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Niger: the junta puts down a mutiny in Niamey with Russian help
On the night of 29-30 August 2026 gunfire and explosions were heard in Niamey, around the airport and the presidency. It was not a coup but a mutiny against the ruling junta: government forces retook base 101, several soldiers were killed and mutineers arrested. Only five national presses covered the episode.
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The United States removes Syria from its state sponsors of terrorism list after forty-seven years
Washington formally removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, where it had been designated since 1979. The decision lifts a major part of US sanctions and opens the way to investment and reconstruction. It comes as Damascus and Israel have resumed security talks under American mediation, following an Israeli strike on a Syrian airbase, and as Turkey, the Gulf monarchies and Russia reposition their interests in the country.
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Seven killed in a Kenya helicopter crash, including Ecuador's intelligence chief
A tourist helicopter crashed on 19 August 2026 near Mount Ololokwe, north of Nairobi. All seven on board died: Michele Sensi-Contugi, head of Ecuador's intelligence service, his wife, five Americans and the pilot. Eight countries cover the sequence, and each retains a different victim from the same crash — Quito the loss of its security apparatus, Washington its five dead, Nairobi the safety of its air tourism.
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Brussels prepares its most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia
Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, said she wants to increase the number of sanctioned Russian entities by about a third, in what the Union presents as its most far-reaching package since the war began. The text has not been adopted and Hungary and Slovakia each hold a veto. Five countries cover the announcement, including Russia through TASS and The Moscow Times, which read it differently.
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Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz "US territory"; Tehran hits back
Donald Trump said on 14 August that he would "very soon" make the Strait of Hormuz US territory. A White House official later described the remark as a joke, a nuance some countries report and others omit. Iranian deputy minister Kazem Gharibabadi hit back. About a fifth of the world's oil and gas passes through the channel between Iran and Oman, where traffic has collapsed since February.
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Nigel Farage wins back the seat he gave up: a by-election he triggered himself, boycotted by all his serious opponents
Nigel Farage won back the Clacton seat on 14 August with 22,239 votes against 9,455 for a satirical candidate wearing a bin on his head. He had resigned that same seat in July, under investigation over an undeclared £5 million donation. The major parties boycotted the vote; the inquiry resumed hours after the result.
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Karoline Leavitt leaves the White House: a family decision for some, an electoral calendar for others
Donald Trump announced on 12 August that his press secretary would leave at the end of the month to become an outside adviser. At 28, she was the youngest in history. She cites her family; part of the press notes she is leaving two months before the midterm elections. No successor has been named.
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July, the hottest month ever recorded in the United States: Europe under its fifth heatwave, South Korea parched
Copernicus recorded the hottest June-July ever measured in Western Europe (21.62 °C) and NOAA confirmed the hottest July in the contiguous United States. A fifth heatwave hits Europe: rivers at record lows, nuclear reactors under strain, 70% of France under water restrictions. At the same time, South Korea is mobilising its army against drought — with no narrative link to Europe.
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Trump Claims '100%' Control of Hormuz as the US Navy Strikes a Cargo Ship with Missiles
"The only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz is the United States Navy," Donald Trump said from the Oval Office, claiming to have swept it entirely for mines. The next day a CENTCOM helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles at a Panama-flagged cargo ship running the blockade. Tehran is holding to its conditions; Pakistan and Qatar simultaneously report a diplomatic breakthrough. Oil is climbing.
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'Football Belongs to No Individual': Three Confederations Accuse Infantino as Trump Rushes to His Defence
UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC — three of FIFA's six confederations, whose presidents are also FIFA vice-presidents — accuse Gianni Infantino of breaking trust "through deception" and demand an independent review of the abandoned plan to sell a stake in the World Cup. CAF and CONMEBOL did not sign. That evening, Donald Trump said replacing him would be "a terrible mistake".
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Spain imposes its own border checks on Italy, which refuses to back down
Madrid gave Rome until 9 August to lift the checks imposed on 1 August, then acted: controls on travellers from Italy until 7 September. Italy extended its own. Behind the quarrel lie at least 141 dead at Ceuta, 1,342 unaccompanied minors, and an investigation into Russia-linked accounts. Twenty-two countries order these three threads differently.
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