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08 August 2026 19:41

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The United States is not leaving us many options and is pushing us towards a problem in Gaza," - An Israeli official tells Israeli Channel 12.

Note, Washington is pushing for a two-week ceasefire to facilitate the phased disarmament of Hamas, a proposal the group has agreed to in principle. Hamas, however, insists that any such arrangement must be preceded by a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and an end to targeted assassinations. Under the proposed initial two-week phase, at least 150-500 Moroccan troops, serving as part of the International Stabilization Forces, ISF, would be deployed on a trial basis to help enforce the authority of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, NCAG. The final approval of the entry of the ISF rests with Tel Aviv–which the Israeli government has yet to approve.

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08 August 2026 16:02

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- Without directly blaming Tehran, Oman has for the first time publicly condemned the "repeated attacks on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Such incidents violate international law, threaten maritime safety, and risk undermining regional security and stability."

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08 August 2026 15:48

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- Iran struck a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. The projectile caused a fire which has since been extinguished. UKMTO reports the ship and crew are safe.

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08 August 2026 14:43

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- The US Senate has passed legislation, the "Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026,", for additional sanctions on Russia today, and will be put through the House of Representatives for a vote in the coming weeks.

The sanctions are aimed at Russian officials, as well as giving President Trump the authority to apply tariffs of up to 100% on countries that are within the top five consumers of Russian energy products, or assisting Russia with sanctions evasion.

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08 August 2026 14:22

🇺🇸⚡️- Todd Blanche has been approved by the US Senate to become Attorney General of the United States, taking the spot of Pam Bondi.

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08 August 2026 14:13

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- "The Trump administration has been looking for a current or former Cuban official who could be persuaded to take over the government in Havana as the United States ratchets up its pressure campaign, according to current and former U.S. officials.

The plan is more regime alteration than regime change.

The Trump administration has pressed its spy agencies to identify someone in the mold of Delcy Rodríguez, who became Venezuela’s interim president after U.S. forces captured the previous leader, Nicolás Maduro, in January.

Some administration officials believe that a similarly pragmatic leader can be found in Cuba." - The New York Times.

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08 August 2026 02:23

🇺🇸🇫🇷⚡️- French metalworkers from Atelier Missor, who recently finished a statue of Lady Liberty for Washington D.C. (first picture), have unveiled the first images of their next work: a 30-meter tall statue of Prometheus (second and third pictures) which will be installed next to SpaceX's Starbase in southern Texas.

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08 August 2026 01:57

🇾🇪 - Additional scenes from the clashes in southwest Yemen. Footage shows Yemeni National Resistance Forces firing from the Port of al-Khawkhah, Hays direction.

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08 August 2026 01:39

🇾🇪 - Scenes from the Hays direction, southwest Yemen.

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08 August 2026 01:34

🇸🇦⚡- "The Saudis are the architects of their own misfortune. Missed opportunities and strategic blunders have plagued Riyadh," - The Foreign Policy.

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07 August 2026 22:28

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump Media terminates deal with Crypto.com, amidst months of ongoing scrutiny over the Trump family’s crypto investments.

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07 August 2026 21:57

🇫🇷🇮🇱⚡️- According to the French lawyer Juan Branco, the Mossad tried to extract all his contacts from his phone using a security breach. However, they apparently failed and instead injected thousands of contacts, including the private numbers of Elon Musk, Sam Altman and several world leaders.

Juan Branco is currently defending Palestinians at the ICC pro bono.

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07 August 2026 17:48

🇸🇦🇮🇶🇾🇪⚡- The pro-Iranian 'Islamic Resistance of Iraq' to issue an important statement shortly.

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07 August 2026 17:31

🇾🇪⚡- An Ansarullah one-way sea-surface drone was destroyed by the Yemeni National Resistance Forces in the Red Sea. Al-jazeera reports the drone was attempting to attack a vessel in the Port of Mocha.

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07 August 2026 14:26

🇸🇦🇾🇪🇮🇶⚡- Chief of the Badr Organisation, which heads 10 pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Forces brigades, Hadi al-Amiri, has called on the rest of the PMF to postpone retaliatory strikes on Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, additional Iraqi Armed Forces reinforcements continue pouring into central parts of Iraq, including Baghdad and the Babil Province.

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08 August 2026 19:33

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel is preparing for the possibility of unilaterally attacking Iran," - Israeli Channel 13.

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08 August 2026 15:54

🇾🇪⚡- Explosions heard in Ma'rib, Presidential Leadership Council controlled central Yemen.

Ansarullah drone attack currently underway against the region.

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08 August 2026 14:49

🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡️- "Russia's state nuclear giant Rosatom, operator of the Northern Sea Route ​via the Arctic, said on Friday ‌it had issued permits for seven Chinese transit vessels to sail to Europe via the ​NSR.

"Unlike previous container ​shipments via the Northern Sea Route, which were largely experimental or one-off in nature, the 2026 ​programme provides for a fully-fledged regular ​service with vessels sailing every week throughout the navigation ‌season." ⁠Likhachev said in a statement.

Likhachev said the route ​was becoming a transport artery of ​global ⁠significance as the situation in the Persian Gulf deteriorated - a reference to the ⁠Strait ​of Hormuz situation - and as ​logistical and political uncertainty grew." - Reuters.

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08 August 2026 14:24

🇹🇷🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- "Turkey is restricting commercial ship traffic into the Black Sea, according to people familiar with the matter, following growing concern from the government after an uptick in Russian and Ukrainian attacks on vessels in the area.

The Directorate General of Coastal Safety has told multiple ships bound for Russia’s Novorossiysk – a key oil and grain export hub – that it isn’t currently issuing transit permits for such voyages or needs more time to review applications via the Dardanelles Strait, the people said." - Bloomberg.

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08 August 2026 14:19

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "A fleet of at least 56 visually identified tankers is currently operating in digital darkness to support oil exports from Arab nations neighboring Iran. These vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz to conduct covert ship-to-ship (STS) transfers in the Gulf of Oman; helping ensure that you can still afford to enjoy your summer holiday, even if it is only a day trip." - TankerTrackers

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08 August 2026 14:04

🇦🇪🇮🇷⚡️- Iran targeted a UAE state owned oil tanker earlier today in the Strait of Hormuz.

"The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned and denounced the hostile Iranian attack involving a missile that targeted a carrier affiliated with ADNOC [Abu Dhabi National Oil Company] as it transited through the Strait of Hormuz, with no injuries reported." - UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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08 August 2026 02:16

🇾🇪⚡- An Ansarullah drone was downed by the Yemeni National Resistance Forces in the Hays direction, southwest Yemen.

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08 August 2026 01:50

🇾🇪 - Clashes between Ansarullah and the Saudi-backed Yemeni National Resistance Forces are happening west of Hays, north of the al-Kassayah military camp, and south of Hays, along the Shar'ab heights.

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08 August 2026 01:37

🇮🇷⚡- "Iran's Powerful Armed Forces have shown their readiness, capability, and might in face of the world's most expensive military.

When Muslims stand together, we can face every challenge by malicious outsiders head-on.

Time to rely only on ourselves and embrace true brotherhood," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, in response to the Turkey-Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defense agreement.

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08 August 2026 01:29

🇾🇪⚡- Heavy ground clashes have erupted in the Hays direction, western Yemen, between Ansarullah and the Saudi-backed Yemeni National Resistance Forces.

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07 August 2026 22:11

🇸🇴⚡- Explosion targets two Somaliland soldiers in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway region of Somaliland.

Both soldiers are in critical condition.

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07 August 2026 18:37

🇸🇦🇮🇶🇾🇪⚡- The Islamic Resistance of Iraq has decided to 'postpone' its retaliatory strikes on Saudi Arabia.

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07 August 2026 17:45

🇾🇪⚡- Two explosions in Ma'rib, central Yemen.

Ansarullah is likely attacking the city again.

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07 August 2026 17:20

🇾🇪⚡- Explosions heard in the coastal city of Mocha, controlled by the pro-Hadi forces (Saudi-backed Yemeni National Resistance Forces).

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07 August 2026 13:21

🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰⚡- Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif, and Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman have signed a mutual defense treaty, the Mecca Agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

An attack on one will be treated as an attack on all three.