2026, after the … Read more
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani in Islamabad on August 20 to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional developments. … Read more
Pakistan’s foreign minister confirmed on August 20, 2026, that six injured sailors and the remains of two Pakistani victims of a Houthi attack on a Tanzanian … Read more
Russian ballistic missiles killed at least 12 people and injured more than 30 in Kyiv on August 20, 2026, as Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko declared a day … Read more
Israeli airstrikes on a Syrian airbase on August 17-18 triggered a diplomatic standoff, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning Turkey against military entanglements in Syria. The … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump declared the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country against Iran on August 19, 2026, vowing to isolate Tehran through … Read more
Australia’s foreign minister condemned Israel’s decision not to prosecute those responsible for an April 2024 airstrike that killed aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six others, calling … Read more
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) confirmed that apartment blocks, warehouses, and a children’s hospital were targeted, while the Romanian defense ministry reported a drone … Read more
The California Energy Commission approved new tire efficiency standards this week, requiring replacement tires to match new-vehicle energy efficiency by 2029. The California Energy Commission (CEC) … Read more
Three people were killed and at least three others injured in an explosion of Israeli military remnants near the earthworks between Mifdun and Zoutrat villages in … Read more
Five Americans were among seven people killed when a safari helicopter crashed in a remote area of northern Kenya’s Samburu County on Wednesday. The flight, operated … Read more