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Updated August 27, 2024 - 8:29 PM EDT

US Has Given Israel 50,000 Tons of Military Aid

		*Top US General Visits Northern Israel After Hezbollah Attack*
		*20 Times Israel Used US Arms in Likely War Crimes*

Ben Gvir Wants To Build Synagogue at Al-Aqsa

Settlers Kill Palestinian in West Bank, Israeli Military Kills Five Others

Egypt Opposes Israeli Military Presence at Border

		*UN Aid Operations Halt in Gaza After Israeli Evacuation Orders*
		*Israel Expands Netzarim Corridor To Include 'Permanent Outposts'*

Russia Launches Massive Strikes Across Ukraine

Arms Makers Making Huge Profits Amid Global Tensions

Chinese, Philippine Vessels Confrontation in S. China Sea

Viewpoints

	Does the Government Classification System Need Reform? by Patrick Eddington
	Who Gives 'Three Cheers for the Military-Industrial Complex'? by William Hartung

	Jewish Terror Has Exploded. It May Bring Israel Down Haaretz
	The Incompetence of Masters of War by Samuel Geddes
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Tulsi Gabbard Episode Shows the Surveillance State as Strong and Stupid as Ever
by James Bovard

Frontline

	Gaza Family Accuses Israel of Killing Palestinian With Down Syndrome
	RSF Shelling Kills 25 in Darfur Displacement Camp, Hospital Hit
	At Least 100 People Killed in Central Burkina Faso in Latest Jihadi Attack

US Has Delivered 50,000 Tons of Military Aid Since Start of Gaza Slaughter

Russia

	Seven Injured in Fire at Russia's Omsk Oil Refinery, Production Continues
	Russia Says It Disrupted Ukraine's Power Network and Arms Supplies With Massive Strike
	Russia Says It Pummeled Ukrainian Forces Along the Kursk Front

Ukraine

	Russia's Wagner Says It Is Not Fighting in Ukraine
	Arrest of Telegram Founder Could Hurt Public Understanding of the Ukraine War

Denmark

	Denmark Finalizes $1.5 Billion Procurement of Over 100 CV90 IFVs
	Denmark To Close Its Embassies in Mali, Burkina Faso

Germany

	German Leader Vows Tougher Knife Laws and More Deportations After Fatal Attack in Solingen
	Alert at NATO Base in Germany Last Week Was Due to Drone Threat, Source Says

Europe

	Dozens of Media Associations Call on EU To Suspend Treaty With Israel
	Norway Sharing Nammo Defense Technology To Produce Artillery Ammo in Ukraine
	Spain's Sanchez Visits West Africa Aiming To Stem Migration Surge
	Attorney General Says UK Must Be Sure Arms Sold to Israel Not Used Illegally

Pakistan

	More Than 70 Killed in Multiple Armed Attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan
	14 Security Personnel, 21 Terrorists Killed in Balochistan Clearance Operations

Asia

	Taliban Rejects UN Concerns Over Laws Banning Women's Voices and Bare Faces in Public
	China Steps Up Armed Patrols on Border as Myanmar Conflict Deepens
	Indonesia, US Hold Annual Joint Military Exercises
	US Army Soldier Who Fled to North Korea Will Plead Guilty
	All Hands Saved as Royal Malaysian Navy Patrol Boat Sinks
	Vietnam Replaces More Top Figures, To Elect New President in October

Mexico

	Traditional and Indigenous Community Police Come Under Fire From Drug Cartels
	Mexico President Defends Judicial Reform After US Criticism

Gaza

	Photos: Israel Orders Evacuation in Deir El-Balah, Patients Flee Al-Aqsa Hospital
	Seven Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strike Near Gaza City Beach
	How Israel's Quadcopters Maim and Kill Palestinians in Gaza
	Israeli Restrictions on Aid Exacerbating Polio Outbreak: HRW
	Israel Torturing Detained Gaza Healthcare Workers: HRW
	Ordeal Continues for Gaza Residents With New Israeli Evacuation Order
	The Gaza Circus Performing on Rubble Still Hopes To Rebuild
	'Graves on Top of Graves' in Gaza Cemetery as Death Toll Climbs

Israel/Palestine

	Hamas Delegation Departs Cairo as Ceasefire Talks See 'No Progress'
	Israel's Economy Is Struggling. Economists Say Ending the War Would Help
	Israeli Settler Sexually Harasses Palestinian and Implicitly Threatens Rape
	Jewish Settlers' Attack Sparks Solidarity With West Bank Bedouin Women
	Why Did Israel, Hezbollah Attack Each Other?

Middle East

	Iraq Weekly Roundup: 41 Killed
	Iran Doesn't Seek To Raise Regional Tensions, Foreign Minister Tells Italian Counterpart
	Saudi Arabia, US Working on 'History Making Agreement:' US Ambassador in Riyadh

Egypt

	Egypt Warns Visiting US General on Lebanon Risk
	Egypt Denies Israeli Claim That Tunnels Run Under Gaza Border

Sudan

	More Than 60 Reported Killed in Northeast Sudan Dam Collapse
	Sudan's SPLM-N Rebel Group Declares Famine in Its Territory

Africa

	Fighting Resumes in Eastern DR Congo
	Libya's Eastern Government Says All Oilfields To Close
	Mali Suspends French News Channel LCI for Two Months
	Hundreds of Migrants Attempt To Swim From Morocco to the Spanish Territory of Ceuta