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Arrest tests if Nord Stream plot was rogue team or state

German prosecutors say a trained Ukrainian diver was detained in Croatia over the 2022 pipeline blasts, and Berlin is moving to extradite him.

Published: 3 months ago

Germany’s federal prosecutor says a Ukrainian national has been arrested in Croatia over the 2022 Nord Stream explosions, with Berlin seeking his e...

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A sweeping sanctions ultimatum, but the enforcement map is blank

Issued after a 60‑day negotiating window closed, the warning targets oil smuggling, finance channels, and maritime registries while threatening penalties for any country sustaining Iran.

Published: 3 months ago

On Aug. 19–20, US President Donald Trump warned of “the most crushing economic operation ever” against Iran, threatening unprecedented penalties fo...

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Reprieve now—or concessions that reshape decades-old U.S.–Canada trade fights?

Canadian negotiators stayed in Washington as a Tuesday midnight deadline loomed over up to 50% U.S. tariffs on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods spanning dairy, lumber, autos, and consumer items.

Published: 3 months ago

With a Tuesday midnight cutoff, Canadian negotiators remained in Washington for last‑minute talks as President Trump threatened tariffs of up to 50...

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Declared closures, unchecked raids: a gap shaping who controls land

Mid-August coverage from Israeli, Palestinian and European outlets tracks settler raids from Qusra to Beita, UN aid deliveries to families under siege, and the army’s refusal to remove settlers from a declared closed zone.

Published: 3 months ago

Mid‑August reporting from Israeli, Palestinian, and international outlets documents a string of settler raids, sieges, and arson across West Bank c...

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Speech crime or pre-election strategy? Shlosberg's sentence tests Russia's limits

A court convicted the Yabloko deputy leader under wartime 'discreditation' laws, handing him 11 years and one month days after his party was excluded from next month's ballot.

Published: 3 months ago

A Russian court sentenced Lev Shlosberg, deputy leader of the Yabloko party, to 11 years and one month in a penal colony for allegedly “discreditin...

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An attack Iran condemns tests a fraught Baghdad–Erbil–Tehran triangle

Drones struck PM Masrour Barzani’s Erbil office and a security chief’s home, prompting Iraq’s foreign minister to phone his Iranian counterpart for clarification.

Published: 3 months ago

Explosive drones struck Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Masrour Barzani’s Erbil compound and the regional security chief’s residence on 17 August, c...

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Returns promised, shelters expanded: Spain’s Ceuta plan faces its test

Morocco surged forces near Fnideq and made hundreds of arrests as Spain reinforced Ceuta and intra-Schengen checks reappeared.

Published: 3 months ago

After July’s mass crossing into Ceuta, Moroccan forces moved to preempt a rumored second push with reinforced patrols and arrests around Fnideq, wh...

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Recovery begins, but morgues, shelters and foreign help pull in different directions

Officials redirect efforts toward shelter and rebuilding as Bogotá seeks emergency financing and aid flows from China, Venezuela and private donors into hard‑hit regions like Chocó and Valle del Cauca.

Published: 3 months ago

A powerful Aug. 10 earthquake M7.4–7.5 struck western Colombia near San José del Palmar, killing more than 280 people, injuring thousands, and dama...

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A northern wildfire forces a choice: surge response or rebuild capacity

Evacuations reached both sides of the frontier as Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Luxembourg deployed aircraft and crews through EU civil protection cooperation.

Published: 3 months ago

Belgium’s High Fens wildfire has scorched roughly 3,000 hectares since Aug. 14, triggering evacuations on both sides of the German border and drawi...

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Outbreak’s toll surges as tracing falters—can scale close the gap?

Government figures show 2,325 deaths across six provinces as the UN releases emergency funds and calls for expanded burial teams and treatment capacity.

Published: 3 months ago

Government figures released August 17 show 2,325 deaths among 4,945 confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, now the deadlies...

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Truce ends, but who sets the rules at Hormuz now?

A 60-day US–Iran memorandum expired as Washington rejected an extension, Tehran ruled one out, the UN urged talks, and traffic through the energy chokepoint thinned.

Published: 3 months ago

The 60day US–Iran truce framework expired without extension, as Washington refused to prolong it and Tehran said it would not negotiate one, leavin...

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Can verification and sequencing unlock Israel’s Gaza withdrawal?

After a rare Cairo meeting with Hamas, Kushner pressed a U.S.-backed Gaza demilitarization-and-withdrawal plan in Jerusalem alongside Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediation.

Published: 3 months ago

Jared Kushner held a rare direct meeting with Hamas in Cairo before hours of talks with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem to revive a USbacked Gaza r...

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