Sat 15 August 2026: President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would be soon declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, escalating his rhetoric over the vital waterway that carries a significant share of global oil supplies. Trump told Fox News on Friday that the United States will hit Iran hard economically as Washington and Tehran struggle to reach a […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: The UK has signed a memorandum of understanding worth £16.3 million (approximately $22 million) to support the Lebanesearmy and Internal Security Forces, the British Embassy in Beirut said Friday. The memorandum was signed Thursday with Lebanon’s Interior and Municipalities Ministry and National Defense Ministry under the 31-month Internal Security Assistance Programme for Lebanon’s Internal Security […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: The head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) is pushing for the resumption of attacks on Iran, including strikes on oil, gas and electricity facilities, to increase pressure on Tehran, Israeli media claimed Thursday. Israel’s Channel 13, citing unnamed informed political sources, said Adm. Brad Cooper presented the proposal during a visit […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will group senior ministers, hold joint exercises and deepen defence industry cooperation under a military pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey’s defence ministry said on Thursday. The three Sunni Muslim U.S. allies, alarmed by a regional conflagration that has brought Iranian missile fire […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: A Saudi-led investment group finalized the $55 billion acquisition of American video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), according to official statements and industry reports released on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The deal, which takes the publisher of major franchises such as EA Sports FC, the Sims, and Mass Effect private, marks the largest leveraged […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Military escalation continues for days after the Yemeni government announced it is attacking Houthi positions. Yemeni government forces have thwarted an attack by the Houthis on positions along the al‑Mafalis front, south of Haifan, in the southeastern part of Taiz province, as military escalation spikes in several governorates. An official of […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Hamas will participate in upcoming Palestinian elections under the broadest possible national coalition, a member of the group’s political bureau said Wednesday. Hussam Badran said in an interview with Al-Aqsa TV that Hamas and most Palestinian factions and electoral blocs oppose imposing “political conditions or requiring participants to adopt a specific […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Monday it has created an information database to register around 6 million weapons across the country. In a statement carried by the Iraqi News Agency, the ministry said it also closed 71 fake offices that had claimed links to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state-backed umbrella […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Egypt on Aug. 13-14, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. As part of the visit, Fidan is scheduled to be received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and hold meetings with senior Egyptian officials. During the meetings, Fidan will discuss bilateral relations, review […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: The vision in the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement “is not limited” to only Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, expressing his desire to bring regional countries under the deal. “Indeed, our vision is not limited to three countries. We want it to expand further and, if […]
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