2026 and All That: Another Benchmark Year in Royal Navy Decline – War on the Rocks
2026 and All That: Another Benchmark Year in Royal Navy Decline War on the Rocks
Twitch users outraged as Amazon uses their content to train AI in opt-out feature
Users of the popular streaming platform criticised allowing Amazon to use their data by dafault.
Messi plays in Inter Miami defeat by Leon only hours after retirement hint
Argentina star Lionel Messi hinted at retirement on Wednesday before featuring in Inter Miami's defeat by Leon.
Israeli strikes in south Lebanon a ‘violation of international law’: PM
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam rejects Israel's claim that villages destroyed in southern Lebanon were military sites.
Indian actor’s video with endangered gibbon sparks investigation
A deleted video of Tamil star Vikram cuddling an endangered gibbon has triggered an inquiry into how the animal entered India.
Indian actor’s video with endangered gibbon sparks investigation
A deleted video of Tamil star Vikram cuddling an endangered gibbon has triggered an inquiry into how the animal entered India.
Palestinian women in Gaza face legal hurdles in divorce struggles
Amid legal struggles, Gaza women opt for quicker divorces, sacrificing rights to escape prolonged court battles.
‘They destroyed us’: Palestinian family sleeps in the open after demolition
Palestinian family's home demolished despite court order, leaving them homeless under sweltering heat in the West Bank.
Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes
Settlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terror
Israeli militants have besieged two Palestinian families in their homes since the weekend, aiming to take over their properties in the West Bank village of Qusra through a campaign of terror.
A group of settlers and soldiers set up a tent outside the home of Yousef Hassan’s family on Sunday afternoon, trapping him inside with his wife and two young daughters.
Continue reading...The US is now using the ‘terrorist’ label to interfere in Brazil’s election
The designation of PCC and CV serves to expand Washington’s reach into the country’s politics and security.
Japan PM says Putin’s visit to disputed islands ‘absolutely unacceptable’
It was the first time the Russian leader had visited the Kuril islands, according to state media.
Will the Houthis shut down Saudi Arabian shipping?
The announcement of a new naval blockade threatens to restart full-scale war between Yemen's Houthis and Saudi Arabia
Polls open in Zambia presidential election as economic reforms tested
The vote will test if incumbent Hakainde Hichilema's reforms are enough to overcome widespread economic frustration.
CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey – The Washington Post
- CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey The Washington Post
- Iran's state media mock Trump over airplane switch, meme shows him hiding in a catering truck Reuters
- Trump's Air Force One shell game: How years of decoy tactics led to a catering-truck switch Fox News
- Rubio and Bessent stayed on decoy flight from Turkey as Trump switched planes, official says AP News
- Trump's decoy flight sparked by fears of Iranian cell with shoulder-fired missile: Official 6abc Philadelphia
Indonesia’s free meals drive leaves remote kitchen investors deep in debt – Reuters
Ukraine’s farmers despair as Russia’s Black Sea blockade traps their harvest – Reuters
- Ukraine's farmers despair as Russia's Black Sea blockade traps their harvest Reuters
- How Russian attacks, European protectionism and drought are trapping Ukraine’s vital grain politico.eu
- Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war Responsible Statecraft
- Record-Low Danube Strains Vital Route for Black Sea Grain Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine exported only 280 thousand tons of grain in the first 12 days of August АПК-Інформ
UK economic growth slows as Iran war pushes up energy prices
GDP expanded by 0.4% in three months to June, down from 0.6% in the first quarter, says ONS
Economic growth slowed in the second quarter of the year, as the disruption unleashed by the Iran war began to take its toll, official figures show.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said GDP expanded by 0.4% in the three months to June, down from 0.6% in the first quarter, in line with City economists’ expectations.
Continue reading...Nearly 4 million Afghan children ‘acutely malnourished’
One in 10 children in Afghanistan are suffering as healthcare funding plummets, Save the Children says.
Yvette Cooper says Labour ‘did not do government very well’ under Starmer
Health secretary praises more collegiate style under Andy Burnham and says previous No 10 sidelined her from key policy launch
Yvette Cooper admits Labour has “not done government very well” in the last couple of years, and accused Keir Starmer’s No 10 of sidelining her during the launch of a key immigration policy when she was home secretary.
Speaking on the Political Currency podcast with the former Conservative chancellor George Osborne, Cooper highlighted some of the difficulties ministers faced with Starmer’s leadership, which she summarised as “bring me solutions, not problems”.
Continue reading...Moscow says it knows where Western ships sail as Putin threatens to seize vessels – Business Insider
- Moscow says it knows where Western ships sail as Putin threatens to seize vessels Business Insider
- Britain warned it lacks firepower needed to defend shipping from Russia The Telegraph
- UK defends seizing shadow fleet tanker after Putin threat BBC
- Putin threatens retaliation for Western seizures of Russian commercial vessels AP News
- Putin says Russia will start seizing European vessels if its ships targeted Reuters