Archived Antiwar.com News from August 01, 2025

News

Updated August 1, 2025 - 7:31 PM EDT

Trump Sends 2 Nuclear Subs Toward Russia

		Trump Wants Deal To End Ukraine War by August 8
		Zelensky Signs Law Allowing Ukrainians Over 60 To Join Military

Witkoff Meets With Netanyahu Amid Stalled Talks

		Trump Threatens Canada Trade Deal Over Plan To Recognize Palestine
		Family Pleads for Release of US Teenager Held by Israel

Israeli Forces Kill 111 Palestinians in Gaza

		Palestinian Newborns Starving in Gaza as Infant Formula Runs Out
		GHF Whistleblower Interviewed by Tucker Carlson

Iran Wants Compensation Before US Talks

US, Japan Discuss Scenario for Nuclear Arms Use

Viewpoints

	Israel Apologists Think 'No No, We're Starving Sick Kids!' Is a Winning Argument by Caitlin Johnstone
	The War of Empires: A Review of Paul Chamberlin's Scorched Earth by Michael Holmes

	House Committee Revives Proposal for 'Automatic' Draft Registration by Edward Hasbrouck
	In Gaza, Hunger Has Overtaken Bombs as Israel's Cruelest Weapon by Heba Almaqadma
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Frontline

	Hiroshima Boy Keeps Memories of War Alive With Guided Tours in English
	The Information Warfare Consortium Shaping GHF's PR Offensive
	Sudanese Groups Warn of 'Annihilation' in Besieged El Fasher

The War at Home

	US Missile Defense Agency Issues $151 Billion Draft Proposal To Spearhead Golden Dome Homeland Shield Project
	Pilot Safe After F-35C Crashes Near California Navy Installation
	Trump Threatens BRICS With Tariffs Over 'Anti-US' Agenda
	Senators Question Path Ahead for Culled Pentagon Weapons Testing Office
	Trump Signs Executive Order Pushing Tariffs on Canada to 35 Percent
	Gaza Starvation Widens MAGA's Rupture With Israel

Russia/Ukraine

	Russian Intel: US, UK Decide To Nominate Ex-Top Commander for Ukrainian President
	Ukraine Parliament Votes To Restore Anticorruption Agencies After Protests
	Russia Kills 18 in Drone, Missile Strikes on Ukraine's Kyiv: Officials
	Photos: Fires and Destruction as Missile Attacks Rattle Ukraine's Capital

France

	Independence Party Walks Away From French Deal on New Caledonia
	France's Recognition of Palestinian State: A 'Symbolic' Move With Questionable Effectiveness

Germany

	Germany Warns Israel Against Unilateral Actions in Palestinian Territories
	200 German Celebrities, Journalists Call on Chancellor To Take Tougher Stance on Israel

Sweden

	Swedish Man Gets Life Term Over ISIS Killing of Jordanian Pilot in 2015
	Sweden and the Netherlands Call for EU To Suspend Israel Trade Deal

Europe

	Portugal Joins States Considering Recognition of Palestinian State in September
	Slovenia Says Will Ban Weapons Trade With Israel Over Gaza War

Sudan

	Families of Sudan's Disappeared Appeal to Red Cross, Burhan for Help
	North Darfur Governor Rejects Evacuation Call Amid Fresh El Fasher Clashes

Gaza

	'Our Genocide': Israeli Rights Groups Abandon Their Restraint on Gaza
	Israel Pulls Out Troops From North Gaza as Gideon's Chariots 'Winds Down'
	'We Are Starving': Bread Becomes a Distant Dream for Palestinians in Gaza
	Weighing Only 15kg, Gazan Youth Starves to Death Under Israeli Siege
	Israeli Soldier Reveals 'Strange Order' To Cancel Gaza Border Patrols on October 7
	Over 18,500 Children Killed by Israel in Gaza Since October 2023: Health Ministry
	GHF Chief Attacks UN and Media, Avoids Saying 'Palestinians' When Referring to Gaza
	Israeli Forces Kill Nearly 60 Palestinians Waiting for Aid Trucks in North Gaza

Israel/Palestine

	Palestinian Man Dies in Israeli Settler Arson Attack in Occupied West Bank
	Reservist Medic Dies by Suicide, Prompting IDF To Reassess Casualty Recognition
	'No Other Land' Murder: Women in Awdah Hathaleen's Village Launch Hunger Strike
	US Sanctions Palestinian Officials Over ICJ and ICC Cases
	Advocates Hail 'Historic' Progress After US Senate Vote on Arms to Israel
	Global Push for Palestinian Statehood Renews Debate Over Two-State Solution

Lebanon

	Hezbollah Says Those Demanding It Disarm Are 'Serving' Israel
	Lebanon's President Aoun Reiterates Calls for Hezbollah To Disarm

Syria

	Eight Persons Tortured to Death While in Syrian Government Detention in July
	Suwayda After the Ceasefire: Executions, a Mass Grave, and the Voices Left Behind

Africa

	Federal Forces Seize Beled-Hawo From Jubaland, Escalating Somalia's Internal Power Struggle
	Libya's Recognized Government Strikes Smuggling Networks With Turkish Drones in Message to Rivals

Asia

	Calls for Thailand To Free 20 Cambodian Soldiers Held After Border Clashes
	US Senator Plans Trip to Taiwan as Trump's Interest in Island Cools: Report
	Myanmar Ends State of Emergency in Some Parts Before Planned Elections