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Motorcyclists pass a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump underwater amid explosions, with the words “Great Victory! Strait of Hormuz,” in Tehran, Iran, August 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 27, 2026, 10:15 am
From nukes to Hormuz: The shift in Trump’s Iran war objectives
The prime goal of reopening the key waterway wasn’t even an issue when the US and Israel opened the fighting
By AP
This March 1, 2003, file photo obtained by the Associated Press shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. (AP Photo)
August 27, 2026, 8:34 am
US military sets 2028 trial date for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Senior al-Qaeda figure accused of developing and directing plot to crash hijacked airliners; trial was previously scheduled in 2021 but later canceled, and could be delayed again
By AP
This photo provided by Revolution Medicines on August 26, 2026 shows packaging for the new pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib, under the brand name Rasonque. (Revolution Medicines via AP)
August 27, 2026, 3:02 am
US approves use of landmark pancreatic cancer drug that’s shown to boost survival
Drug blocks key mutated protein driving over 90% of cases in deadly cancer; patients taking pill live median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for patients on chemo
By AP
Sabah's Tellur Mutallimov (at rear, center) shoots home in the final seconds of stoppage time to force extra time in his team's home match against Hapoel Beersheba, on August 25, 2026. The Azerbaijani team eventually won the game by 5-2, for an aggregate 6-4 win, qualifiying at Hapoel's expense for the European Champions League. (Israel Sports Channel 5 screenshot)
August 26, 2026, 12:57 am
Hapoel Beersheba, seconds from reaching UEFA Champions League, loses to Sabah in extra time
Azeri home team overcomes first-leg loss to draw even, forcing extra time, and then vanquishes Israeli club for aggregate score of 6-4; no Israeli team has qualified since 2022
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Soldiers of the Burundi National Defense Force (FDNB) march in formation during the official military parade marking the 64th anniversary of Burundi’s Independence Day at Stade Intwari in Bujumbura, on July 1, 2026. (Herve Shabani/AFP)
August 24, 2026, 11:08 am
Burundi poised to join nascent Gaza peacekeeping mission — officials
Board of Peace official says African nation expressed interest in mission after delegation visited Rafah with Ugandan representatives last week; Kampala also finalizing participation
By AP and ToI Staff
An Image of the US and Israeli flags is projected on the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
August 23, 2026, 3:31 am
Israelis worry about weakening connection with young US Jews amid rising antisemitism
Poll finds only 4/10 religious and 2/10 secular Jewish Americans consider supporting Israel to be important, prompting concern they’ll stop viewing it as a safe place to turn to
By AP
Wesam Hamada, the mother of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza City in January 2024 after the car she was in with relatives came under Israeli fire, shows a picture of her late daughter during an interview with The Associated Press at an undisclosed location, August 21, 2026.
August 22, 2026, 5:55 pm
Mother of Gaza’s Hind Rajab demands independent probe after IDF opens criminal investigation
More than two years after 5-year-old girl was killed in Gaza City, military has acknowledged troops fired at family car, reversing initial account that forces were not in the area
By AP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (left) seen signing the Persian-language version of the memorandum of understanding with Iran, at the Palace of Versailles in France, June 17, 2026. (Screenshot/White House via X); Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signs the MOU in a photo released June 17, 2026, by the regime-run IRNA news agency. (IRNA via X)
August 17, 2026, 5:23 pm
As 60-day MOU expires, the US and Iran are even further apart than before
With both sides refusing to compromise on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the US naval blockade, there is no clear path out of the war that began on February 28
By AP
A teacher addresses students at a school in one of the floating villages of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake on June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)
August 17, 2026, 9:00 am
In Cambodia, Iran war forcing families to choose between school for kids or survival
Developing countries reliant on imported energy are most exposed to disruptions from the war, with girls more likely to be impacted in places that prioritize sons
By AP
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on August 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 12:52 am
Ben Gvir: We should kill ’30 to 40′ of Israel’s enemies in Gaza every night, ‘they’re not worthy of life’
In comments made to ex-hostage and shared widely in Arab media, minister says IDF should even kill operatives that don’t pose immediate threat: ‘They shouldn’t live, they’re not even people’
By AP and ToI Staff
Priests gather at the garden of the Basilica of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, northern Israel, on August 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 14, 2026, 7:02 pm
Israel’s Christians rely on faith and allies as they fear rising harassment
Many Christians, who make up less than 2% of the country’s population, feel the government isn’t doing enough to protect them
By AP
Pakistani crew member Zaheer Ahmed, right, receives medical treatment at 2 December Hospital in Mokha, Yemen, on August 12, 2026, after the cargo ship Tihama was struck in a Houthi attack in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen’s Dhubab district on August 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)
August 14, 2026, 2:26 pm
‘People were burning’: Crew members of ship hit by Houthis recount attack
Internationally recognized Yemeni authorities say 6 people were killed, at least 9 wounded when Iran-backed rebels launched three missiles at vessel as it was coming into port
By AP
Britain’s Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage arrives at a polling station in Walton on the Naze, August 13, 2026, to cast his vote for the Clacton on Sea by-election. (AP/Richard Pelham)
August 14, 2026, 10:16 am
Farage beats Count Binface to win back UK parliamentary seat in widely mocked election
Leader of anti-immigration Reform gets 22,239 votes to Binface’s nearly 9,500; Farage had quit seat amid probe into $6.7 million gift from overseas crypto billionaire, could still be forced out
By AP
Brigadier Yahya Saree Qasim, spokesman for Yemen's Houthi group, speaks during a rally denouncing Israel in Sanaa on January 3, 2025.(Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
August 13, 2026, 4:34 pm
X suspends Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree’s account amid regional escalation
Social media platform says account used to claim attacks by Yemeni rebels violated its rules, but doesn’t specify how; Yemeni government soldier killed as Houthi attacks intensify
By ToI Staff and AP
Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish appears via Zoom during her DUI trial August 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
August 12, 2026, 5:34 am
Tiffany Haddish pleads guilty to drunk driving in Georgia, avoiding more jail time
Other charges dropped against the actor and comedian, who is credited with the brief time she served in jail after 2022 arrest
By AP
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