The U.S. intelligence agency, the CIA, had serious doubts about an Israeli warning regarding a possible Iranian assassination attempt on President Donald Trump. Nevertheless, the report last month led to an extraordinary security operation, during which Trump secretly switched planes after the NATO summit in Turkey.
Austria has dismantled an international network that circumvented EU sanctions to help produce Russian cruise missiles and fighter jets. The Austrian intelligence service uncovered the clandestine operation, the Ministry of the Interior announced on August 10.
Italy and Denmark, through their prime ministers, Giorgia Meloni and Mette Frederiksen, have issued a joint statement expressing their disapproval of what they describe as“uncontrolled immigration.” They are calling for stricter measures at the European level.
Suspicions that a second “tactical” drone was in the air during the foiled drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport are gaining traction. According to the German newspaper Bild, new analyses by investigators and experts indicate that a second drone maintained visual contact with the explosive drone found on the ground and transmitted live footage and control signals to the operators.
Security for Armin Papperger, the CEO of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, has been stepped up to the same level as that of the German chancellor. The 63-year-old CEO is escorted day and night by German government bodyguards, even at the headquarters in Düsseldorf. He confirmed this in an interview with the German news agency DPA.
Following Russia’s recent attacks on Ukraine, the European Union has announced a new list of sanctions against Russia.
Maandag bracht Russisch president Vladimir Poetin een bezoek aan Krasnojarsk, de derde grootste stad van Siberië. Tijdens het werkbezoek ontmoette hij Mikhail Kotyukov, de gouverneur van de kraj Krasnojarsk, om te spreken over de lokale economische en regionale ontwikkelingen.
The war in Ukraine continues to claim victims. According to a United Nations report, last month—July—was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022.
In an interview with the American network Fox News, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Strait of Hormuz will open “very soon.” If that does not happen, new, major U.S. attacks on Iran are imminent.
At least 17 people were killed and 44 injured in a large-scale Russian attack involving missiles and drones on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, according to The Kyiv Independent. Fires have been reported in the capital and the Kyiv region.