Trump's envoy Witkoff will be in Moscow on Wednesday to meet with Russian leadership.

Source: Reuters

UN warns expanded Gaza war risks 'catastrophic consequences'.

US State Department:

Beginning August 20, nationals of Malawi and Zambia applying for B1, B2, business ,and tourist visas will be required to post a bond of up to $15,000.

The US has approved the sale of M777 howitzer repair and support services to Ukraine for $104 million.

Russia’s oil revenue fell 33% in July year-on-year due to weaker global oil prices and a stronger ruble.

Source: Bloomberg

Trump says violent crime in Washington, D.C. is out of control and blames local leaders for failing to act.

He warns that if the city doesn’t get crime under control quickly, he will move to take federal control of D.C. and run it himself.

Trump:

We have a meeting with Russia tomorrow.

Trump:

Iran would have had nuclear weapons within two months.

Trump on Ukraine:

This is the one we are working hardest on. The other ones I stopped within days.

Reporter: Would you support Israel occupying all of Gaza?

Trump: That is going to be up to Israel.

Trump:

JD Vance is my most likely successor. But it is still too early to talk about it.

Sudan: RSF forces reportedly cut off water sources east of An-Nuhud and Al-Khuwei in West Kordofan, worsening the humanitarian situation.

Interesting: Sam Altman, Zuckerberg, and Thiel are all building bunkers.

West Bank: Protesters throw rocks. Four turn out to be undercover Israeli soldiers who pull pistols and open fire on the crowd.

Russian soldier tries to defuse bomb by shooting it with his AK.

Outcome was as expected.

📸 Palestinian man, severely injured while seeking aid, arrives at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, starving and wounded by Israeli fire.

Italy's government, led by Giorgia Meloni, is reviving the long-stalled €13bn Messina Strait bridge project, now framing it as strategic military infrastructure to count toward NATO defence spending targets.

Source: FT

Thailand approved a $600M deal to buy four Swedish Gripen jets after using them in a deadly border clash with Cambodia.

The jets will replace aging US-made F-16s, following a failed bid to acquire F-35s.

NEW: Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel.

Israeli "settler" injured by falling fridge while moving into seized Palestinian home.

Chad: The Movement for Democracy and Justice has reportedly issued a fatwa against Khalifa Haftar, potentially reigniting a decades-long conflict along the Chad-Libya border.