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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan sign defense pact, Trump faces US munitions concerns

Houthis reportedly strike Saudi coalition forces in Hadramawt • Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan ready to sign new defense pact • New UNICEF-led survey challenges Gaza famine claims

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif looks on after they signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026.
IRAN’S REGIME is using executions to reassert control over society after January’s protest. Here, alongside headshots of those executed, demonstrators hold signs as they gather in Washington in May, in support of the Iranian people and to condemn the execution of political prisoners in Iran.

As the world looks away, Iran continues brutal hangings of protesters to crush the next uprising

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, US, August 2, 2026.

Third day of Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome ends after US blocks Israeli attack on Hezbollah

 The United States Department of the Treasury is seen in Washington, DC, US, August 30, 2020.

US removes counterterrorism designation from IRGC-linked company


Iran's Pezeshkian tells Hamas chief that Iran will support any decision made in Gaza - report

Pezeshkian pledged Iran's support for the Palestinian leaders' decision in a phone call with the head of Hamas' political bureau.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks on the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, in February.

Berlin attack highlights Europe’s shift to individualized, multi-layered terror threats - analysis

Online radicalization, lone-actor violence, and Iran-linked networks are placing European security services under pressure from distinct but increasingly simultaneous threats.

Tourists and visitors observe and pay respects at a makeshift memorial set in Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg gate, one week after the Christopher Street Day pride parade attack on August 2, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Israel requests to stop Rome talks as IDF launches strikes in southern Lebanon

Katz reportedly halts IDF withdrawal from Gaza border towns • Hamas shifts covert operations to Turkey • Tehran conditions Hormuz reopening on US returning to MoU commitments, Iran's deputy FM says

IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend, April 14, 2026.

Iranian leadership would accept if Pezeshkian resigned again, relative of Khamenei claims - report

Senior cleric Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi, whose sister is married to Iran’s supreme leader’s brother, claimed that the warning was intended to see Pezeshkian “back down.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks on the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, in February.

Shipping traffic at key Gulf waterways little changed on uncertain peace talks

Traffic remained largely slow at Hormuz, with six vessels, three tankers and three bulk carriers, transiting the strait on Monday, down from seven on the previous day, according to Kpler data.

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 23, 2026.

Strikes in Gaza require IDF chief's approval, Iran, Oman inch closer to Hormuz deal

Iran will not allow US to open new route through Hormuz • Qatar, Egypt, Turkey condemn Israeli military action in Gaza • 'Resistance is Hamas's holy mission': Terror spox. tells Piers Morgan

Houthi supporters shout in Sanaa, Yemen June 25, 2026.

Iran attacks US base in Kuwait, vessel hit by projectile near Strait of Hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime and Trade Operations (UKMTO) center said in a post on X/Twitter that a cargo vessel had been hit by an unknown projectile off the coast of Oman.

Smoke billows near the oil facility in Mangaf, Kuwait, July 18, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.

Iran Foreign Ministry denies talks with US, says no meetings planned, despite Trump claims - report

Baghaei told the WSJ that all of Iran's negotiators were still in the country, except for Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi who was visiting a religious site in Iraq.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei speaks during an interview, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026.

Canadian politicians call to immediately list Kataib Hezbollah as a terrorist entity

The push follows a recent US legal filing detailing the actions of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, an alleged senior commander of Kataib Hezbollah and operative of Iran’s IRGC.

Canada's opposition Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre holds a town hall meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 23, 2026.

Trump says canceled strikes against Iran would have been 'biggest attack since World War II'

Israel reportedly intended to join now-canceled US attack on Iran • IDF confirms explosive that wounded Lebanese soldiers was from Hezbollah • Renewed US-Iran talks to start on Monday, Trump says

Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles are displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran on August 2, 2026.