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29 August 2026 12:56

🇳🇪⚡- Initial reports of negotiations between Niger's junta and the attempted coup leaders.

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29 August 2026 12:45

🇳🇪⚡- BREAKING: Gunfire has resumed around Niamey International Airport after a few hours of calm.

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29 August 2026 11:16

🇳🇪 - Overnight, heavy fighting erupted between an unknown armed group and the junta's Presidential Guard in the capital of Niamey.

Clashes initially erupted near Niamey International Airport. The unknown group attempted to breach the Presidential Palace grounds, but failed.

Fighting lasted two - three hours, before calm was restored. No group has yet claimed responsibility, with reports circulating of a possible internal coup attempt.

Junta's military remains on high alert and continues to patrol the streets of the capital. The authorities have placed the entire city under lockdown, with all residents urged to stay at home temporarily.

The main scene of the fighting, Base 101 in Niamey International Airport, has been cut off. Junta personnel have closed all roads and bridges leading to the airport.

In the past hour, Niger's state television has gone offline.

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29 August 2026 03:27

🇺🇸🇪🇨🌎⚡️- Under the direction of SOUTHCOM commander General Francis L. Donovan and the Government of Ecuador, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere “interdicted a vessel operating as a floating refueling station in support of illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations in international waters of the Eastern Pacific.”

U.S. Sailors and Marines interdicted, boarded, and searched the vessel, and escorted the individuals aboard back to Ecuador without incident. Once cleared, U.S. forces obliterated the vessel.

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28 August 2026 23:58

🇸🇾⚡- The Israeli-funded Druze mercenaries in As Suwaida, southern Syria, have begun fighting each other. Casualties reported.

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28 August 2026 23:29

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- Another wave of projectile launches from the south coast of Iran towards the Strait of Hormuz.

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28 August 2026 22:17

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- Iran attempted to strike a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz within the past hour using drones and missiles.

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28 August 2026 19:16

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Gaza humanitarian groups and aid centers have advised children in the Gaza Strip to stop flying kites or balloons, as Israel has repeatedly threatened military action against the activities.

Tel Aviv cites children playing with kites and balloons as a security threat to the country, especially if they cross the security border.

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28 August 2026 16:20

🇩🇿🇳🇪⚡- Following Mali, Niger's Prime Minister arrived in Algiers yesterday for talks with his Algerian counterpart.

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28 August 2026 15:59

🇨🇩🇨🇬⚡- Deadly clashes broke out yesterday along the disputed Kinshasa-Brazzaville border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo, leaving multiple dead on either side.

The fighting involved border guards from both countries. The cause of the clashes remains unknown.

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28 August 2026 14:12

🇸🇩⚡- After over 24 hours of intense clashes, the Serkam Camp and the al-Kili height have fallen to the Rapid Support Forces, RSF - Ad Damazin, Blue Nile region, southeast Sudan.

The situation for the Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, in the area is starting to seriously deteriorate. This front is in need of military reinforcements, and forces Port Sudan to gamble on the El-Obeid direction, which is also steadily breaking apart due to RSF counterattacks.

Footage shows RSF within Serkam. Just over 24 hours ago, the SAF downed an RSF Chinese-made drone over the camp.

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28 August 2026 09:38

🇸🇩🇹🇩⚡- Chadian security officials report new Sudanese airstrikes on Chadian territory earlier today, this time on the town of Adikoun in the Adre area.

The town, located along the Sudanese border, has been used by the Rapid Support Forces as a refueling spot throughout the war. Chadian media report 12 deaths, with 7 others wounded.

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26 August 2026 09:42

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine has awarded Elon Musk with the Order of Freedom.

"For outstanding personal merits in protecting people's lives and freedom, developing relations between the peoples of Ukraine and the United States of America, I decree: to award the Order of Freedom to Elon Musk," - Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.

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26 August 2026 08:59

🇺🇸⚡- U.S. SOUTHCOM carried out an airstrike on a vessel in the Carribbean waters neutralizing four narco-terrorists.

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26 August 2026 02:27

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump endorsed Darline Graham is in a tight race to secure the GOP nomination against Freedom Caucus member Ralph Norman.

Graham still holds an advantage.

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29 August 2026 12:55

🇳🇪 - Jeune Afrique confirms the clashes in Niamey, Niger, as a coup attempt launched by military personnel from Tillaberi, Tera, and Dosso.

All three regions lie within areas heavily affected by the Islamic State of the Sahel activity and influence.

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29 August 2026 11:42

🇳🇪⚡- Niger's junta has cut power to certain district of the country's capital, Niamey.

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29 August 2026 10:46

🇺🇸⚡- War Secretary Pete Hegseth has privately considered running for the 2028 presidential campaign, but has publicly denied the reports, NBC News reports.

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29 August 2026 01:43

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- BREAKING: President Trump announced a major agreement with Venezuela that secures the U.S. over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil.

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28 August 2026 23:55

🇸🇩⚡- In the past hour, the Bukuri area has fallen to the Rapid Support Forces, fighting is reported on the outskirts of the town of Atmoor - Ad Damazin direction, Blue Nile region, southeast Sudan.

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28 August 2026 22:43

🇺🇸⚡- DHS on X has confirmed that Milo Yiannopoulos is in ICE custody.

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28 August 2026 20:28

🇺🇸⚡️- Milo Yiannopoulos is currently in ICE custody at a detention center in Louisiana, reportedly after Laura Loomer reported him to federal authorities.

It is unclear at the moment if Milo has already been “subjugated” by his fellow illegals in the detention center.

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28 August 2026 18:41

🇮🇳🇺🇿⚡- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Uzbekistan tomorrow for a two-day official visit, as New Delhi and Tashkent continue to strengthen ties following last year's signing of the 'Central Energy Corridor' via Iran's Chabahar Port.

The corridor provides a major trade and energy route linking India with Central Asia while bypassing Pakistan completely.

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28 August 2026 16:17

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli security officials tell Walla News that the first three U.S.-brokered pilot zones in southern Lebanon have failed, claiming after handover to the Lebanese Armed Forces, LAF, the LAF have not done enough to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure. The Israeli officials say Tel Aviv is in no rush to approve additional zones.

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28 August 2026 15:19

🇸🇩⚡- The Rapid Support Forces have launched large-scale attacks on the Bukuri area in an attempt to reach the town of Atmoor - Ad Damazin, Blue Nile region, southeast Sudan.

The fall of Atmoor will completely isolate RSF-held Geisan from the Sudanese Armed Forces.

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28 August 2026 09:40

🇸🇩🇪🇹⚡- Rapid Support Forces Commander-in-Chief Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagalo arrives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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28 August 2026 09:14

🇸🇩🇹🇩⚡- Large convoys of Chadian military equipment, approximately 100 vehicles, have arrived at the town of Tina along the border with Sudan.

The reinforcements include air defenses and jamming equipment. The deployment follows heavy Sudanese airstrikes on Chadian territory last week, destroying a large Rapid Support Forces convoy of at least 23 vehicles.

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26 August 2026 09:24

🇰🇪🇸🇴⚡- Overnight, al-Shabaab launched two cross-border attacks on Kenyan military positions, one on Mandera, northeast Kenya, and the other on Garissa, eastern Kenya.

Heavy gunfire was heard for several hours, before the al-Shabaab forces were pushed back towards the Somali border.

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26 August 2026 02:45

🇺🇸⚡️- Darline Graham has won the GOP South Carolina Senate runoff.

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26 August 2026 00:24

🇺🇸⚡️ — A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was involved in an "aviation mishap" during a routine training operation in a wooded area of the Colorado foothills west of Denver on Tuesday.

Four people were aboard when the helicopter came down north of Golden Gate Canyon State Park. Authorities and Army officials said there were no reported injuries.

The Army has launched an investigation into the incident.