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Updated August 25, 2025 - 9:32 PM EDT

IDF Double-Tap Strike on Hospital Kills Journalists

		*Smotrich: Stay in Gaza City and 'Die of Hunger'*
		*Eighteen Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza Over Three Days*
		*Virtual Tours of Gaza Clinics Expose the Scale of the Horror*

IDF Kills 64 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours

		*Netanyahu Thwarted Seven Gaza Ceasefire Deals: Israeli Report*
		*West Bank Village Devastated as Israel Uproots 1000s of Olive Trees*

Israel Launches Heavy Strikes on Yemen's Capital

Israel Preparing 'Target Bank' for Attacks on Yemen After US Failure

US OKs Long-Range Cruise Missiles for Ukraine

Ukraine Attacks Russian Nuclear Power Plant

Khamenei: US Wants Iran To Be 'Obedient'

		*Lebanon President Hasn't Been Informed of 'Trump Economic Zone'*
		*Syrian Govt Postpones Elections in Kurdish, Druze Regions*

The US Commandos Prepping Mexico Attacks

S. Korean Soldiers Fire Shots Near N. Korean Troops

Viewpoints

	US Interest Is Not in Committing to Ukraine by Robert Torres
	War on Truth: Why Are Palestinian Journalists Being Systematically Erased? by Ramzy Baroud

	Russia and China Are Not Threats to the US by David Stockman
	The Fake Charge of 'Anti-Semitism' Is Losing Its Sting by James Rushmore
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Think Tank Staffer Stumped When Asked About Arms Industry Funding
by Nick Cleveland-Stout

Frontline

	'Where's America First?': American Teenager Stuck in Israeli Jail for Six Months
	Sudan's RSF Accused of Fresh Atrocities, Ethnic Cleansing in El Fasher
	Pentagon Plans Military Deployment in Chicago as Trump Eyes Crackdown

Israel Launches Heavy Strikes on Yemen's Capital, Killing at Least Six
Reuters

The War at Home

	Trump Says He'll Keep Extending TikTok Shutdown Deadline
	National Guard Troops on DC Streets for Trump's Crackdown Will Start Carrying Guns
	Heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command, Fired
	Trump Axes DIA Head for Revealing Iran Strike Ineffectiveness
	Army Testing AR Goggles, Anti-Drone Guns on US-Mexico Border
	DNC Vote on Israel Arms Embargo Will Be the Next Democratic Party Showdown Over Palestine
	Another US Military Mini Shuttle Launches on a Secret Mission
	Wrongly-Deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia Told He May Be Sent to Uganda

Russia

	Zelensky Can't Sign Peace Deal: Moscow
	Russia Says Captured Two Villages in Ukraine's Donetsk Region
	Moscow Says Russia and Ukraine Exchange 146 Prisoners Each
	Russia Says West Trying To 'Block' Ukraine Peace Talks
	Russia Claims It Took Control of Another Village in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Region
	IAEA Confirms Normal Radiation Levels Near Kursk Nuclear Power Plant After Ukrainian Attack

Ukraine

	New Ukrainian Strike Halts Pipeline Oil Flow To Hungary and Slovakia Again
	Canada Announces $1.46 Billion in Military Assistance to Ukraine
	Zelensky Says Ukraine To 'Never Again Be Forced' Into Compromise

United Kingdom

	We Should Be at UK University but We're Trapped by IDF Bombs
	UN Special Rapporteur Will Contribute to UK 'Gaza Tribunal', Jeremy Corbyn Says
	UK Pro-Israel Lawyers Probed for Trying To 'Suppress' Palestine Supporters
	UK Court Denies Bail for Palestine Action Activist To Care for Ill Mother
	UK Beefs Up Lebanon's Defense With Renovated Military Training Center
	Corbyn Urges Probe Into Report David Cameron Threatened ICC's Karim Khan

Europe

	German Government Calls Recognition of Palestinian State 'Counterproductive'
	Dutch Foreign Minister Resigns Over Gaza
	Pro-Palestinian Protest Draws Thousands in Copenhagen
	Sweden's State Pension Fund Investing in Israeli Manufacturer of White Phosphorus: Report

Sudan

	Arrest of Army Ex-General Sparks Legal Questions
	UN Says 89 Killed in 10 Days in Sudan's El-Fasher
	RSF Shells Hospital, Abducts Eight in El-Fasher: Rescuers
	Sudan's Paramilitary Forces Kill 13 People in Darfur, Mostly Women and Children, Group Says
	Neutral Darfur Rebel Group Proposes Ceasefire, Civilian Government To End Sudan War

DR Congo

	Peace Efforts Stall as Violence Escalates in Eastern DR Congo
	DR Congo's Prosecutor Asks for the Death Penalty for Former President Kabila for War Crimes

Africa

	Niger Army Says It Killed a Senior Boko Haram Leader in a Targeted Airstrike
	Nigeria Says It Killed 35 Fighters in Air Strikes Near Border With Cameroon
	Eswatini Government Faces Court Challenge Over Men Deported by US
	Pope Affirms Right of People To Return Home After Unjust Exile in Meeting With Chagos Refugees

Gaza

	Israel Is Forcing Parents in Gaza To Watch Their Children Die of Hunger
	Israeli Army Says Razing Gaza City Could Take Over a Year
	Famine in Gaza: 'My Children Watch Videos on the Internet of Roast Chicken and Hamburgers, but I Forbid It Because It Only Hurts Them'
	Israeli Minister Strook Vows To Continue War, 'Even if It Kills Hostages'
	Israeli Attacks Force 60 Desalination Plants To Shut Down in Gaza, as Clean Water Becomes Scarce
	Israel Sends Influencers to Gaza Distribution Sites, Amid Continued Ban on Foreign Media
	Israel Destroyed Gaza's Water Plants. Now a Deadly Condition Is Spreading Like Wildfire
	'Bizarre and Terrifying': Israeli Quadcopters Harass and Attack Gaza City Residents
	Did Israel Know Over 80 Percent of Those It Killed in Gaza Were Civilians?
	It's Time for Israel To Stop Denying Gaza Famine: UNRWA Chief
	Amid Gaza Famine, Palestinian Girl Struggles To Survive
	Tens of Thousands of Palestinian Children Starving in Gaza Tent Camps

Israel/Palestine

	Israeli Forces Besiege Occupied West Bank Village, Block Ambulances
	After Recent Comments, Should Julia Sebutinde Still Serve on Israel Cases at the ICJ?
	Israel Fires 15 Air Force Officers Who Called for End to Gaza War
	Tel Aviv Police Bans March Demanding Govt 'Stop the Starvation'
	Five Israeli West Bank Settlers Arrested Over Suspected Attacks on Security Forces
	Jerusalem Man Indicted for Allegedly Asking Rabbi's Permission To Kill Attorney General
	UK's Lammy Among 21 Foreign Ministers To Condemn Plan for Illegal West Bank Settlement
	Netanyahu Rival Offers Political Truce To Help Secure Gaza Hostage Deal

Iran

	Iran Says Killed Six 'Terrorists' Linked to Israel
	Five Iran Police Killed in Ambush in Southeast

Middle East

	Thirty Druze Factions Merge To Defend Suwayda Following July Massacres
	Saudi Arabia Condemns Gaza Famine as 'Stain on Conscience of International Community'
	Deadly Clashes as Iraqi Kurdistan Opposition Figure Arrested
	Turkish First Lady Urges Melania Trump To Speak Out on Gaza

Afghanistan

	US Official: Taliban Have 'Relatively' Cooperated in Counterterrorism
	Taliban Delegation Holds Diplomatic Talks in Switzerland

North/South Korea

	Prosecutors Seek Arrest of South Korea's Ex-Premier Over Martial Law Decree
	South Korea Sells 20 K9 Howitzers in First Vietnam Export Deal
	North Korea's Kim Jong UN Hails Troops Killed in 'Heroic' War With Ukraine

Asia Pacific

	Photos: Protesters Rally Across Australian Cities To Demand End To Gaza Genocide
	Bombs Fail To Silence West Papuan Journalist Victor Mambor
	Pakistan FM Holds Talks With Bangladeshi Officials During 'Historic' Visit