🇷🇺⚡️ — A migrant with any criminal record will not be able to obtain Russian citizenship or residency rights in Russia

— a law signed by Putin.

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🇾🇪🇮🇶⚡️ — An Indian cargo vessel, Faize Noore Oliya, sank in the Red Sea after being struck by an unmanned surface vessel (USV) approximately 13 nautical miles south of Hodeidah, off Yemen's western coast.

All 14 crew members, 13 Indian nationals and one Yemeni, were safely rescued by the Yemeni Navy and Coast Guard of the internationally recognized government.

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🇮🇶🇮🇶❌🇸🇾 — NEW: There are reports from major Syrian sources that the Syrian Armed Forces have entered a state of high alert after receiving threats from PMU forces in Iraq to attack Syria.

➡️ The Syrian army has declared a state of full military alert along the Iraqi border, Al Arabiya reports.

➡️ Syria's Defense Ministry has placed forces on "Alert C" status and deployed military units along the Syrian-Iraqi border, according to Syrian media.

➡️ Earlier in August, Syria warned Iraq that Iranian-backed militia movements had been detected near the border, cautioning that any attack launched from Iraqi territory would be met with a response.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russia may be preparing an offensive through Ukraine's Chernihiv region, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service says.

Border Guard spokesman A. Demchenko cited Ukrainian intelligence assessments pointing to a potential incursion through the Chernihiv region.

One likely objective, per Demchenko, is drawing Ukrainian forces and resources away from other sections of the front.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: The US and regional governments have rejected Iran's demand to collect transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz, instead demanding guarantees that Iranian proxies will not attack or threaten their territory, WSJ reports.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — A Turkish-flagged cargo ship carrying fruits and vegetables to Russia was attacked by Ukraine near Novorossiysk.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️— The Russian Ministry of Defense claims to have struck four cargo ships and two unmanned boats belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the port of Chernomorsk, there is a container terminal with cargo of military significance, as well as a warehouse containing FP-2 drones.

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🇩🇰🇱🇻⚡️ — Denmark has begun transferring a battalion of approximately 850 personnel to Latvia, where they will join a multinational NATO brigade under Canadian command.

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🇷🇺⚡️ — A migrant with any criminal record will not be able to obtain Russian citizenship or the right to reside in Russia—a law signed by Putin.

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🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️ — The United States is increasing its intelligence assets in Cuba, including by sending American spies and agents to the island, in an attempt to achieve reforms or a change of regime - Politico.

One source claims that the U.S. recently sent additional intelligence officers and agents to the island, but refused to disclose the scale of the operation or the agencies involved.

A second source described the situation as an increase in the CIA's "presence" in Cuba.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️— Satellite image showing the aftermath of a Ukrainian drone strike on a drone storage facility near the village of Navlya in the Bryansk region.

It appears that in at least two of the targeted storage facilities for "Geran" and "Gerber" drones, the protective structures were thicker than the explosive power of the Ukrainian drones, and therefore withstood the impact.

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🇺🇸❌🇨🇺 — The US is building up its intelligence resources in Cuba, including by sending American spies and agents to the island, hoping to achieve reforms or a change of regime

- Politico.

▶️One source claims that the US has recently sent additional intelligence officers and agents to the island, but declined to disclose the scope of the operation and the agencies involved. A second source described the move as an increase in the CIA's "presence" in Cuba.

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🇺🇸🇹🇼⚡️ — Taiwan is increasingly openly discussing its close military cooperation with the United States, including previously undisclosed American training programs and exchanges, sending a signal to China that bilateral defense ties remain strong, according to the Wall Street Journal.

▶️ Defense Minister Wellington Ku stated that the cooperation is "much closer than one might imagine" and goes far beyond American arms supplies, as Taiwan is gaining practical combat experience from the United States.

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