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‘The party of the Cubans’: How Republicans courted a key South Florida vote 

14 August 2026

But one element of the Republican platform has raised concern among Cuban Americans, according to recent polling. Trump ...

Mutual defence: The alliances that preceded Turkiye-Pakistan-Saudi pact 

14 August 2026

One week on from Saudi ⁠⁠Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye signing their ⁠joint defence agreement, the Turkish defence ...

Saudi Arabia announces start of Red Sea defence alliance: Will it work? 

14 August 2026

Saudi Arabia and 13 other countries have confirmed the creation of a maritime military coalition to safeguard freedom of...

Huckabee calls Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’: Can US push end Qusra siege? 

14 August 2026

The United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has condemned settlers who are holding three families in the occ...

Israeli PM Netanyahu calls UK ‘the Islamic Republic of Britain’ 

14 August 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has referred to the United Kingdom as the “Islamic Republic of Britain”, a...

Israeli forces block activists from reaching besieged Qusra families 

14 August 2026

Israeli forces have prevented Israeli and foreign activists from reaching Palestinian families whose homes have been sur...

Russian ballistic attacks intensify as Kyiv claims Dnipropetrovsk advance 

14 August 2026

Ukraine has declared the successful end of an operation in which it recaptured 745 square kilometres (287 square miles) ...

US threatens ‘indefinite’ blockade against Iran: How long can it last? 

14 August 2026

The United States has threatened to maintain an “indefinite” naval blockade on Iranian ports and impose new measures...

Russia says hit Ukrainian railway and port facilities in new strikes 

14 August 2026

Russia says its forces have struck a railway station at the Ukrainian Danube port of Izmail and two vessels near Mykolai...

A year after student protests that shook Valjevo: Serbia at a crossroads 

14 August 2026

The video lasts only a few seconds. A man lies on a street in Valjevo, a city about 90km (56 miles) southwest of the cap...