- VIDEO: U.K., U.S. F-35B Fighters Land, Launch from Japan’s Largest Warship USNI News
- US Flexes F-35 Fighter Forces With Allies on China's Doorstep Newsweek
- Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut The Japan Times
- Japan's Izumo-class ship marks first embark of UK F-35B Janes
- An Indo-Pacific role for Britain’s aircraft carriers: high-value escort The Strategist | ASPI's analysis and commentary site
New Zealand Parliament ejects lawmaker over Israeli sanctions standoff
New Zealand MP Chlöe Swarbrick was suspended from parliament amid debate over a bill sanctioning Israel.
Europe expresses hope after call with Trump on Putin summit
Trump, who described the call as "a ten", was urged to keep Ukraine's interests at the forefront when he meets Putin on Friday.
Protests, vigils held worldwide over Israel’s killing of Gaza journalists
From South Africa's Cape Town to Manila in the Philippines and London in the UK, voices are raised in protest.
US car sales slow after tariff-driven buying surge ends
Major car makers including Ford, GM and Volvo took hits because of tariff associated costs.
Palestinian man killed in occupied West Bank by Israeli settler
A Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank has been shot dead by an Israeli settler during a land-leveling operation.
Pregnant Woman Killed, Partner Decapitated, as Police Investigate Graffiti on Victims’ Home – TooFab
- Pregnant Woman Killed, Partner Decapitated, as Police Investigate Graffiti on Victims' Home TooFab
- Man charged with murder of Australian couple in graffiti-covered house BBC
- Man Shares His Horror at Finding Pregnant Neighbor Dead and Her Partner's Decapitated Head on a Spike people.com
- New claim on what sparked beheading News.com.au
- Homeless lunatic accused of killing pregnant woman and her partner, whose decapitated head was found mounted on a spike New York Post
New U.S. Report on Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is 91 Percent Shorter – The Intercept
- New U.S. Report on Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is 91 Percent Shorter The Intercept
- Five key points on how a long-respected US human rights report became a ‘cudgel’ under Trump The Guardian
- State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights NPR
- Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights The Atlantic
- 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Department of State (.gov)
Trump’s GOP backing declines amid inflation and redistricting push – Axios
- Trump's GOP backing declines amid inflation and redistricting push Axios
- Donald Trump approval, Ghislaine Maxwell, gerrymandering, inflation, and unemployment: August 9 - 11, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll YouGov
- What is Trump’s approval rating? See states where he is most, least popular USA Today
- Trump’s approval ratings drop with Republicans as he deals with Epstein fallout and tariff concerns The Independent
- Trump Approval Rating Down 2 Points From Last Week Forbes
Wildfires spread dangerously close to southern European capitals – Financial Times
- Wildfires spread dangerously close to southern European capitals Financial Times
- Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe Reuters
- Spain wildfires are ‘clear warning’ of climate emergency, minister says The Guardian
- Spain calls to European allies for help amid worsening wildfires France 24
- Temperature records smashed as extreme heat, wildfires grip parts of Europe CNBC
U.S. deployed 2 warships after Chinese ships collided with smaller Philippine vessel – PBS
- U.S. deployed 2 warships after Chinese ships collided with smaller Philippine vessel PBS
- US warships sail in vicinity of disputed shoal where Chinese ships collided CNN
- US warships patrol South China Sea after two Chinese ships collide The Guardian
- Philippines Condemns China After South China Sea Collision Captured on Video The New York Times
- Chinese fighter 'intercepts' Philippine plane over disputed shoal, Manila says Reuters
Chinese fighter jet intercepts Philippine aircraft carrying journalists
A Chinese fighter jet demanded a Philippine aircraft leave the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
Germany pledges $500 million for NATO-led US weapons supply to Ukraine – The Kyiv Independent
Lula says Trump would be put on trial in Brazil if January 6 riots took place there
Brazilian president’s comments come amid US attempts to pressure judges in coup trial against Trump ally Bolsonaro
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has hit back at Donald Trump’s campaign against the South American country’s judiciary, claiming the US president would be put on trial in Brazil had the January 6 US Capitol attacks taken place there.
Trump has triggered what some experts call the greatest ever diplomatic rupture between the US and Brazil by slapping 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports and sanctioning a supreme court judge in an attempt to help his far-right ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, avoid prison for allegedly trying to stage a coup after he lost the 2022 election to Lula.
Continue reading...‘A mirage’: Iran’s president dismisses Netanyahu’s water-tech offer amid shortages – The Times of Israel
- ‘A mirage’: Iran’s president dismisses Netanyahu’s water-tech offer amid shortages The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu sends message to people of Iran as country faces water crisis Fox News
- Iran’s president mocks Netanyahu over pledge of help in water crisis AP News
- 'What an illusion': Iran's president mocks Netanyahu's vow to help country with water crisis The Jerusalem Post
- PM Netanyahu To I24NEWS: We Would Have Struck Iran Even Without The US i24NEWS
German manufacturer mulls relocating to US to avoid arms embargo against Israel – Middle East Eye
- German manufacturer mulls relocating to US to avoid arms embargo against Israel Middle East Eye
- Germany’s Merz faces conservative revolt over Israel arms suspension The Washington Post
- German Defense Contractor Mulls US Shift After Merz Israel Ban Bloomberg.com
- Germany Says It Will Suspend Military Exports to Israel for Use in Gaza The New York Times
- As Gaza faces starvation, reluctant Germany starts to curb support for Israel Reuters
Trump touts second trilateral meeting before Putin summit; Zelenskyy pushes
The jockeying follows a virtual meeting between European leaders and the US and Ukrainian presidents on Wednesday.
Trump names Gaynor, Kiss, Sylvester Stallone as Kennedy Center Honors picks
The US president also announced he would host the annual award show which recognises lifetime contributions to the arts.
Trump nominee to lead labour statistics agency faces wave of criticism
Economists worry that EJ Antoni’s nomination is largely political in nature for a historically non-partisan role.
France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements
Emmanuel Macron writes to Cameroonian president with findings of joint commission on country’s colonial past
France has acknowledged its role in decades of violent repression of independence movements in Cameroon, the latest stage in a slow process of reckoning with its brutal colonial past.
In a letter to the Cameroonian president, Paul Biya, dated 30 July, Emmanuel Macron said it was “up to me today to assume the role and responsibility of France in these events”.
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