Mon 10 August 2026: Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque and head of the Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem, has warned of growing Israeli settlement plans targeting the Silwan, Batn al-Hawa, al-Bustan and Wadi Hilweh neighbourhoods in occupied Jerusalem. Sabri said in press statements that the plans form a rapidly expanding settlement belt aimed […]
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Mon 10 August 2026: Iran has released a rare video of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei after reports suggested that he was in critical condition, Anadolu reports. The video aired by the semi-official Mehr News Agency showed Mojtaba surrounded by several people and appeared to be speaking to them. Mehr did not specify when or where the video […]
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Mon 10 August 2026: While Egypt has been floated as a candidate, analysts say Cairo may be wary of defence commitments. Turkiye wants to expand its newly formed defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to include more countries, says Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, citing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “Under our president’s vision, we should […]
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Mon 10 August 2026: The Pentagon has urged the U.S. defense industry to ramp up weapons manufacturing to restock its depleted munitions reserves, including those exhausted during the ongoing war with Iran. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement on Saturday that the department was actively focused on boosting munitions acquisitions to provide “the […]
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Mon 10 August 2026: North Korean state-backed hackers are using artificial intelligence to bolster cyberattacks against targets in the military, diplomacy and academia, a report has found. Kimsuky, a hacking group linked to North Korea’s intelligence services, has used AI-generated documents in a “pattern” of spear-phishing attacks since 2026, the South Korean cybersecurity firm Genians […]
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Mon 10 August 2026: Lost harvests and disrupted supply routes have pushed many families deeper into food insecurity. Xai-Xai, Mozambique – Months after floodwaters tore through his neighbourhood, Joacim Pinto still walks past the empty plots where his crops once grew. The ground that once gave his family food and income now stands as a reminder […]
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Mon 10 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Malema expected to face criminal prosecution: Pieterse filed a complaint after Malema publicly called the former Bergview College principal a “rapist” at the party’s event in Johannesburg in April 2025 and maintained that he had raped the seven-year-old pupil. But the National […]
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Sun 09 August 2026: At least 382,000 people or 110,000 families in eight regions have been affected in the Philippines by the combined effects of the recent enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) and tropical cyclones Luis and Maymay, the Philippine News Agency reported, citing the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The death toll remained […]
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Sun 09 August 2026: Nagasaki on Sunday marked the 81st anniversary of the US dropping an atom bomb on the city amid a push for renewed debate over nuclear weapons in a challenge to the nation’s long-time pacifist stance. “Nuclear weapons are not a ‘necessary evil’ but an ‘absolute evil,’ and can never coexist with […]
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Sun 09 August 2026: One of the planet’s most active volcanoes, Mount Etna, spewed smoke and ash during a fresh eruption on Saturday, prompting the halt of incoming flights at a nearby airport in Sicily. “Due to Etna’s eruptive activity and the associated release of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, the airspace corresponding to the […]
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