Ukraine
01 Aug: Kyiv mourns after deadliest attack in a year kills 31 people in Ukraine, including 5 children
01 Aug: As Trump’s Deadline For A Ukraine Peace Deal Draws Close, Here’s What To Watch
02 Aug: Wounded soldier escapes battlefield using e-bike delivered by drone
02 Aug: Ukraine says it uncovers major drone procurement corruption scheme
03 Aug: Ukrainian attack sparks blaze at Russian oil depot as countries trade strikes
03 Aug: Inside Russia’s Shadow Battalions: Coercion, Violence, And Ethnic Targeting
04 Aug: Trump’s deadline for the Kremlin looms but Putin shows no sign of making concessions
04 Aug: Ukraine is now Trump’s war
05 Aug: Dutch are first to buy US arms for Ukraine under NATO scheme
06 Aug: Russian attacks on Ukraine double since Trump inauguration
06 Aug: On Ukraine’s front line, twisted wreckage shows sanctions haven’t yet stopped Russia
07 Aug: Trump may be forging progress in Ukraine or walking into Putin’s trap
07 Aug: Why Trump-Putin talks unlikely to bring rapid end to Ukraine war
09 Aug: Before Trump-Putin talks, Ukraine rules out ‘gifting land to occupier’
09 Aug: Lifting sanctions on Putin for Trump meeting is a massive victory for Moscow
09 Aug: Trump-Putin summit in Alaska resembles a slow defeat for Ukraine
09 Aug: Denmark, Norway and Sweden commit $500m for Ukraine
10 Aug: European leaders warn peace talks must include Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin summit
11 Aug: Three Ukraine beachgoers killed by sea mines in Black Sea after ignoring swimming warnings
12 Aug: Zelenskyy says Putin readying for ‘new offensive’ in Ukraine, not ceasefire
13 Aug: Trump told Zelenskyy and allies he won’t discuss territory divisions with Putin this week
13 Aug: Remote, Symbolic, Strategic: Alaska Takes Center Stage For Trump-Putin Meeting
14 Aug: Ukraine, left out in Trump-Putin summit, fears setbacks on key peace issues
14 Aug: Here’s what Putin really wants from Trump – and it’s not peace in Ukraine
16 Aug: ‘Next time in Moscow?’: Five takeaways after Trump and Putin’s Alaska summit
16 Aug: Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
16 Aug: Trump’s ceasefire pivot will cause dismay in Kyiv and Europe
16 Aug: European leaders double down on support for Ukraine in wake of Trump-Putin summit
17 Aug: Putin agreed to let US and Europe provide security guarantees to Ukraine, Trump envoy says
18 Aug: ‘No going into Nato by Ukraine,’ says Trump as Zelensky prepares for White House talks
18 Aug: Zelenskyy accuses Russia of ‘cynical’ attacks before Washington talks
19 Aug: Key takeaways from Trump and Zelenskyy’s meeting, pivotal talks with European leaders
19 Aug: Trump under pressure as obstacles to progress on Ukraine persist
19 Aug: Maps show Ukrainian territories claimed by Russia amid talks on possible end to war
19 Aug: Europe thinks Trump’s peace talks will fail. It wants them anyway — to call Putin’s bluff.
19 Aug: Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine
20 Aug: Why Donetsk ‘fortress belt’ matters so much for Ukraine’s defences
22 Aug: Proposed Ukraine land concessions are Putin’s trap, EU’s top diplomat tells BBC
24 Aug: As Ukraine marks Independence Day, Moscow says Kyiv struck a nuclear power plant in Russia
24 Aug: Downed Ukrainian Drone Causes Fire At Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
25 Aug: Leeds volunteers repurpose vapes to power Ukrainian drones
26 Aug: Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin as Russia’s strikes on Ukraine continue despite peace push
27 Sug: Russian troops enter key Ukrainian region as Trump envoy says talks are ongoing
29 Aug: EU accuses Putin of undermining peace talks after deadly strikes on Kyiv
30 Aug: Russia attacks Ukraine’s Zaporizhia; Kyiv hits Russian oil refineries
31 Aug: Ukraine planning new strikes deep inside Russia, says Zelenskyy
Middle East
31 Jul: UK, US and allies accuse Iran of cross-border assassination plots
02 Aug: Hamas denies it expressed willingness to disarm, slams Witkoff’s Gaza trip
02 Aug: Final US Report On Afghan Mission Paints Damning Picture
03 Aug: Aid group says worker killed by Israeli military in attack on Gaza HQ
06 Aug: Hezbollah rejects Lebanese government’s plans to disarm the group
06 Aug: After The 12-Day War, Iran Turns To Veteran Politician Ali Larijani
08 Aug: Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres
08 Aug: US has ‘no plans’ to recognise Palestinian statehood, JD Vance says on visit to UK
08 Aug: Armenia, Azerbaijan Sign Deal Aimed At Ending Decades Of Conflict
10 Aug: UN Security Council voices deep concern over deadly escalation in Syria’s Sweida region
11 Aug: Al Jazeera condemns killing of its journalists by Israeli forces in Gaza
11 Aug: Albanese announces Palestinian recognition, saying war in Gaza has gone too far
11 Aug: Palestinian territories: What makes a state a state?
11 Aug: Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington
12 Aug: UN, EU, media groups condemn Israeli strike that killed Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
13 Aug: Iran: EU leaders threaten snapback sanctions over nukes
14 Aug: Hundreds of retired air force officers protest Israel’s war in Gaza
14 Aug: War crimes likely committed by both sides in Syria coastal violence: UN
17 Aug: Israeli military bombs power plant near Yemeni capital Sanaa
18 Aug: BBC witnesses Israeli settlers’ attack on Palestinian farm in West Bank
19 Aug: Gaza ceasefire proposal agreed by Hamas ‘almost identical’ to US special envoy’s, Qatar says
20 Aug: Israel pounds Gaza, killing 81, as it begins assault to seize Gaza City
21 Aug: As Israel begins offensive on Gaza City, an exhausted military may face a manpower problem
22 Aug: Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
24 Aug: Israeli strikes hit Yemen’s capital, days after Houthi rebels fired cluster munitions at Israel
26 Aug: At least 20 people, including 5 journalists, killed in Israeli airstrikes on southern Gaza hospital
26 Aug: Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office
28 Aug: Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital
28 Aug: UK, France and Germany plan to reimpose sanctions on Iran over nuclear weapon fears
29 Aug: New footage shows Israel struck Gaza’s Nasser Hospital four times
31 Aug: Israeli military says it killed Hamas spokesperson amid expanding offensive in Gaza
31 Aug: Iran-backed Houthis raid UN food and children’s agencies in Yemen, detain employee
Africa
02 Aug: African Union takes over all peace initiatives on eastern DR Congo
02 Aug: DRC, Rwanda agree economic framework outline as part of peace deal
04 Aug: Mali seizes inflatable cars it says armed groups planned using as decoys
06 Aug: Two Ghanaian ministers die in helicopter crash, along with six others
06 Aug: Sudan Accuses UAE of Bringing in Colombian Mercenaries to Support RSF
07 Aug: Zambia says mining area hit by acid spill safe from contamination
10 Aug: Sudan launches 10-Day Cholera vaccination drive amid deadly outbreak
13 Aug: ‘A disaster’: Russia’s Africa Corps suffers its first defeat in Mali
15 Aug: Mali arrests 2 generals, Frenchman in alleged coup plot
18 Aug: DR Congo and M23 rebels miss deadline to reach peace agreement
19 Aug: UN warns of worsening crisis in South Sudan as peace process falters
19 Aug: Diphtheria cases spiralling in Somalia, health officials warn
20 Aug: M23 rebels killed 140 civilians in Eastern DRC, HRW says
22 Aug: Drone attack destroys UN aid convoy in Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region
23 Aug: Nigerian air force says at least 35 jihadists killed near border with Cameroon
25 Aug: Hundreds continue to flee central Malian town after jihadist attack
27 Aug: Russia outsmarts France with nuclear power move in Niger
28 Aug: Mali troops blame Russian advisors for rising violence
Asia
02 Aug: North Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regime
04 Aug: Kamchatka Tsunami Damages Russian Nuclear Submarine Base
06 Aug: Trump slaps 50 percent tariff on Indian goods over imports of Russian oil
07 Aug: China tackles chikungunya virus outbreak as thousands fall ill
08 Aug: Nagasaki ceremony remembers Koreans killed in atomic bombing
08 Aug: Armenia, Azerbaijan sign historic US-brokered peace deal
09 Aug: Nagasaki remembers atomic bomb victims 80 years on with minute of silence
09 Aug: Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki are safe to live in today
10 Aug: South Korea’s military shrinks by 20% as low birthrate hits recruitment
11 Aug: Potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba found in Charleville, Augathella’s water supply
13 Aug: Australia and Vanuatu agree to $500m deal, but details remain scarce
14 Aug: North Korea denies removing propaganda loudspeakers
14 Aug: New details emerge about Japan’s notorious WWII germ warfare program
15 Aug; Hundreds hit by food poisoning in Indonesia after eating free school meals
16 Aug: Russia Boosts The Taliban’s Quest For Legitimacy. Who Will Be Next?
20 Aug: Fire extinguished aboard USS New Orleans
23 Aug: North Korea accuses South Korean troops of firing warning shots near border
24 Aug: North Korea: Kim oversees ‘new’ missile test — state media
25 Aug: Taiwan is preparing for a Chinese attack but its people don’t think war is coming soon
26 Aug: What we know about Iran’s involvement in antisemitic attacks in Australia
28 Aug: Putin, Xi and Kim set to unite at major military parade
28 Aug: Who is Dezi Freeman, suspected gunman on the run in rural Australia after two officers killed?
30 Aug: North Korea leader Kim promises ‘beautiful life’ for families of ‘martyrs’ killed in Russia
Americas
02 Aug: Why is Trump moving nuclear submarines after spat with Medvedev?
04 Aug: Russia warns against ‘nuclear rhetoric’ amid Trump row
04 Aug: What we know about the manhunt for person who killed 4 in a Montana bar
06 Aug: What we know about the Army post shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia
06 Aug: Despite RFK’s funding block, mRNA vaccines are too impressive to ignore
07 Aug: Two Chinese nationals in California accused of illegally shipping Nvidia AI chips to China
08 Aug: Breaking down how a massive U.S. funding cut could impact future mRNA vaccines
09 Aug: Sheinbaum rejects US ‘invasion’ after Trump orders military to target Mexico cartels
09 Aug: How RFK Jr’s vaccine funding cuts fit with Trump’s vision
09 Aug: Atlanta CDC: What we know about Friday’s shooting at the US’s top public health institute
10 Aug: CDC shooter believed COVID vaccine was harmful; union says misinformation put staff at risk
12 Aug: CDC shooting highlights increasing rhetoric and hostility against health professionals
12 Aug: Explosion at US Steel plant in Pennsylvania leaves 2 dead, 10 injured
12 Aug: Train carrying possible hazardous materials derails in Palo Pinto, Texas
13 Aug: Donald Trump’s National Guard troop deployment tests limits of 150yo law
13 Aug: Nine dead in massive blast at Brazilian explosives factory
13 Aug: Three Colombian soldiers killed in attack with explosive-laden drones
14 Aug: Cleanup continues days after train derails in Palo Pinto County, officials say
15 Aug: Fourth death linked to NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak; Officials identify impacted cooling towers
16 Aug: Coast Guard Continues Response to Chinese Research Vessel Activity in U.S. Arctic
19 Aug: California man who admitted shipping weapons to North Korea is sentenced to 8 years in prison
19 Aug: FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart
20 Aug: 750 HHS employees send signed letter to RFK Jr. asking him to stop spreading misinformation
20 Aug: Gabbard cutting Director of National Intelligence staff by roughly 40%
20 Aug: At least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union says
21 Aug: U.S. Navy Sailor Faces Life in Prison for Selling Secrets to China
22 Aug: Colombia truck bomb, drone attacks kill 18 amid deepening security crisis
22 Aug: Hegseth fires general whose agency’s intel assessment of U.S. strikes on Iran angered Trump
25 Aug: National guard start carrying firearms in DC as Trump says Chicago may be next
25 Aug: Trump’s threat to deploy troops to Chicago draws criticism from city and state officials
27 Aug: You might have heard about the flesh-eating screwworm. Here’s why you shouldn’t freak out
29 Aug: Why is the U.S. deploying war ships to South America? 4 things to know
29 Aug: Getting a COVID vaccine just got more complicated after new FDA restrictions
31 Aug: Former CDC official ‘only sees harm’ to public health under RFK Jr’s leadership
UK & Europe
01 Aug: Ministry of Defence’s top civil servant to step down weeks after Afghan data leak revealed
01 Aug: Leeds: Man jailed for keeping terrorist documents
01 Aug: Slovenia becomes first EU country to ban all weapons trade with Israel
02 Aug: Another arrest after aircraft vandalised at RAF Brize Norton
04 Aug: Bridgend: Unexploded devices cause partial halt at £80m Willmott Dixon site
04 Aug: Fifth person remanded in custody over damage to planes at RAF Brize Norton
04 Aug: Hackers, secret cables and security fears: The explosive fight over China’s new embassy in the UK
04 Aug: UK academics studying topics sensitive to China face harassment, survey finds
04 Aug: ‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine rolled out from today, with UK infections hitting a record high
05 Aug: Fire safety improvements required at Dungeness A
05 Aug: Germany: AfD-linked China espionage trial opens in Dresden
06 Aug: Penarth: Man finds three WW2 bombs while digging in garden
07 Aug: Sellafield nuclear plant contractors to strike
07 Aug: AWE complies with improvement notice
08 Aug: Views sought on plans to bury radioactive waste in Dorset
08 Aug: Loud bang reported in Maghera as explosion damages vacant house
08 Aug: Former PCSO ‘obsessed with weapons’ jailed for trying to make 3D-printed gun
09 Aug: Measles warning for parents in East Sussex
09 Aug: Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show
10 Aug: London police arrest 474 people as pro-Palestinian protesters defy new law
11 Aug: Man jailed over series of hoax bomb threats
11 Aug: Gravelines: Jellyfish swarm forces France’s largest nuclear plant to shut down
11 Aug: Tyrone: Bomb-making equipment discovered in bedroom following arrest for unrelated hit-and-run
12 Aug: Lough Neagh: Blue-green algae blight continues as projects aim to tackle blooms
14 Aug: Causes, symptoms and how to prevent chikungunya – as cases rise in the UK
14 Aug: London hospital forced to evacuate 150 people after chlorine gas leak
14 Aug: Has Trump cheated Switzerland again on the F-35?
14 Aug: Asian hornet captured: Ireland on biosecurity alert
15 Aug: Bomb disposal team carries out controlled explosion in Surrey village
16 Aug: Thousands of Afghans, troops and civil servants may be victims of new data breach
18 Aug: Croatian ultra-nationalist mega-gig exposes divided society
19 Aug: Edgware man arrested after ‘targeted suspicious object’ saw homes evacuated
19 Aug: Most of Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria, finds biggest survey of its kind
21 Aug: Watchdog urged to probe ‘dangerous shambles’ of Afghan relocation data breaches
21 Aug: Inverclyde teenager who planned mass murder by setting fire to mosque given 10-year sentence
21 Aug: US woman jailed for 30 years over failed assassination plot
21 Aug: Germany: Arrest made over Nord Stream pipeline explosions
21 Aug: NATO to establish first logistics base in Sweden
22 Aug: Protesters charged over alleged Palestine Action defence firm raid face 18-month wait for trial
23 Aug: Man in court over Palestine Action paint damage on two RAF aircraft at Brize Norton
24 Aug: Leicester: Arrest after mystery substance thrown at officers
24 Aug: Man arrested as ‘extremely distressing’ three-day security alert in north Belfast ends
25 Aug: How Russia is quietly trying to win over the world beyond the West
27 Aug: West Nile Virus: ‘One mosquito bite dramatically changed my life’
27 Aug: Second World War munitions hamper moorland blaze firefighters
28 Aug: Denmark summons U.S. envoy over claims of interference in Greenland
28 Aug: MoD staff warned not to share hidden data before Afghan leak
28 Aug: Germany to boost military with new voluntary service bill
29 Aug: ‘Nazi’ teenager from Shropshire who amassed weapons and discussed school ‘shoot up’ locked up
31 Aug: Police release further update after ‘suspected explosive materials’ found in Beverley house
31 Aug: A baby dies in the UK from whooping cough as experts ask more people to get vaccinated
Technology – Military
31 Jul: US Maritime Administration awards $6.2b for management of Ready Reserve Force ships
01 Aug: Poland doubles down on South Korean tanks with $6.5 billion deal
02 Aug: Pakistan inducts Chinese-made Z-10ME attack helicopters
03 Aug: Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin conduct tests of GMARS rocket artillery system in United States
04 Aug: David’s Sling Air and Missile Defense System Successfully Completes Advanced Upgrade Tests
05 Aug: Australia to buy eleven Japanese made Mogami-class frigates
08 Aug: Northrop Grumman drops strike fighter concept art on website
09 Aug: Estonia: The Defence Forces received the next six CAESAR self-propelled howitzers
11 Aug: AUKUS exercise sees Royal Navy uncrewed submarine controlled from across the world
13 Aug: DARPA Christens First U.S. Navy Ship Built To Sail Without A Crew
15 Aug: Two Indigenous Drones, New Wheeled Tank Prototype Join Taiwan’s Arsenal
18 Aug: China’ First Manned Tilt-Rotor Takes Flight
21 Aug: Bird-inspired drones could be key to navigating through dense cities and offshore wind farms
22 Aug: The race for the two miles-a-second super weapons that Putin says turn targets to dust
22 Aug: New Zealand adds Sikorsky and Airbus platforms to boost air capability
30 Aug: Analysis: Could Boeing’s new F-47 become the basis for the US Navy’s future F/A-XX fighter jet?
31 Aug: Norway to buy five British warships in deal worth £10bn
Technology –Biological / Medical
14 Jul: Swiss genome of the 1918 influenza virus reconstructed
28 Jul: Why You May Get Future Vaccines Via Dental Floss
01 Aug: Oxford University study finds spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in malnourished children
01 Aug: Researchers develop bacterial cellulose-based dressing for advanced burn wound care
01 Aug: Ushering in a new era of suture-free tissue reconstruction for better healing
06 Aug: Revealed: new mRNA vaccine target to block malaria transmission
07 Aug: Copper antimicrobials can drive antibiotic resistance in bacteria, but there’s a fix, scientists say
08 Aug; Innovative Hydrogel Therapy Speeds Up Infected Wound Healing and Restores Skin Microbiota Balance
12 Aug: Scientists detect virus traces in blood that may unlock long COVID’s mystery
12 Aug: Tracing the evolution of the H5N1 virus
12 Aug: Bee and frog proteins—nature’s double defense against farm superbugs
12 Aug: AI Uncovers New Antibiotics in Ancient Microbes
12 Aug: New Protein Therapy Shows Promise as First-Ever Antidote for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
13 Aug: Study: Long COVID remains a substantial financial and medical burden
13 Aug: New superbug test could ‘save millions of lives’
14 Aug: Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
14 Aug: Archaea can kill bacteria with new antibacterials
14 Aug: Impact of vaccines on antimicrobial resistance
14 Aug: UGA researchers develop alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizers
15 Aug: Breakthrough Monoclonal Antibody Offers New Hope Against Deadly Sepsis
18 Aug; Vaccines trigger rapid lymph node responses
20 Aug: Biofilm takes flight as Saharan bacteria shield themselves to survive dust storm journeys
21 Aug: Weaving peptide nanonets to fight bacterial infections
27 Aug: A stunning first look at the viruses inside us
29 Aug: Shingles vaccine could lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds (Press Release)
30 Aug: One shot of RSV vaccine effective against hospitalization in older adults for two seasons
Technology – Nuclear
06 Aug: The new space race? NASA accelerates plan to put nuclear reactor on the moon
18 Aug: Nuclear waste could be a source of fuel in future reactors
20 Aug: Researchers use electrochemistry to boost nuclear fusion rates
28 Aug: Sellafield: £154 million to be invested in plutonium disposal in Cumbria
Technology – Other
05 Aug: Solving a dirty water problem with sunlight and oil
08 Aug: New process turns PFAS pollutant into fluoride
19 Aug: Innovative Hydrogel Surface Boosts Oil–Water Separation Speed by 5×
21 Aug: Unveiling Emerging Contaminants: Ushering in a New Era in Environmental Science
21 Aug: Plant diseases that changed the world—and the stories you’ve never heard