The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Ukrainian Drone With Huge Explosive Payload Hits Bulgaria Near Vital Gas Pipeline
  Iran issues new demands as Pezeshkian seeks deal
  Mass drone attack on Belgorod leaves 13 injured, damages residential buildings
• Security Blocs & Alliances: Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia defence pact technically same as NATO's Article 5, Turkish minister says
  ADNOC Reports 15 Vessel Attacks As Hormuz Risks Mount
  Belgium to deploy troops to Greenland in new NATO Arctic mission
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Oil firm, with alleged financial ties to President Trump, prepares to drill in Greenland with state of permits being questioned
  ‘Very painful’: Joe Biden’s cancer has spread, son Hunter says
  Drought and Aging Pipes Plunge Puerto Rico Into Another Water Crisis
• China: China cancels flights, issues evacuation orders as Typhoon Dolphin looms
  Taipei says China's traffic control order for Taiwan Strait during typhoon is 'ridiculous'
  
• Russia: Zelenskyy visits Belgrade as Russia attacks Kyiv region
  Russian troops strike Ukrainian UAV, radio-electronic equipment depots in Kharkov Region
  Ukraine braces for winter power crisis after Russian strikes, Zelensky says
• India: India Has Initiated Efforts To Join 6th-Generation Fighter Jet Programme: Centre
  Meta ramps up censorship of protest, political reels in India
  
• France: Former French PM Attal files legal complaint over alleged Russian interference
  
  
• Germany: Drones spotted above German military base two days after suspected drone attack
  Romania rushes to sink barges in Danube to keep nuclear power plant running
  
• Japan: As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
  Japan's Kumamoto quake toll rises to 39
  
• Italy: Italy defies Spanish demand to lift border curbs over Ceuta crisis
  
  
• South Korea: Kim Jong Un Reaps $22 Billion Windfall from Russian Alliance
  North Koreans urged to beat heat with dog-meat soup
  
• Canada: Fast-moving Canada wildfire doubles in size forcing thousands to flee homes
  The world wants more Canadian-made water bombers for wildfire response.
  Canada Offers U.S. Concessions in Trade Talks but Demands a Comprehensive Deal - The New York Times
• South and Central America: Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500
  US sends more intel assets to Cuba
  Haitians face arrest and deportation after US removes TPS protections
• Saudi Arabia Houthi attacks kill at least 10 in Yemen as rebels target oil-rich Marib - France 24
  
  
• Israel: Israel accused of weaponising archaeology at ancient West Bank sites
  Israel fires top intelligence officials as Iran ramps up spy network
  
• Turkey: Ukraine to Receive 70 M39 ATACMS Missiles and 12 M270 MLRS Launchers from Turkey
  
  
• Continental Africa: 178,000 immigrants have fled or been deported from South Africa
  Ebola Outbreak in Congo Surpasses 4,000 Cases; Officials To Probe Whether Bundibugyo Virus Is Mutating
  DR Congo’s first census in 42 years

• White House:
  President Donald J. Trump Announces Billions in New Deals and Investments to Power American Mining
  
  
• State Department:
  US Agrees to Monthly Patriot Interceptor Deliveries to Ukraine, Zelenskyy Says
  US sanctions Cuban armed forces minister, military procurement network
  U.S. Squeezes Cuba Even as It Searches for a New Regime Leader
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Army removes Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza from V Corps command
  US and Ukraine upgrade S-300 air defense systems as Patriot missile shortage grows
  War Department Releases Open Letter to Defense Industry Stakeholders requesting input on ways to streamline data and audit requirements
• Justice (DOJ):
  Todd Blanche confirmed by Senate as US attorney general
  
  
• DHS:
  ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Charged for Thefts in West Virginia
  DHS Hiring "Bounty Hunters" For Overseas Tracking Of Deported Migrants
  
• Senate:
  Senate confirms Hurst as Pentagon comptroller
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  President Trump Allegedly Restarts Battle to Fire Sitting Fed Governor Lisa Cook - NYT
  
  

• Berkshire earnings rose last quarter and CEO Greg Abel is starting to deploy Buffett's massive cash hoard
  No tankers loaded at Kharg Island for a week amid US blockade
  Disappointing US July jobs report

• A SpaceX Rocket Part Just Slammed Into the Moon, Creating a Dust Plume and Crater. Here's What Some Scientific Instruments Saw
  
  

• OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
  
  

• Ice Age bird figurines discovered in German cave
  NASA successfully gives Voyager 2 another year of life
  

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