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  • Mediators report that U.S.-Iran negotiations are nearing a revival of a previous accord, potentially impacting oil prices and boosting stock markets, while simultaneously, the Secret Service is investigating threats against Melania Trump linked to Iran.
  • The FAA is proposing inspections for numerous Boeing 737 aircraft due to issues with seat installations, amidst broader concerns about the job market, as indicated by a Conference Board survey showing a significant decline in the 'Present Situation' index.
  • Johnson & Johnson's proposed $5.5 billion settlement for talc claims may alleviate investor concerns, while in the tech sector, Korea's Kospi index experienced a crash, particularly affecting chip stocks, alongside a general decline in futures as the tech rout persists.
  • Wildfires continue to rage across parts of Europe and North America, with France and Spain actively working to contain the blazes amid a fresh heatwave, while extreme rainfall has led to flash floods and typhoons across Asia, exacerbating an energy crisis.
  • Political tensions remain high with reports of Iran halting strikes as diplomatic talks progress, and Russia requesting additional troops from North Korea for the Ukraine war, alongside ongoing discussions about a potential international force in Gaza.

ZeroHedge

  • Mediators Say US-Iran 'Close' To 'Resurrecting' Failed MoU Deal, Pushing Oil Lower, Stocks Jump an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Mediators Say US-Iran 'Close' To 'Resurrecting' Failed MoU Deal, Pushing Oil Lower, Stocks Jump Update(11:35ET) : Here we go again... despite no evident change in war posturing on either side , and despite shipping traffic still largely at a complete standstill in the Strait of Hormuz , Fox News is out with claims that the failed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) could be 'resurrected' ... bringing us back to the 'deal is close' constant headlines of earlier this summer (though of course the sides were never in reality close - and simply returned to a wider bombing campaign)... "Mediators of the

  • The Fair Share Myth And Other Socialist Fables an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    The Fair Share Myth And Other Socialist Fables Authored by Jonathan Turley, New York City socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani is back in his element. After admitting that he cannot fulfill his campaign pledge to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , Mamdani returned to his class warfare narrative. This week, he taunted the city’s highest-earning taxpayers with a letter informing them of another special tax awaiting them in the Big Apple. As wealthy citizens flee the city, Mamdani strongly suggests that those who remain are going to get burned by his promised “warmth of collectivism.” In doing so, he repeated

  • Secret Service Probes Iran-Linked Video Calling for Melania Trump's Assassination 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Secret Service Probes Iran-Linked Video Calling for Melania Trump's Assassination Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A video calling for the assassination of First Lady Melania Trump has been published by a media outlet linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), with the U.S. Secret Service saying it is aware of the material and investigating anything perceived as a threat. Tasnim, an IRGC-affiliated news outlet, released the video on its Telegram channel on July 28. The video offered specific suggestions for carrying out an attack against the first lady. The video, titled “Where to Kill Melania?!,” claims

  • Nearly 400 Drones Target Moscow Overnight, With Zelensky In Washington Seeking To Sway Trump 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Nearly 400 Drones Target Moscow Overnight, With Zelensky In Washington Seeking To Sway Trump Ukraine's long-range drone attacks on Russian territory have long become a nightly thing (as have Russian drones and missiles on Ukraine territory), but it has become clear that these attack waves have grown in volume and effectiveness. On Tuesday Russian officials are newly acknowledging another massive attack wave on the Moscow region, describing that nearly 400 drones were inbound on the capital overnight . Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin indicated that 390 drones had been tracked by anti-air

  • Massie Joins Democrats In Bid To Sue White House Over Iran War 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Massie Joins Democrats In Bid To Sue White House Over Iran War Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is joining a group of Democrats who are attempting to sue the White House over its refusal to follow a War Powers Resolution that was passed by Congress and directed President Trump to end the war with Iran, Fox News Digital reported Monday. The War Powers Resolution was passed by both the House and Senate in June, marking the first time Congress approved a concurrent resolution under the 1973 War Powers Act directing the termination of an unauthorized


The Guardian

  • Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger a day ago by Samuel Okiror
    Global development, Uganda, Hunger, Africa, World news, Yoweri Museveni, Drought, Environment, Water, Aid, Food security, Malnutrition, Climate crisis

    Government move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutrition Uganda has launched emergency food relief distribution after at least 19 deaths from hunger were reported in an area of prolonged drought in the east of the country. A crisis has been building in the Karamoja region of Uganda as crops have failed without the season’s expected rains, leaving the region’s 1.5 million people facing acute food shortages and rising malnutrition. Continue reading...

  • Two Russian men jailed in Angola for terrorism and spying 5 days ago by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg and agencies
    Angola, Human rights, Africa, Russia, World news

    The men were convicted over alleged plan to stage coup and organise deadly demonstrations over fuel prices last year Two Russian men have been found guilty by an Angolan court of terrorism and spying after being accused of planning a coup and helping to organise deadly demonstrations in the southern African country last year. Lev Lakshtanov and Igor Ratchin were sentenced to eight and 11 years in jail respectively. They had denied the charges, claiming they were in Angola for cultural and business activities. Continue reading...

  • MoD cancels army training in Kenya over powers to prosecute British soldiers 5 days ago by Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
    British army, UK news, Military, World news, Kenya, Africa, Ministry of Defence

    September exercise called off after Kenya raises concerns over funding and jurisdiction for criminal offences The British army has been forced to cancel training for its troops in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a bilateral defence agreement. While the UK government wanted to renew the existing agreement, Kenyan lawmakers had sought changes to give local authorities greater powers to hold British soldiers accountable for any offences committed in the country. Continue reading...

  • Health worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC 7 days ago by Nadeem Badshah
    Ebola, London, Democratic Republic of the Congo, World news, UK news, Health, Africa

    UK resident was evacuated from Democratic Republic of the Congo where there is an outbreak of the disease A humanitarian worker is being monitored at a specialist hospital in London after potential exposure to the Ebola virus. The UK resident was medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the worker had been treating patients with the disease, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. Continue reading...

  • Healthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report finds 7 days ago by Kat Lay Global health correspondent
    Global development, Hunger, Poverty, United Nations, Africa, Asia Pacific, Americas, World Health Organization, Health, Food poverty, World news

    Global hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn people can’t afford to eat well One in three people cannot afford to eat a healthy diet, a new report has found, prompting calls for urgent action on food affordability. There are 2.69 billion people unable to afford a diverse diet that meets their energy and nutrient needs, and it will take “immense” amounts of work to achieve the global target of zero hunger by 2030, the annual report from


South China Morning Post

  • Lindsey Graham eulogised as an ‘American original’ at memorial service an hour ago by Associated Press

    Senator Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential US politicians at home and abroad, was being eulogised Tuesday as a “swashbuckling” public servant and “true American original” during memorial services in Washington. Graham’s remains arrived at the US Capitol, where the Republican served for more than 30 years as an indefatigable deal maker who talked and laughed and badgered his colleagues into action. His flag-draped casket was...

  • Footprints in Kenya shed light on prehistoric human cousin Paranthropus 2 hours ago by Reuters

    Footprints left on a muddy lakeshore in northern Kenya ⁠around 1.43 million years ago are providing new insight into the size and behaviour of a species in the human evolutionary lineage that was the last of its kind, known for extensive anatomical adaptations for eating tough vegetation. The species, Paranthropus boisei, is known mostly from skull and tooth fossils. Now researchers working along the eastern side of Kenya’s Lake Turkana have identified 21 footprints made by eight individuals of...

  • Oman offers Iran Gulf-backed plan for voluntary fees to use Hormuz 3 hours ago by Reuters

    Oman presented ⁠Iran with a plan backed by Gulf states to manage the Strait of Hormuz, including collecting voluntary fees for using it, a Gulf source and a Western diplomat told Reuters on Tuesday. A senior Iranian source told Reuters that Tehran had yet to respond to the Omani proposals, intended to serve as a basis to end the disruption to trade through the strait caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran. President Donald Trump, who abruptly called off a two-week US bombing campaign over the...

  • America declares international law for thee but not for me 4 hours ago by Alex Lo

    In Orwellian totalitarianism, two plus two can equal five. But with American hegemony, things can be A and not A at the same time. Earlier this month, Washington declared war on the International Criminal Court (ICC), whose very existence, it claims, poses an “intolerable” challenge to America’s sovereignty. But, citing an international maritime law, it also led a coalition of 14 mainly Western countries in issuing a joint statement in support of a 10-year-old South China Sea arbitration ruling...

  • Ebola cases in DR Congo top 3,200, nearing record of country’s worst outbreak 4 hours ago by Associated Press

    Confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing Ebola outbreak reached 3,262, its ministry of health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country. Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 cases, in what officials have said is the fastest Ebola outbreak on record, concentrated in the eastern Ituri province. The 2018-2020 outbreak that was recorded in Congo...


New York Times

  • As U.S. Pauses Strikes, Iran Is No Rush to Resume Cease-Fire Talks an hour ago by Yeganeh Torbati
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Iran-Israel War (2025- ), War and Armed Conflicts, International Relations, Defense and Military Forces, Iran, Strait of Hormuz

    Amid a reprieve in the fighting, Iran’s leaders are betting that they can endure more pain than President Trump can, and they have leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, analysts say.

  • Ukraine’s Strike on an Iranian Ship Could Bring Two Wars Closer 4 hours ago by Constant Méheut and Qasim Nauman
    Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Araghchi, Abbas, Zelensky, Volodymyr, Caspian Sea, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Drones (Pilotless Planes), War and Armed Conflicts, Defense and Military Forces, International Relations, United States

    The attack in the Caspian Sea was an unusually direct encounter between two countries that have been on opposite sides for years.

  • Democratic Party Faces Debt and Disarray, and Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations in Europe 7 hours ago by Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Jason Horowitz, Farnaz Fassihi and Shane Goldmacher
    Wildfires, Europe, Democratic Party, internal-open-access-audio

    Plus, whales on a plane.

  • Kumamoto Castle, a Famed Landmark, Is Damaged in the Japan Earthquake 3 hours ago by Claire Moses
    Japan, Earthquakes, Palaces and Castles

    The centuries-old castle, one of the country’s best-known, was also affected by the region’s 2016 earthquakes.

  • Massive Wildfires Draw Close to Madrid 13 hours ago by Jason Horowitz
    Wildfires, Evacuations and Evacuees, Global Warming, Heat and Heat Waves, Madrid (Spain), Spain, Europe, internal-open-access-from-nl

    Madrid is booming, culturally and economically, but the wildfires raging within a short drive of the capital have provided a reality check.


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