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11 August 2026 15:10

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Mediators Qatar and Pakistan have both stated talks between Washington and Tehran are at an advanced stage and a deal is near.

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11 August 2026 14:05

🇸🇦🇾🇪⚡- Saudi Arabia launched two drone strikes targeting the same al-Houthi positions as two days ago in Wadi al-Mashawwat in the Ghumar district of the Sa'da region - Ansarullah stronghold of northern Yemen.

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11 August 2026 13:15

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇵🇰 - UKMTO confirms the Ansarullah attack on a Saudi-managed commercial vessel in the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, which killed two Pakistani crew members, and a single Indonesian.

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11 August 2026 12:39

🇺🇸🇦🇪🇷🇺⚡- The U.S. has sold two Russian ghost tankers it had seized in January to UAE's Global Marketing Systems, GMS. GMS will dismantle and scrap the two Russian vessels, ERA and LILEO, at its scrapyards in India.

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11 August 2026 12:09

🇨🇴⚡️- At least 162 deaths reported from the earthquake in Colombia.

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11 August 2026 10:30

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇵🇰⚡- Ansarullah struck a Saudi-managed commercial vessel in the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, killing three crew members, two of which were Pakistani.

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11 August 2026 09:05

🇩🇿🇳🇪⚡- In a major regional pivot, Algeria has armed Niger with four helicopters, including attack aircraft, to combat anti-state actors such as the terrorist group ISSP.

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11 August 2026 02:19

🇾🇪⚡- For the second time in three days, Ansarullah is attacking the port city of Mocha, Presidential Leadership Council controlled southwest Yemen.

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10 August 2026 20:34

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- “Trump will not reach an agreement, we will accompany him until his term ends.” - Majid Shakeri, advisor to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf.

Iran has effectively stated that it will not reach an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz until 2029 unless the United States unconditionally surrenders to its demands.

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10 August 2026 19:30

🇾🇪⚡- Air defenses are active over Aden, Presidential Leadership Council controlled Yemen.

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10 August 2026 19:28

🇨🇴🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Colombia's new Abelardo de la Espriella's government has officially recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

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10 August 2026 19:07

🇷🇺⚡- Russia's Supreme Court has banned the only real opposition party, Yabloko, from participating in September's so-called 'democratic' parliamentary elections.

Yabloko Party had participated in every election, parliamentary and general, since 1993.

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10 August 2026 18:01

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- "The stage of aggression without cost has ended, and the international community must support the government to end the threat posed by the Houthi militia.

The Houthi attack on Al-Mokha and its port targeted commercial ships and caused damage to the Saudi Hospital and service facilities.

We will not allow the Houthis to monopolize the decision to start a confrontation, nor its timing, location, scope, or termination.

You [to the Gulf Cooperation Council] asked us to give peace a chance, and today we ask you to give the [Aden-based Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, PLC] state a chance as well," - Rashad al-Alimi, President of the PLC.

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10 August 2026 17:33

🇸🇩🇸🇸⚡- Initial reports, the South Sudanese Armed Forces, SSPDF, have crossed into the oil-rich and disputed region of Abyei in violation of the 2011 Abyei Agreement, which saw the withdrawal of all armed forces from the region except UNISFA.

Note, reports remain unconfirmed and footage is allegedly of the area, with vehicles clearly marked with SSPDF markings.

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10 August 2026 16:29

🇨🇴⚡️- A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck the western side of Colombia.

Injuries and severe damage have been reported in the city of Quibdo.

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11 August 2026 15:09

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- A Panama-flagged Iranian shadow vessel was fired upon by a U.S. military helicopter in the Gulf of Oman after attempting to breach the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and ignoring repeated warnings. No casualties were reported.

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11 August 2026 13:43

🇸🇩🇪🇹⚡- The Rapid Support Forces, RSF, have launched another offensive from Ethiopian territory, this time advancing toward the Geisan area, Ad Damazin direction, southeast Sudan.

Fighting has been ongoing since early this morning, with RSF forces attempting to breach the Sudan-Ethiopia border at multiple points.

The assault follows a similar RSF operation two months ago in areas under the influence of the al-Hilu's forces, also in the Ad Damazin direction, briefly capturing Kurmuk before being driven out by a Sudanese Armed Forces counteroffensive.

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11 August 2026 12:39

🇺🇸🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- The United States, Syria, and the IAEA have reached an agreement to remove the remaining yellowcake uranium from Syria's former al-Kibar nuclear site. The facility was destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in 2007, and its entrances were attacked again in December 2024 to prevent the new Syrian government from accessing the site.

The leftover nuclear material will be removed under IAEA supervision in a deal brokered by Washington to reduce the risk of an Israel-Syria confrontation that could potentially draw in Turkey.

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11 August 2026 12:11

🇨🇩⚡️- At least 2000 deaths reported from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the DRC.

Health officials indicate the spread is not contained.

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11 August 2026 10:38

🇸🇾⚡- Court of Damascus has sentenced former Assad's regime officer Atef Najib to death. He has been convicted of crimes against humanity, including the torture of children.

Atef Najib, the cousin of Bashar al-assad, was abandoned in Syria after the Assad brothers fled to hide in Moscow. Najib is currently being held in a prison in the Syrian capital.

The court has also sentenced the former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his brother, Maher al-Assad, to death in absentia.

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11 August 2026 09:22

🇺🇸⚡- "FIFA would be making a terrible mistake if, for any reason, they even considered replacing President Gianni Infantino. He is fantastic, having just presided over the most successful World Cup, by four times, ever presented. If he is gone, it will never be as successful or profitable again! Thank you for your attention to this matter." - President Trump on Truth Social.

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11 August 2026 08:47

🇱🇾⚡- Overnight, eastern Libya-based Libyan National Army's Director of Military Intelligence Fawzi al-Mansouri was assassinated in Benghazi.

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10 August 2026 20:40

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — U.S. crude oil stocks in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve have fallen below 300 million barrels, reaching 298.7 million barrels — their lowest level since 1983.

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10 August 2026 19:51

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Also, with respect to the Iran negotiations, Iran should be responsible for the damages and death caused to the people of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza!" - President Trump on Truth Social.

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10 August 2026 19:29

🇾🇪⚡- Presidential Leadership Council forces attack Ansarullah positions around western Ma'rib, central Yemen, with rockets and artillery.

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10 August 2026 19:17

🇾🇪⚡- Ansarullah drones enter the airspace of Aden, capital of the Presidential Leadership Council controlled Yemen.

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10 August 2026 19:05

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "I see that Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran are asking for compensation for the damage done to them during the last five month Military Conflict (started because, THEY WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON), even though it was never mentioned in any of our negotiations or meetings! But it is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts, for which they are famous, as led initially by General Soleimani, including the families of those killed on the USS Cole, and thousands of others killed in combat. Additionally, compensation should be paid to the families of the hundreds of thousands of innocent protestors that Iran has killed over the last 50 years, not to mention the 52,000 that have been killed in the last five months. I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations. Thank you for your attention to this matter," - President Trump on Truth Social.

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10 August 2026 17:59

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- President of the Aden-based Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, has travelled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to meet with senior Saudi Royal officials.

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10 August 2026 16:48

🇸🇦⚡- Saudi ARAMCO has pushed back the restart of its 400,000-bpd Jizan refinery until August 30 after the second Ansarullah attack on the facility on August 8.

The facility has remained shut since the initial Ansarullah attack on July 26.

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10 August 2026 12:49

🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- Ethiopia's Armed Forces, ENDF, withdraw from one of the largest forward operating bases actively used to combat al-Shabaab in Somalia - Buur Hakaba.

Buur Hakaba's ENDF base will be handed over to the Somalian military, ending Ethiopia's 12-year control over the vital military installation. The withdrawal comes amid intensified al-Shabaab military operations in the region, however Addis Ababa claims African Union's Mission to Somalia (AUSSOM) funding strains.

Note, relations between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu in the past 12 months have seriously deteriorated.