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Updated August 30, 2025 - 5:01 PM EDT

US-Funded Monitor: Famine Is Occurring in Gaza

		*Entire UN Security Council Except US Says Gaza Famine 'Man-Made'*
		*Jake Sullivan Ridiculed for Supporting Withholding Arms to Israel*

Smotrich Proposes Annexing Gaza, Cleansing

IDF, Starvation Kill 75 More Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours

US Announces Long-Range Missiles for Ukraine

Germany's Merz: 'Obviously' Be No Putin-Zelensky Meeting

Euro Powers Trigger 'Snapback' Sanctions on Iran

Israeli Ground Troops Raid Damascus Airbase

Houthis: Israeli Airstrike Killed the Prime Minister

Israel Bombs Yemen's Capital Sanaa for Second Time This Week

UN To End Lebanon Peacekeeper Mandate in 2026

Two Lebanese Soldiers Killed in Israeli Drone Explosion in S. Lebanon

Viewpoints

	The Decline of American Diplomacy by James Carden
	Does the House Have the Grit To 'Block the Bombs' to Israel? by John Ramming Chappell & Annie Shiel

	The Detached Cruelty of Air Power by Norman Solomon
	Neocons Responsible for Russian-Ukraine War by Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr.
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Maryam Was My Friend. Israel Killed Her and Four Other Journalists
by Ruwaida Amer

Frontline

	Israeli Official Alexandrovich Skips US Court Hearing on Child Sex Charges
	India Defies Washington, Increases Russian Oil Imports: Report
	At Least 24 Killed in RSF Attack on Sudan's El-Fasher: Doctors' Group

Israeli Attacks and Starvation Kill 75 More Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours IMAGO/APAimages via Reuters Connect

The War at Home

	Mystery Surrounds $1.2 Billion Army Contract To Build Detention Tent Camp at Fort Bliss
	New York-Based Israelis File Legal Brief Supporting Palestinian Student Mohsen Mahdawi
	F-35 Pilot Held 50-Minute Airborne Conference Call With Engineers Before Fighter Jet Crashed in Alaska
	DC Man Seen Throwing Sandwich at Agent Charged With Misdemeanor
	Even Former AIPAC Democrats Are Signing on To Block Arms Sales to Israel
	Second B-21 Will Fly by Year's End, USAF Says
	Microsoft Fires Two Employees After Protest Over Israel Ties, Office Break-In
	B-52 Bomber That Nearly Collided With Airliner in North Dakota Almost Hit Another Plane Seconds Later, NTSB Says

Latin America

	Guyana, Colombia Sign Defense Pact To Boost Joint Airspace Surveillance
	Senators in Mexico Come to Blows After Heated Debate Over US Military Intervention Against Drug Cartels

Russia/Ukraine

	Trump 'Not Happy,' but 'Not Surprised' by Russian Missile Strikes on Ukraine
	Mass Russian Drone and Missile Attack Kills 21 in Ukraine's Capital
	UN Chief, Ukrainian President Discuss Diplomatic Push for Ceasefire
	Photos: Several Killed, Dozens Wounded in Russian Attack on Ukrainian Capital

United Kingdom

	Journalists Rally in London To Support Colleagues in Gaza
	UK Pundit Andrew Fox Says Al Jazeera's Anas Al-Sharif Was a Legitimate Target for Israel
	Lib Dem MP Mocked for Urging Terrorism Probe Into Reform Party's Zia Yusuf

Germany

	Germany Approved Record Weapons Exports in 2024
	Germany Extends Military Mandate in Iraq Unti 2026: Defense Ministry

Europe

	Armenians Displaced From Nagorno-Karabakh Say New Peace Accord With Azerbaijan Abandons Rights, Accountability
	Polish Army Pilot Killed as F-16 Jet Crashes During Airshow Preparation
	Hungary Sues EU Over Frozen Russian Assets Being Used To Provide Ukraine Aid
	Nearly 300 Albanian Muslim Leaders, Activists Condemn Israel's Genocide in Gaza

Afghanistan

	Afghan Refugees Worried About Pakistan's 3rd Phase of Expulsion
	Kabul Protests Alleged Pakistani Strikes in Afghan Territories
	US Lawmakers Push To Restart Afghan Refugee Relocation

Gaza

	Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands To Flee With Nowhere To Go
	Top Palestinian Rights Group Presents Damning Evidence of Genocide in Gaza
	Nearly Half of Gaza Aid Missions Blocked, Impeded by Israel: UN
	A Doctor at the Only Christian Hospital in Gaza: 'War Is Death'
	UN Experts Decry 'Enforced Disappearances' of Gazans at Food Aid Sites
	UN Food Agency Chief Says Women and Children Are 'Starving' in Gaza and Pressed Netanyahu on Aid
	Video Confirms Israeli Troops Fired Three Tank Shells at Gaza's Nasser Hospital
	'Depleted, Disillusioned': Israeli Army's Manpower Crisis Worsens Ahead of Gaza City Takeover
	Gaza: Mediators Lament Israel's Lack of Interest in Truce Proposal

Israel/Palestine

	Ship Carrying Almost 400 Tonnes of Munitions Passed Through EU to Israel
	UN: Over 1,000 Attacks on Palestinians by Israelis in the West Bank Recorded Since January
	UN Palestinian Rights Committee Condemns Israel's E1 Settlement Plan
	Ben Gvir Plans New Policy Barring Protests on Major Roads or at Synagogues

Iraq

	More Than 800 Iraqis Repatriated From Notorious Syria ISIS Camp
	BBC 'Guidelines' Endanger and Offend Gaza Interviewees

Lebanon

	US Envoy Says Calling Lebanon Reporters 'Animalistic' Was 'Inappropriate,' but Repeats Criticism
	Lebanon Continues 'Disarmament' in Palestinian Camps

Turkey

Erdogan Jubilant as 'Steel Dome' Air Defense System Delivered to Military

Sudan

	Sudan's Internally Displaced Population Drops by 1.65 Million, IOM Reports
	Sudan Grapples With Influx of Over 128,000 Returnees From South Sudan

Africa

	Rwanda Says Seven Deportees Arrived From the US in August Under Agreement With Washington
	US Reaffirms Support for 'One Somalia' Policy, Dismisses Talks on Somaliland Recognition

Asia

	India-Pakistan Missile Race Heats Up, but China in Crosshairs, Too
	Myanmar's Military Declares Karen National Union a Terrorist Group Ahead of Elections
	In Post-Conflict Fallout, Pakistan Skips Hockey's Asia Cup in India