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 111 current articles out of 824 reviewed.
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The main thing for the day is a selection of foreign media materials for August 23.Kallas has caused anger in Finland(Politika)The head of European diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, intends to tighten sanctions against Russia. Armando Mema, a representative...
Ukraine increasingly relies on Western financing in 2026, with key agricultural exports in jeopardy due to Russian retaliation Read Full Article at RT.com
State of the Union: Reports of Driscoll’s looming exit come after his long-simmering rivalry with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and amid a rash of hazy exits by Vance affiliates. The post Driscoll, Army Secretary and Staunch Vance Ally, to Depart Admin appeared first on The American Conservative.
ICE detained former Pinochet agent Fernández Larios for homicide, but a decades-old US agreement helped secure his release in Florida Read Full Article at RT.com
As Tehran banks on pressure from rising fuel costs to force concessions before the midterms, the Trump admin is set to tighten the long-game economic vise.
Inside America's Drone Arms Race: What Industry Experts See Ahead Of Procurement Supercycle Our coverage of America's Group 1 to Group 3 drone industry has centered on Unusual Machines and Ondas, two companies positioned to reap the benefits from what could become a historic procurement cycle next year. The catalyst is the Department of War's Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, which is...
Today, the head of the Kyiv regime delivered a lengthy speech timed to coincide with the celebration of "National Flag Day. " He once again focused on two key issues: the lack of funding for everything, including military spending, and the lack of...
Russia has recalled Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin after seven years of work in London, The Guardian writes: after his departure on July 21, Moscow has not yet appointed a new ambassador. What else did our #review_inosmi see?: Berlin plans to spen
For a quarter century the United States has told the world, and itself, a simple story about its role in the Middle East. On September 11, 2001, it was attacked...
India is breaking records for purchases of Russian oil.Russian oil imports to India exceeded 2.6 million barrels per day in June-July, accounting for more than half of the country's total crude imports. According to the Financial Times, citing...
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Neo-Nazism in Ukraine has reached such a scale that even Polish authorities that are openly anti-Russian see it, Vladimir Putin has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukraine has spent all the Western aid for 2026 in six months, and the soldiers have nothing to pay for it.Zelensky complains that the hole in the Defense Ministry's budget has reached $27 billion. The most interesting thing is how this...
ICC head Tomoko Akane warned of the collapse of international law after Washington sanctioned her and a senior trial lawyer Read Full Article at RT.com
During a visit to the Ukrainian capital on August 23, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced that the cabinet would propose maintaining the level of aid to Kyiv next year at approximately $9 billion.As he explained, this money is intende
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces, using drone strikes, hit five fuel and lubricant storage tanks and port facilities in the port of Yuzhny in the Odessa Region, where military cargo was being unloaded, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.
An Israeli drone strike hit a mini-truck near the southern Syrian town of Beit Jinn, located just ten kilometers away... The post Fresh Israeli Strike Hit Syria As Tensions Grow With Turkey (Photos) appeared first on South Front.
The WNBA transgender eligibility debate intensifies after Freedom and White announce plans to enter the league’s 2027 draft Read Full Article at RT.com
The current crisis in the US armed forces is the direct result of strategic miscalculations by American officials who underestimated Iran’s capacity for resistance, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali tells Sputnik.
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On the night of August 22, Russian forces launched a combined strike on Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian Air Force,... The post Russia And Ukraine Exchange Strikes: From Drone Warehouses To Oil Refineries appeared first on South Front.
Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Poltava regions, and the DPR;... The post Military Situation In Ukraine And Ukrainian Attacks On Russian Territory On August 22, 2026 (Maps Update) appeared first on South Front.
Azerbaijan Sues CNN Over Story On Cooperation With Israel In War On Iran Authored by Jonathan Turley, There is a novel (and highly dubious) lawsuit filed in Delaware by the nation of Azerbaijan against CNN for a story claiming that it was cooperating with Israel in attacks on Iran. Republic of Azerbaijan v. CNN, Inc. borders on the legally frivolous, but it is likely politically adva...
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Georgia Refuses To Adopt EU Sanctions On Iran Citing 'National Interests' Via The Cradle Georgia officially refused to implement the EU's newest sanctions against Iran, Interpress news reported on this week, with Tengiz Sharmanashvili, a member of parliament for the ruling Georgian Dream party, saying Tbilisi backs international measures only when they serve Georgian interests. "If ...
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"Iran Is Losing Its Grip On Hormuz": Strait Traffic Explodes Nearly 400% Summary: Nearly 200 Ships Navigated Strait Last Week, Up From 150 the Previous Week Trump Views Hormuz As "an American Territory" Axios: 40 Tankers Transited Hormuz Friday Night, But Real Crisis Is Diesel Hormuz Commercial Traffic Surges Shortly after President Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz "an Americ...
Iran has multiple scenarios for countering hostile actions by the United States, including the ability to establish economic ties with various countries to neutralize the effects of the US economic war against Iran, IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said.
"It was easier for me to communicate with Iranians during the Iran-Iraq war than with Europeans in the European Parliament"Michael von der Schulenburg, former adviser to the UN Secretary General on political and peacekeeping issues, said on the Clase
DONETSK (Sputnik) - The Ukrainian armed forces have hit a cathedral in the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), injuring four people, including clergymen, the Republic's Head Denis Pushilin said on Sunday.
Russian troops have dealt significant blows to energy and transportation infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday.
Turkey & Israel On Brink Of Military Clash After Netanyahu Ordered Strikes On Syrian Airbase At a moment of the ongoing Iran conflict, Israel and Turkey are escalating their competing claims and rhetoric over Syria, to the point that full-blown war is being threatened. NBC writes of the irony of two American regional allies on the brink: "A pair of key American allies, an attack on a...
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKIY, Russia (Sputnik) - The glorification of Nazism in Ukraine is part of the problem and Russia will not put up with this, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
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The Israeli military said it struck a terrorist who posed an immediate threat. The Syrian government said the attack hit a civilian vehicle.
Israeli settlers killed a Palestinian teen in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to Palestine’s Health Ministry Read Full Article at RT.com
France is accelerating the delivery of air defense systems to Ukraine: On August 22, after nearly two hours of conversation with Zelenskyy, Macron confirmed an increase in French assistance, including the delivery...
Budanov*: Kiev plans to "slightly revive" the topic of peace talksUkraine intends to activate the diplomatic track in the near future, said Kirill Budanov, head of Zelensky's Office*. According to him, Kiev expects to "revive" the topic of...
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The US Army has increased its order for Infantry Squad Vehicles (ISVs) 18-fold, from an initial purchase of 649 units from GM Defense to 11582. By widely introducing ISVs into the military, the command is seeking to ensure infantry survivability in a
Iran has warned that “not a single drop” of oil will leave the Persian Gulf if neighboring states join the US economic pressure campaign Read Full Article at RT.com
enmark has said that it plans to stop issuing residence permits to Ukrainians from regions least affected by the conflict with Russia Read Full Article at RT.com
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Taiwan is strengthening its asymmetric defense capabilities, with drones playing an increasingly important role in its defense strategy.
Israel's strike on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase isn't just about Damascus—it's a warning to Turkey and Trump.
The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them.
Ukraine is facing a shortage of funds to finance its armed forces and is hoping to receive €30 billion from the European Union, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated. He wrote about this on his Telegram channel. Zelenskyy described the funding of defence...
A new biography of the notorious lawyer sheds light on the Trump era. The post The Age of Cohn appeared first on The American Conservative.
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The radical left media and Democrat-aligned election groups are in full meltdown mode after President Trump refused to rule out emergency action to secure the 2026 midterms. The post LEFT-WING GUARDIAN FREAKS OUT: Trump Lays the Groundwork to Secure America’s Elections — National Security Emergency May Be Coming appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
What happened during the day? The main events by this hour on August 23, 2026 In Shushary, near St. Petersburg, a warehouse of 82 thousand square meters burned down. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to strike at Ozon warehouses: a marketplace...
One pipeline was initially envisioned running through Polish territory, but the plan was eventually scrapped, the president has said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s position on the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage is motivated...
Representatives of the Kyiv regime claim that Russian Drones Two strikes were launched against a company in the town of Trostyanets in the Sumy region. The attack resulted in significant damage to infrastructure belonging to the American company...
It takes a particular kind of geopolitical hubris for the US State Department to tap a company best known for compiling algorithmic kill lists in Gaza and Iran to advise on “freedom of expression protections in the digital age.”Yet under the...
Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama: Aug 17 – WSJ Unveils Iran ‘Secret’ – Trump Talks With NoKo? – Threat To Oman Aug 21 – War On Iran: – Iran’s Advantage Related: – The Iran war energy crisis is just getting started – Reuters – After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still LosingRead more...
Russian drones have attacked the Mondelez International factory in Sumy region, Russian military personnel say.The Russian Armed Forces attacked the enterprise of the American corporation Mondelez International in Sumy region. Two drone strikes were.
"Civilizational Suicide": China's Humanoids Sprint Ahead As Americans Fight Over Data Center And Socialism The five-day 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval are well underway, and on Saturday, an AI-powered humanoid robot reached 14.5 meters per second, or 32.5 mph. china’s AI robot just hit 14.5 m/s pic.twitter.com/0K4wQ4g9pB — el.cine (@EHuanglu)...
State of the Union: Unconfirmed reports say Iran has been invited to join a Saudi–Turkish–Pakistani defense pact. The post Iran War Day 177: Pakistani Army Chief Heading to Tehran for Talks appeared first on The American Conservative.
Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kyiv, Odesa, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Poltava regions, and the... The post Military Situation In Ukraine And Ukrainian Attacks On Russian Territory On August 23, 2026 (Maps Update) appeared first on South Front.
US Navy Live-Fire Tests Drone Sailboat With Missile Launcher Once known primarily for capturing dramatic footage from inside hurricanes and tropical storms during the Atlantic hurricane season, Saildrone's autonomous surface vessels have evolved into dual-use platforms that recently demonstrated the ability to deploy Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM). California-based Saildrone re...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will inevitable meet at the APEC summit in China if they both come there, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Sunday.
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Escobar: How Trump Tried To Bribe The Head Of The IRGC Authored by Pepe Escobar, Empire of Chaos, Lies, Plunder, Piracy. And bribes. Mike Pompeo, former aspiring Tony Soprano, admitted: “We lie, we cheat, we steal.” And we bribe. A Transition Protocol source, as we revealed live, is unequivocal: The President of the United States – despite having “won” the war on Iran countless ti...
"We view every launch as an act of war in every sense… A balloon is treated like a kite, and a kite is treated like a drone, with or without explosives," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said.The Israel Defense Forces says it identified at...
Western assistance to Ukraine should not be viewed as action carried out through NATO channels, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
For nine years, Pokemon Go urged children and parents to go outside with their cameras to hunt down virtual creatures through the real world.Scanning streets and parks in seemingly harmless fun, the players were in reality data...
The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former preside...
US President Donald Trump’s war of aggression against Iran has placed a heavy debt burden not only on the American people, but also on US allies such as Japan, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, told IRNA.
Regrouping in the Middle East. US military strategists are increasingly inclined to believe that it is impractical to restore their bases in the Persian Gulf. During the conflict with Iran, about twenty American bases were destroyed and more...
In Russia ◾️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin stated that the duty of the United Russia party is to do everything for victory in the SVO. According to him, the country is implementing large-scale projects to enhance defense capabilities, and...
Six EU nations are reportedly pushing for a windfall tax on oil companies’ excess profits as the Iran war drives up energy prices Read Full Article at RT.com
For Decades, The United States Ignored Latin America. All That Changed Under Trump. Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, In a pre-dawn raid in January, Delta Force soldiers burst in on a sleeping Nicolás Maduro, capturing the Venezuelan leader wanted on U.S. narco-terrorism charges. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images, Public Domain The dramatic end o...
Visualizing Every US State's Economy Matched To A Country America’s largest state economies rank alongside some of the biggest economies in the world. Even further down the list, many individual states produce hundreds of billions of dollars in economic output each year. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, pairs each U.S. state with the country closest to it in nominal g...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Warsaw’s economic interests shaped Polish PM Tusk’s Nord Stream sabotage stance Read Full Article at RT.com
Spain's Pools Hit By Disgusting 'Brown Challenge' TikTok Filth Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Spain's peak summer season has been disrupted once again by a revolting viral trend that has forced the closure of swimming pools and waterparks across the country, leaving families stranded and facilities scrubbed clean at public expense. At PortAventura World's Caribe Aquat...
A summary from Reuters (Jonathan Stempel) Friday: A federal judge on Friday dismissed major portions of a Ben & Jerry's lawsuit… The post Ben & Jerry's Lawsuit Over "Social-Mission"-Related Contract Related to Its Earlier Sale appeared first on Reason.com.
Spanish Beach Stormed As Ceuta Chaos Spreads Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Dozens of military-age men leapt from boats onto packed tourist beaches in mainland Spain this week, sending holidaymakers scrambling for their belongings as the fallout from the Ceuta mass crossing continues to escalate. Footage from Cala del Barco near the exclusive La Manga Club in Cartagen...
Decisive actions by Akhmat Kadyrov helped end years of conflict and restore stability to the North Caucasus, said Russia's President Vladimir Putin on the 75th birth anniversary of Chechnya’s first president and Hero of Russia.
One of the UK’s low-capacity power plants was reportedly put out of operation for four days due to Iranian cyber attack Read Full Article at RT.com
The clash over sanctions on judges reveals a fading order in which neither moral monopoly nor financial coercion can claim legitimacy Read Full Article at RT.com
Macron promised to give Zelensky. And anti-aircraft missiles tooFrance accelerates the supply of air defense systems to Ukraine: on August 22, Macron, after an almost two-hour conversation with Zelensky, confirmed the strengthening of French...
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The US bases in the Persian Gulf may not be restored after the Iranian strikes.According to the Financial Times, citing former White House adviser on Islamic countries Nate Swanson, Washington is facing a difficult choice: spend billions of dollars o
Marking Iran’s Defense Industry Day on August 22, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi... The post Iran Airs First Footage Of Underground Missile Factory appeared first on South Front.
Russian junior figure skaters have swept all four disciplines at an ISU Grand Prix event in China after a four-year absence Read Full Article at RT.com
Toadying to Washington is not a durable platform for the region. The post The Poverty of the Latin American Right appeared first on The American Conservative.
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It's not about drones.what does The Atlantic publication actually sell?On August 20, the American magazine The Atlantic published an article about Operation M&M's, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' plan to attack Moscow airports with a swarm of up...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of a “catastrophic scenario” for Ukraine in response to Kiev’s strikes on economic facilities Read Full Article at RT.com
It's Not About Droneswhat The Atlantic publication is really sellingOn August 20, American magazine The Atlantic published a piece about Operation "M&M's" — an AFU plan to attack Moscow airports with a swarm of up to a thousand AI drones daily...
The French will not saveThey will not take out air defense systems on interceptors with missiles and drone missiles. It's too expensive. A single ballistic or cruise missile is several times cheaper than a missile defense system capable of shooting i
The Red Army turned the Kursk salient into an unprecedented defensive system, absorbed Germany’s armored blow and forced the Wehrmacht west Read Full Article at RT.com
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who continues to call himself President of Ukraine, today stated that Ukraine allegedly had nothing to do with the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in September 2022. The comment, made at the Ukraine an
The Pentagon has fired senior Stars and Stripes staff after they accused it of threatening the newspaper’s editorial independence Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukraine meets its 35th anniversary with a rapidly deteriorating frontline situation on its hands, adding to a host of other troubles Read Full Article at RT.com
State of the Union: Stars and Stripes has reported on hardships facing sailors in the Iran War. The post Pentagon Fires Journalists at Military Newspaper, Raising Alarms appeared first on The American Conservative.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces are continuing to strike drone launch sites, ports and maritime vessels used by the Ukrainian forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
The shortage of anti-aircraft interceptors, primarily Patriot systems, has become systemic, affecting both Ukraine and the United States and its allies. Ukraine, which previously intercepted about 70% of Russian ballistic missiles, reduced the...
A Russian volunteer unit has shot down a Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missile over Kursk Region with machine-gun fire, its governor has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Secret negotiationsabout which it is impossible to remain silentNow the Syrians and Israelis will surely reconcile: the media is actively replicating the news about a secret meeting allegedly held in Jordan between Syrian Foreign Minister Asad...
Major General Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, urged neighboring and friendly countries not to join Washington’s economic war against Iran, IRNA reported.
Operation Citadel was designed to destroy the Red Army – and ended by destroying Germany’s strategic initiative By 1943, World War II had turned decisively in the Allies’ favor. At Stalingrad, the Russians destroyed the Wehrmacht’s...
The Great Burrito Debate And The Uncomfortable Solution To Inflation Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us Recently one of the most important debates in the history of conservative discourse raged across the internet, with sides deeply divided and solutions rare or nonexistent. This debate went largely unnoticed by the rest of the country but it regards the deepest underlying f...
Lawyers representing Dr. The post Fauci’s Lawyers Launch Legal Defense Fund as Investigations Against Him Intensify, Attorney General Blanche Calls Senate Findings ‘Extraordinarily Troubling’ appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Tensions soar between Tel Aviv and Ankara over their designs on Syria; would Trump nuke Iran? And the killing goes on in Ukraine and Gaza. Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, 8pm Tonite. Guests: Ray McGovern and Scott Ritter. Host: Joe Lauria.…Read more →
Death Of Europe's Industrial Base: VW CEO Set To Announce 50,000 Job Cuts Europe's industrial demise has become impossible to ignore. The continent's automotive manufacturing base is being hollowed out by high energy costs, regulatory pressure, and a flood of cheap Chinese electric vehicles, with Germany, once Europe's industrial powerhouse, emerging as the epicenter of this terrible ...
The Fed Owns Over 50% Of All Bonds Maturing Between 10 And 15 Years From Now Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Treasuries, Treaties, and Treatises Let’s start with Treasuries. We laid out the approach we would take if we were Warsh last weekend in Warsh’s Mark Antony Moment (a play on coming to “bury” inflation, yet having quite the opposite effect, at least in terms of...
The EU keeps providing “loans” to Ukraine despite knowing they cannot be repaid, former Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov has said Read Full Article at RT.com