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The US Navy Is Paying for the Iran War Out of Its Payroll Accounts
A Pentagon memo seen by The Guardian warns of shortfalls in Navy payroll accounts because the department has been raiding them to fund combat
by News Room
August 28, 2026
Russia Calls France’s Tanker Seizures Piracy. Its Own Lawyers Have a Better Argument.
A senior Russian diplomat has again called France's boarding of tankers carrying Russian crude an act of piracy, a charge the Law of the
by Russia Desk
August 28, 2026
Moscow Says the Line to Kyiv Is Open. What It Carries Is Prisoner Swaps.
Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin says authorised special-services personnel on both sides can still reach each other. What that channel demonstrably moves is prisoners
by Russia Desk
August 28, 2026
Modi to Meet Putin at SCO Summit in Bishkek as India Pushes to Rebalance Bilateral Trade
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek on August 31, with
August 28, 2026
Ninety Americans Are Missing in Nepal, and the Lists Do Not Agree
The State Department says 90 US citizens are unaccounted for after the Himalayan glacier collapse, and three have been rescued. Nepal's own tally of
by News Room
August 28, 2026
Ratko Mladic, ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Convicted of Genocide, Dies in Hague Prison at 84
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb commander who ordered the Srebrenica genocide and directed the siege of Sarajevo during the 1990s Bosnian War, died
by Europe Desk
August 28, 2026
Trump Bans Chinese Equipment From US Power Grid, Orders Utilities to Find What’s Already Inside
Trump's executive order bans Chinese equipment from the US power grid and orders utilities to identify what foreign hardware is already installed. The Department
August 28, 2026
Russia Warns UK Military Sites Could Be Targeted Over Storm Shadow Missiles in Ukraine War
Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned Thursday that British military installations 'in Ukraine and beyond' could be targeted, after Ukrainian forces used British
August 28, 2026
Iran Links Strait of Hormuz to US Talks, Warns Escalating Sanctions Will Have a Price
Iran's Supreme National Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei linked Strait of Hormuz shipping to US-Iran negotiations on August 27, setting peace in Gaza and
August 28, 2026
CIA Director John Ratcliffe Made Secret Trip to Moscow to Warn Russia Against NATO Attack
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Moscow last week to personally warn Russian officials not to attack NATO's Baltic members and
August 28, 2026
