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Turkey Passes Pardon Bill for PKK Militants in Gamble on Kurdish Peace
Turkey Passes Pardon Bill for PKK Militants in Gamble on Kurdish Peace Turkey’s parliament voted 468-88 to approve legislation offering a conditional pardon to thousands of Kurdish militants, a central pillar of the government’s peace initiative with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The 12-article bill suspends prison sentences for convicted PKK members and postpones ongoing…
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Colombia’s Earthquake Death Toll Passes 200 as Rescuers Dig Through Rubble by Hand
Colombia’s Earthquake Death Toll Passes 200 as Rescuers Dig Through Rubble by Hand A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia’s Chocó region killed more than 200 people, with the confirmed toll still climbing into Tuesday as rescue crews worked to reach areas cut off by the quake. The epicenter was recorded near the municipality of…
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Nearly Three-Quarters of England Declared in Drought as Fifth Heatwave Looms
Nearly Three-Quarters of England Declared in Drought as Fifth Heatwave Looms The UK government’s environment department, DEFRA, announced Monday, August 10, 2026, that 71.3% of England is now officially in drought following the driest July on record, during which England received just 10% of its usual long-term rainfall average. Officials said most of the country…
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Ukraine Torches Deep Russian Refinery, Killing 13 — Including Foreign Workers Asleep in a Hostel
Ukraine Torches Deep Russian Refinery, Killing 13 — Including Foreign Workers Asleep in a Hostel Ukraine launched a long-range drone attack on Nizhnekamsk, a petrochemical hub in Russia’s Tatarstan region roughly 750 miles from the Ukrainian border, early Monday, August 10, 2026. Local authorities said the strike killed 13 people and injured between 75 and…
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Trump Tells Iran: You Want Reparations? So Do We
Trump Tells Iran: You Want Reparations? So Do We President Donald Trump on Monday, August 10, 2026, escalated the standoff over reopening the Strait of Hormuz by demanding that Iran pay the United States compensation for “the damage they’ve done over a 50-year period,” a proposal he raised for the first time in the Oval…
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Iran Says It Won’t Reopen Hormuz Until the US Pays War Reparations
Iran Says It Won’t Reopen Hormuz Until the US Pays War Reparations Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on August 9 that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed to shipping until the United States meets a list of six demands, according to Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. The demands include a…
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Days of Relentless Rain Kill Over a Dozen as Floods Swallow the Philippines
Days of Relentless Rain Kill Over a Dozen as Floods Swallow the Philippines Nine straight days of heavy rain tied to the enhanced Southwest Monsoon, or Habagat, and tropical cyclones Luis and Maymay have killed at least 13 people across the Philippines’ main island of Luzon, according to rescuers and local officials. Four of the…
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Russia and Ukraine Trade Deadly Overnight Strikes as Patriot Shortages Bite
Russia and Ukraine Trade Deadly Overnight Strikes as Patriot Shortages Bite Russia and Ukraine exchanged intense overnight strikes between August 8 and 9, leaving at least seven people dead and dozens injured on both sides of the border. Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Belgorod region, killing five people, including a 4-year-old boy, and damaging 29 apartment…
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Colombia’s Hardline New President Takes Power Amid Fraud Claims and Street Protests
Colombia’s Hardline New President Takes Power Amid Fraud Claims and Street Protests Abelardo de la Espriella, a right-wing lawyer and political outsider endorsed by President Trump, was sworn in as Colombia’s president on Friday, August 7, breaking with tradition by holding the ceremony in Cali rather than Bogotá. He won June’s runoff by the narrowest…
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Israeli Fire Wounds Gaza Civilians as the “Ceasefire” Keeps Collapsing
Israeli Fire Wounds Gaza Civilians as the “Ceasefire” Keeps Collapsing Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians gathered north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Saturday, August 8, wounding three civilians, Palestinian medics said [1]. In separate incidents across the enclave that same day, Israeli forces killed one Palestinian and wounded nine others, including four…