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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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14 August 2026 16:32

🇫🇷⚡️- Emmanuel Macron is reportedly displeased by the surprising ruling of the Council and has ordered French PM Lecornu to rewrite the law to pass it by spring 2027.

This new policy of banning social medias for users under a certain age was a cornerstone of Macron's recent internal policy. Many groups and personalities raised the alarm on the law proposal as the law would have paved the way for systematic ID checks upon creating social media accounts.

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14 August 2026 16:28

🇫🇷⚡️- In a shocking statement, the French Constitutional Council decided to block the law banning social medias for users under 15 in France. The law is therefore banned despite being voted by most of the French parliament's groups, including the right-wing National Rally.

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14 August 2026 13:28

🇸🇩 - Conflicting reports: The Rapid Support Forces have put out an official statement claiming to have captured Umm Arada, southwest El-Obeid, Sudan. Meanwhile, Sudanese frontline sources state they successfully repelled an early morning assault on the town.

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14 August 2026 11:21

The Tatmadaw is trying to advance north towards Bhamo from Momeik

The KIA and PDF forces are putting up heavy resistance and have stalled the advance

The junta forces are being assisted by an attack helicopter

The KIA has the best track record of destroying junta helicopters so it's a risky move and shows the junta's desperation to break through

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14 August 2026 11:11

🇸🇩🇪🇹 - The Rapid Support Forces, RSF, have captured Tigrayan personnel fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, which supports previous Rerum Novarum claims that the TPLF's Army 70, and possibly Army 13, are actively involved in the Sudanese civil war.

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14 August 2026 10:39

🇦🇫 — WATCH: The moment the Afghan-Taliban helicopter was shot down by pro-Fateh fighters yesterday.

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14 August 2026 09:39

🇾🇪 - Ansarullah and the pro-Hadi National Resistance Forces, NRF, (pro Presidential Leadership Council) have been clashing along the al-Barah (Shar'ab heights) axis, Hays direction, over the past 12 hours.

Reports of a widespread Ansarullah offensive in this direction are all false. Overnight, limited clashes occurred north of al-Khawkhah, and west of al-Masil.

Reports of Ansarullah advances (using LiveUAMap) are also wrong. LiveUAMap, as we've mentioned before, is incorrect in almost every conflict. Advances shown here would indicate the Khalid bin Walid military camp was captured and is now under Ansarullah control–which it definitely was not.

Khalid bin Walid was a vital target for the Tihamah Brigades and the NRF during their counteroffensive against the pro al-Houthi forces a few years ago. It serves as the ONLY defensive position along the Mocha Express Highway between the city of Mocha and Ansarullah positions in the southwest Ta'izz highlands. If the large military camp was to fall, and had fallen to Ansarullah, fighting would be occurring WITHIN Mocha city itself now.

Image two: Rerum Novarum's map of the Hays direction.

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14 August 2026 04:03

🇬🇧⚡️- Farage will not attend the election count due to protestors planning to disrupt the declaration of results.

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14 August 2026 03:13

🇱🇻🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Latvia has issued an air threat warning in several municipalities in the south eastern corner of Latvia that borders Belarus and Russia.

"AIR THREAT IN THE AIRSPACE OF AUGŠDAUGAVA, PREIĻI, RĒZEKNE, AND BALVI MUNICIPALITIES.

The National Armed Forces of Latvia inform - air threat in Latvian airspace. Seek safe place indoors and follow the two-wall principle. If you see a low-flying and suspicious object, do not approach it and call 112. You will be informed when the threat has ended." - Latvia Armed Forces.

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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.

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14 August 2026 16:29

🇫🇷⚡️- "[The law] constitutes an attack on freedom of expression that is not appropriate, necessary, and proportionate to the objective pursued." - French Constitutional Council.

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14 August 2026 13:30

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Iranian outlets report the downing of a U.S. MQ-9 drone over Iran's southern Hormozgan Province.

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14 August 2026 12:07

🇸🇩⚡- In a major breakthrough, Rapid Support Forces have captured the town of Sisa al-Talusha and the al-Ruwaishi Water Station, located just south of the town (at 13.49808, 30.02695) in the northern El-Obeid countryside, North Kordofan region, Sudan.

Over the past 48 hours, the Rapid Support Forces have launched a largescale counter offensive across the El-Obeid direction, which has largely been unsuccessful, especially along the Barah axis. Besides the recent breakthrough, RSF were able to advance towards Abu Ramad along the Umm Arada axis, south of El-Obeid.

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14 August 2026 11:14

🇾🇪⚡- Large convoys of Ansarullah forces have left the cities of Dhamar and 'Ibb, Ansarullah-controlled Yemen, towards the Hays-Mocha direction, southwest Yemen.

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14 August 2026 11:02

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- An Iranian one-way drone struck a tanker that was exiting the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz. UKMTO reports the vessel suffered minor damage.

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14 August 2026 10:38

🇦🇫⚡️ — A large battle is ongoing in Badakhshan Province between the Taliban-led Afghan army and forces loyal to Jumma Khan Fateh, an ethnic Tajik Taliban commander who rebelled against local Afghan army units following a dispute over the control of the gold mining operations in the region.

The fighting quickly escalated following the deployment of additional Taliban forces, which led Fateh to declare war on the Taliban forces in the southern part of the province.

Taliban forces and special forces suffered massive casualties, including the loss of a helicopter that was shot down while trying to resupply Taliban forces on the ground.

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14 August 2026 07:10

🇬🇧⚡️- Nigel Farage has won the Clacton special election with 62.8% of the vote. Raw total 22,239 votes, surpassing his 2024 total by a bit over 1000.

Jonathan David Harvey received 9,455 votes and 26.7% of the vote.

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14 August 2026 04:00

🇬🇧⚡️- Nigel Farage claims he received more votes tonight than he did in 2024.

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14 August 2026 02:57

🇬🇧⚡️- RN estimates this will be Nigel Farage's most dominant re-election in his electoral career, all owed to every other party refusing to field a candidate instead endorsing Jonathan David Harvey aka Count Binface.