Ukraine

Middle East

01 Aug: liveuamp: Strikes across Iran and the Middle East

01 Aug: United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Incident Repots

01 Aug: Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge

01 Aug: Biggest Clue In US-Iran Conflict Is ‘The Dog That Hasn’t Barked,’ Says War College’s Jacob Stoil

01 Aug: US embassies urge Americans to consider leaving Middle East

02 Aug: Israeli strikes kill 18 across Gaza despite Hamas agreeing to disarmament deal

02 Aug: Trump says new Iran deal is ‘imminent,’ negotiations resume Monday

02 Aug: Tankers ‘waiting for permission’ to transit through Strait of Hormuz, Iran says

03 Aug: Fresh US-Iran talks are ‘last chance’ for Tehran to avoid war escalating, Trump says

03 Aug: Qatar Says Mediators Make Progress in Efforts to End US-Iran War

03 Aug: Trump’s Board of Peace reassures Israel after objections on Gaza pullout plan

03 Aug: Threat to oil tankers in Middle East worst since start of Iran war, analysts say

04 Aug: Millions join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq amid regional tensions and fears of US-Iran escalation

04 Aug: Mass funeral held for 112 victims buried under rubble of Gaza flats for nearly three years

04 Aug: Trump snaps back to diplomacy, but Iran has other ideas

04 Aug: Trump says Iran will be ‘hit very hard’ if Hormuz Strait not open soon as oil prices fall

04 Aug: U.S. has used nearly all its stockpile of long-range missiles in Iran war, sources say

04 Aug: Indian vessel sinks in Red Sea after projectile strike off Yemen

05 Aug: Israel strikes south Lebanon after two soldiers killed by explosion

05 Aug: Iran threatens to hit Gulf states if US launches new strikes

05 Aug: Lebanon and Israel still split over disarming Hezbollah at Rome talks

05 Aug: Iran, Oman say Strait of Hormuz talks in final stages, as Trump again teases a deal being close

06 Aug: UKMTO reports two explosions heard near tanker in Strait of Hormuz

06 Aug: Trump denies U.S. running low on some munitions, says vast resupplies being produced

06 Aug: The Americans losing homes to Israel’s war in Lebanon

06 Aug: Ugandan MPs vote to deploy soldiers to Gaza peacekeeping force

06 Aug: Israel indicts settler in rare charge over Palestinian activist’s killing

06 Aug: Houthi rebels kill dozens of Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces

07 Aug: Why is there fighting in Yemen and what does it mean for the Iran war?

07 Aug: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey Sign Joint Defense Pact Amid US-Iran Tensions

07 Aug: U.S. targets Iran’s banking system, companies with new sanctions

07 Aug: What it will take to clear Iranian sea mine threats from Strait of Hormuz

08 Aug: Iran makes dramatic new demands around Strait of Hormuz

09 Aug: Netanyahu rejects Trump-backed Gaza peace plan

09 Aug: Syria will take back control from Russia of 2 key Mediterranean bases under a new deal

10 Aug: Trump Suggests Economic, Not Military, Pressure Now Favored Against Iran

10 Aug: Lebanon: UN peacekeepers count hundreds of Israeli strikes and incursions in a single weekend

11 Aug: Bashar al Assad sentenced to death in absentia by Syrian court for war crimes

11 Aug: Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark parliament vote

12 Aug: Deadly attack on Red Sea ship adds to global supply chain uncertainty

12 Aug: Iranian-backed Houthis kill 6 in attack on vessel, and other developments in the Mideast

12 Aug: USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports

13 Aug: More troops to be sent to West Bank village besieged by Israeli settlers

13 Aug: Palestinians told to leave homes in village where Israeli settlers besieged houses

13 Aug: Iran calls for compensation after Hormuz oil spill

15 Aug: Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory

15 Aug: US Promises ‘Unprecedented’ Economic Isolation Of Iran. What Could That Mean?

16 Aug: Qatar denies holding Iran’s missing fighter pilots

16 Aug: US-Iran MoU ends: What happens next?

16 Aug: Saudi Arabia joins Arab, Islamic nations in condemning Israel’s rejection of Gaza plan

17 Aug: Trump’s son-in-law to meet Netanyahu in Israel after rare Hamas talks

17 Aug: Marathon US-Israel meeting produces optimism but no firm commitment to American plan for Gaza

18 Aug: US condemns ‘unnecessary escalation’ after Israeli strikes on Syrian airbase

18 Aug: Syria says 3 dead in hydrogen tank blast at coastal power plant

18 Aug: Syria sentences to death detained cousin of ousted president Assad

18 Aug: Why has Trump threatened to bomb Oman – for a second time?

18 Aug: What it’s like to be on a warship like the USS Abraham Lincoln

18 Aug: Trump Says No Talks Planned With Iran, Tehran Says Strait of Hormuz Still Shut

19 Aug: Trump announces ‘most crushing economic operation ever’ against Iran

19 Aug: Israeli military announces criminal investigation into killing of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Gaza

19 Aug: More than 750 US service members wounded since start of Iran War

20 Aug: How China and Russia could hobble Trump’s plans to isolate Iran

20 Aug: Lebanon extradites ex-Assad general to Syria for trial over alleged crimes

20 Aug: US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East to relieve troubled USS Lincoln

20 Aug: France, Germany, UK and Italy slam Israel’s ‘E1’ West Bank settler project

20 Aug: Houthis and government trade attacks as Yemen slides back to full-scale war

21 Aug: Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian man in West Bank raid

21 Aug: How much could Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ hurt Iran?

22 Aug: Australia, UK and Canada slam Israel ending probe into aid worker killings

22 Aug: Israel bombs Syria as US envoy says base attack aimed at ‘baiting’ Turkiye

22 Aug: Persuasion, denial and bluster: Trump ‘stuck’ on Iran war ahead of elections

24 Aug: Trump administration expands U.S. sanctions on Iran targeting countries with business ties to Tehran

25 Aug: Iran Vows to Retaliate After US Widens Sanctions

25 Aug: US terror list removal ‘shakes off dark stain’ from Syria, al-Sharaa says

25 Aug: China denounces US threat of sanctions over trade with Iran

25 Aug: Who does Iran trade with and what could Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ mean?

25 Aug: Can Trump’s economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn’t?

25 Aug: Israeli Knesset member Zvi Sukkot takes sledgehammer to Palestinian memorial in West Bank

26 Aug: UNRWA chief condemns Israeli seizure of East Jerusalem training centre

28 Aug : Board of Peace envoy Mladenov warns Gaza ceasefire risks ‘collapse’

28 Aug: US plans to cut off military aid to key Middle East ally, BBC told

29 Aug: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian West Bank homes

30 Aug: A power struggle in Iran could decide when Trump’s war ends

30 Aug: Dead or alive? The mystery of Iran’s absent leader

31 Aug: Medics in Gaza report five people killed in Israeli airstrikes

31 Aug: US and Iran trade strikes in first military action in weeks

31 Aug: Donald Trump says Kharg Island ‘being blown to smithereens’ as US and Iran trade fire

31 Aug: Can Iran use rockets to mine the Strait of Hormuz, as US claims?

Africa

02 Aug: Russian ship defies sanctions to send military vehicles to Mali

03 Aug: Tigray refugees flee into Sudan after deadly violence on Ethiopia border

04 Aug: Sudanese army drone strike hits Darfur civil court, killing at least 35, rights group says

06 Aug: Nigeria rescues more than 300 kidnapping victims in major operation

06 Aug: Mass prison escape as armed clashes rock western Libya

10 Aug: Evidence that South African special forces murdered top detective shared with BBC

10 Aug: Battle for Mali base has killed dozens of militants, army says

11 Aug: Drone strike sparks massive blaze at Libya’s Zawiya refinery

11 Aug: Tigray rebels accuse Ethiopia of drone strikes amid fears of renewed war

14 Aug: Mali junta pardons French agent jailed for ‘undermining state security’

19 Aug: Sudan war: 318 RSF fighters defect to army in latest blow to paramilitary

19 Aug: Ecuador intelligence chief and five Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash

19 Aug: Chad welcomes back French military less than two years ending defence agreement

20 Aug: Malaria Resurges Across Ethiopia

20 Aug: Russian paramilitaries in Mali kill nine, including children: HRW

22 Aug: Nigeria: Jihadis kidnap dozens during Friday prayers

23 Aug: Ethiopia: Tigrayan women celebrate Ashenda amid fears of new war

23 Aug: DR Congo, AFC/M23 group agree on roadmap for peace negotiations after Swiss talks

24 Aug: Sudan: US proposes expanding UN arms embargo

26 Aug: Libyan man accused and cleared over Lockerbie bombing dies

26 Aug: Nigerian armed groups net nearly $6m in ransoms: study

26 Aug: Guinea’s president dismisses 173 soldiers, including coup ally, for desertion

27 Aug: China tells citizens to leave Taiwan-allied Eswatini

28 Aug: Two-year curfew lifted in Sudan’s capital

30 Aug; Piracy attacks off Somalia surge this year – analysis

30 Aug: Zambian opposition leader charged with treason

30 Aug: Niger junta puts down mutiny with help from Russia’s Africa Corps

31 Aug: Algeria moves to restore death penalty for deliberate forest fires

Ebola Outbreak

01 Aug: Live Ebola Map

01 Aug: Current Ebola outbreak worst ever in DR Congo, WHO says

02 Aug: Why Uganda is winning the battle against Ebola as virus spreads in DR Congo

04 Aug: Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges

04 Aug: New Ebola vaccine trial launches as outbreak spreads in DR Congo

04 Aug: Health Canada authorizes mRNA vaccine trial for Ebola virus causing huge outbreak in Congo

05 Aug: WHO Chief Arrives in Congo to Support Ebola Response as Cases Near 4,000

06 Aug: Congo isolates 200 river boat passengers as Ebola response intensifies

10 Aug: DRC releases boat detained over fears of Ebola on board

10 Aug: DRC’s Ebola outbreak began months before it was officially declared, says WHO

12 Aug: WHO warns Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to become deadliest in history

13 Aug: Ebola tracing improves in DR Congo – but the virus is still winning the race

17 Aug: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history

20 Aug: DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads

21 Aug: Ebola outbreak: five big questions

24 Aug: Violence against healthcare workers in DRC hampers Ebola response

24 Aug: Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives

27 Aug: WHO confirms Uganda Ebola-free, as virus continues to spread in DRC

28 Aug: Ebola spreads to two new zones in DRC; 60 areas now affected

Asia

01 Aug: China holds military drills near disputed South China Sea shoal

03 Aug: Australia warns H5N1 likely to spread after first mass mortality episode

03 Aug: Unraveling Russia’s bridge project with North Korea

04 Aug: Japan says combat drones key to adapting to new warfare as tension rises in the region

04 Aug: Australia: 2026 Defence Innovation, Science and Technology Strategy

06 Aug: North Korea fires unidentified projectile, South Korea’s military says

07 Aug: Thailand school shooting: eight killed including suspected attacker, police say

10 Aug: Gunman kills former colonel as Thailand reels from second shooting in three days

11 Aug: Australia: Government targets vulnerable species in captivity for H5N1 bird flu vaccines

12 Aug: North Korea conducts second ballistic missile test in less than a week

13 Aug: Chinese research vessel sparks alarm in Palau after repeated incursions

13 Aug: Japan condemns visit by Vladimir Putin to disputed Kuril Islands

14 Aug: Five years after the Taliban swept to power, does the West have any influence?

14 Aug: Five Years After Taliban Takeover, Young Afghans Learn To Live Under Its Repressive Rule

14 Aug: USS Benfold Was Stalled in the South China Sea for Four Days After Engineering Casualty

15 Aug: South Korea president proposes talks with North to formally end Korean War

16 Aug: The United States and its allies must be ready to deter a two-front war and nuclear attacks in East Asia

17 Aug; Explosion reported at school in Afghan capital Kabul

17 Aug: Xi says China needs ‘indomitable fighting spirit,’ praises Tiananmen crackdown

17 Aug: Trump orders Pentagon to scale back military drills with South Korea hours before start

18 Aug: Trump says N Korea’s Kim has responded to his request for a conversation

19 Aug: South Korea shortens war games with US, citing Washington request

19 Aug: Sirens, shelters and scaled-back war games: South Korea rehearses for crisis

20 Aug: Trump wants South Korea to defend itself. His overtures to Kim Jong Un could delay that

20 Aug: North Korea launches ballistic missiles as Trump seeks to rekindle nuclear talks with Kim Jong Un

21 Aug: Australia charges man for passing Ukrainian military intel to Russia

22 Aug: Myanmar airstrike kills 14 at Buddhist monastery: reports

24 Aug: China probes use of formaldehyde to keep cabbages fresh

25 Aug: China denounces US threat of sanctions over trade with Iran

27 Aug: Around the world, people desperately search for news of missing loved ones after Nepal-China floods

28 Aug: Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood

29 Aug: South Korea leans toward military conscription for women

30 Aug: Air raids, conscripts and China: How Myanmar’s military is regaining ground

Americas

01 Aug: Trump puts his ‘anti-weaponization fund’ back on the table

01 Aug: Trump blames Minnesota governor, not Iran, for cyberattacks on the state’s water systems

01 Aug: New York Times reveals Trump administration subpoena over North Korea story

01 Aug: Colombia truck bomb wounds 14 ahead of presidential inauguration

02 Aug: RFK Jr. tells CNN host that constitutional rights take priority over public health

03 Aug: Three cases of rare tick-borne disease ‘rabbit fever’ suspected in New York

03 Aug: Washington state wildfires force 60,000 people to evacuate homes

03 Aug: Arson suspect arrested as Washington state battles devastating wildfires

03 Aug: Jay Clayton sworn in as Trump’s Director of National Intelligence — Bill Pulte steps down before another round of agency layoffs

04 Aug: US Is Underestimating The Iran-Russia-China-North Korea Axis, Warns Mark Montgomery

04 Aug: First two people die in US from explosive diarrhea cyclosporiasis outbreak

04 Aug: Nearly 80% of interceptors for a key missile defense system depleted, sources say

04 Aug: U.S. has used nearly all its stockpile of long-range missiles in Iran war, sources say

05 Aug: A man carrying ammo was monitoring security at Trump golf course near Los Angeles, authorities say

06 Aug: Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions

06 Aug: Meta says its AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies

06 Aug: Deadly drug-resistant fungus found in 27 states, experts warn

06 Aug: Trump denies U.S. running low on some munitions, says vast resupplies being produced

06 Aug: US diplomat Rubio targets Cuban military officials, companies in sanctions

06 Aug: More misery for Cubans as power grid fails again amid summertime heat

07 Aug: Louisiana reporting at least 5 deaths from flesh-eating bacteria in seawater

07 Aug: US Senate Passes Russia Sanctions Bill Targeting Moscow’s Energy Revenues

07 Aug: U.S. targets Iran’s banking system, companies with new sanctions

07 Aug: Sen. Ted Cruz calls for Trump to arm Iran’s protesters: “Our objective should be regime collapse”

08 Aug: Car bomb attack rattles Colombia after inauguration of hardline president

09 Aug: Ecuador charges ex-minister over presidential candidate assassination case

10 Aug: Alleged rebel leader killed in Colombia as president targets armed groups

10 Aug: Taylor Farms recalls jalapeño products at Walmart and Target over salmonella risk

10 Aug: Trump signs executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines, falsely linking shots to autism

10 Aug: NASA WB-57 Heads to Iceland to Observe Solar Eclipse

11 Aug: US Marine veteran Robert Gilman arrives in US after release from detention in Russia

12 Aug: Doctors say Trump’s vaccine order will raise fears, cause confusion and endanger kids

12 Aug: Donald Trump’s plane switch after alleged missile threat sparks debate over ‘decoy’ passengers

12 Aug: BRRRRT (Bolstering Recognition, Resurgence, Retention, and Remembrance of the Thunderbolt Act of 2026) Act’s Text Reveals New Details About Plan to Save the A-10s

13 Aug: ICE plans to equip officers with gloves that deliver painful electric shocks

13 Aug: Two soldiers dead after Apache helicopter crashes in Texas

16 Aug: GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Trump’s vaccine executive order: ‘This is just a stupid thing to do’

16 Aug: Suspect in Virginia State University shooting is arrested after police find him hiding in a closet

17 Aug: Justice Department watchdog to review DEA tactic that permitted deadly fentanyl to hit streets

18 Aug: What it’s like to be on a warship like the USS Abraham Lincoln

18 Aug: 17 Iranians charged in US cyber theft campaign, federal prosecutors say

20 Aug: Invited media and military members held at gunpoint at Space Force base in California

20 Aug: One Army unit is offering 4 bonus days off to play Grand Theft Auto for soldiers who reenlist

20 Aug: U.S. Army moves to end drone battalion set up to absorb lessons from Ukraine war

20 Aug: US pummels Cuban economy with new sanctions on mining, construction

21 Aug: Woman charged in ISIS-inspired terror plot to detonate explosive device at New York State Capitol, feds say

21 Aug: Iran war leaves 757 US service members wounded, including 580 army soldiers

21 Aug: Charter plane crashes in fog while trying to land at remote Alaska military airstrip

21 Aug: Stabbing at Edmonton Sikh temple leaves 2 injured, man in custody

21 Aug: US plans to pay $850 million of the $5 billion it owes the United Nations

21 Aug: National Press Club Statement on the firing of Stars and Stripes editor

22 Aug: US military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired

22 Aug: Pilot reports possible burn injuries after passenger’s laptop catches fire on American Airlines flight

22 Aug: Persuasion, denial and bluster: Trump ‘stuck’ on Iran war ahead of elections

24 Aug: US military says strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat kills two

24 Aug: Judge postpones U.S. trial for Libyan man accused in deadly 1988 Lockerbie bombing, citing new evidence

24 Aug: Fast-moving wildfire amid shifting winds threatens Reno, Nevada, forcing thousands to evacuate

25 Aug: Emergency response workers pulled from national parks for Trump’s ‘beautification’ of Washington, DC

25 Aug: 2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania, marking state’s first deaths in 35 years

25 Aug: CIA Director Ratcliffe’s Surprise Moscow Trip Raises Questions Over Russia, Ukraine, Iran

26 Aug: Syria removed: Which countries are still on the US ‘terror’ list – and why?

26 Aug: Trump to declare Palestine Action a global terror group

26 Aug: US says Chinese-linked hackers attacked NASA, Senate, and gov’t agencies

26 Aug: Trump downplays Moscow visit by CIA director as ‘semi-routine’

27 Aug: Military judge sets June 2028 trial date for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

28 Aug: Inside Ratcliffe’s Moscow mission: What CIA chief told Russia

28 Aug: Judge rules Trump administration illegally punished AI firm Anthropic

28 Aug: Colombia’s new president faces backlash over ‘inhumane’ deportation policy

28 Aug: Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back

29 Aug: US strikes deal with Venezuela to control 65 billion barrels of its oil

29 Aug: Landlady to 9/11 hijackers reveals their links to alleged Saudi spy

29 Aug: Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno sentenced to 5 years for corruption

29 Aug: US judge rules against Trump’s effort to deport pro-Palestinian students

30 Aug: 116 Firms Warn AI Cyberattacks Are About to Surge [2026]

30 Aug: Trump deports Afghan man whose brothers helped US military to Central African Republic

31 Aug: Six wounded after car bomb explodes in front of Mexico police station, officials say

31 Aug: Army secretary resigns after tension with Hegseth

UK & Europe

01 Aug: Lithuania moves to tighten curbs on pro-Kremlin Russian and Belarusian figures

01 Aug: France’s devastating wildfires are now ‘under control’, PM Lecornu says

01 Aug: Moscow restaurant bombing kills three

02 Aug: At Least 3 Killed, 21 Wounded In Moscow Restaurant Bombing, Russian Authorities Say

02 Aug: Foxtrot Network: The shadowy gang recruiting teen killers across Europe

03 Aug: Horror moment two helicopters collide mid-air in Greece — as blazes ravage Europe

03 Aug: French wildfires expose buried WWII shells

03 Aug: Italian navy boards suspected Russian tanker in the Mediterranean

03 Aug: Fact check: Russian disinformation targets German elections

03 Aug: Anti-war politician and Putin’s ‘rival’ Boris Nadezhdin plans next steps outside Russia

04 Aug: Alleged Bristol extremist used AI bot to contact Isis, court told

04 Aug: ‘Never seen anything like it’: Russia downs rare Portuguese drone for study

04 Aug: UK: There’s a reason child vaccination rates are falling – and it’s not social media

04 Aug: Barton-under-Needwood quarry cordoned off over suspected WW2 explosive

05 Aug: Drone with an explosive device found at a German airport and detonator removed

06 Aug: German politicians praise bus driver’s risky move with explosive drone at airport

06 Aug: Afghan man given life sentence for deadly Munich car-ramming

06 Aug: England’s lakes, rivers, coastal waters contain chemicals, other pollutants

07 Aug: Surrey: Pedestrians targeted with liquid from passing cars

08 Aug: Hundreds arrested over French wildfires, but who is to blame?

08 Aug: Navy says it is spending 25% more time monitoring Russian vessels around UK waters

08 Aug: Drones spotted flying over German military base 2 days after device with explosives found at cargo airport

10 Aug: Telford: ‘Gun obsessed’ man jailed for printing 3D gun

10 Aug: Edinburgh: Suspicious item ‘made safe’ after residents evacuated

10 Aug: Top Russian Court Bars Anti-War Party From Upcoming Elections

10 Aug: Sweden SAPO: Russian intelligence operation thwarted

10 Aug: Russia: Top court bans opposition anti-war party from vote

11 Aug: England ‘on the cusp’ of eliminating hepatitis C, health officials say

11 Aug: Warship earmarked as River Clyde museum threatened with destruction

11 Aug: Hungary elects supreme court judge ousted by Orban as new president

12 Aug: Putin Threatens To Seize European Ships Over Moves Against Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’

12 Aug: NATO stands with Poland and Romania amid Russian airspace violations

12 Aug: Windermere to get 40 signs warning of algae poisoning risk (Bloomin’ Algae App)

12 Aug: Putin Threatens To Seize European Ships Over Moves Against Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’

13 Aug: UK defends seizing shadow fleet tanker after Putin threat

13 Aug: There’s nothing ‘wild’ about most wildfires – humans start them and have made them more dangerous

14 Aug: UK: Fires prompt national alert as 19 homes destroyed

14 Aug: Man dies in hospital days after suspected gas explosion tore through Milton Keynes home

15 Aug: Alarmed by the alarm: people react to ‘severe alert’ on phones over UK wildfires

16 Aug: Hundreds flee as Belgium battles wildfire at German border

17 Aug: Wildfire phone alert was ‘entirely appropriate’, UK government says

17 Aug: Burnham exchanged messages with impersonator of top Trump aide

18 Aug: Russian court jails Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine

18 Aug: Bristol: Suspected botulism outbreak in St George Park investigated

18 Aug: Man used AI chatbot and flew to Somalia in bid to become ‘martyr’ for Islamic State

18 Aug: Salmonella outbreak in UK leaves one dead and hundreds ill

19 Aug: Southwest France steps up mosquito control after 20 chikungunya cases

19 Aug: Swimmers warned of toxic algae at newly designated Thames bathing site

19 Aug: UK supplies drones, so Russia supplies threats – but what action could Putin take?

19 Aug: UK‑Ukraine drone partnership risks Putin’s wrath but will boost long‑term security

19 Aug: France to expel two Iranian diplomats amid growing ‘interference’ row

20 Aug: Royal Marines and soldiers settle MoD asbestos claim

20 Aug: Man charged with failing to disclose information over Manchester synagogue terror attack

20 Aug: Asbestos warning issued after fatal bungalow blast

20 Aug: Romania destroys drone near gas project, blames Russia

21 Aug: ‘Rainham volcano’ could continue amid legal action

21 Aug: Sweden: One killed in school sword attack

21 Aug: Gun stash in German forest believed to be linked to Russia, say reports

22 Aug: Man arrested after ferry passenger ‘bomb threat’ sparks evacuation

23 Aug: Somerset: Highbridge Recycling Centre re-opens after five hour closure for ‘explosive device’ investigation

23 Aug: Iran-linked hackers blamed for cyber-attack that shut down UK power plant

24 Aug: Poland and Baltic states face rising Russian sabotage

24 Aug: Sheerness firm sees surge in bookings before SS Montgomery mast removal

24 Aug: Teenager held after discovery of suspicious devices in Tyrone

24 Aug: Inside the online world of a fake Royal Marines colonel

25 Aug: Those behind hybrid attacks against Germany ‘will pay,’ Merz says, as officials find third drone at airport

25 Aug: Putin adviser warns UK factories face attacks from ‘unknown sources’ for helping Ukraine

25 Aug: UK: Avian botulism ‘new norm’ for nature reserves

25 Aug: Man granted bail over seizure of Semtex device at border

25 Aug: Toxic waste sites exposed in Michael Sheen documentary are ‘tip of the iceberg’

26 Aug: Swedish Military Seeks to Take Over Russian-Owned Property Near Naval Base

26 Aug: Leicestershire: Man jailed for sharing extremist terror videos

26 Aug: Leeds: Man jailed for making death threats to mosques days after Manchester synagogue attack

26 Aug: Ionising Radiation: French flight attendant’s breast cancer is recognised as occupational disease

26 Aug: German airport workers die from malaria caught from plane-riding mosquito

27 Aug: Baltic States Arm For Russian Threat As Leaked Letter Shows Growing Fears

27 Aug: Man drives car into group of pedestrians in French city of Caen, killing two

27 Aug: Ratko Mladić, Bosnian-Serb general dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ dies aged 84

27 Aug: Three UK airports hit by cyber-attack with data of 8.7m customers accessed

28 Aug: Salmonella cases near 500 in the UK as egg warning issued

28 Aug: ‘Terrorist connection’ over Trump Turnberry vandalism charges

28 Aug: Four men plead guilty to destroying Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green arson attack

28 Aug: Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers, mayor says

29 Aug: Navy tracks Russian warships in UK waters for three days during ‘intense’ operation

30 Aug: WhatsApp chat used to launder cash for crime and extremism

30 Aug: Police in Switzerland make arrest after deadly rave shooting

31 Aug: Suspected Russian shadow fleet oil tanker boarded by EU forces in the Mediterranean

Technology – Military

01 Aug: UK launches huge £2bn Land Rover and Pinzgauer replacement competition

02 Aug: VOP CZ starts Czech assembly of more than 200 CV90 vehicles as BAE Systems technology transfer moves programme into production

03 Aug: US companies are stepping up to cut reliance on China for critical minerals used in key weapons

04 Aug: US Navy to convert 19 Virginia-class submarines into guided-missile SSGNs

04 Aug: BAE wins £135m Royal Navy torpedo support contract

04 Aug: X-62 VISTA Conducts AI-Controlled Intercepts with IRST Pod

05 Aug: Rocket Lab wins $397 million U.S. Space Force contract to build and launch Flatellites for real-time airborne threat tracking

06 Aug: India’s New Lightweight Missile Aims to Bring Mass Strike Capability to Drones

06 Aug: Australia to order AIM-260 JATM in nearly $736 million deal, becoming first country outside U.S. to operate new long-range missile

06 Aug: Russia’s Newest Battlefield Weapon Is Aimed at Starlink

06 Aug: Lockheed Martin, US Navy test AI-powered SensorMAX sonar at RIMPAC 26

09 Aug: UK launches RAF advanced jet trainer procurement, with Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk positioned for competition ahead of 2030 Hawk exit

10 Aug: Raytheon and CET Successfully Test New Low-Cost Hadalus UUV for U.S. Navy

11 Aug: Chinese Components In Royal Navy Drones Spark Fears While Defence Ministry Denies Data Breach

11 Aug: ‘Russian Starlink’ Is Fast Becoming A Reality, There’s Just One Problem For The Kremlin

12 Aug: Northrop reveals 50mm gun built to beat drone swarms

13 Aug: New White House Memo Calls for Foreign-Built Warships, Return to Steam Catapults on Ford Carriers

15 Aug: CENTCOM Launches Multinational Attack Drone Task Force ‘Falcon Strike’

16 Aug: From factory to front lines: A Western spy drone’s journey to war in Ukraine

18 Aug: Hanwha Wins U.S. Army Mobile Tactical Cannon Contract

18 Aug: Why do the Army’s AFVs have wheels or tracks? The pressure’s on to find the answer

19 Aug: U.S. Navy says MH-60 TALON modernization will deliver open architecture and support Seahawk fleet sustainment through 2050

20 Aug: Saildrone Completes Missile Launch Test Aboard its Sail-Powered Surveyor

24 Aug: Saab Gives First Look at New Stealthy Supersonic Drone Concept

24 Aug: Norway orders 20 Patria 6×6 command vehicles with Kongsberg RS4 weapon stations and adds options for 40 more under CAVS programme

24 Aug: Australia Lays Keel for First Hunter-class Anti-Submarine Frigate

25 Aug: UN and Red Cross warn ‘risks have intensified,’ urge regulation of killer robots

26 Aug: Poland Accepts First K2 Black Panther Tanks From $6.5B S. Korean Deal

28 Aug : UK troops to trial foot-launched military paragliders

Technology –Biological / Medical

31 Jul: Fighting drug-resistant parasites with nature-inspired drugs

31 Jul: Two deadly flowers have big medical potential

03 Aug: JAMA Network: Bacterial Infections in US Adults with Firearm Injuries

03 Aug: Immune-inspired public health strategy improves detection of disease-carrying insects

04 Aug: Human norovirus capsid shifts between two shapes, cryo-EM reveals

05 Aug: Widely Used Early Warning Score May Help Guide the Urgency of Antibiotic Treatment for Suspected Sepsis

05 Aug: A lesser-known SARS-CoV-2 protein may offer clues to long COVID symptoms

05 Aug: COVID-19 Can Awaken Hidden Viruses Throughout the Body, UT-Led Study Finds

05 Aug: New vaccine strategy protects against chikungunya and could become a platform for combating other diseases

05 Aug: U.S. Disease Tracker Launches to Strengthen Monitoring of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

05 Aug: Taking appropriate protective measures during pandemics

05 Aug: Beyond COVID-19: Fundamental principles that shape pandemics

06 Aug: How Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Form and Spread

06 Aug: Half of vaccines are binned – ‘fridge-free’ versions could change that (National Institute for Health and Care Research Report)

06 Aug: AI designs a novel E. coli killer

06 Aug: AI creates 16 new viruses from scratch, showing promise for drug resistance and drawing warnings about potential for misuse

06 Aug: U.S. FDA approves first mRNA flu shot from Moderna

07 Aug: Every mosquito has a type — and you may not be it

07 Aug: Batista Lab Reveals Malaria Vaccine Gap; Added Peptides May Strengthen Immune Response

10 Aug: Texas A&M Engineering leads work on rapid screwworm treatment

11 Aug: Testing finds 85% of everyday personal care products contain unlabeled chemicals with suspected health hazards

11 Aug: Arkansas researchers look at ‘genetic neighborhoods’ to find pathogenic bacteria

11 Aug: Aston University research sheds more light on the antimicrobial properties of mānuka honey

13 Aug: Sugar molecule could help protect against a dangerous hospital fungus

13 Aug: New spike map shows how SARS-CoV-2 variants dodge key antibodies

14 Aug: Can beneficial bacteria stop the body from absorbing lead?

17 Aug: Researchers identify rapidly spreading genetic variants that make parasites resistant to malaria treatment

17 Aug: Study Finds Some Microbes Drastically Change Behavior Outside the Lab

18 Aug: What Ukraine’s wartime blood supply transformation can teach the US

19 Aug: Prior antibodies shape distinct immune responses to influenza vaccination

19 Aug: Study explains how the Chagas disease parasite ‘activates’ its form capable of infecting mammals

20 Aug: World Mosquito Day 2026: Europe must upgrade control tools as disease risks rise

20 Aug: Malaria Resurges Across Ethiopia

20 Aug: Why immune responses to vaccines vary from person to person

20 Aug: New study on farm mice shows that antibiotic resistance is also an environmental problem, not just a medical one

21 Aug: Study identifies immune cells that restrain deadly fungal infections

22 Aug: Delayed antiviral response in alveolar type 2 cells heightens influenza susceptibility

24 Aug: New flu vaccine protects mice against multiple strains

25 Aug: Researchers use malaria strategy to target Chagas disease

25 Aug: Nigerian COVID-19 response highlights cultural trust in ethnopharmacology

25 Aug: Scientists resurrect ancient proteins, offering new antibiotic leads

25 Aug: Turning scientific evidence into action for airborne disease control

26 Aug: Tuberculosis Transmission May Hold Key to Prevention

26 Aug: T cells are a powerful force against Zika virus

26 Aug: For Legionella bacteria, taking over a cell means playing by its rules

27 Aug: Mould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking

28 Aug: Researchers map the changing immune response in sepsis

28 Aug: ISB Researchers Identify Immune Cells that Drive Harmful Autoantibody Responses After COVID-19

28 Aug: How methylation sets a parasite in motion to invade host cells

31 Aug: Hidden Immune Cells in the Lung Could Lead to Better Flu Vaccines

Technology – Nuclear

02 Aug: Canada built its nuclear industry to avoid foreign fuel. Its new reactors will depend on it

03 Aug: Droughts, wildfires continue to impact power plants in Europe

04 Aug: $25M Grant Reinvigorates Nuclear Science, Security Research

10 Aug: When extreme heat threatens Europe’s nuclear power

12 Aug: Gravelines: Huge swarm of jellyfish shut down nuclear reactors at power plant after clogging pumps

13 Aug: Romania shuts nuclear plant, Hungary dams dry Danube River

17 Aug: Ukraine urges EU sanctions on Rosatom over allegations of nuclear safety violations

18 Aug: Flight attendants and pilots have highest risk of dying from radiation-linked cancers, study says

21 Aug: New Swiss nuclear plant could cost up to CHF43bn, report says

21 Aug: SHINE, Argonne National Laboratory, and Case Western Reserve University advance high-throughput nuclear fuel recycling

26 Aug: Chronic Illness Rises Near Former California Nuclear Site

26 Aug: US Army reaches agreement with private industry for nuclear micro-reactors

29 Aug: Ukrainian nuclear power plant without external power for over a week

Technology – Other

31 Jul: Google withdraws new Earth AI tool after warnings over misinformation risks

03 Aug: A tiny pore identifies cyanobacteria toxins in lake water

04 Aug: Removing cholesterol also reduced forever chemicals and plastics, puzzling scientists

10 Aug: Marine microplastics carry chemicals of concern from plastic additives even after fragmentation

19 Aug: The critical tech staying safe by going underground

19 Aug: China successfully recovers rocket stage on land for the first time