Kushner and Netanyahu met in Jerusalem on Monday but failed to bridge the core divide over whether Hamas disarmament or Israeli withdrawal should happen first.
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Car Bomb Kills Haftar’s Intelligence Chief as Drones Strike Libya’s Largest Refinery
The assassination of Fawzi al-Mansouri in Benghazi and simultaneous drone attacks on the Zawiya refinery have plunged Libya into fresh crisis, imperilling a US-brokered plan to reunify the country.
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Putin Makes First Visit to Kuril Islands as Japan Calls Trip Unacceptable
Putin’s first-ever visit to Russia’s Kuril Islands on August 13 triggered Japan’s sharpest diplomatic protest in years, reigniting an 80-year territorial standoff.
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Indonesia Earthquake Kills 47 on Flores Island as Rescue Teams Fight Landslides
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Flores Island on Saturday, killing at least 47 people and blocking rescue teams behind landslide-sealed roads.
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Israel’s October Election Takes Shape as Neither Bloc Nears a Majority
Fresh polling through July puts Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party level with Likud while Netanyahu’s bloc trails at 49–52 seats, well short of the 61 needed to form a government.
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Colombia Earthquake Kills 265 in Strongest Tremor Since 1906
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on August 11, killing at least 265 people and injuring 2,595 in the country’s strongest seismic event in over a century.
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Turkey’s Parliament Votes 468-88 for Conditional PKK Pardon
Turkey’s parliament passed a conditional pardon for PKK militants 468-88, contingent on full disarmament verified by Ankara’s National Security Council.
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Syrian Court Sentences Assad to Death in Absentia for Crimes Against Humanity
Syria’s Fourth Criminal Court sentenced former president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on August 11, the first verdict against him since his regime collapsed in December 2024.
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Bangladesh Monsoon Floods Kill 59 and Strand More Than a Million
Record monsoon rains killed at least 59 people across seven districts in Bangladesh, stranding over 1.28 million and hammering Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.
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Houthi Missiles Kill Seven at Yemen’s Port of al-Makha
Iran-backed Houthi forces struck Yemen’s Red Sea port of al-Makha on August 10 with missiles and drones, killing seven and wounding thirty in a second barrage within 24 hours.