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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 surrender. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away but sent a ritual offering.…
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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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Oman spill hits coast while separate slicks form near Iran amid tanker strikes
A tanker carrying Russian crude ran aground off Oman in June and has leaked oil now reaching the coastline and threatening a marine reserve.…
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NATO Jets Down Drone Over Latvia in Echo of Ukraine Conflict
NATO fighter jets shot down a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace over the Balvi region early on August 14 2026. Orange air alerts…
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Italian plant blast raises questions over European arms production for Ukraine
An explosion followed a fire at the KNDS Ammo Italy plant in Colleferro, 40 km southeast of Rome, on 13 August 2026. The facility…
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UN data shows July deadliest for Ukrainian civilians since May 2022 amid Russian strikes
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission reported at least 437 civilians killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine during July, the highest monthly toll since…
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Putin’s First Kuril Trip Closes Door on Concessions as Japan Protests
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup island in the Kuril chain on August 13, inspecting a fish plant and meeting residents. Japan claims the…
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