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Trump cites Kim ties to order cut in US-South Korea drills, drawing contrasting signals from Seoul and Pyongyang
On August 16, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he had instructed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to substantially reduce joint US-South Korea military exercises, citing his relationship with North Korean leader Kim…
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Lala kills one in Hawaii crash, spares direct hit but floods islands and cuts power
Hurricane Lala, a Category 1 storm, passed just south of Hawaii’s Big Island on August 15-16 without making landfall. It brought 91 mph winds,…
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Reciprocal overnight strikes hit Moscow warehouses and Ukrainian steel plants
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones at the Moscow region overnight, starting fires at Wildberries warehouses and killing at least one civilian according to Russian…
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Erdogan names Egypt as possible fourth member of new Turkey-Saudi-Pakistan defence pact
Turkish President Erdogan told Al Jazeera that the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed August 7 in Mecca by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan remains…
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Israeli strikes kill 11 civilians in Lebanon as Hezbollah and officials reject military-target claim
Israeli airstrikes hit southern Lebanese towns including Ansar and Deir al-Zahrani early on August 15, killing 11 people including three children and wounding over…
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Koizumi visits Yasukuni as Takaichi sends offering and China protests postwar order challenge
On August 15, 2026, Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and three other cabinet ministers visited Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of Japan’s WWII…
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Kim honors Soviet soldiers while Putin and Medvedev exchange messages on Russia-North Korea ties
On August 15, 2026, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Pyongyang’s Liberation Tower the day before Korea’s liberation anniversary and laid a wreath honoring…
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Lee links war-end talks to nuclear curb in Seoul reporting; others stress coexistence
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung proposed dialogue with North Korea to formally end the Korean War and replace the 1953 armistice with a…
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Settlers seize Palestinian spring for West Bank pool as US presses Netanyahu on Qusra siege
Israeli settlers near Fasayil in the West Bank diverted water from a spring long used by Palestinian farmer Saad Nemer to fill an ancient…
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Quake off Flores: death toll rises from two to 20 as rescue reports update
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off Flores Island in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara early on August 15, 2026, triggering a brief tsunami warning that…
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Reliance and Rolls-Royce state intent to develop sovereign AMCA engine in India
Reliance Industries and Rolls-Royce announced on August 14, 2026 their strategic intent to study a partnership for designing, developing and manufacturing a sovereign indigenous…
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Iran Warns of US Miscalculation on Hormuz as Shipping Falls and Control Claims Clash
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the United States on August 13, 2026, of repeating intelligence failures by claiming control of the Strait of…
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US lost 25% of its Reaper drone fleet in Iran war, WaPo reports
The United States lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones during its conflict with Iran that began February 28, 2026. This equals roughly 25…
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