Archived Antiwar.com News from August 19, 2025

News

Updated August 19, 2025 - 8:40 PM EDT

Trump May Back Euro Troops in Ukraine 'by Air'

		Trump Working To Arrange Putin-Zelensky Meet
		Ukrainian Attack on Russian Pipeline Halts Oil Flow to Hungary
		Ukraine Turns Frontlines Into Testbed for Foreign Military Tech

Trump Statement Backs Israeli Escalation in Gaza

		Hamas Accepts Gaza Ceasefire Proposal From Mediators
		Huckabee: US Doesn't Oppose Israeli Expansion of Settlements

IDF Kills 58 Palestinians in Gaza in Past 24 Hours

		Amnesty: Israel Carrying Out a 'Deliberate Campaign of Starvation'
		BBC Witnesses Settlers' Attack on Palestinian Farm in West Bank

Iran Warns Israel Could Resume Its War

US Envoy Asks Israel To Comply With Lebanon Ceasefire

US, South Korea Kick Off Large-Scale War Games

Viewpoints

	Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation by Dan Steinbock
	Israelis Are Responsible for Gaza's Starving Dead – Those With Preexisting Conditions Too by Reut Shaer

	Our Complicity in Gaza Has Set the Stage for a Second Genocide – in the West Bank by Jonathan Cook
	Israel's Man Inside the CIA Betrayed the US, New Files Show by Kit Klarenberg & Wyatt Reed
More Viewpoints

Why Trump Gets It Right on Ukraine Peace
by Anatol Lieven

Frontline

	UN: ISIS-Backed Rebels Killed at Least 52 People in Eastern DR Congo
	Israeli Army Considers Recruitment Drive Targeting Jewish Youth Abroad
	De Facto Syrian Leader: Govt Committed 'Some Violations' in Suwayda

Russia/Ukraine

	Russian General Seriously Wounded on Front Line, Regional Leader Says
	Russia Says 20 Killed, Over 130 Injured Due to Blast at Factory in Ryazan Region
	European NATO States To Continue Arming Ukraine

United Kingdom

	How UK Security Agencies Use Telecoms Firms To Spy on Us
	'Anti-Zionist' MP Zarah Sultana Lays Out Vision for New Left-Wing Party in UK
	Irish Literary Star Sally Rooney Pledges UK TV Fees to Banned Pro-Palestine Group
	UK Protester Arrested Over 'Plasticine Action' T-Shirt: 'How Ridiculous Is This?'

Europe

	Despite Announcing an Embargo, Slovenia Purchases Israeli Weapons Through a German Joint Venture
	Germany Sets 8,000 Military Drone Goal by 2029 in Modest Build-Up
	Italy Opposes Western Troop Deployment to Ukraine: Report

DR Congo

	DR Congo and M23 Rebels Miss Deadline To Reach Peace Agreement
	Militia Attack Kills at Least Nine in Eastern DR Congo

Africa

	Israel To Send Humanitarian Aid to South Sudan Amid Reports of Talks To Move Gaza Palestinians There
	Sudan's RSF Accused of Summary Executions in El Fasher as Violence Surges
	Egypt Says Ready To Take Part in International Force for Gaza
	Burkina Faso Declares UN Coordinator Persona Non Grata
	Mali's Military Junta Marks Five Years in Power but Elections Still Indefinitely Postponed

Pacific

	Israeli MP Simcha Rothman Denied Visa To Visit Australia
	France's Overseas Minister Heads to New Caledonia in Wake of Collapse of Independence Deal

The War at Home

	Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi Pledge National Guard Troops to DC
	Anthropic Has New Rules for a More Dangerous AI Landscape Regarding Weapons

Gaza

	Gaza City Residents Brace for the Worst as Israeli Assaults Intensify
	Israel Starving Gaza: 263 Dead From Starvation, Including 112 Children
	Gaza Tribunal Calls for Armed UN Intervention To Halt 'Most Lethal Phase of Genocide' in Gaza
	Dozens of Palestinian Children From Gaza To Be Brought to UK for Treatment
	In Their Words: Israeli Leaders Support Mass Relocation of Palestinians From Gaza

Israel/Palestine

	Israel Launches Mass Arrests, Raids in West Bank Amid Ongoing Settler Attacks
	Israel Revokes Visas for Some Australian Diplomats
	IDF Offers One-Time Amnesty to Thousands of Draft Dodgers, Citing Manpower Shortage
	Israeli-American Named by Court as Person Behind Thousands of Jewish Community Center Bomb Hoaxes
	Israeli Police Use Water Cannons, Arrest Dozens as Protesters Demand Hostage Deal
	'Miss Palestine' To Debut at Miss Universe 2025 Beauty Contest
	New Israeli Settlement Project To Displace 7,000 Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, Authorities Warn
	Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: Satan Wants To Rule Where Jesus Lived

Iran/Iraq

	Iran's Pezeshkian in Armenia To Sign Key Agreements, Discuss US Presence in Region
	Iran Says Open to Nuclear Talks but No Stop to Enrichment
	Will Iraq Integrate the Popular Mobilization Forces Into the State?

Asia

	India's Purchase of Russian Oil Has To Stop, Says US Trade Adviser
	Myanmar's Military Government Announces Elections for December 28
	Taiwan To Classify Small Drones as 'Consumables' for Faster Military Access
	Afghan Women Still Barred From Education and Work, UN Says
	After Recent Tests, China Appears Likely To Beat the US Back to the Moon