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All wires →- 31 Aug 26 · 12:29 UTCIMMEDIATECar bomb wounds seven outside police station in Zacatecas, third such attack on Mexican trafficking-corridor state in a week
- 31 Aug 26 · 00:26 UTCIMMEDIATEUS strikes Iran's Larak Island; IRGC retaliates with missiles on two Jordan air bases
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All series →- US Strikes Iranian Launchers on Larak Island; IRGC Missiles on Jordan Bases All InterceptedNational SecurityAfrica / Middle EastIranJordan
- Hong Kong Police Make 321 Arrests, Seize HK$130 Million in Drugs in Seven-Week OperationTransnational Organized CrimeAsia / PacificHong Kong
- Punjab Police Arrest Man Accused of Streaming Military-Area CCTV Feed to Pakistan’s ISINational SecurityAsia / PacificIndiaPakistan
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Mutinous soldiers stormed Niger’s presidential palace and airport; loyalists — aided by Russia’s Africa Corps — retook control, but dozens were killed or arrested in the junta’s third airport attack this year.
- Saturday, 29 August 2026
Washington converts Venezuela’s post-Maduro transition into direct control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves — the industry’s second-largest single reserve base.
- Friday, 28 August 2026
Colombia formally ends Petro's “Total Peace,” reactivating extraditions of five armed-group negotiators to the United States.