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Between a glancing blow and a historic test for Hawaii

With 75 mph winds, Lala has cut power to over 40,000 households, triggered a state of emergency, and prompted flood warnings from the Big Island to Maui.

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Hurricane Lala strengthened to Category 1 with 75 mph winds as it neared Hawaii’s Big Island, a rare hurricanegrade threat in a state with few dire...

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Captured or fallen: Qatar and Iran offer irreconcilable accounts

Tehran has asked the ICRC to intervene after Su-24s went down during March retaliatory sorties linked to U.S. assets in Qatar.

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Iran says three Su‑24 pilots were captured alive by Qatari forces after their aircraft were shot down on March 2 during retaliatory strikes against...

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Leavitt’s exit promises continuity — or masks a pre‑midterms reset?

At 28, the press secretary departs in August to become a top outside adviser as Trump’s team enters the midterm sprint.

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President Donald Trump said press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 28, will step down at the end of August for family reasons and become a top outside a...

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Sweeping pledge, uncertain muscle: where the Mecca pact leads

The three U.S.-aligned powers formalize collective defense in Mecca with an attack-on-one clause covering their territories and key waterways.

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, pledging to treat an armed attack on one as an attack on all. The ...

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Industrial mishap or munitions choke point? The blast tests both

The Colleferro site, operated by KNDS Ammo Italy, makes artillery shells.

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An explosion and fire hit a munitions plant in Colleferro, south of Rome, with no injuries reported; Italian outlets point to the powder‑pressing d...

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A formal peace, or formalizing stalemate? Seoul tests the hinge

President Lee Jae Myung invited Pyongyang to replace the 1953 armistice with a negotiated peace framework that could involve other parties and risk‑reduction steps.

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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung used his Aug. 15 Liberation Day address to invite Pyongyang to talks on replacing the 1953 armistice with a fo...

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Emergency promises meet years of neglect on Lake Kariba

A capsized passenger ferry on the Zimbabwe–Zambia border killed dozens, spurring a national disaster declaration, ongoing recovery efforts, and pledges to replace the vessel and rehabilitate the Kariba–Siakobvu–Chalala road.

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An overloaded passenger ferry that served as a lifeline for Lake Kariba communities capsized on the Zimbabwe–Zambia border, with the confirmed deat...

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Protection or provocation: Saudi-led patrols meet Houthi reach offshore

Houthis struck Mokha and claimed drone hits on Aramco sites as Saudi Arabia formalized a multinational Red Sea–Gulf of Aden coalition amid UN warnings of truce fragility and famine risk.

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Houthi forces struck the government‑held port of Mokha, killing at least eight to eleven people, and claimed drone attacks on Saudi Aramco sites in...

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U.S. roadmap collides with Israeli red lines, mediators signal escalation

Jared Kushner heads to Israel and Egypt as the Board of Peace seeks to keep a phased Gaza plan alive after the October 2025 ceasefire.

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After Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected the Trump team’s 15‑point Gaza roadmap—envisaging Hamas disarmament and an Israeli pullback—Jared Kushne...

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Price stability first, but the levers may drive prices higher

As unprecedented U.S. sanctions and threats of an open‑ended naval blockade loom, control of Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb—and domestic fuel moves like a narrowed Jones Act waiver—set the stage.

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Vice President J.D. Vance recast U.S. objectives in the Iran war, putting cheap oil for Americans ahead of nonproliferation, as Treasury readies “n...

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Release secured, but by whom and on whose terms?

SIM International says Kevin Rideout, abducted near Niamey in October 2025, is healthy and in U.S. care, with a reunion expected soon.

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SIM International says Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot abducted in Niger in October 2025, has been freed after roughly nine months and ...

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Warning lifted, counts climb: Flores faces an unfolding emergency

Indonesia’s BMKG issued then lifted a tsunami warning as aftershocks, blocked roads, and damaged facilities complicated BNPB’s widening search-and-relief effort.

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A shallow 7.7‑magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Flores before dawn, triggering and then lifting a tsunami warning, unleashing strong afte...

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