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18 August 2026 03:27

🇱🇻🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Update from the drone incursion in Latvia on the 14th August that was confirmed to be a Ukrainian drone:
"In response to the situation, NATO Baltic Airspace Patrol mission fighters were activated. In the Balvi region, over Rugāji, allied fighters successfully shot down a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle that had entered Latvian airspace as a result of Russian electronic warfare." - Latvian Army.

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18 August 2026 03:19

🇰🇷🇰🇵⚡️- "The South Korean military fired warning shots last week after a group of North Korean soldiers crossed the inter-Korean land boundary, prompting them to return to their side, a source said Sunday.

Multiple North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the eastern front-line area sometime last week, prompting the warning shots under the military's operational procedures, according to the government source.

Last year, North Korean troops violated the MDL 17 times." - Yonhap.

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18 August 2026 03:13

🇦🇪🇮🇶⚡️- "Iraq’s oil marketing company said Abu Dhabi’s main energy company was among firms buying its crude and sending cargoes out through the Strait of Hormuz.

'Adnoc is one of the buyers SOMO deals with,' along with other companies, Ali Nizar, director-general of SOMO, said in a text message. He added that the company has been selling to whoever can load oil onto ships and exit the Strait of Hormuz." - Bloomberg.

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18 August 2026 03:10

🇺🇸🇰🇭⚡️- The United States and Cambodia will resume joint military exercises in 2027 after a decade-long pause that started when Cambodia began its yearly joint "Golden Dragon" exercises with China in 2017.

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18 August 2026 03:00

🇷🇺🇦🇲⚡️- "Armenian banks must identify and block transactions that may be intended to circumvent international sanctions against Russia under new rules that took effect on Aug. 12. The requirements are set out in regulations on banks’ minimum internal control standards approved by the Armenian Central Bank.

The measures, which could further restrict Russians’ access to Armenia’s banking system and disrupt payment routes used to transfer money from Russia to other countries, come as Armenia pursues closer ties with the European Union amid a deterioration in relations with Moscow." - Moscow Times.

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18 August 2026 01:06

🇺🇸 - James Fishback. Tomorrow.

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17 August 2026 01:39

🇺🇸🇰🇷🇰🇵⚡- "Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful. Therefore, and based on the fact that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises!

While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, “No thanks!” Thank you for your attention to this matter," - President Trump on Truth Social.

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16 August 2026 18:51

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️ — U.S. servicemen in one of the Gulf states have scribbled protest messages on the dust of an aircraft flap:

"BiBi's CUCKS"

"Be a good goy and do what Israel tells you to!!!"

"Operation Epstein Fury"

"Peace Deal #64 Incoming"

"ALL THIS FOR THE HOLY LAND"

"I LOVE ISRAEL I AM A Good Goyim"

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16 August 2026 05:25

🇫🇷 - Today is the 257th birthday of the Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte.

Bonaparte is among the greatest of the European race, as under his rule, he propelled the French Empire to conquer Europe and usher in the Napoleonic era, which dominated Europe physically and spiritually for decades.

A description of Napoleon by German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: “I saw the Emperor – this world-soul – riding out of the city on reconnaissance. It is indeed a wonderful sensation to see such an individual, who, concentrated here at a single point, astride a horse, reaches out over the world and masters it.”

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15 August 2026 18:11

🇻🇦✝️ - "Since our Redeemer is the Son of Mary, he could not do otherwise, as the perfect observer of God's law, than to honor, not only his eternal Father, but also his most beloved Mother." - Pope Pius XII

Today, August 15th, we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption.

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15 August 2026 12:13

🇨🇩⚡️- The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is "out of control" according to local health officials as the worst projections are becoming reality.

WHO officials estimate at least one death occurs every 30 minutes because of the virus in the DRC.

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15 August 2026 10:03

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Overnight, the IDF launched a failed attempt to infiltrate and capture the Ali al-Taher heights, Nabatieh direction, southern Lebanon.

An IDF armored vehicle attempted to approach the area but was struck by Hezbollah, causing casualties. The casualties were confirmed by Israel which announced a security incident in southern Lebanon.

Clashes erupted between Hezbollah and the IDF in the Nabatieh direction, which included Israeli airstrikes and helicopter fire.

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14 August 2026 22:24

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "After finishing defeating Iran, I will declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States," - President Trump.

Persian Gulf? Arabian Gulf? The American Gulf.

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14 August 2026 20:22

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Ansarullah drone strikes against ARAMCO's oil facility in Najran, southern Saudi Arabia.

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14 August 2026 18:37

🇸🇦🇹🇷🇪🇬⚡- Saudi's bin Farhan, Turkey's Fidan, and Egypt's Abdelatty met in El Alamein, Egypt.

Egyptian sources close to the Foreign Ministry report the talks focused on resolving outstanding differences between Cairo and Riyadh, with Turkey acting as a mediator.

Meanwhile, the New Arab, citing its own sources, states Cairo is now 'seriously considering' joining the Mecca Agreement after key differences with Riyadh were resolved.

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18 August 2026 03:21

🇷🇴🇷🇺⚡️- "On the night of August 15 to 16, at 04:44, the surveillance systems of the Ministry of National Defense detected the entry of an aerial target into the national airspace, from the Republic of Moldova, approximately 24 km north of Galați.

An F-18 aircraft of the Spanish Air and Space Forces, performing the Air Police Combat Service at the 57th Air Base "Mihail Kogălniceanu", on a monitoring mission, made radar contact with the target and received approval to engage. The drone was safely shot down by the F-18 aircraft, at 05:01.

A possible impact point of the drone debris was identified between the localities of Băleni and Cudalbi, Galați County, in an unpopulated area." - Romanian Ministry of National Defence.

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18 August 2026 03:16

🇺🇸🇴🇲🇮🇷⚡️- "President Donald Trump said the U.S. will 'bomb the s---' out of Oman if they get in the way amid conflict with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

Trump made the statement in an interview with Fox News' Trey Yingst on Monday as the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is set to expire.

'If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the shit out of them,' Trump said." - Fox News.

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18 August 2026 03:12

🇮🇶⚡️- "Totsa, the trading arm of TotalEnergies [French energy and petroleum company], is offering ​Iraqi crude for loading ‌outside the Strait of Hormuz, three traders said on Thursday, as ​continued disruption to shipping through ​the waterway deters buyers from ⁠lifting cargoes at Iraq's ​Basrah terminals.

Totsa offered Basrah Medium crude ​at a premium of close to $10 a barrel to Dubai quotes, two ​of the traders said." - Reuters.

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18 August 2026 03:04

🇬🇧🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "The United Kingdom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lebanon’s Ministry of Interior and Municipalities and Ministry of Defence, reaffirming its long-standing partnership with Lebanon’s security institutions.

The UK’s Integrated Security Fund will support a 31-month Internal Security Assistance Programme for the Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the Lebanese Army totalling up to £16.3 million." - National News Agency, Lebanese state media.

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18 August 2026 02:58

🇺🇳🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "The past two weeks have seen a marked increase in Israeli military activity in south Lebanon. Between 5 and 16 August, UNIFIL recorded an average of 137 projectiles per day, including 208 on Saturday and 185 on Sunday." - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

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18 August 2026 00:39

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇹🇷⚡️- Turkey has reportedly offered to mediate between the US and Iran, following the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan.

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16 August 2026 23:25

🇮🇱⚡️- A new Likud campaign poster in Israel was shared by Netanyahu on social medias.

The poster says "They want Netanyahu to lose, don't let them win" with images of Zohran Mamdani, Mojtaba Khamenei, Erdogan and Naim Qassem.

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16 August 2026 06:21

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️- Russia lost 42,860 men on the battlefield last month, which includes soldiers killed and wounded, the most since January 2025 — and the fourth bloodiest month since the start of the war in 2022. - NYP.

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16 August 2026 02:04

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- A recent poll from Wedgewood Polling suggests Amy Acton is one point ahead of Vivek Ramaswamy in the Ohio Gubernatorial race.

Acton: 47%
Ramaswamy: 46%
Undecided: 7%

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15 August 2026 15:00

🇺🇸⚡️- The Department of Homeland Security has terminated Temporary Protected Status for the following countries; Haiti, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nepal, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Sudan, Burma, Somalia and Ethiopia.

Temporary Protected Status allows eligible people from those countries to stay and work legally in the United states while it is "unsafe" to return home.

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15 August 2026 10:08

🇾🇪 - Clashes erupted between Ansarullah and forces aligned with the Presidential Leadership Council, PLC, along the al-Barah axis, Hays direction, southwest Yemen.

Ansarullah launched multiple assaults across the al-Barah-Shar'ab highlands area for the second consecutive night, with fighting lasting five hours. All attempted advances by Ansarullah were repelled, with the pro al-Houthi forces sustaining significant casualties.

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15 August 2026 00:09

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- With the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran set to expire on Monday, one senior White House official talking to Politico described the situation between the two countries as "static."

The official added, "It doesn’t matter how close or how far we are. What matters is if Iran wants to come to the table and agree to a deal. Right now, they haven’t done that."

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14 August 2026 21:58

🇺🇸🇸🇴⚡️- A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to end TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for Somalia after it was previously blocked.

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14 August 2026 18:39

🇾🇪⚡- Ansarullah missile and drone attack on Mocha, southwest Presidential Leadership Council controlled Yemen.

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14 August 2026 17:50

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal charges for the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

He still faces charges in New York state, to which he previously pleaded not guilty.