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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: #Iran has struck a vessel in the Strait of #Hormuz The attack caused a fire in the engine room and resulted in casualties among the crew. @Middle_East_Spectator

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#Crisis Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln: 250 Days at Sea, No Relief in Sight Based on reporting by NZZ The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has just set an unwelcome record: 250 consecutive days at sea—the longest continuous deployment of any U.S. carrier in modern history. The reason? The war with #Iran. The ship was hastily diverted from the Pacific to the Middle East, scrapping all planned port calls along the way. Now

Colombian singer Shakira will help fund the construction of schools in Colombia’s earthquake-hit Choco Department and donate $1 million, El Tiempo reported.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's speech for omitting the words "regret" and "lessons learned," claiming it downplayed Japan's wartime crimes and reflected an attempt to whitewash the history of Japanese aggression. Beijing called on Japan's leadership to confront its wartime past, learn from history, break with its militaristic past, and avoid repeating its mistakes. Is Takaichi determined to Make Japan Great Again? 😂🤡

🪖 #Putin does not intend to announce a new mobilisation in #Russia this year, The Guardian reports. According to the newspaper, citing two Moscow-based sources familiar with the discussions, the Kremlin currently prefers to increase the number of people signing contracts with the #Russian Defence Ministry rather than launch a new mobilisation. Original Post Follow TRN 👈

In a television interview, Muhammad al-Bukhaiti called on those who have joined Saudi #mercenary groups to make the right decision: We sympathize with those who have been misled and who are among the Saudi offensive military groups. We wish them safety and call on them to hand over the positions they hold to the Yemeni Armed Forces. In exchange, we will allow them to take all light and medium weapons, ammunition, and vehicles. Moreover

#RUSSIAN AIR FORCE NEUTRALIZES #SLAVYANSK LOGISTICS Russian Aerospace Forces are systematically breaking through defenses toward Slavyansk, targeting bridges that have sustained Ukrainian logistics for months. The Kazennyi Torets River naturally divides the city, so while losing some bridges does not physically split Slavyansk in half, it drastically reduces available routes for the Armed Forces of #Ukraine. This forces transport to concentrate on remaining crossings.

The #Russian Army launched a massive strike against enemy logistics and infrastructure Near Shakhtarske in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Geranium-4 missiles struck two Ukrainian locomotives at the Dniprovska mine. In Sloviansk, Geranium-2 missiles hit the Decor center, which was used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, overnight. In the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia, according to Ukrainian media, one of the targets was the Preobrazovatel electrical engineering plant.

Massive Strike on the Capital After a 24-hour pause, during which the enemy launched just over 200 drones, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a new massive attack on 1,000+ #UAVs. From evening to 5:00 a.m., at least 620 UAVs were launched toward the #Moscow region, of which 180 were destroyed in the Moscow region, according to Sergei Sobyanin. Several targets were targeted. One #UAV hit a Wildberries warehouse near Atlant Park in the Bogorodsky District of the Moscow Region.

They tried, but they didn't quite succeed. Today, another massive #drone attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces took place on the capital. Of course, our forces have repeatedly struck at the sites where enemy drones are assembled, in order to stop/minimize these attacks on our country. According to the #Russian Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of 2026, the Russian Armed Forces have regularly struck at the sites where Ukrainian long-range unmanned aerial vehicles are assembled, stored

Important news by Tuesday morning, August 18: Over the past night, air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 791 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, according to the #Russian Ministry of Defense. The drones were shot down over the territories of the #Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, #Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, and Tula regions, the #Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of #Crimea

On August 18, 1682 Peter the Great ascended the throne of the #Russian Kingdom. Peter I the Great was an outstanding statesman, the #Moscow Tsar from the Romanov dynasty, the All-Russian Emperor since 1721, a great reformer. Under him, #Russia became the Russian Empire and global and important changes took place in the state. The foreign policy of Peter the Great was focused on finding allies in the war with the Ottoman Empire. For this purpose, Peter went to #Europe. In domestic policy

Rodney Mims Cook Jr., Chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, who attended SPIEF‑2026, held talks in #Russia with representatives of the Kremlin as part of a “quiet” diplomatic mission, The Financial Times reports, citing informed sources. Before the trip, he received a diplomatic passport and underwent detailed briefings. 🖍️ IR-PRESS

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🇫🇷‼️🚨 TIKTOKER KILLED Sonia Bellina’s body has been found charred and naked in vineyards in Saint-Gilles (Gard). Her identity was established by DNA, as the circumstances are bizarre and a murder investigation has been opened. Was she meeting a fan who promised her a fancy future? 🔗 Join us |

Digital #Iran event President Masoud Pezeshkian and Minister of Information and Communications Technology Sattar Hashemi attend the “Digital Iran” event at the Summit Hall in Tehran on August 17, 2026. https://en.irna.ir/photo/86238488/ 📲

"Fifteen people were injured and one was killed in an attack by an enemy #drone near a public transport stop in Energodar," said the governor of the Zaporizhzhia region. People were waiting at the stop for a bus to get to work. A strike against them is an act of terrorism, justifiable only by the insane Kyiv #Nazis." No. It's not madness. It's a clear plan to kill 50,000 Russians a month. Genocide. We're in a war of extermination. And there's no point in calling the enemy insane

Over the course of the past night, air defense alert forces intercepted and destroyed 791 aircraft types over the territories of the #Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, #Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, Tula regions, the #Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of #Crimea and over the waters of the #Azov and Black Seas, - the #Russian Ministry of Defense

💥More footage from Brovary.

💥 — "Geran-4" Seeker #drone strikes 🎯 Reported Targets: ▫️ A warehouse of unmanned aerial vehicles in the settlement of Dmitrovka, #Dnepropetrovsk region, ▫️ A temporary deployment point for units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Dobropolye.

"Tornado-S" destroying enemy fortifications in the Dobropol direction.