Russia loses 1,470 troops in war against Ukraine over past 24 hours (2026-08-10 04:59 UTC)
Kurz: Total combat losses among Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine—from February 24, 2022, to August 10, 2026—amount to approximately 1,459,210 personnel, including 1,470 over the past 24 hours.
Ukrainian forces target Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan as attacks reported in occupied Crimea, Donetsk Oblast (2026-08-10 03:51 UTC)
Kurz: Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan as a blackout took place in occupied Simferopol and fires broke out in Donetsk Oblast amid overnight attacks on Aug. 10, monitoring channels reported.
Analysis: North Korean missile deployment raises urgency of Ukraine’s Starlink plea (2026-08-07 17:36 UTC)
Kurz: North Korea is reportedly dispatching as many as 120 additional ballistic missiles to Ukraine as the embattled country searches for ways to destroy Russian missile launchers. The post Analysis: North Korean missile deployment raises urgency of Ukraine’s Starlink plea appeared fir…
Kurz: Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, Here are the latest developments from across the region: Israel will not have to withdraw its forces from Gaza until Palestinian groups surrender their weapons under the Board of Peace’s plan, its senior envoy has said contradi…
Union documents 108 Israeli attacks against Palestinian journalists in July (2026-08-10 06:04 UTC)
Kurz: Union documents 108 Israeli attacks against Palestinian journalists in July The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate documented 108 attacks by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian journalists and media workers in July. The attacks include detentions, beatings, interrogations, …
New Khamenei footage will debunk health rumors – Iranian commander (2026-08-10 04:49 UTC)
Kurz: An Iranian paramilitary commander has promised new footage of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei amid rumors about his health and whereabouts Read Full Article at RT.com
Iran War: Is Iran’s middle class being pushed into poverty? (2026-08-10 04:46 UTC)
Kurz: The war has intensified Iran’s economic crisis, squeezing household budgets, hurting businesses and raising fears that millions of middle-income families are slipping closer to poverty.
How Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ has shaped the war (2026-08-09 21:27 UTC)
Kurz: NPR’s Rob Schmitz speaks with Peter Salisbury, professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, about how Iran and its allies have reshaped the war in the Middle East.
‘Sudan is losing another generation’ to war, Mohammed warns (2026-08-07 12:00 UTC)
Kurz: More than 1,000 days of war in Sudan have left millions of children out of school, displaced or exposed to grave violations, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Friday, calling for renewed action to end the conflict.
Sudanese Armed Forces gains in civil war force strategic adjustment from paramilitia rival (2026-08-06 21:10 UTC)
Kurz: The Sudanese military’s recapture of the Al Sadarat highway marks its most significant success against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the fourth year of the Sudanese civil war. However, the RSF’s shift toward tribal mobilization and the growing role of foreign-backed drone war…
White Nile traders strike over rising fees as Port Sudan faces water and power crisis (2026-08-04 17:56 UTC)
Kurz: Traders in Ed Duweim, White Nile state, launched a two-day strike on Tuesday in protest… The post White Nile traders strike over rising fees as Port Sudan faces water and power crisis appeared first on Dabanga Radio TV Online .
People in El Obeid have limited services as drone attacks intensify (2026-07-20 12:34 UTC)
Kurz: Half a million people in El-Obeid, North Kordofan state, Sudan, are facing limited basic services as drone strikes from the Rapid Support Forces intensify. Liesbeth Aelbrecht details the impact on people.
Video of US flag desecration by Somali army trio sparks uproar amid stepped-up support (2026-07-13 11:07 UTC)
Kurz: Troops involved in a video that showed the American flag being stepped on and kicked were detained and an investigation is underway, the Somali defense ministry said.
Afghan United Front commences operations against Taliban (2026-08-06 15:37 UTC)
Kurz: The Afghan United Front has emerged as the first major Pashtun-led resistance organization to launch operations against the Taliban. The group’s likely focus on operations in southern Afghanistan would expand resistance organizations’ historical focus in the country’s north. The …
Atomic bomb survivors accuse Tokyo of undermining Japan’s non-nuclear policy (2026-08-10 04:16 UTC)
Kurz: According to a statement by the Nihon Hidankyo organization of atomic bomb survivors, Japan is seeking to change the country’s non-nuclear principles and constitution without sufficient debate
USNI News Western Pacific Pulse: Aug. 7, 2026 (2026-08-07 17:57 UTC)
Kurz: The following is a summary of major ship movements and exercises in the Western Pacific over the last week. In the South China Sea Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) is back in the South China Sea following a port visit to Da Nang, Vietnam, according to a post on t…
How Can U.S. Special Operations Forces Help Defeat China on Taiwan? (2026-08-07 07:00 UTC)
Kurz: It is conceivable that in one blistering campaign, the People’s Republic of China could invade, occupy, and forcibly annex Taiwan. One question would dominate the post-occupation debate: “What more could have been done?” The obvious answers will be better intelligence, bigger exe…
Russians attack Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times since this evening (2026-08-10 05:59 UTC)
Kurz: Since the evening of August 9, Russian troops have attacked three districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times with drones and shelled them with artillery.
Border guards show destruction of enemy drones in Lyman area in July (2026-08-10 05:34 UTC)
Kurz: In the Lyman sector during July, servicemen from the “Silver Trio” unit, together with the anti-aircraft missile battalion of the 115th Mechanized Brigade, destroyed 114 attack drones and 10 reconnaissance drones.
Fire near Indonesia’s Mount Bromo extinguished but new hotspots emerge (2026-08-10 04:53 UTC)
Kurz: More than 120 personnel, three water-bombing helicopters, drones and some fire trucks have been deployed to put out the fires around the caldera, an official said.
Germany seeking scapegoat over Nord Stream attack — Russian envoy (2026-08-10 03:00 UTC)
Kurz: Rodion Miroshnik noted that Nord Stream was a major, long-term and mutually beneficial project, with Russia earning revenue from gas supplies and Europe receiving a steady supply of relatively cheap energy that supported economic growth