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Updated August 28, 2024 - 9:17 PM EDT

Russia: US Will Face 'Harsher' Consequences

		*IAEA Chief Warns of Threat to Nuclear Plant in Russia's Kursk*
		*Zelensky Claims F-16s Used To Down Russian Missiles*

Israel Launches Major West Bank Offensive

		*Israel Kills 41 Palestinians Across Gaza*
		*A Palestinian Paramedic's Ordeal in Israeli Detention: HRW*
		*Amnesty Urges War Crimes Probe of Israeli Attacks on Gaza Camps*

US Slams China as Sullivan Visits Beijing

		*Taiwan Building Bases for US-Made Anti-Ship Harpoon Missiles*
		*China Says It Has 'No Intention' of Breaching Japan's Airspace*

Khamenei Opens Door To Direct Talks With US

Haditha Massacre Photos US Didn't Want the World To See

Viewpoints

	Kursk Offensive To Be Part of Zelensky's 'Victory Plan' by Andy Corbley
	Israeli Journalists Are Silent About the Killings of Reporters in Gaza by Hanin Majadli

	The US Is Being Accused of Three Coups by Ted Snider
	The New National Defense Report Misses the Point by Doug Bandow
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Kamala & Gaza: All Words and No Deeds Make a Divided Party
by James W. Carden

Frontline

	DNC 2024: Antiwar Activists Refuse To Accept Kamala Harris' Pro-Israel Policy
	Uzbekistan, US Agree on Fate of Aircraft That Fled Afghanistan in 2021

IAEA Chief Warns of Threat to
Nuclear Plant in Russia's Kursk
Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Gaza

	Israel Killed More Than 40,000 People in Gaza. What Does That Look Like?
	WFP Reduces Food Parcels in Gaza Due to Israel's Bombing
	Israeli Military Says Captive Rescued From Gaza Tunnel
	Leisure 'Forgotten': Gaza War Drives Children to Work
	A 10-Month-Old Palestinian Baby Suddenly Stopped Crawling. Polio Had Struck Gaza

Israel/Palestine

	Israel Buying Ads on Google Searches of 'UNRWA' To Discredit UN Agency
	Palestinian Cancer Patients Stranded in Egypt Struggle To Find Care
	Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Papers Condemn Ben Gvir's Al-Aqsa Remarks
	In Chicago's Little Palestine, Locals Protest and Mourn Amid Gaza War
	Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Bedouin Family in West Bank
	Israel Frees Alice Kisiya After Arrest for Resisting Land Grab by Settlers
	Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Is 'Not a Friend of Peace,' Says Israeli Analyst
	Israel Holds 552 Bodies, Including Dozens of Children
	Israel Lobby Funded 15 New MPs Before UK Election

Iran

	White House's Kirby Says US Would Defend Israel in Iranian Attack
	Iran President Makes Rare Appointment of Sunni to Senior Post
	Iran To Back Any Gaza Ceasefire Deal Agreed by Hamas, Foreign Minister Says

Iraq

	Iraqi Oil Workers in Basra Protest Over Gov't Funding Decision
	Iraq Weekly Roundup: 41 Killed

Lebanon

	Rocket Launched Near Peacekeeper Post in Lebanon on Sunday, UN Says
	Lebanese Turn to Sonic Boom Banter for Light Relief From Israeli Jets

The War at Home

	House, Senate Investigate TSA Surveillance of Tulsi Gabbard
	Lockheed Aims To Churn Out Dozens of F-16 Pilots Per Year at New Training Center
	Securing US Space Assets Is Busting the Air Force Budget, Kendall Says

The Americas

	Canadian Police Warn Sikh Aide of Threat to Life, Says Leading Separatist
	Colombia Reports Five Attacks on Oil Pipelines
	Sexual Violence Risk Soaring for Displaced Haiti Women, UN Warns

Russia

	Russia Says Belgorod 'Under Control' After Incursion Reports
	Russia's Drone Production Should Increase Fivefold by 2030: Russian PM

Ukraine

	Photos: Aftermath of Russian Missile and Drone Attacks on Ukraine
	Netherlands Buys 51 Mobile Drone Detection Radars for Ukraine

France

	UAE Weighs in on Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's Detention by France
	Left-Wing Alliance Calls for Street Protests After French President Macron Rules Out Leftist PM

United Kingdom

	Palestinian Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza Takes the Stage at Massive Attack Concert in UK
	UK General Blocked From No 10 Job Over Afghan Killings Inquiry

Europe

	US Approves Sale of 100 AMRAAM Missiles for Norwegian NASAMS
	US Approves $592 Million Sale of AMRAAM Missiles to Romania

Pakistan

	Truck Driver Thought Dead in Pakistan Roadside Attack Recovers in Hospital
	Pakistan Hunts Separatist Militants Who Killed Dozens
	Pakistan PM Says Militant Attacks Aimed at Thwarting China Cooperation

Asia

	Documentary Captures the Afghan Withdrawal Through Eyes of Interpreters
	India Police Fire Tear Gas at Protest Against Kolkata Doctor's Rape, Murder
	Former Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Charged With Sedition Over Monarchy Comments During Election Rally
	Thai Air Force Wants To Acquire Swedish Gripen 39 Fighter Jets
	China Recognizes Catholic Bishop of Tianjin, Vatican Says

Sudan

	UN Security Council Considers Sanctioning Two RSF Generals in Sudan
	Paramilitary Shelling Kills 20 in Sudan Camp: Committee

Burkina Faso

	Suspected Jihadists Kill Hundreds in Burkina Faso Attack
	Burkina Faso Nationalizes Two Gold Mines Mired in Legal Dispute

Africa

	US Backs UN Bid To Resolve Dispute Over Libya Central Bank
	West Africa's 'Coup Belt': Did Mali's 2020 Army Takeover Change the Region?
	Missing Cameroonian Activist Found in Jail With Signs of Torture, Rights Group Says