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Aug 11, 2026 - World

New Chinese government controls over a disputed South China Sea reef are a "destabilizing activity" and legal claims that Beijing is protecting a nature reserve there are questionable, the State Department said in pushing back against China's expansive regional maritime claims.

Aug 11, 2026 - World

The new president is a former judge on the European Court of Human RightsSpanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares visited Ceuta earlier today, as he insisted that Madrid had it all under control despite “the most unique and complex” border arrangements there.He said Spain was in direct dialogue with the Moroccan authorities on how to prevent another border crisis. Continue reading...

Aug 11, 2026 - World

Lawsuit challenges executive order targeting international criminal court for investigating Israeli crimes in PalestineFour prominent US human rights organizations have accused the Trump administration of using its “crippling” sanctions regime against the international criminal court (ICC) to undermine global efforts to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity.In a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday, the groups – the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Institute – argued that the administration’s targeting of the ICC, as well as of groups and individuals affiliated with it or assisting its work, amounts to a “blatantly illegal attack on international justice”, the groups said. Continue reading...

Aug 11, 2026 - World

Saudi Arabia has stopped loading crude from its Red Sea coast amid ramped-up attacks from Iran-backed Houthis and is weighing whether to back a new Yemeni ground campaign to retake the shoreline from the rebel militants.

Aug 11, 2026 - World

President Trump predicted in March that his military "excursion" into Iran would last several weeks. Instead, he's been trapped in a doom loop of violence and negotiations for nearly half the year, hamstrung by an aversion to deploying U.S. ground troops and the tenacity of a regime that's been on a war footing for decades.