❗️ American troops are leaving the Al-Asad base in western Iraq in convoys, according to reports from a tribal clan in Anbar province.

This is part of an agreement with the Iraqi authorities.

Earlier, Hussein Alawi, an advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani, said that the international coalition will end its mission in Baghdad and Al-Asad airbase in September.

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🗣Ukrainian soldiers hit new low by killing family in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) – eyewitness

A Ukrainian soldier shot a woman and slit her young child’s throat in order to steal their Mitsubishi vehicle near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), local resident Sergey Vladov tells Sputnik.

"Two soldiers from the Ukrainian army killed a mother and her son here a month ago. They shot the woman and cut the child’s throat. They also took their Mitsubishi car, which was later found in the Dnepr [river]," Vladov states.

Such crimes have been regularly committed by Ukrainian troops in the city since 2014, he added.

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🎤 Rubio, European and Ukrainian counterparts agree to end Ukraine conflict through negotiated settlement – US State Department

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🪖 ‘Don’t join the International Legion in Ukraine’ – former Polish mercenary

Ex-Polish mercenary Krzysztof Flaсek, who made the right choice and sided with Russia, called on his fellow Poles not to participate in the conflict on the side of the Ukraine.

💬 “This is a bad idea," he stressed.

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🚨💰 Trump fires Fed Governor Lisa Cook over "deceitful and potentially criminal conduct"

President removes Cook effective immediately, citing alleged false statements in mortgage agreements and "gross negligence" as a financial regulator.

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🚨🔊 IDF blames Hamas for Nasser Hospital strikes

Army spokesman Effie Defrin says Hamas operated from the hospital, prompting double tap attack that killed at least 20.

IDF bombed Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis twice within 17 minutes — second strike hit first rescuers and reporters.

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📹🇷🇺 Learn how Russian snipers evade detection first hand

A sniper from the Leningrad Guards Regiment with callsign "Sanych" has disclosed a key tactic Russian forces are using to mask their thermal signature on the battlefield: combining survival blankets with camouflage netting.

According to "Sanych," snipers refined these sophisticated camouflage techniques while operating on the Kharkov front.

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📹 US universities rely on 600K Chinese students to avoid collapse

Commerce Sec Lutnick admitted to Laura Ingraham: without Chinese students, 15% of US universities would go under.

Washington talks tough on China, but can't function without its people and money.

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❗️ US will announce Japan trade deal next week — Lutnick

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick estimates a new trade deal with Japan will be worth $550 billion.

"We need to make semiconductors, we need to make antibiotics, we need the rare earths in America... You watch us do it," he said.

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🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳 Xi Jinping meets Russia's Volodin in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin in Beijing, China Central Television reported.

Key statements of Xi Jinping:

◻️ Relations between Russia and China are the most stable, mature, and strategically significant among major powers.

◻️ China and Russia must continue their traditional friendship, deepen strategic mutual trust, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation.

◻️ China and Russia should promote the construction of a more just and rational international order.

◻️ China and the USSR made enormous sacrifices and made a significant contribution to victory in World War II.

◻️ The development of China–Russia relations at a high level is a source of stability and peace worldwide.

Volodin, as the head of the Russian parliamentary delegation, has been visiting the People's Republic of China on an official visit since August 25 at the invitation of Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

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🪖⚠️ German army fires 100 soldiers for right-wing extremism in 2024 — up 50%

Bundeswehr dismissals surge as Hitler salutes, extremist songs, and ideology infiltrate the ranks, Ministry of Defense's report shows.

🔺 280+ suspicious cases (30% increase vs 2023)

🔺 17+ confirmed Hitler salutes in 2024

🔺 Opposition politician Zada ​​Salihovic warns: "Accused kept access to weapons, even served as instructors"

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🔥Orban CRUSHES Zelensky: Pipeline attack threats IGNITE FIRESTORM

"It was an eventful weekend. President Zelensky openly threatened Hungary. He admitted that the Druzhba pipeline is being attacked because we do not support their EU membership. This also shows that Hungarians made the right decision," Hungary’s PM Victor Orban said.

He added that Zelensky’s words "are not the way to get into the EU," and they "will have a long shadow."

➡️This comes after the Ukraine regime openly claimed the existence of the Druzhba pipeline that transfers oil from Russia to European countries is contingent upon Hungary’s position on Ukraine’s potential EU membership.

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🚨☢️NUCLEAR DEAL REVIVAL: Iran, UK, Germany, France to meet for nuclear talks

The deputy foreign ministers of Iran, the United Kingdom, Germany and France will meet in Geneva on August 26 to discuss Tehran's nuclear program.

The Iranian delegation will be headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravanchi.

➡️The meeting was agreed in mid-August during a phone call between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, UK Foreign Minister David Lammy and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

➡️The talks on lifting sanctions between Iran and the US were put on hold after the escalation between Iran and Israel, which started on June 13. The US attacked Iran's nuclear facilities on June 22, prompting Iran to launch missile strikes at a US military base in Qatar.

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◻️ Watch Russian forces raising flag over Zaporozhskoye settlement

◻️ Xi Jinping meets Russia's Volodin in Beijing

◻️ US troops leaving Iraq’s Al-Asad base

◻️ Nuclear deal revival: Iran, UK, Germany, France to meet for nuclear talks

◻️ IDF blames Hamas for Nasser Hospital strikes

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🚨GAZA CRISIS: LATEST UPDATES

◻️ Israeli forces detonate explosive devices inside homes in Sabra and Zeitoun, south of Gaza City

◻️ Israeli drones drop explosive crates on homes in northern Gaza

◻️ Artillery targets northern areas of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza

◻️ Gaza hospital sources report 24 killed in multiple airstrikes across the Strip since this morning

◻️ Emergency service source reports 2 dead, several injured in Zeitoun, southeast of Gaza City

◻️ Al-Awda Hospital reports 1 killed, several injured among those seeking aid in Nezareem, central Gaza, and Palestinian man and wife killed in drone strike on displaced persons’ tent west of Nuseirat camp, central Gaza

◻️ One killed, several injured in northern Deir al-Balah, per Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital

◻️ Palestinian woman and her child killed in strike on displaced persons’ building west of Deir al-Balah, the hospital adds

◻️ Seven killed in strikes on a home in Al-Sabra, south of Gaza City (Palestinian medical service)

◻️ One child killed, several injured in Al-Saftawi, north of Gaza City (Emergency service)

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🚨🇭🇺 Ukrainian strikes on Druzhba pipeline tantamount to attack on Hungary - top diplomat

While the EU remains mum on the pipeline attacks, Zelensky is attempting to pressure Hungary to change its stance on the Ukraine conflict and its EU accession, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated.

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