Oleksii Yukov, the head of the Platsdarm search and recovery team, has been killed.

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Ukrainian soldiers shared 'Ukrainian Interstellar' video showing them navigating around a mined road.

After more than 1,000 days beneath the rubble, the remains of over 100 victims have finally been recovered and laid to rest.

“I lost my mom and my hand.” Ukrainian child Matvii survived a Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih on April 4, 2025, after his mother shielded him with her body. A year later, he dreams of becoming a chef and receiving a bionic arm.

NEW — Israeli forces have released two Syrian civilians who had been held in Israeli detention for nearly a year after being abducted from the village of Suwaysah in the southern countryside of Quneitra, southern Syria.

Mohamed Salah is in Istanbul, Turkey 🇹🇷

Syria’s Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs met with Lebanon’s Interior Minister in Beirut, where the two sides discussed strengthening security cooperation, counterterrorism efforts, combating drug trafficking, and facilitating the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland.

Eight people were killed at a train station in the village of Kvitneve, Kyiv Oblast, after a delay forced them to miss their last connection home, according to the head of the Brovary District State Administration. 🇺🇦

For the first time in nearly 14 years, a civilian passenger aircraft has landed at Deir ez-Zor International Airport on a domestic flight arriving from Damascus International Airport, Syria.

Mohamed Salah is officially with Trabzonspor FC

BREAKING: Iranian state television say current talks with Oman are not related to any immediate reopening of Strait of Hormuz

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Meanwhile, my thoughts are with the people of Ukraine as Russia launches attack on the capital, Kyiv. I stand with Ukraine.

BREAKING NEWS — Kyiv Mayor: Residential districts across the Ukrainian capital are under a major Russian ballistic missile attack.

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NEW: The Syrian Army’s heightened alert and movements along the Iraqi and Lebanese borders are purely deterrent measures aimed at securing the borders, with no offensive intent.

BREAKING: OpenAI reports new incidents of models breaching testing boundaries

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa received Mazloum Abdi and Ilham Ahmed today at the Presidential Palace in Damascus, in the presence of Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and Deir ez-Zor Governor Ziad Al-Ayesh.

A Russian drone operator deliberately hunted down a civilian market vendor in Ukraine’s Kherson.

On 1 August, Russian drones struck the logistics centre of the publishing corporation and the distribution centre of the bookstore chain in Kharkiv. It was the largest loss of Ukraine's book infrastructure since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.

NEW — Syria tells US it is willing to drastically drop Russian oil imports, sources say www.reuters.com/business/ene...

EXCLUSIVE: Syria tells US it is willing to drastically drop Russian oil imports, sources say

Damascus has agreed to drastically reduce imports of Russian oil as part of its ongoing discussions with the United States on lifting the last major ​sanctions designation on Syria, three sources fami...

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NEW — The Syrian General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport announced that, effective August 16, Syrian Airlines will launch regular direct flights between Damascus and Moscow.

NEW — SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi and senior Kurdish official Ilham Ahmad are set to meet Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa today in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Abdi and Ahmad are expected to discuss with President Al-Sharaa the key challenges hindering the implementation of integration efforts.

🇺🇦 A toddler learning how to walk in front of a Russian missile crater in Kyiv residential neihborhood

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‘Where Is Austin Tice?’: BBC & NPR Team On Podcast Unravelling The Story Of Journalist Who Disappeared In Syria In 2012 deadline.com/2026/08/wher...

'Where Is Austin Tice?' Podcast Coming To BBC & NPR

A 'Where Is Austin Tice?' podcast about the kidnapped-in-Syria journalist is coming to the BBC & NPR via 'I'm Not a Monster' and 'Embedded'

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🇺🇦 Today, the Voronov family is being laid to rest after a Russian missile destroyed their home.💔 Artem, Olena, and their children — Mark, Azariy, Ilay, and Emilia. The remaining family members are still missing under the rubble and have not yet been recovered.

BIG — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: I thank all partners who helped Ukraine endure a difficult winter. Our priority remains strengthening international support and increasing pressure on Russia to achieve peace.

3-and-a-half-year-old Sviatoslava watches her father help neighbours clear the debris left by a Russian missile that struck apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine.