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Contracts for Aug. 4, 2026

Globalsecurity.org - Wed, 05/08/2026 - 11:10
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« Cotton Queen » : au Soudan, le cri de résistance de deux générations de femmes

LeMonde / Afrique - Wed, 05/08/2026 - 10:00
Le film, qui mêle accents poétiques et réalités documentaires, voit la propriétaire d’un champ de coton et sa petite-fille confrontées à l’arrivée d’un homme d’affaires puissant.
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Iran, Oman near deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz: Report

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Iran and Oman are close to reaching an agreement to restore commercial maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu Agency reported citing The New York Times.
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Iranian President Rejects Resignation Rumors

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian said in a video published by several Iranian news agencies that he has no intention of resigning, dismissing weeks of speculation about his political future.
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Strait of Hormuz disruption hits energy, fertilizer and industrial trade

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has exposed the vulnerability of global trade to a single maritime chokepoint, with early data showing sharp falls in exports of energy, fertilizers and industrial products.
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Ukrainian Strikes On Russian Warehouses, Including Wildberries, Leave Five Dead

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Ukrainian drones struck two more warehouses used by the online retailer Wildberries, as well as a third in the Moscow region that killed five people as Russia and Ukraine continued exchanging cross-border strikes with US-mediated peace talks stalled.
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UNICEF statement on children reportedly killed and injured in attacks in the Russian Federation and Ukraine

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
"Over the past several days, children have again been killed and injured in attacks in the Russian Federation and across Ukraine.
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PLA Air Force unveils three-drone system with GJ-3A debut, providing intel to Army, Navy, Rocket Force

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
State media released footage on Tuesday showing the PLA Air Force's systematic application of three types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which provide intelligence support to the PLA Army, Navy and Rocket Force. Among the three, the GJ-3A armed reconnaissance drones made its first public appearance.
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Casualties reported as armed groups clash in western Libya

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Several people were reported killed and injured in clashes between armed groups in the western Libyan cities of Surman and Zawiya on Tuesday amid reports of a jailbreak, Anadolu Agency reported citing the local reports and authorities.
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Hundreds of UK jobs supported with million-pound contract to secure Royal Navy torpedo weapons

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Britain will be better protected from undersea threats and hundreds of jobs will be secured through a new £135 million contract to maintain and repair Royal Navy torpedo weapons.
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New Ebola vaccine trial launches as outbreak spreads in DR Congo

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Results may be months away, but efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world's first vaccine for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday as deaths and cases rise in the largest ever outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Homegrown mid-range surface-to-air guided missile system deployed

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
The Cheongung-II, a homegrown mid-range surface-to-air missile system (M-SAM-II), has begun operations.
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Lai calls on int'l community to unite against China ethnic unity law

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Tuesday called on the international community to take a unified stance against China's Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, promulgated last month.
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PNG's closure of Taiwan trade office signals expanded economic ties with China

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Papua New Guinea's decision to close Taiwan's trade office in Port Moresby is puzzling from a diplomatic standpoint, but it signals a coming expansion of its economic relationship with China, experts told Radio Free Asia.
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S. Korea protests Japan's continued territorial claims to disputed islets

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
South Korea on Tuesday protested Japan's continued territorial claims to the islets lying halfway between the two countries, called Dokdo by South Korea and Takeshima by Japan.
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Taliban Officials' Visit To Moldova Triggers Political Storm

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
A visit by officials from Afghanistan's unrecognized Taliban government to Moldova has triggered a political storm in the small Eastern European country.
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Afghanistan hunger crisis intensifies as millions left without food aid

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Afghanistan's dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and dirt-poor parents.
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PH rejects anew China's 'nature reserve' declaration

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
The Philippine government continues to reject China's declaration of Bajo de Masinloc as a "nature reserve," warning Beijing against implementation of any measure in the feature.

Gaza 'unsafe for civilians' as Israeli attacks hit homes and classrooms

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
Gaza remains unsafe for civilians as Israeli attacks continue, including on schools and canvas classrooms, despite the October Israel-Hamas ceasefire that ended two years of war, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Tuesday.
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US Treasury Secretary Bessent Says Deal On Opening Strait Of Hormuz May Come As Early As August 4

Globalsecurity.org - Tue, 04/08/2026 - 14:00
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says a deal with Iran on opening the Strait of Hormuz, a key global energy shipping lane, is near.
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