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Judge warns US Justice Department lawyers of contempt over withheld Epstein records
Judge Emmet Sullivan warned DOJ lawyers of contempt on 13 August over withheld Epstein records, including notes from an FBI interview about Trump.
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US ties NATO protection to loyalty to Trump
A US document asks NATO allies whether they support Trump's foreign policy, restrict US base use, and buy US weapons. Allies see it as a price for US protection, with answers feeding a review of troop and wartime asset cuts due by December.
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Ukraine halts successful Russian tanker strikes at US request after hitting 218 ships
Ukraine has paused drone strikes on oil tankers after US Vice-President JD Vance requested it by phone.
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Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia move military to guard infrastructure over Russian sabotage threat
Poland and the Baltics are guarding gas, power and dam sites over fears Russia may stage a false-flag drone attack to test NATO, after four years of sabotage across Europe.
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Trump delivers victory for transnational organised crime: shuts the shell company registry and deletes ownership records
Treasury permanently ended beneficial ownership reporting for U.S. companies on 11 August 2026, deleting the records investigators use to trace hidden money.
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Gig terrorism: Russia's sabotage war on Europe and Canada
Russian intelligence and former Wagner operatives are recruiting petty criminals, jobless men across Europe and Canada to carry out arson and sabotage, paying them per gig.
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Trump hides in catering truck over Iran assassination threat
Trump left Air Force One in a catering truck at Ankara, hiding from an Iranian plot to fire a missile at his plane, his press pool and some staff rode a decoy that kept the presidential call sign, unaware of the looming danger.
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Ukraine's 40-day pressure campaign against Russia ends, new operations begin
Zelenskyy approved new Security Service operations on 4 August and said nothing about the campaign he authorised on 25 June, which was meant to push Russia towards ending the war.
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US House committee declares Spain's Ceuta and Melilla as 'Moroccan territory'
A US House report declares Spain's Ceuta and Melilla as Moroccan territory, a first for the US Congress, drafted by a top Rubio-Trump ally and sitting inside a bill that funds Israel.
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Ukraine anti-corruption protests grow larger as Zelenskyy resists reinstating Fedorov as defence minister
Crowds returned to Kyiv on 24 July after a three-day pause, refusing Zelenskyy's offer of a lesser post for Mykhailo Fedorov and demanding his return to the defence ministry.
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French Epstein scout Daniel Siad found dead before facing trial
Siad, 69, was under investigation over rape and trafficking accusations tied to Jeffrey Epstein. His death follows that of modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who died in a Paris cell in 2022.
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The Fedorov Firing: What Actually Happened, and Why It Matters
Zelenskyy dismissed defence minister Fedorov on 16 July 2026 after a reform fight with army chief Syrskyi, triggering protests in nearly 20 cities and Western concern.
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The US vows to dismantle the International Criminal Court to protect war criminals
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged a global campaign to disable the war crimes court that holds warrants for Israeli and Russian leaders.
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Senators set a 20 July deadline for the Pentagon to account for the Minab school children killings
US senators gave the Pentagon until 20 July to release its withheld report on the 28 February Minab school strike, which killed scores of children.
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US hits 100 targets in Iran and chokes Hormuz as Iran threatens to cut off energy exports
The U.S. struck Iranian military sites on 8 July after Trump declared the ceasefire over, following tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude topped $80 a barrel.