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A hardline turn backed by Washington meets Colombia’s fragile peace

Sworn in at a military-tinged ceremony in Cali, Abelardo de la Espriella ordered “definitive combat” against armed groups, vowed mega-prisons and lab bombings, set deep austerity and an oil-and-gas revival, and promptly drew a $1 billion U.S. security pledge.

Published: 5 days ago

Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia’s president at a military‑framed ceremony in Cali, ordering “definitive combat” against armed gro...

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Collective shield or signal? The Mecca pact’s intended adversary is unclear

The agreement binds the three to collective defense, linking a NATO member, a nuclear-armed state, and the Gulf’s pivotal power, and is described as open to additional members.

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On August 7, 2026, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, pledging that an attack on one will be treated as an...

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Game Changer: Ocalan Calls Time on PKK’s Armed Resistance in Turkey

Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan announces cessation of PKK's armed insurgency, shifting focus to political negotiations.

Published: 6 days ago

Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK, has declared an end to the group's armed struggle against Turkey. In a ...

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Enforcement or escalation? Israel’s southern Lebanon strikes test Rome talks

Israeli forces hit areas near Tyre and Tebnine and ordered al-Mansouri residents to leave as US-backed negotiators in Rome worked on phased Israeli withdrawals and Lebanese army deployments.

Published: 6 days ago

Israel resumed strikes in southern Lebanon on August 5 and issued its first villagewide evacuation order in weeks for alMansouri, with at least one...

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Scaling up or falling behind: DR Congo’s outbreak tests its responders

WHO and Africa CDC push a community-led response as unpaid health worker strikes disrupt care and cases near 4,000.

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Ebola is accelerating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with WHO warning cases are doubling in some hotspots as strikes by unpaid health wor...

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Contempt vote collides with Fifth Amendment claim in Fauci case

Led by Sen. Rand Paul, the Republican-run Homeland Security panel approved a party-line contempt referral over Fauci’s pandemic stewardship, sending the matter toward possible Justice Department review.

Published: 6 days ago

A Republicanled Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 8–7 to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt after he invoked the Fifth ...

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Israel’s test case: accountability breakthrough or another procedural dead-end?

Prosecutors charged settler activist Yinon Levi with reckless homicide over the 2025 killing of Palestinian community leader Awdah Hathaleen in Umm al-Kheir, citing video retrieved from the victim’s phone.

Published: 7 days ago

Israeli prosecutors indicted settler activist Yinon Levi on reckless homicide/manslaughter charges for the July 2025 killing of Palestinian communi...

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Voluntary, closed-source checks: safeguard or sidestep on AI cyber risks?

The White House met OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and Nvidia to enable up-to-30-day government access for pre-release security testing, with open-source models out of scope.

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The White House has convened OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and Nvidia to finalize a voluntary pre‑release security review that would grant the g...

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No immediate threat, yet a test of Japan-centered deterrence

Japan reports splashdown outside its EEZ as Washington consults allies ahead of U.S.–ROK drills.

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North Korea on Thursday fired a shortrange ballistic missile from near Wonsan into waters east of the peninsula; Japan reported a splashdown outsid...

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War-economy strikes blur lines and widen risks beyond the battlefield

Kyiv reports deep hits on Russian refineries and patrol boats as Moscow intensifies drone attacks on Ukrainian gas stations, ports, and ships using Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor.

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Ukraine has expanded long‑range strikes on Russian energy and maritime assets—claiming hits on the Slavneft‑YANOS refinery and FSB patrol boats—whi...

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A state’s platform mandates face their test: appeal and implementation

Judge Bryan Biedscheid ordered $567 million over five years for youth treatment and prevention and required Facebook and Instagram to adopt new safety defaults, following a March jury’s civil penalties.

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A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million to abate youth harms linked to Facebook and Instagram and to implement platform safety changes,...

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Retaliation or regional trigger? Yemen strikes test Saudi calculus

Houthi drones and ballistic missiles hit Saudi‑backed forces in Marib and Hadramawt in a coordinated operation reported as one of Yemen’s deadliest days in years.

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Yemen’s Houthi movement says it launched coordinated drone and ballistic‑missile strikes on Saudi‑backed government positions in Marib and Hadramaw...

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