The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken back to Gaza as hostages during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7 October. The bodies of kindergarten teacher Maya Goren as well as the soldiers Sergeant Major Ravid Aryeh Katz, Master Sergeant Oren Goldin, Staff Sergeant Tomer Ahimas and Sergeant Kiril Brodski were found in a Hamas tunnel in the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

TIME

Netanyahu's address to Congress is a reminder that the embrace of Israel is core to decades of flawed U.S. Middle East policy.

It's Time to Rethink the U.S.-Israel 'Special Relationship'

The Atlantic

Some say a big war will help the country’s enemies. But is anyone listening?

Iranian Insiders Warn That Attacking Israel Is a Trap

Latin Times

The Argentine government responded to Iran following a threat by a government mouthpiece over its stance regarding two decades-long attacks against the country's Jewish community and the current Israel-Hamas war. Several high-ranking officials, among them the vice president, the cabinet chief and the ministers of security and defense, rejected the...

Argentina responds to Iran following threats: 'we won't be deterred'

Instead of guarding, protecting, defending and saving, as a coast guard should do, China is attacking, intimidating, violating and threatening, writes Richard Timme.

Opinion: China’s ‘monster’ ship is a sign of a much bigger problem

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would let us.”

Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’

War History Online

In August 1945 the United States dropped two atomic bombs on two Japanese cities. These bombings remain the only time nuclear weapons have ever been used in a conflict. The two bombs caused immense devastation, but there was actually meant to be a third bomb. Fortunately, Japan surrendered just days before the bomb was going to be used, sparing tens of thousands of lives. However, while this bomb didn't claim any lives, its plutonium core did, killing two US physicists, earning it the name "demon core." It's easy to assume that the plan all along was for the Manhattan Project,...

Demon Core: A Third Atomic Bomb Intended For Japan That Ended Up Killing Americans

The “MisinfoNation” series returns with a new chapter in Donie O’Sullivan’s investigation into the pervasive surge of misinformation targeting American elections. Tune into “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” on Sunday, August 11 at 8pm ET/PT.

Listen to what Trump supporter says will happen if he loses in November

CBS News

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, predicted on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" Sunday that Lebanese Hezbollah could soon be involved in the border conflict with Israel. "I think we are hours, maybe days — not weeks — away from Lebanese Hezbollah entering this fight." "The are the largest non-state military entity in the world," McKenzie told Brennan. Tensions have been rising in the Middle East, where fears of an expanding regional war have been growing a week after Israel killed a top Hamas leader in Iran and two Hezbollah commanders.

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie believes Lebanese Hezbollah close to entering Middle East conflict

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum defended the decision to invite her soon-to-be Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to her inauguration in October, following backlash and the Ukrainian embassy's request for the country to detain him upon arrival given the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against him. "They are diplomatic letters normally sent...

Mexican president-elect defends inviting Putin to inauguration while Ukraine asks for his detention

Straight Arrow News SANcom

Iran’s supreme leader has issued an order for Iran to strike Israel directly, in retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran.

Iran’s supreme leader issues order for Iran to strike Israel: Report

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

Fox News

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened military intervention in Israel in a move to stop its war in Gaza as Palestinian casualties mount and Israel faces mounting aggression by Islamic extremists.

Turkey's Erdogan threatens to invade Israel over war in Gaza as regional tensions grow

Snopes

A Facebook account claimed the actor said he "just can’t take it anymore."

Fact Check: Jack Black Vowed to Leave the US Permanently?

Mediaite

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered a direct strike on Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The Times reported, according to three sources, “Mr. Khamenei gave the order at an emergency meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Wednesday […]
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Iranian Leader Orders Direct Strike On Israel Following Hamas Chief’s Killing, Per Report

Hassan Nasrallah said his group will avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander, but keeping Israelis waiting is “part of the punishment.”

Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’

Using his sleeve to wipe tear gas from his burning eyes, 25-year-old Mugdho weaves through the crowd, handing out bottles of water to the protesters whose demands for reform would soon topple Bangladesh’s leader.

This student was handing out bottles of water to protesters. Minutes later, he was dead

The Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars to protect small, unauthorized Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, underwriting tiny outposts meant to grow into full-fledged settlements, according to an anti-settlement monitoring group. Documents uncovered by Peace Now illustrate how Israel’s pro-settler government has quietly...

Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts

The CIA has assessed that the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, is coming under increased pressure from his own military commanders to accept a ceasefire deal and end the war with Israel, CIA Director Bill Burns told a closed-door conference on Saturday, according to a source who attended.

CIA director says Hamas leader is facing growing pressure from his own commanders to end Gaza war

Turkey invaded part of Cyprus in 1974 and claimed it as an independent territory for the Turkish ethnic population, going on to rename areas of the island and destroy historical sites.

Turkey's invasion threats should be taken 'very seriously': Cyprus official

NewsBreak

Hamas leader Sinwar wants a ceasefire deal, mediators say, but Netanyahu’s stance unclear

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar wants a ceasefire deal — at least, that’s the message Egyptian and Qatari mediators have conveyed to Israeli officials in recent days...

Hamas leader Sinwar wants a ceasefire deal, mediators say, but Netanyahu’s stance unclear

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