CENTCOM told me Iran keeps hitting their high-value assets so I asked how many they have and they said they just go to the Pentagon and get new ones afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding high-value assets to the Iranians and then INDOPACOM started crying
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Iranian authorities deployed military-grade electronic equipment to disrupt Starlink satellite internet services during last week’s communications blackout, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
Geolocation of fire at Karaj Municipality District 5.
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Aleppo conflict map by Levant24 showing today’s advances by Syrian government forces in the city.
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(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
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“We’re going to be very strongly involved in it,” Trump says about the future of Venezuela’s oil industry on Fox News
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
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Interesting results from (from my knowledge) the first comprehensive survey done in post-Assad Syria.
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European Commission: Ukraine makes moderate progress in freedom of speech – Enlargement Package #Ukraine
⚡️ Gen. Drapatyi to head new task force amid Ukraine’s military controversial corps reorganization.
The announcement comes amid long-documented tension between Syrksyi and the 42-year-old Drapatyi, one of Ukraine's most highly-regarded generals.
⚡️Hungary says Putin has nothing to fear from the ICC warrant if he comes to Budapest for the summit with Trump.
FM Péter Szijjártó said Hungary will “respectfully welcome" Putin.
⚡️Estonia summons top Russian diplomat after helicopter violates Estonian airspace.
Estonia summoned the Russian charge d’affaires at Moscow's embassy in Tallinn on Sept. 8 after a Russian MI-8 helicopter violated Estonian airspace over the Baltic Sea, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on X.
⚡️ Ukraine detains fugitive lawmaker suspected of collaboration with Russia.
The Kyiv Independent's law enforcement source identified the suspect as Fedir Khrystenko, a 41-year-old lawmaker and a former member of the now-banned pro-Russian party, Opposition Platform — For Life.
⚡️Norway pledges $8.5 billion in aid to Ukraine in 2026.
The move underscores Norway’s growing role in supporting Ukraine’s defense as Western partners move closer to finalizing security guarantees amid a push to organize a high-level meeting between Kyiv and Moscow.
⚡️Update: Ukrainians take to streets for 4th day as Zelensky backtracks on anti-corruption law.
Ukrainians on July 25 joined mass protests for the fourth day in a row, calling on the government to restore independence to the country's anti-corruption agencies.
⚡️BREAKING: Zelensky signs law destroying independence of Ukraine's key anti-corruption bodies.
President Zelensky approved the law on July 22 despite large-scale protests against the law, which critics say undermines years of pro-democracy reforms.
⚡️ Update: NABU head asks Zelensky to veto bill destroying independence of anti-corruption agencies.
NABU chief Semen Kryvonos warned that the bill recently passed by the parliament threatens Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration efforts.
⚡️Slovakia agrees to approve EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia, Fico says.
Slovakia is ready to approve the EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia after vetoing the measure six times, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on July 17.
⚡️Ukraine's ambassador to US will be replaced, foreign minister confirms.
"She is extremely effective and charismatic, but surely every diplomat has a rotation cycle," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said of Ambassador Oksana Markarova.
⚡️EU to impose 'toughest' sanctions on Russia in coordination with US senators, French foreign minister says.
After yesterday’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes the Russian leader has no intention of ending the war in Ukraine. “I’m very disappointed,” Trump told reporters.
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Eric Andre Show meme, “now is the time for peace”
BREAKING Loud explosions rang out in Jerusalem early Monday, an AFP journalist heard.
It came shortly after Israel's army warned of a new missile salvo from Iran and advised the public to take cover until further notice
The Israeli government doesn't care about what happens to Iran once the IRGC threat is neutralised by shattering the Iranian state. Netanyahu probably views postwar Iran as a problem for US, China and the EU to fix.
This is not a repeat of American wars in the region.
It's much worse.
Russia’s newly created gulag system for Ukrainian children.
A Canadian-funded Hala Systems company has mapped 136 Russian concentration camps holding abducted Ukrainian children. Some are over 3,000 km from Ukraine—in Siberia. The children are required to participate in regular military drills.
