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Coverage · August · 2026 · Defense · 77 articles

Trump declares Iran 'dead' as senior US generals warn of military overstretch

IRGC says it downed a US MQ-9 over Hormuz, and the corridor is back in play

Iran says it downed a US MQ-9 over the Strait of Hormuz; US frames prior strikes as limited

Iran strikes US bases in Jordan: what the IRGC, Jordan and Reuters each said

Iran strikes US-operated base in Jordan after Larak Island raid; interception reports pull punch

US strikes IRGC missile launchers on Larak Island as Tehran vows retaliation

Guantánamo military judge bars FBI confessions in Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 9/11 trial

US officials walk back Chinese-hack narrative; Beijing turns the volume on an anti-corruption sentence

Medvedev rules out fresh mobilisation, in most senior Russian pushback yet against war-fatigue rumours

Seoul, Tokyo and Washington schedule "Freedom Edge" drills for September

Patriot stocks in Europe fall to 'beyond critical' as US drains interceptors for Iran war

IDF says it killed Sinwar's former bodyguard and a Nukhba Re'im infiltrator in Khan Younis strikes

Trump declares Strait of Hormuz cleared of Iranian mines, warns Tehran against new layings

Washington edits Kyiv's strike list as CIA chief lands in Moscow

CIA Director lands at Vnukovo: what a rare US military flight to Moscow signals

A US Air Force C-17 Lands at Moscow's Vnukovo: Five Flight-Tracker Posts, One Peskov Brush-off

US military C-17 lands at Moscow's Vnukovo as Kremlin says it has no information

Damascus and Tel Aviv meet in Amman, with Washington in the room

Katz orders IDF to treat Gaza kite and balloon launches as 'act of war'

Two Israeli strikes in central Gaza on 23 August leave one dead and at least eight wounded

Pakistan army chief's Tehran trip puts Rawalpindi at the visible centre of the US-Iran file

Ukrainian drones hit Ozon warehouse in overnight wave, footage shows

Seoul pairs a chip windfall with a quieter drills posture as Pyongyang turns up the volume

Bessent Tells X the US Will Hit Iran With 'Toughest Sanctions in History', Tying the Package to Fewer New Strikes

Israel Hayom Article on Article 5 Surfaces via Relay

Bessent puts economic pressure on Iran in the same week as Treasury bond-market jitters

Tehran's foreign ministry mounts a two-step rebuttal of Washington's 'Economic D-Day'

Trump floats Kim summit, draws down US-South Korea drills

Trump's exercises cut and Kim rebuff lands same hour, with markets pricing a 2026 summit at 39%

Trump's Korea reset compresses US exercises, opens Wang Yi room to nudge Seoul toward Beijing's orbit

Five days, one signal

Israel Strikes Syrian Airbase Near Aleppo, Citing Looming Turkish Deployment; Turkey Calls Claim False

Seoul warns of a 'worst-case scenario' as US-South Korea drills shrink

Tokyo's bond market just priced a question it has avoided for thirty years

Trump trims US-South Korea drills and courts Kim Jong Un, in the same news cycle

Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint drills with South Korea, citing Kim ties

Three weekend clips that say more together than apart: an Indian kamikaze-drone test, an American convoy flying a Russian mark, a Polish fine dispute

Trump Tells Pentagon to Cut South Korea Drills, Cites Kim Ties and Seoul's Iran Refusal

A 25-gram weapon, and the limits of what one Telegram post can tell us

Six hundred drones over Moscow, fires in Kyiv: the overnight war at altitude

Trump Administration Reopens the Industrial Playbook on Three Fronts in 48 Hours

Twenty-five percent of the Reaper fleet, and a blockade with no exit: the Iran war's bill comes due

Ukraine takes delivery of 261 remains as Kyiv claims a six-month territorial gain on the Oleksandrivka axis

North Korea fires second ballistic missile in a week, days before Seoul-Washington drills

Car bomb in Benghazi kills eastern Libya's military intelligence chief

US helicopter fires on vessel in Gulf of Oman as Iran-aligned channel claims regional missile launches

Russia frees ailing ex-US marine after four years on disputed charges

Houthis hit Mocha as Iran keeps Hormuz shut: two chokepoints, one day

Hormuz on two clocks: an Oman shipping pact nears while Tehran widens the price tag

Trump floats Hormuz-only exit as Iran war enters a quiet diplomatic phase

ADNOC tanker hit as Iran moves to weaponise the Strait of Hormuz

Hormuz in days: how the US-Iran-Oman track and a parallel Sunni pact are reshaping Gulf security

Iran tells Gulf states to push Trump off a strike, or face regional energy retaliation

Strike in southern Lebanon and a delayed round of talks in Rome bookend Israel's

Bavarian police hold a Ukrainian national over alleged reconnaissance of a defence site; wires diverge on the framing

Strikes on Tyre camp and south Lebanon villages continue as US-mediated talks open in Rome

Bangkok opens its door to Myanmar's junta chief, and ASEAN's quiet re-engagement takes a public shape

China sanctions US testing lab in counter-move to FCC bans, Nikkei says

China retaliates on drones and sentences a defence-industry regulator on the same trading day

IED in Majdal Zoun kills two Israeli soldiers, seven wounded in southern Lebanon

Explosive drone found beside Ukrainian Antonov at Leipzig/Halle, second drone incident reported overnight

US missile stockpiles thinned by Iran strikes, wire reports say, sourcing remains a chain of relays

CNN: Iran strikes burned through 80% of US THAAD interceptors, exposing a munitions tempo problem

Japan sounds the alarm over a thickening Russia-North Korea axis

China's AI model and a Pacific missile test: two fronts, one trajectory

Hegseth's family-stability line travels two Telegram relays, while Polymarket prices the signing itself

Beijing shows off an AI air-strike coordinator as US-bound Chinese capital keeps retreating home

Trump claims Hormuz under US Navy control; Tehran denies talks, points to Oman route

Wildberries warehouse burns in Vladimir region after Ukrainian drone strike

Trump says Iran talks resume Monday, sets no deadline for a deal

Sudanese army drone strike on Darfur village hits traditional court, killing at least 35

IRGC marks Haniyeh anniversary by declaring Hamas disarmament plot has failed

Trump cancels planned Iran strike, says ‘parameters’ agreed on Hormuz and nuclear file

White House pairs Iran strike threat with a pause, citing request from Tehran and regional capitals

Israel on highest alert as US-Israeli coordination reports converge on Iran energy strikes

Israeli officer wounded in southern Lebanon clash, army says

Kuwaiti air defences intercept drones as Iranian-aligned channel claims strikes on US bases; Trump "losing faith" remarks land hours earlier