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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Tsunami watch issued for Hawaii after M8 earthquake off Russia
[HawaiiNewsNow] A tsunami watch is issued for the state of Hawaii following a magnitude-8.0 earthquake off Russia.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says the earthquake struck at 1:25 p.m. HST off the east coast of Kamchatka.

A tsunami watch was issued at 1:33 p.m. HST.

Based on all available data, a tsunami may have been generated that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter.

An investigation is underway to determine if there is a tsunami threat to Hawaii.

If tsunami waves impact Hawaii, the estimated earliest arrival of the first wave is 7:17 p.m. HST.


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#1  Tsunami hit east coast of Japan about an hour ago. Max waves less than 1 meter.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/30/2025 0:26 Comments || Top||

#2  ....Said tsunami may have clocked the Russian Navy's PacFleet sub base at Kamchatka - no apparent sub losses, but the base took a punch and may be unusable.

https://x.com/TrentTelenko/status/1950363362648355199

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 07/30/2025 5:45 Comments || Top||

#3  FWIW that’s the home port for their boomers.
Posted by: Gloluns Turkeyneck4904 || 07/30/2025 10:35 Comments || Top||


#5  This event is underperforming. Some 3-4 foot waves on north coast of some Hawaiian Islands and 1-3 foot waves on north California coast.

Winter storms produce waves much higher than that.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/30/2025 11:35 Comments || Top||

#6  You can wake me up for 8.0. That's quite a jolt. I'm just glad the tsunami fizzled before it got to SoCal.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/30/2025 12:01 Comments || Top||

#7  Better a good evacuation stress test than whistling into a 2010 Japan.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/30/2025 12:57 Comments || Top||

#8  Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage?
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/30/2025 13:59 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
GUR fighters carry out an operation on the Tendriv Spit 20 klicks southwest of the Dnepr river estuary
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Ukrainian GUR is the equivalent to Russian GRU - combat recon

[Korrespondent] The operation took place without losses on our side.

Ukrainian soldiers destroyed the position of the occupation forces along with personnel and military equipment.


Soldiers of the Active Operations Department of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine conducted an operation in the northern part of the Black Sea. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported this on its website.

"On the night of August 28, scouts landed on the Tendrivskaya Spit and eliminated the position of the occupation forces along with personnel, the Zont electronic warfare system and the Rosa radar station," the report says.

The GUR added that a Ukrainian flag was seen looming over the island, and the operation itself took place without losses on our side.

Let us recall that earlier the GUR showed how the ground robot Lyut destroys Russians.


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Russians are trying to bypass Volchansk - Armed Forces of Ukraine
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The enemy has no chance of achieving success in Vovchansk itself, so he tries to attack from the flanks.

Russian invaders continue their assaults in the Vovchansk area in the Kharkiv region. The enemy is trying to bypass the city from the western and eastern flanks. This was stated by Pavel Shamshin, a representative of the operational-tactical group (OTG) Kharkiv, on the air of the telethon on Tuesday, July 29.

According to him, the enemy has no opportunity to succeed in Vovchansk itself, so he is trying to attack from the flanks.

"If we talk about the west of Vovchansk, they are trying to attack through Gatishche. If we talk about the east of Vovchansk, they are trying to go through Tikhoye, Vovchanskie Khutors and thus bypass the city from the flanks," Shamshin said.

He estimates that after more than a year of heavy fighting, Vovchansk remains an important, but not strategic, target for the Russians.

"Our units are on the northern bank of the Vovcha River, closer to the border with the Russian Federation, and hold a certain area on the territory of the aggregate plant. The enemy is trying to attack there both day and night. Russian assault infantry are penetrating the plant's territory and they are making every effort to push our units beyond the natural border of the Vovcha River to the southern bank, but they are still unable to do so," the representative of the Kharkov OTG assured.

Let us recall that over the last week the situation around Kupyansk has significantly worsened – the Russian army is trying to encircle this city in the Kharkiv region and has come very close to it.


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#1  This has been Russia's battle plans for most of the entire war. Encircle the cities by flanking them and surrounding them, cutting off supply routes, rails, and highways into the city.
Posted by: mossomo || 07/30/2025 17:12 Comments || Top||


Current information on the situation on the front line on July 29 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:58 The Russian army is actively building a dense fire line along the Dnieper in areas in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions.

21:22 In the village of Goncharovskoye in the Chernihiv region, two Iskander OTRK missiles destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces reserve training camp.

21:41 Another combat target reached.

Units of the "East" group of forces released settlement Temirovka, Zaporizhia region.

21:10 Footage of fighting near the village of Sinelnikovo in the Volchansk direction has been published –video.

19:59 According to Ukrainian sources, the Russian Armed Forces are already operating in Krasnoarmeysk.

MP Bezuglaya confirms the presence of Russian fighters in Pokrovsk (the Ukrainian name for Krasnoarmeysk).

19:50 Druzhkovskoe direction - according to preliminary information, the Russian Armed Forces entered Vladimirovka, in the area of which the day before our assault units triedbuild on successafter the capture of the Dobropolsky quarry.

19:15 Calculations of FPV drones of the Rubicon Center struck temporary deployment points for personnel, armored and automotive equipment, robotic systems and elements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' communications systems. In addition, enemy reconnaissance and attack drones were shot down by aerial ramming.

18:17 Around 16:25 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

16:54 Zaporizhia direction (right flank)

After taking enemy strongholds to the south and east, units of the 5th Army completed the clearing of the settlement of Temirovka, which was one of the key defense nodes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the junction of the DPR, Zaporizhzhya and Dnepropetrovsk regions.

14:41 Ministry of Defense RF:

FPV drone crews of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group hit strongholds, dugouts, artillery guns, machine gun crews and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower.

Drone operators of the Dnepr military group destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces bunker in the Zaporizhia region.

UAV crews of the Vostok military group hit the UAV control points of Ukrainian militants in the town of Alexandrograd.

Drone operators of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed two robotic platforms of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

13:55 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the Vladimirovka area east of Pokrovsk, –MAP.

13:08 Around 09.50 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Voronezh region.

13:03 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of July 29, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position. Manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pisarevka, Alekseyevka, Yunakovka, Andreyevka and Varachino in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ogurtsovo, Gatishche, Melove and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 175 servicemen, a tank, three combat armored vehicles, nine cars, eight artillery pieces, a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, and an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 radar station.

Two counter-battery stations and four ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of forces improved their position along the front line. Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Srednee, Shandrigolovo of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kupyansk, Osinovo, Blagodatovka, Boguslavka and Petropavlovka of the Khar'kov region.

The enemy's losses amounted to more than 230 servicemen, 12 vehicles, three field artillery pieces and a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher. Five electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Kleban-Byk, Ivanpolye, Pleshcheyevka, Serebryanka, Seversk, Zvanovka, Chasov Yar, Aleksandro-Shultino and Shcherbinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 155 servicemen, a British-made Spartan armored personnel carrier, two HMMWV armored vehicles, and a US-made MaxxPro armored vehicle.

Three Western-made artillery pieces, a vehicle, two electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Center" group of forces actively liberated the settlement of Novoukrainka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades, an airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two brigades of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Chunishino, Artemovka, Muravka, Udachnoye and Petrovskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 425 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four cars and five field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlement of Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region.

The manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Charivnoye in the Zaporizhia region, Novopetrovskoye, Yanvarskoye, Maliyevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Aleksandrograd and Novokhatskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 200 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and 14 vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Lukyanivske in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka, Sadovoe in the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.

The enemy lost over 70 servicemen, two vehicles and five electronic warfare stations. Three ammunition depots and three supply depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged the infrastructure of a military airfield, a production workshop and a training center for unmanned aerial vehicle operators, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.

Air defense systems shot down a long-range Neptune guided missile and 236 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

664 aircraft,

283 helicopters,

73,389 unmanned aerial vehicles,

624 anti-aircraft missile systems,

24,375 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1,583 multiple launch rocket systems,

27,948 field artillery pieces and mortars,

38,855 units of special military vehicles.

12:57 Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and released the settlement Temirovka, Zaporizhia region.

12:45 Units of the "Center" group of forces are actively engaged in operations and released the settlement of Novoukrainka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

10:26 North group scouts opened The location of the enemy RAK-SA-12 MLRS (Croatia) in the forest near Volchansk.

The coordinates were transmitted to FPV operators, who carried out a targeted attack, destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ weapon.

10:15 Very precise strikes with Geraniums on Ukrainian Armed Forces air defense systems in the area of the settlement of Buryn in Sumy Oblast, –MAP.

07:32 Changes on the map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the Melovoye area
Liberated from the village of Boykovka
Expansion of the control zone in the Miropolye area
Advance east of Seversk
Expansion of the control zone west of the settlement of Zelenaya Dolina
Adjustment of the control zone in favor of our people in the Shcherbinovka area
Russian Armed Forces entered the settlement of Kolodezi

07:19 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 74 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

43 UAVs - over the territory of the Bryansk region,
22 UAVs - over the territory of the Rostov region,
Six UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Two UAVs - over the territory of the Smolensk region,
One UAV - over the territory of the Leningrad region.

05:04 Tornado-S MLRS crews of the North troop group destroyed military equipment, an ammunition depot, a UAV control point and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Khar'kov direction.


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Crisis Ahead: Lavrov Names Threats of the Era of the Formation of a Multipolar World
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Gevorg Mirzayan
If, indeed, a multipolar world is the end state, as so many would love to see, assuming as they all do that they will be one of the new poles. But quite possibly America will regain ascendancy after the current wobble. The path is not yet clear.
[REGNUM] On July 28, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke in the Moscow Region at the 11th All-Russian Youth Educational Forum "Territory of Meanings." Addressing an audience of 14 to 35 year olds, the minister spoke in detail about all the threats that the country may face. In general, they can be divided into three parts. One global and two regional.

"Now many political scientists, scholars, and experts are seriously beginning to talk about the fact that the third world war is not only inevitable, but is already underway in new forms," says Sergey Lavrov. Indeed, the war is already underway - and this is a consequence of the already begun restructuring of international relations, the wind of change, as the Chinese say, or, more precisely, a hurricane that brings destruction.

SHAKING THE FOUNDATIONS
"The West cannot become simply one of the large, powerful regions of a multipolar world. It cannot give up the hegemony it has enjoyed for half a millennium," states Sergey Lavrov, accurately noting the reasons for the West's current aggressiveness.

Over the last 500 years, the change in the system of international relations, if it implied the rise of new cards, was only from the Western deck. In one system, Spain dominated, in another - England, in a third, France was elevated to the leading roles, in a fourth, the United States came out on top.

Now we are talking about the end of Western hegemony as such, which began in the era of the Great Geographical Discoveries.

Hence such tough resistance from the collective hegemon. " It cannot accept the loss of its hegemony and continues to pursue a purely neocolonial policy. The same policy of sanctions is opposition to competitors, fear of allowing them to develop in normal conditions, because the new centers of power have already overtaken, and if you remove the obstacles to their development, they will break away very far from the West," says Sergey Lavrov.

WORSENING THE CRISIS
And most importantly, the wheel of fate can no longer be stopped. " The multipolar world will still overcome this attempt to slow down the natural course of history," the minister predicts. The West is twitching, for example, increasingly abusing its powers within the framework of the same IMF and other institutions of global governance, but in doing so it only spins the wheel even faster. " Our Western colleagues themselves are creating a situation where an increasing number of countries will abandon the mechanisms under their control, " the minister sums up.

"The multipolar world that is being formed is itself characterized by great conflict," explains Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, to the Regnum news agency. In his opinion, international law and norms of international relations are being consistently destroyed, global governance institutions are plunging into crisis, and the policy of double standards, on the contrary, has entered its apotheosis.

Yes, this is partly an objective process - a change in the system of international relations is always fraught with crises. But the crisis is deepened by the behavior of the collective West.

Theoretically, of course, the hegemon still has the opportunity to change its approach. To start cooperating on equal terms with the Global South, to renew the international world order together. But judging by the mood of the Western elites, they are unlikely to go this way.

EASTERN NATO
As a result, Russia faces two regional threats: in addition to the already familiar European direction, there is the Far East. It is there, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, that the West is essentially putting together a new NATO. “ First of all, the Americans do not hide the fact that they are interested in spreading their power influence to the Asia-Pacific region, which they specifically call the “Indo-Pacific region” in order to draw our Indian friends into this cooperation, to make them “pleasant,” says Lavrov.

According to the minister, these “Indo-Pacific strategies” are aimed at containing China and Russia, at the collapse of the open universal cooperation structures that have long been established there around ASEAN, “ at the transfer of NATO’s military infrastructure to the Far East: to the South China Sea, to the Taiwan Strait, to the Korean Peninsula,” the head of the Russian MFA lists.

That is, the region that promises to become the new center of the world economy, Washington is turning into a space for a new war, trying to contain its competitor. " The United States is stepping up the fight against China, and this fight will be expressed, among other things, in an arms race, in the growth of military tension in the Pacific region," Dmitry Suslov predicts.

The struggle will be expressed in an attempt to change the regional psychology - to replace multilateral mutually beneficial trade (the idea of cooperation, for example, is promoted by the ASEAN countries, China and other regional players) with a bloc confrontation based on the principle of "who is not with us is against us." And even with a nuclear tint.

TROIKA, 4 AND A NUCLEAR FIST
"Quartets and troikas are being created. The troika (USA-Japan-South Korea) is already planning increasingly powerful military exercises around the Korean Peninsula, around the DPRK. Moreover, in these exercises, when the US and South Korean forces work together, elements of nuclear weapons are already appearing there," Lavrov explains. A similar threat comes from another troika, AUKUS, which includes the US, Great Britain and Australia.

"Created to build nuclear submarines for Australia, this is also a transfer of nuclear technology, and there are serious doubts that these actions comply with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons," says Sergei Lavrov.

And they are trying to include Moscow's partner countries in this logic of "who is not with us is against us." " Involving India in the system of anti-Chinese blocs is fraught with, among other things, the weakening of Russian-Indian cooperation," warns Dmitry Suslov.

As for Moscow itself, they are trying to force it to choose between China and pro-American blocs. So far, the authors of the "NATO in the Pacific Ocean" project have not succeeded. The same India puts sovereignty first and refrains from choosing according to the "either-or" principle, but the States do not intend to stop.

EUROPE WENT CRAZY
If the threat from Southeast Asia to our country is only just forming, then the threat from the West is already rising in full growth. " During the Cold War there was mutual respect. Now it is gone. Europe has simply gone berserk (I can't find another word)," Lavrov complains. According to him, even in Soviet times, dialogue developed, allowing the opposing camps to better understand each other's intentions. First of all, to prevent a major war.

"This instinct has been lost in Europe. Just like the vaccine against Nazism. It is no longer effective. The same forces that wanted to destroy Russia are being revived in Europe," Lavrov warns the youth audience.

This is partly due to the EU's desire to survive as an organisation. European integration has entered such a deep crisis that the old framework (collective prosperity, multiplication of trade opportunities, etc.) is cracking.

Against the backdrop of numerous internal problems and the erosion of democracy in favor of multiculturalism, the unity of the EU is collapsing — under the blows of various nationalisms and revived conservatism. The Brussels elite, led by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, has come to the conclusion that the only tool that will save it is the search for an external enemy. The construct of “Russian aggression” is called upon to consolidate the continent.

However, the game has gone too far. "Europe has systematically set a course not only for fighting, but even preparing for war with Russia. This has both a military expression and a political-ideological expression," says Dmitry Suslov. It is not only about building up the military-industrial complex, but also about declaring its goal of fighting Russia - to the victorious end. Europe is sacrificing its present, for example, its economy, by refusing Russian gas in favor of more expensive American gas.

"It is clear that such an approach will lead to further deindustrialization of Europe, to the "flow" of investments from Europe to the USA," says Sergey Lavrov. " But figures like Ursula von der Leyen literally boast that they are going down this path. They agree that they will be forced to spend more money, that they will probably have fewer opportunities to solve the social problems of the population, but, they say, they are obliged to "defeat Russia."

That is, Brussels will no longer fight for Europe, but at the cost of Europe.


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SVR reveals US and UK plans to make Zaluzhny president of Ukraine
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Representatives of the United States and Britain decided at a secret meeting to nominate former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny for the post of President of Ukraine. This information was shared on Tuesday, July 29, by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

The presidential term of the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, expired on May 20, 2024. He cancelled the next presidential elections, citing martial law in the country.

The SVR also reported that representatives of the United States and the United Kingdom discussed the prospects of replacing Zelensky not only with Zaluzhny, but also with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the Russian Federation's list of terrorists and extremists) and the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak.

The decision to nominate Zaluzhny for the post of President of Ukraine, taken at the meeting in the Alps, was "saluted" by Yermak and Budanov, the department added. At the same time, they were both promised that after the departure of the head of the Kyiv regime, their current posts would be retained, and that their interests would be taken into account when deciding other personnel issues.

"So, the elections of the new president of your country took place at an Alpine resort. Is this how you imagined the triumph of Ukrainian "democracy, independence and self-sufficiency" that you have dreamed of for so long?" the SVR asked the citizens of Ukraine.

Journalist Seymour Hersh said on July 19 that the United States is considering the possibility of forcibly removing Zelensky and handing over his power to Zaluzhny. According to him, he is seen as the most trustworthy successor to the head of the Kiev regime. Knowledgeable officials in Washington said that this place could be his within a few months, the journalist added.

More from regnum.ru
A military correspondent on changes in Ukraine under Zaluzhny's presidency

The coming to power in Ukraine of the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ambassador to Great Britain Valeriy Zaluzhny will not be the best decision for Ukrainians. This was stated on July 29 by military correspondent Alexander Kots.

"Here's an explanation for Zaluzhny's photo shoot in the latest glossy magazine. The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service reports that London and Washington have designated him as the future president of Ukraine... Of course, Zaluzhny's businesslike style with his farm face should not mislead the citizens of Ukraine. It won't get any better. All resources will simply go to military action. The TCC will be given free rein, finally formalizing the new oprichnina. They will start forcibly drafting people into the army from the age of 18. And so on," the war correspondent commented on the Telegram channel.
According to Google AI: The Oprichnina was a period of brutal political repression in Russia, implemented by Tsar Ivan the Terrible between 1565 and 1572...
According to him, such presidents are not brought to power for peace.

On July 29, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service reported that representatives of the United States and Great Britain had organized a secret meeting in the Alps, where they chose Valeriy Zaluzhny as the new president of Ukraine. At the same time, the Americans and British promised the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the country's Defense Ministry, Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the Russian Federation's list of terrorists and extremists), as well as the head of Zelensky's office, Andriy Yermak, to keep their current posts and take their interests into account when deciding other personnel issues.

On the same day, Zaluzhny's photographs were published in the fashion magazine Vogue. In addition, he wrote a column for the Ukrainian version of the publication.


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#1  ....Oh no, no, no.

This time they gotta find somebody whose name doesn't start with a Z. Maybe it'll help.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 07/30/2025 6:59 Comments || Top||

#2  History doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.

Posted by: Besoeker || 07/30/2025 7:35 Comments || Top||

#3  But they're fight for democracy, right? Right?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/30/2025 12:12 Comments || Top||



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  Houthis Hijack Israel-Linked Ship In The Red Sea
Thu 2025-07-24
  Shin Bet detained a woman accused of plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Netanyahu using an improvised explosive device
Wed 2025-07-23
  Illegal immigrants are now 'going on strike' to protest ICE raids
Tue 2025-07-22
  Syria starts evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida in bid to restore calm after more than 1260 killed
Mon 2025-07-21
  Mali: FAMa announced that over 70 terrorists were neutralized
Sun 2025-07-20
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Sat 2025-07-19
  Hezbollah Leader Naim Qassem: We're ready to fight — no to disarming, no to surrender.
Fri 2025-07-18
  Libya: Armed clashes reported in Najila between militia forces and Dbeibah's defense units
Thu 2025-07-17
  Israeli airstrikes hit the Syrian Presidential Palace and the Syrian General Staff HQ in Damascus
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