Sea drones, jet drones, and Neptune missiles hit one Russian port in a single night
Kyiv paired three different weapon types in a coordinated operation its president called unique against the Black Sea Fleet’s last big base. Ukraine targeted Russia’s main Black Sea naval base and oil terminal at Novorossiysk overnight. Fires broke out at the port’s oil and fleet facilities, two of Russia’s largest grain terminals stopped work, and debris damaged homes across the city,

Russians work three shifts to build jet-powered missiles powered by a $16,000 Chinese engine from AliExpress
Russia is turning out its cheap Banderol drone-cruise missile at scale. Russia is capable of producing up to 80 jet-powered weapons a month, … The production figure sharpens a threat Ukraine has tracked as the Banderol expands. The missile has a relatively short range of about 500 kilometers, so Russia effectively launches it from Crimea at Odesa. It means Russia can sustain and grow the Banderol strikes on Ukraine’s south, a weapon whose ground launcher Ukraine recently found could let Russia fire it without warning and in salvos.

Swedish lawmakers urge to shut down mosques spreading Islamist propaganda
The Sweden Democrats are calling for mosques that promote radical ideology to be closed, their funding cut off, and Islamists deported.

ICE plans to equip officers with electric shock gloves
ICE, plans to equip its officers with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, intended to make recalcitrant people comply. The federal agency plans to spend up to $20 million on “distraction and de-escalation” equipment, according to a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security. The gloves are called “Generated low output voltage emitter” – abbreviated “Glove” – and have been used by some detention centers and police authorities in recent years.

Israeli airstrike kills Hamas commander in Gaza Strip, military says
A commander in the terrorist group Hamas has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says. The incident occurred in the northern part of the area. According to a statement from the military, Hamas commanders were planning “terrorist attacks against Israeli soldiers.” The Israeli military also fired on a Hamas sniper near the so-called Yellow Line, the border of the part of the Gaza Strip that Israel controls, according to a separate statement.

WHO warns Congo Ebola outbreak could become the worst ever
So far, more than 2,000 people have died from the infection. A total of 4,300 cases have been confirmed. There is a risk that the epidemic will surpass the largest recorded Ebola outbreak to date, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people. At the current rate, it is on track to surpass the Ebola outbreak in West Africa from 2014 to 2016, says WHO Director-General

Kristersson on Putin’s threat: Russians are incredibly irritated
Russia is threatening to seize ships from Western countries in response to Europe’s plans to sell cargo seized from Russian ships in the so-called “shadow fleet”. They are incredibly irritated, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) tells TT. Several countries in Europe have stopped ships transporting Russian oil in violation of European sanctions. New sanctions adopted last month allow EU countries to sell oil – a major source of income for Russia – or other cargo seized from the ships. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the new sanctions “piracy”, writes the AFP news agency.

83% say they would leave Iran
Unofficial estimates say 8 million people have already left Iran for greener pastures, and according to recent polls, millions more say they would do the same. A recent poll on Instagram showed that 83% of Iranians would leave Iran if given the opportunity

Under zero net migration, the EU population would be 32% smaller by the end of the century, the European Commission says
Last month, the European Commission published a report about the demographic changes that are fundamentally reshaping Europe. In it, Epimetheus points out, the Commission is admitting that the massive social engineering project of the past 2-3 decades – called invariably mass migration, migration crisis, climate refugees or whatever – hasn’t only been a sh*tty idea based on flawed assumptions; it’s a train wreck if there ever was one.

OpenAI’s “Head of Ethics” Suddenly Leaves Company Under Mysterious Circumstances
Following a growing string of high-profile departures, OpenAI has lost its head of ethics at arguably the worst time possible. As the Financial Times reports, Chloé Bakalar left her post as the AI ethics lead in July, less than a year after joining the company and without any accompanying announcement. Interestingly, her LinkedIn still claims she’s employed at the firm. There currently is no replacement lined up, suggesting shifting priorities at the company. According to the FT‘s sources, Bakalar was the only remaining dedicated ethicist at the company.

Trump: US Controls Hormuz Strait, ‘I Think We Will Keep It’ – Confirms Economic Siege Strategy
Trump issues a familiar refrain (one that will likely be on repeat up to the November midterms), claiming that the USA has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and “I think we will keep it”. It’s also yet more confirmation that he’s opting for economic siege warfare as the US military campaign is on halt.

Former SPLC Exec Arrested: Accused Of Funneling Donor Money To KKK, Neo-Nazi Informants
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) executive Heidi Beirich was arrested in California on Wednesday under a superseding indictment in the Justice Department’s ongoing case against the organization …
Beirich, who directed the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project until 2019, faces three counts: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to submit false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to conceal money laundering.

Two Leftist Fantasies That Collide With Reality
Many want to live with fantasies that contradict facts as their reality. But facts can’t be ignored, and we are not required to accept their fantasies as our truth and reality. Here are two such fantasies: that a man can become a woman or vice versa, and that Marxism is good for citizens of the country.

Ukraine Defies Vance Warning With Massive Strike On Russia’s Key Black Sea Port, Shuttering Grain Terminals
Did President Zelensky and the Ukrainian armed forces not listen to US Vice President JD Vance’s warnings and request after all? On Wednesday a “massive” Ukrainian drone and missile strike was unleashed on Russia’s port city of Novorossiysk, which badly damaged grain export terminals at what also constitutes the the last major Russian naval base on the Black Sea.

Nature Is Healing: Most S&P100 Companies Dump DEI Criteria From Board Selection
To be clear, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives drew heavily on radical Marxist theory and systematically displaced merit-based standards with unproductive, identity-driven politics. What corporate America marketed as a governance priority proved to be a short-lived ideological fad. Most S&P 100 companies are now dumping explicit diversity criteria from their board-selection policies amid growing recognition that mandates conceived in far-left academic institutions prioritized social engineering over productivity,

Watch live: Total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026
Aug 12 total solar eclipse can be watched online thru broadcasts from NASA, ESA, IAC, Exploratorium, and Royal Observatory Greenwich. IAC starts 17:00 UTC, Royal Observatory Greenwich 17:10 UTC, NASA 17:15 UTC, and ESA and Exploratorium at 17:30 UTC, before totality reaches Iceland and Spain.

Colombia earthquake death toll rises to 188 as rescue efforts continue
The search for survivors grew more desperate two days after the quake brought down buildings, buckled roads and crushed cars. By Tuesday, the 7.4 quake had killed at least 181 people and left 2,595 injured in the west of the country. Its president put the total of missing at 195, but civilian-run databases put the number at over 4,000 Wednesday.

8 Examples That Demonstrate Islamization of America Is Steadily Progressing
In Islam, the goal is to use the state to make everyone submit to Islam. To see what this looks like, check out almost any MidEast country with a Muslim majority. They don’t believe in freedom of speech or freedom of religion. Example: In Saudi Arabia, churches are banned. This same ideology is spreading in America.

New Orleans Becomes First Major U.S. City to Let AI Answer 911
New Orleans is testing how much Americans are willing to trust AI when the stakes are considerably higher than writing email or ordering dinner. The city has begun allowing an AI system to field certain 911 calls, apparently making it the first major U.S. municipality to put a bot directly between emergency callers and human operators.

Severe storms leave at least two dead, spawn at least six tornadoes, and cause flooding across the Midwest and Ohio Valley
At least two people died, 16 incarcerated people were hospitalized following a lightning strike, and more than 800,000 electricity customers across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky were without power on August 12 after severe storms swept the Midwest and Ohio Valley on August 11.

Iranian-backed Houthis kill 6 in attack on vessel, and other developments in the Mideast
Yemeni authorities said six people were killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, while U.S. forces fired on a ship that they said was trying to break a blockade of Iran’s ports.

The Daily Global Oil Deficit Is Higher Than Originally Projected; That Means the Energy Crisis Is About to Greatly Escalate
Since war with Iran erupted, the world has used a lot more oil than it’s produced. The US had a tremendous amount of extra oil, so we could avoid shortages and serve as a supplier of last resort for other nations. But our commercial oil inventories are now almost depleted, and the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is being drained rapidly.

Pakistanification of Texas Law Enforcement: How a Wealthy Pakistani Immigrant Became Constable — Then Opened the Station to Foreign Dignitaries
Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Constable Ali Sheikhani – born in Pakistan, arrived on a student visa, now worth hundreds of millions – rolls to work in a Rolls-Royce. Academy graduate in 2019, brief part-time policing, then elected Republican official.

Patriots Won’t Let Communists Take America
This chapter in US history could be titled, “Bad Guys Keep Winning Because They Suffer No Consequences for Their Treachery.” Islamo-fascists & communists have taken over the Democrat Party and threaten to take over Congress. Due to the ton of abuses committed, patriots have begun to wonder whether our country can even be saved…

Outbreak kills 2,000; Bundibugyo strain is genetically distinct from previous Ebola variants, making existing treatments less effective
The virus has spread rapidly across parts of eastern and northeastern DRC, with earlier cross-border cases in Uganda. Published data shows 4,381 confirmed cases. “This is not breaking out in a town of 50, but in rural cities of hundreds of thousands. Compared to previous outbreaks, the pace at which this is moving is unprecedented.”

Abdul El-Sayed Vowed Sacred ‘Obligation’ to Follow Islamic Law Until the Day He Dies
Muslim Democrat Michigan Senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed has previously declared his sacred “obligation” to follow Islamic law in every aspect of his life until he dies and stands before Allah. He has claimed he does not want to subvert the Constitution and mandate Islamic law, but that is part of his religion.

‘I think we’ll keep it’: Trump says US controls Hormuz, IDF believes blockade is ‘highly effective’
“The USA has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT! Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, ‘A WALL OF STEEL,’ and there is nothing Iran can do about it,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

“Flesh shall rot away while they stand”: A modern outbreak meets an ancient prophecy
A rare and often fatal “flesh-eating” bacteria has killed at least seven people along the Gulf Coast so far this year, with health officials in two states warning residents to stay cautious around warm coastal water through the rest of the summer. Florida’s Department of Health confirmed a second death from Vibrio vulnificus this year in data posted August 6, alongside 14 additional confirmed cases. Louisiana has recorded five deaths and nine total cases in 2026, every one of them a hospitalized patient who contracted the infection through a wound exposed to seawater and who had an underlying health condition. That marks a sharp jump for Louisiana specifically: Once in the bloodstream, it can cause sepsis, blistering skin lesions, and organ failure within hours, …..

Nigerian court rules Islamic police can’t arrest Christian convert
A Nigerian woman was detained and beaten after fleeing abuse and embracing Christianity, but now a top court is protecting her rights and curbing Sharia forces. The ruling came in the case of Sarah*, now 22, who fled her family home in Kano State in 2025 after suffering abuse from her elder siblings, who were also attempting to force her into marriage against her wishes. (Sarah’s parents had died years prior.) Sarah took refuge with a Christian family, the Abaras, and while living with them, converted to Christianity herself.

North Korean ballistic missile kills 7 steelworkers on their way to shelter, shuts down Zaporizhstal plant
A Russian ballistic strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killed seven employees of the Zaporizhstal steel plant and injured 21 others, Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest, the plant’s majority owner, said on 11 August. The workers were on their way to a shelter after an air raid alert was announced when the strike hit the industrial site,

‘Abortion shot’: Senators release doc showing 82% miscarriage rate after COVID jab
A newly released trove of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s communications during the early days of the COVID pandemic shows that the former COVID czar knew that the experimental drug had proved deadly to the unborn, with vaccinated pregnant women miscarrying at a staggering rate of 82%. Yet he and other government health officials continued to promote the deadly jab as “safe and effective” for pregnant moms.

Two Russian refineries burn – Orsk hit by drones 1,500 km out, Komsomolsk ablaze 6,500 km east
Two Russian oil refineries caught fire on 11 August, but the two incidents tell very different stories. In Orsk, in Orenburg Oblast, drones sparked a blaze that Ukrainian monitoring channels quickly linked to Kyiv’s long-range campaign. Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers farther east, a Rosneft plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur burned for reasons that remain unexplained.

Russia’s Odesa strikes halve Ukraine’s grain export forecast
Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry has cut its forecast for agricultural exports in 2026–2027 by 54% as Russian attacks disrupt shipping through Odesa’s ports, Bloomberg reported. The ministry now expects 29.6 million tons of agricultural exports, down from 64.4 million. Its wheat export forecast fell by 53%, from 17.6 million tons to 8.3 million tons.

New round of Israel-Lebanon talks set for September in Rome
The US State Department announced on Tuesday that the US will host the talks, which will take place in Rome, Italy, in September. “The talks will continue in Beirut, Jerusalem and Washington in the meantime. We view the development positively,”

US helicopter fires on Panamanian-flagged ship heading to Iranian port
A US military helicopter fired on a Panamanian-flagged ship in the Gulf of Oman early Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reports. The ship was hit in the rudder, an American source told the newspaper. The information was confirmed by Central Command, Centcom. According to a statement, the helicopter fired two missiles at the engine room of the ship Vela Nova after “the ship’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings from US forces.”

Seismologist on Colombia earthquake: Unusually large, but not unusual for the region
Now this was a somewhat unusually large earthquake in Colombia, but if you go a little further south towards Ecuador, the earthquakes have been even larger.

Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia
A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his younger brother to death. They were convicted in absentia of crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 14-year civil war in Syria, which claimed the lives of half a million people. al-Assad and his brother Mahir fled to Russia after rebels entered Damascus in December 2024

German nurse convicted of 10 patient murders faces 121 more suspected cases
A former German nurse convicted of ten murders of patients is now being investigated in 121 additional suspected cases. The man, who worked at clinics in Würselen and Cologne, was sentenced to life imprisonment last year. So far, 39 bodies have been examined as part of the new investigation, the Aachen prosecutor’s office told the German news agency DPA. According to the verdict, the nurse gave dangerously large doses of sedatives to seriously ill patients between December 2023 and May 2024. The motive was, among other things, to reduce his workload during night shifts, according to prosecutors.

AI cyber threats give security leaders decision fatigue
Many security leaders at major companies, flush with expanded budgets to fend off AI-powered cyberattacks, are experiencing a level of decision fatigue that’s freezing them in their tracks. Why it matters: Those leaders are still trying to size up how autonomous cyberattacks will affect their businesses at a time when they need to be taking bold action and mobilizing quickly, experts told Axios.

UN’s Green Climate Fund isn’t “Green” or about “Climate”; it’s just a UN Fund
The UN Green Climate Fund (“GCF”) is neither Green nor about climate. They are mostly just doing normal foreign aid that the donor countries would be better off doing themselves. They have received and spent over $20 billion to date, with more billions coming.

Trump cheers Alito staying for another Supreme Court term: ‘One of the greatest of all time’
In a late-night social media post, President Donald Trump celebrated Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s decision to remain on the bench for another term. Trump’s celebration of the 76-year-old conservative stalwart’s decision to put off retirement comes as the midterms raise the stakes over how long Republicans will retain the Senate majority needed to confirm any eventual successor. “Great news for our Country! Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has announced that he is staying for another Term,” Trump wrote Monday night on Truth Social. “He is one of the Greatest of All Time. We are all lucky!”

Iran’s Military Command Reshuffle Digs In For ‘Hardline’ Confrontation: US Must Meet All Demands For Hormuz Opening
Pakistan started the day by floating optimistic reports of the warring sides reverting to ‘moving toward peace efforts’ – however that appears very short-lived, or really was probably never a reality, given soon on the heels of these claims a top Iranian official has reiterated that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US corrects its ‘behavior’. According to fresh reports out of state media sources:

Not Winning? Just Change The Rules…
What binds the new Democratic Party to the new Democratic Socialists is a set of shared issues and values. That is, the radicalism of the Democrats in the age of Trump Derangement Syndrome – lawfare, de-balloting, the Mar-a-Lago raid, and calls to destroy the Electoral College, the nine-justice Supreme Court, and the filibuster – helped give birth to the socialists. But the overriding commonality among those on the new Left is that if they do not get their way, they blame the “system.” Then they seek to change the rules, no matter how hallowed those laws and conventions may have been or how much they themselves benefited from them in the past.

The Diamond Crash Accelerates
The Diamond Standard Index, tracked on Bloomberg under the ticker DIAMINDX, tumbled to new record lows during the first half of August as a surge in affordable lab-grown stones eroded the scarcity premium underpinning natural diamond prices. “Technological progress in growing diamonds in labs has been amazing. It’s no surprise most engagement rings are now using lab diamonds,”

Amb. Mike Huckabee for president? Why the unlikeliest 2028 candidate suddenly makes a lot of sense 
one specific email last week from the American Renewal Project grabbed my attention. It was an op-ed sent to 70,000 pastors by David Lane, the influential evangelical leader who helped organize the largest turnout of evangelical voters in history during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Buried inside was one sentence that immediately caught my attention: “We’ll throw Mike Huckabee’s name in the hat for 2028.”

‘We have no time to waste’: Netanyahu unveils Israel’s national AI program 
Netanyahu said Israel has a narrow window of opportunity to establish itself among the world’s leading AI powers and linked success in the field to the country’s future economic prosperity and security. “We stand at the threshold of a new era. AI is not just another technology; it is going to change the world. We are in a historical window of opportunity, but a very short one, because the pace of change is so great that if you do not safeguard and advance yourself in this wave, you will simply be left behind. And we cannot be left behind. We have no time to waste, and we do not just want to avoid being left behind; we want to be in the number one place, a leading place,”

Six dead as Houthi missiles strike commercial vessel in Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Six individuals lost their lives Tuesday during a Houthi missile strike on a commercial vessel transiting the Bab el-Mandeb strait, according to Yemeni officials quoted by The Associated Press. Yemen’s coast guard confirmed that the casualties comprised four civilian crew members and two personnel from the government-aligned National Resistance Forces. Official statements from the Transportation Ministry of Yemen’s internationally recognized government stated that Houthi forces launched three ballistic missiles directly at the Yemeni merchant ship.

The emergence of a new Islamic military bloc
The signing in Mecca of the new Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani Joint Defense Agreement should set off alarm bells throughout Jerusalem-and, frankly, throughout Washington. On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed what has been called the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, pledging that an armed attack against one member will be treated as an attack against all three. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has acknowledged that the agreement is, technically, comparable to NATO’s Article 5, although the precise mechanisms for implementing that commitment remain unclear. Turkey brings one of NATO’s largest militaries, a rapidly expanding indigenous defense industry and an increasingly independent foreign policy under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Turkey’s ambitions for a greater regional role have led some observers to describe its foreign-policy vision in neo-Ottoman terms.

Iran to become member of BRICS Bank, increasing economic cooperation, trade 
Iran is going to become a member of the BRICS Bank, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati said, according to reports from Iranian media on Tuesday evening. BRICS is an organization made up of eleven countries: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. It is an economic and geopolitical bloc that focuses on trade and development.

Devastating ad exposes transgender mutilation of children
A new ad is taking aim at far-left Texas Democrat Senate nominee James Talarico’s record on LGBT issues, using artificial intelligence (AI) to depict the candidate as a gender “transition” surgeon looming over a little girl. The 30-second spot, created by American Principles Project (APP), evokes the famous 1964 “Daisy” ad from President Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaign that depicted a little girl picking flower petals before implicitly being caught in a nuclear explosion. The APP version replaces the looming threat of the Cold War arms race with the transgender industry. “She dreams of growing up, falling in love, becoming a mother,” a similarly voiced narrator says. “The trans industry preys on confused children.

Socialism: A System Where Government Uses Your Money To Solve Everyone Else’s Problems
They’re coming for your money and have a ton of momentum right now. Democratic Socialists are winning elections by promising free stuff, but free stuff is never actually free. Somewhere, someone has to pay for it. Unfortunately, it’s a system that is becoming increasingly popular among our young adults.

There Are Now 10 States (Plus Washington D.C.) That Allow Abortions Up To Birth
There are 8 nations where you can get an abortion up to birth. One is the US where 10 states (plus D.C.) have no gestational limits on abortion. Sadly, it’s likely more states will soon join this list. This is a crime against humanity. If we continue to kill children on an industrial scale in America, there isn’t going to be a future for America.

Judgment Day for Christian influencer who declined to feed politician’s gender fantasy
A prominent influencer has been ordered to prison – a two-year sentence reduced to house arrest – for refusing to feed a politician’s fantasy that he is a woman. Of course, being male or female is embedded in the human body down to the DNA level and does not change, irrespective of feelings, chemicals or surgeries.

Zelensky Claims North Korea Sending Up To 50K Troops To Russia; Presses Seoul To Send Missiles
Ukraine’s President Zelensky warns North Korea against its deepening involvement with Russia in the war against Ukraine. His Monday words alleged that Russia recently received additional ballistic missiles from Pyongyang and is preparing to deploy more North Korean troops, after already sending thousands to fight on the Russian side.

Witchcraft Courses Rapidly Expand Across University Campuses, Outnumbering Christianity 8 to 1 At Arizona State
Arizona State University will offer 8 courses with witchcraft, magic, or occult in the title. Meanwhile, one course will cover the bedrock faith of Western Civilization. “Think about that…At one of the largest public universities, students can choose from a small festival of courses on witchcraft, while Christianity receives [only] a single titled course.”

Israel Was Just Directly Threatened By a Nuclear-Armed Islamic Nation—And It’s Not Iran
Iran’s nuclear weapons program has been mostly obliterated by U.S. and Israeli militaries over the past 14 months. Pakistan, however, currently possesses approximately 170 nuclear warheads. The other day, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif demanded all Islamic nations unite militarily against Israel, especially over the ‘Palestinian’ issue.

UN’s Green Climate Fund isn’t “Green” or about “Climate”; it’s just a UN Fund
“The UN Green Climate Fund isn’t “green” nor is it about the climate. It is simply foreign aid under another name. David Wojick explains why and concludes, “It makes no sense for donor countries to run billions of dollars of their limited foreign aid money through the fraudulent and wasteful Green Climate Fund.”

Netanyahu spokesman to JNS: Hamas must disarm before Gaza pullout
Israel will reject any Gaza Strip ceasefire framework that fails to require total Hamas disarmament, PM Netanyahu’s spokesperson said, warning that the terrorist group must be completely stripped of its arsenal before Israel considers withdrawing its troops. The Islamist group is “just as committed to terrorism today” as it was on Oct. 7, 2023.

Typhoon Dolphin floods central China, parts of Beijing
Typhoon Dolphin churned deeper inland to the central Chinese province of Hubei on Tuesday, flooding streets, forcing the closure of tourist areas and halting construction projects, as forecasters warned of extreme rainfall across a broad swathe of the country.

Fauci Privately Flagged Miscarriage Risk Before Telling Pregnant Women There Were ‘No Red Flags’
Newly disclosed text messages show Fauci privately entertained the possibility that the COVID vaccine could trigger first-trimester miscarriages, months before he told the public there was no risk. The messages come from a trove Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Ron Johnson released, containing over 34,000 texts and 522 voicemails.