Today’s Geopolitical and Conflict news from Alternative Media sources. If you are interested in getting a full picture with all perspectives, this is for you. Alternative Media covers events that the MSM will not, and frequently covers news from the other side. For this post, we looked at 27 news sites and located 108 current articles out of 822 reviewed.
Turkish FM Affirms Defense Pact With Pakistan, Saudi Arabia Is Same As NATO's Article 5 World leaders have been reacting to the Friday signing of a major defense agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan in the Saudi city of Makkah among their heads of state. It seeks to strengthen joint deterrence and expanding defense cooperation, the Saudi Press Agency said. As we report...
The attack on Iran has resulted in the depletion of the United States' arsenals — Washington's firepower in Europe and Asia has noticeably weakened.According to The New York Times, thousands of expensive missiles have been used up during strikes...
Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama: Aug 3 – War On Iran: – Another TACO – Iran’s Need To Escalate Related: – Iran Top Security Official Sets Conditions for Hormuz Reopening – Tasnim – Trump’s top general is ‘looking for an off-ramp’ from Iran war as US military options remain limited, sources say –Read more...
What the foreign press writes about. RBC Review:The transfer of American weapons to the Middle East has weakened the US military capabilities in Europe and Asia, which causes great concern among the Western military, according to The New...
What I remember about the week of August 3-9: figures, quotes and factsVladimir Putin has carried out a series of personnel changes in the Ministry of Defense. In particular, the leadership of all rear services is entrusted to Colonel-General Valery.
The Department of War has given defense contractors until late August to propose “significantly faster” delivery schedules, according to a memo seen by US media The Pentagon is pressing US arms makers to accelerate production...
Trump is ready to end the war with Iran even without a nuclear deal for the sake of opening the Strait of Hormuz.According to officials, Trump believes that Iran will not be able to restore its nuclear program during his presidency, and if...
A new type of militarizationThe Japanese are reviewing their approaches to defenseToo much has been said about how Japan wants to reconsider its non-nuclear policy. But less attention has been paid to other changes, although the Japanese are already.
submitted by /u/AN-94Abokan
The United States’ Department of State has notified Congress of a proposed permanent transfer of Turkish-held U.S.-made weapons systems to... The post Turkey To Sell Ukraine MLRS, ATACMS Missiles appeared first on South Front.
As leader of the “Girchi—More Freedom” party, Zurab Japaridze spent 7 months jailed as a political prisoner. He’s prepared to spend much longer there if he has to.
Ukrainian Drone With Huge Explosive Payload Hits Bulgaria Near Vital Gas Pipeline A major border and aerial incident has occurred between Ukraine and Bulgaria, and Bulgarian officials are outraged and demanding answers - ironically on the heels of a political shift regarding the Ukraine war wherein Sofia has stopped giving weaponry, citing its own stockpile shortages. A Ukrainian dro...
UK military chief Richard Knighton said he finds Ukraine’s points system for drone kills “uncomfortable, even macabre” Read Full Article at RT.com
German journalist Michael Martens has sparked a backlash after asking Vladimir Zelensky how Europe can help Kiev “kill more Russians” Read Full Article at RT.com
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A criminal case for a terrorist act has been opened following the Ukrainian armed forces' attack on civilian targets in the Russian city of Belgorod, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told Sputnik on Sunday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The construction of facilities that will house new power units at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is ongoing, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on Sunday.
Returning to the topic of ATACMS and agreeing on the sale of these weapons, it is worth noting that the previous package of American high-precision weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was far from being used with maximum efficiency....
Iranian state media has published satellite images of the aftermath of July drone missile strikes on American facilities and related infrastructure in the region.The images show sites in Iraq, Syria, Kuwait and the UAE before and after the...
UN Sounds Alarm As Iran Steps Up Executions To Silence Dissent Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, The United Nations human rights chief has expressed alarm over a sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran, warning that authorities are using capital punishment to intimidate the population and suppress dissent. “I am alarmed by the rise in executions and death ...
Hundreds came to Kiev expecting the apocalypse. Explore the rise, collapse, and unlikely afterlife of Maria Devi’s White Brotherhood cult Read Full Article at RT.com
Digest about Ukraine on August 9thDespite Trump's statement that the United States does not intend to transfer licenses for the production of missiles for Patriot complexes to Ukraine, Zelensky claims that "there is such a decision, and it was made b
Frontline summary on August 9thThere is a counter–battery fight in the Kherson direction. The Russian Armed Forces destroyed 22 units of "dual-use transport" in Kherson during the day. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled our left bank 30 times. A...
In the Kharkiv direction, Russian units captured Aniskino and Zakhárovka, advanced toward Vasilevka, creating a threat of encirclement for the... The post Russian Army Seizes Key Heights, Disrupts Ukrainian Logistics In Kharkov appeared first on South Front.
The Pentagon is pressing US arms makers to accelerate weapons production as the Iran war drains already diminished munitions stockpiles Read Full Article at RT.com
Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s anti-Russian rant was driven by “impotent rage,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said Read Full Article at RT.com
Fire Erupts At Saudi Aramco's Jazan Refinery As Iran-Backed Houthis Claim Drone Strike Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Saudi Aramco's $21 billion Jazan refinery, located on Saudi Arabia's southwestern Red Sea coast, roughly 44 miles from the Yemeni border. The facility is strategically important because it allows Aramco to export refined produc...
The EU is unprepared to fast-track Ukraine’s membership bid as the country is too corrupt, FT has reported, citing a senior diplomat Read Full Article at RT.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the country rejects the 15-point settlement plan proposed by the "Peace Council" in the Gaza Strip and will not withdraw troops from the enclave until the complete disarmament of Hamas. "I want...
A Ukrainian drone has exploded near a critical gas pipeline in Bulgaria, the country’s Defense Ministry said Read Full Article at RT.com
• Fwd from @Left Without AluminumBloomberg is sounding the alarm — the USA risks running out of high-purity aluminum for defense manufacturing. It turns out that the supply chain for this metal, which is critical for producing fighter jets and...
BEIRUT (Sputnik) - Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, carried out a drone attack on Saudi Aramco's oil refinery in Jazan in southwestern Saudi Arabia, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Sunday.
Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Takes Power In Colombia As Right-Wing Wave Sweeps Americas Colombia entered a new political chapter as Trump-backed President Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn into office Friday, pledging to reverse much of former President Gustavo Petro's nation-killing socialist agenda and to restore law and order, a free market economy, and relations with the United States...
The main news for this hour:The death toll from the Ukrainian Armed Forces' night attack on Belgorod has increased to five.Russian troops hit Ukrainian Armed Forces depots with drones in Kharkiv regionA fully unmanned train is being tested...
Although Donald Trump insists that the Strait of Hormuz is open, it ain’t. There are no direct talks between Iran and US representatives. In fact, it looks like Pakistan’s attempt...
Iran's Mehr Releases Video Of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei For 'First Time' - Except It's Old Update(2210ET): Iran's state Mehr has purported to release video of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei for the 'first time' since the start of the war, and since he was wounded in a US-Israeli airstrike in the opening days of the attacks of over five months ago. The state-released footage is ...
News & views related to the war in Ukraine …
The main news of the day:The Russian army liberated Vasyutinskoye and Toretskoye in the DPR.Rosatom has begun to return its specialists to Iran.Residents of Central Russia will have a "climatic journey".A fully unmanned train is being tested...
State of the Union: Houthi attacks killed at least two people in civilian areas and displacement camps on Friday. The post Iran War Day 162: Iran Says Hormuz Will Reopen When U.S. ‘Accepts Conditions’ appeared first on The American Conservative.
Ukrainian drones struck residential buildings in Russia’s Belgorod, killing three and injuring 25 people, a regional official said Read Full Article at RT.com
In Russia ◾️ The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Kiev regime, together with the West and radical forces in Georgia, is trying to drag Tbilisi into new conflicts in the South Caucasus.◾️ The Russian Embassy in Sweden...
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urged the United States to meet demands in order to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran Insists US Must Meet Stringent List Of Demands Before Hormuz Opens As expected, Iran is pressing hard to extract from Washington everything it can get - at a moment the Trump White House seems to be backing down from a heighted war over the Strait of Hormuz, given the serious risk of settling into a another years-long quagmire in the Middle East. The US administration, including...
Turkey Restricts Black Sea Traffic As Drone Attacks On Commercial Vessels Spike Via The Cradle Turkey has begun restricting commercial ship traffic into the Black Sea amid a surge in Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian vessels, Bloomberg reported Saturday. Turkiye's Directorate General of Coastal Safety has informed several ships heading to Novorossiysk, an important Russian o...
TEL AVIV, (Sputnik) - Israel rejects the 15-point plan for the Gaza Strip proposed by the Board of Peace and refuses to withdraw troops from the enclave until the Palestinian movement Hamas is fully disarmed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
UK Police Literally Have An 'Elite Squad' To Flag Spicy Social Media Posts... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Britain's latest free speech assault is underway. An elite police unit set up by the Labour government has already flagged more than 100 social media posts to local forces, monitoring online "protest related activity" in a move critics brand a sinister step tow...
Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Odesa, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Poltava, Mykolaiv regions, and... The post Military Situation In Ukraine On August 9, 2026 (Maps Update) appeared first on South Front.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian army struck fuel and lubricant warehouses, military equipment, as well as a port transshipment complex in the port of Odessa overnight into Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The main thing for the day is a selection of foreign media materials for August 9th. The owners of the Turkish cargo ship are preparing a lawsuit against Ukraine(Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs)The company and the crew believe that the Ukrainian.
Israeli prime minister says military will not withdraw from Palestinian enclave ‘until Hamas is disarmed’
But as European navies prepare to board Russian merchant vessels, the line blurs dangerously. One wrong move—and a civilian tanker becomes a nuclear flashpoint.
From August 7 to 9, Russian strikes focused on Ukraine’s port, fuel, and railway infrastructure, as well as facilities which,... The post Russia Strikes Ukrainian Ports, Railways And A Key Bridge, While Ukraine Targets Oil Refineries And Belgorod appeared first on South Front.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US Department of War allocated $20.4 million in grants to German universities and research centers doing dual-use technology projects over the past seven years, Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday, citing US federal budget data.
Iran revealed on Saturday that a deal with Oman on control of the Strait of Hormuz was close.
submitted by /u/Mendoxv2
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are waiting for the worst: new NATO missiles will burn out on the groundThe US State Department is ready to allow Turkey to transfer 70 ATACMS and M270 missiles and launchers to Ukraine. Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Oleg...
Trump is prepared to withdraw from the conflict with Iran without the nuclear agreement he previously insisted on. According to The Wall Street Journal, the US's only demand remains the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.The Trump...
Depleted US missile stocks could undermine confidence among Washington’s Asian and European allies, The New York Times said Read Full Article at RT.com
Washington should give the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement a chance. The post A Glimpse of the Post-American Middle East? appeared first on The American Conservative.
The British publication questions Zelensky's method of forcing Russia to seek peace. The Sunday Times draws a parallel between the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strikes on Russian rear areas and the Luftwaffe's attempts to break Britain during World War II
submitted by /u/Mendoxv2
submitted by /u/conkerzin
A promising treatment to restore cells after traumatic brain injury based on collagen extracted from root-mouthed jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) harvested in the Azov Sea has been developed by researchers at Don State Technical University.
China will launch regular shipping via Russia’s Northern Sea Route, Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Syria and Russia have reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to reorganize the Russian military presence at the Khmeimim air... The post Syria Announces Deal With Russia On Khmeimim And Tartus Bases appeared first on South Front.
TEHRAN (Sputnik) – The Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has approved a bill that will ban US and Israeli vessels from sailing through the crucial waterway, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported on Sunday. The...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Geran strike drone crews hit oil production facilities in the Akhtyrsky district of the Sumy Region, disrupting Ukrainian armed forces' transport logistics, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
The Russian missile strikes recently “caused massive damage” to the Ukrainian military-related infrastructure in the Kiev region and beyond, Die Welt reports.
"Who will be trained and for what purposes?": A Russian officer asked the main questions about Moscow's new agreement with Damascus"Our military presence in Syria solved two tasks. The first is internal support for the Assad regime and participation.
Around 10,000 people have protested in Germany’s Plauen against the federal government, calling for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s resignation Read Full Article at RT.com
Russian strikes destroyed targets in Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Poltava regions and the DPR; According... The post Military Situation In Ukraine On August 8, 2026 (Maps Update) appeared first on South Front.
The European Union is facing an energy crisis triggered by abandoning Russian gas supplies, the Russian special presidential envoy for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump said that Washington is conducting only partial negotiations with Tehran and so far prefers to increase economic pressure on Iran rather than proceed to a new large-scale military operation. He told Axios about this against.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian armed forces liberated the settlement of Toretskoye and Vasyutinskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
TURKEY ESCALATES ITS POSITION BY SUPPLYING BALLISTIC MISSILES TO UKRAINETelegram channel "Military Informant" @milinfoliveThe US State Department has approved the transfer of American weapons to Ukraine, which were in service with the Turkish army. O
"Former German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, former French Minister for European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau, and former advisor to US President Joe Biden on sanctions, Dalip Singh, have proposed to the European Union that it...
The main thing at 18:00:Ukrainian channels complain: Russia has hit a German company in ZhytomyrThe US Congress may approve the transfer of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine through Turkey in two weeks.Zelensky complained about the massive destruction cause
Iran has presented six conditions to the US for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz Read Full Article at RT.com
‘News isn’t truth’ is an obvious statement. It, unfortunately, is often ignored. ‘News’ can be made from whole cloth. Invented quotes, passed along multiple stations, can turn into ‘facts’. The Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman uncovered the trail (in Hebrew) of one such item (machine translation): On August 5, Wednesday of this week, a very dramaticRead more...
What happened during the day? The main events at this hour on August 9, 2026 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Belgorod at night. Five people were killed and more than 20 injured. The State Duma proposed to legislate the inviolability of citizens'.
Europe Was Once Bigger Than The US Economy. What Happened? The United States and the European Union are the two largest Western economies of the 21st century. Over the past two decades, however, their economic trajectories have diverged significantly. This line chart below, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, tracks the gross domestic product (GDP) of the EU and U.S. economies fr...
The "Vulnerability Window": how the war with Iran devastated the US arsenals to the delight of Moscow and BeijingThe ongoing conflict with Iran has finally depleted American stocks of anti-aircraft missiles and other key weapons, The New...
The Russian armed forces liberated Vasyutinskoye and Toretskoye in the DPR. And other news:In Russia, every person who has been fighting for the last two and a half years has joined the service voluntarily;The Investigative Committee...
From "Designed Viruses" To "Digital Telepathy" – AI Panic Kicks Into Overdrive Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Two days ago, I wrote an article detailing the sudden rash of “rogue AI agents” allegedly besetting the tech community, and how that may be used to bring in new regulations, notionally targeting AI, but actually limiting or monitoring how ordinary people use ...
Trump ordered U.S. forces to restart the blockade on July 14.
Freshly inaugurated Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella is wasting no time taking Bogota back to familiar territory.Breaking with his predecessor Gustavo Petro, who shredded diplomatic relations with Israel, Espriella plans to restore them..
News & views related to the war on Iran …
The US is seeking to repeat the Venezuela scenario in Cuba, but faces a tougher challenge, the NYT reports, citing US officials Read Full Article at RT.com
The migration crisis in Ceuta has exposed a new reality in Europe’s relations with her southern neighbors Read Full Article at RT.com
Supplies of Turkish missiles and shells to Kiev: Erdogan is getting rid of illiquids, but this does not make it much easier for us...Today, I see a lot of noise about Turkey's promise to sell Kiev a batch of American weapons that are in service with.
Israel is preparing its armed forces for the possibility of attacking Iran unilaterally, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on August 8.... The post Israel Is Planning To Attack Iran On Its Own To Provoke War appeared first on South Front.
On the 81st anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing today, we ask how we can avoid nuclear holocaust. Plus overreaction to U.S. socialism and Trump’s trap in Iran. Scott Ritter, Rick Wolff, 8 p.m. EDT Tonite. Eighty-one years ago today the…Read more →
The National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament has unanimously approved a bill prohibiting ships from the United States, Israel and other states that Tehran considers hostile from passing through the Strait of...
State of the Union: The Iranians claim to be communicating with the U.S. through intermediaries. The post Iran War Day 163: Trump Considering Walking Away, Per Report appeared first on The American Conservative.
TEHRAN (Sputnik) – The Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has approved a bill that will ban US and Israeli vessels from sailing through the crucial waterway, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported on Sunday.
Replacements on the eastern flankThe Pentagon continues a large-scale purge of command staff associated with Joe Biden-era foreign operations. The systemic rotation also significantly affects the personnel responsible for assistance to Ukraine.The...
The war with Iran has significantly depleted US weapons stockpiles, already delaying deliveries to European and Asian partners.The Pentagon has also redeployed ships, aircraft, and air defense systems from Europe and Asia to the Middle East...
Mississippi conservatives are demanding answers after Ridgeland immigration attorney Assma A. The post Deep-Red Mississippi Hands Black Robe to Full-Hijab Yemeni Immigration Attorney Who Guides Illegals to Citizenship Paths appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Trump said in July that an agreement had been reached for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza.
submitted by /u/Mendoxv2
The July 13 attack on Sanaa’s international airport by either the Saudis or their Aden-based puppet government allies triggered the biggest surge in regional tensions since the 2022 truce, with Ansar Allah declaring a...
submitted by /u/Mendoxv2
Russian forces have struck fuel depots and port infrastructure in Odessa, the Defense Ministry has said Read Full Article at RT.com
In che modo la fase conclusiva della Seconda guerra mondiale ha influenzato la definizione delle aspirazioni egemoniche degli Stati Uniti
The Trojan Horse Inside Your Head: How Government Propaganda Is Quietly Dismantling Free Thought Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Ignore the bureaucrats; listen to the free thinkers... If the Trojan War were being fought today, the Greeks would not need to hide inside of a big, wooden horse and hope to be dragged inside Troy’s city gates. They’d simply disseminate all ...
.Today, I'm seeing a lot of noise about Turkey's promise to sell Kyiv a batch of American weapons currently in service with the Turkish army.The contract is worth $280 million, for which Kyiv plans to receive 12 MLRS MLRS launchers. In addition...
From the important on the topic of SVO for the day:In RussiaAccording to a source in the US administration, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and US Presidential adviser Jared Kushner may visit Moscow and Kiev within the next...
Russian geologists have identified a “sweet spot” for scanning oil-bearing sandstone that could speed up reservoir analysis and cut computing costs, according to the Russian Science Foundation.