# lebanon • abolish • penalty • arab • punishment • landmark
Winnipeg Free Press
Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark parliament vote – Winnipeg Free Press
Liberal
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making it the first country in the Arab world to replace the sentencing with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor.
August 11, 2026, 10:09 am
The Christian Science Monitor
Lebanon’s parliament moved to abolish capital punishment.
Conservative
August 11, 2026, 9:57 am
www.timesofisrael.com
Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark vote, becoming first Arab nation to do so
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 9:02 am
Common Dreams
'Landmark Victory' for Human Rights as Lebanon Becomes First Arab Nation to Abolish Death Penalty
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 2:10 pm
# yemen • sea • cargo • casualties • ship • rescuers
The Washington Times
Houthis strike cargo ship in Bab el-Mandeb Strait, killing three crewmembers
Conservative
A cargo ship was hit by an unidentified projectile Tuesday while traveling near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the southern Red Sea, resulting in several casualties.
August 11, 2026, 11:38 am
Breitbart
Houthis attack ship in Red Sea, kill 6 including 2 rescuers
Conservative
August 11, 2026, 10:04 am
The Epoch Times
Attack on Cargo Ship Near Yemen in Red Sea Causes Casualties, UK Group Says
Conservative
August 11, 2026, 8:28 am
CBC
Houthi attack on small cargo ship in Red Sea kills 6, Yemeni authorities say
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 12:46 pm
# houthi • attack • sea • crew • ship • cargo
BBC News
Houthis reportedly kill six in first deadly attack since start of Iran war
Liberal
Iran's proxy says it hit a ship with Saudi military equipment in the Red Sea, as tensions over the US-Iran war remain high.
August 11, 2026, 1:27 pm
The Times Of India
Houthi Attack: Three Pakistanis, one Indonesian killed in Houthi attack on cargo ship in Bab el-Mandeb
Conservative
August 11, 2026, 8:21 am
Reuters
Houthi attack on small cargo ship in Red Sea kills three crew members, sources say
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 5:32 am
# oman • tanker • gulf • spill • coastline • shoreline
Sun Sentinel
Oman says the oil spill from a grounded tanker has reached its coastline
Conservative
Oman’s environment authority found contamination on beaches 125 miles to the north.
August 12, 2026, 3:23 pm
Reuters
Huge oil slick hitting Oman's shoreline as agencies warn of disaster
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 2:14 pm
The Independent
Oil spill off Oman reaches mainland as recovery efforts impacted by war zone
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 10:59 am
Winnipeg Free Press
Oman says the oil spill from a grounded tanker has reached its coastline – Winnipeg Free Press
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 2:43 pm
# ceasefire • iran • interim • peace • hormuz • missile
The Washington Times
U.S. officials tout success of economic pressure on Iran even as Strait of Hormuz remains closed
Conservative
Trump administration officials on Wednesday said economic pressure on Iran is working and will eventually force the regime to agree to a peace deal, even as commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains low.
August 13, 2026, 11:45 am
The Times Of India
BIG MOVE! Iran’s New War Command Declares ‘NO CEASEFIRE’ With U.S; 'Missile Unit On Alert...'
Conservative
August 12, 2026, 4:52 pm
ynetglobal
Iran denies extending ceasefire with US, says agreement never entered implementation
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 8:57 am
Economic Times
Iran says no progress on reviving interim peace deal with US
Conservative
August 12, 2026, 11:47 am
# iran • qatar • tehran • hormuz • toll • strait
New York Post
Tehran is losing its grip on Hormuz, and with it all its leverage
Conservative
All the noise around Iran’s supposed stranglehold on oil supplies transiting through the Strait of Hormuz is missing the point.
August 12, 2026, 5:58 pm
Al Jazeera
Iran holds firm on Hormuz conditions as Pakistan’s Naqvi visits Tehran
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 1:00 am
The Washington Times
Qatar offers Iran a fund, not a toll, and says it will stop shipping before it pays
Conservative
August 12, 2026, 12:45 pm
# palestinian • israeli • west • bank • jewish • homes
Toronto Star
Fringe Israeli settler group is sneaking into Syria to try to claim land for a Jewish outpost
Liberal
The border-crossers say they have cozy relationships with members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
August 13, 2026, 4:59 am
AP News
Israeli army demolishes the apartment the West Bank apartment of Palestinian killed by soldiers
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 2:39 am
www.timesofisrael.com
Settlers surround Palestinian family's West Bank home in ongoing days-long siege
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 9:20 am
The Jerusalem Post
IDF condemns 'illegal' West Bank property takeovers
Conservative
August 13, 2026, 5:27 am
# assad • syria • sentenced • bashar • dictator • verdict
www.semafor.com
Syria sentences former dictator Bashar Al-Assad to death
Liberal
Bashar Al-Assad, who fled to Russia after he was deposed in 2024, was sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes committed during Syria’s bloody civil war.
August 11, 2026, 5:22 am
NPR
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia : NPR
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 4:07 am
MS NOW
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 3:08 am
The Times Of India
Fugitive Bashar al-Assad Sentenced To Death; Syria Plotting To Drag Him Back For The Verdict?
Conservative
August 11, 2026, 2:38 pm
# yemen • sailors • sea • missile • cargo • ship
NBC News
Four crew, two rescuers killed in Red Sea attack; U.S. strikes ship in Gulf of Oman
Liberal
Four crew members were killed in an attack by Yemen’s Houthis on a ship. while the U.S. military said it struck a container ship to sail toward a port in Iran.
August 12, 2026, 3:32 am
Economic Times
Houthi attack on small cargo ship in Red Sea kills four crew members
Conservative
August 11, 2026, 1:20 pm
The Epoch Times
Attack on Cargo Ship Near Yemen in Red Sea Causes Casualties, UK Group Says
Conservative
August 11, 2026, 8:28 am
Reuters
Four killed in the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthis claim Tuesday ship attack
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 3:34 am
# libya • drone • firefighters • refinery • torches • strike
Winnipeg Free Press
Drone strike in western Libya torches a power substation, triggering outages – Winnipeg Free Press
Liberal
CAIRO (AP) — A drone strike ignited a fire at a electrical facility in a western Libyan city on Wednesday, knocking the facility out of service in the latest of a wave of attacks on energy and oil facilities that threaten to plunge the country into...
August 12, 2026, 2:43 am
Reuters
Libya's state power company says attack on Zawiya substation causes major outage
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 10:10 pm
BBC News
Libya oil refinery fire: Firefighters battle huge blaze after drone attack
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 2:28 am
Toronto Star
Drone strike in western Libya torches a power substation, triggering outages
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 11:10 am
# palestinian • gaza • israel • jews • annexation • qusra
www.timesofisrael.com
From Ohio, a Palestinian American watches as settlers besiege his family in Qusra
Liberal
Through security cameras 6,000 miles away, Loui Ridi sees IDF soldiers fraternizing with those blocking his trapped brother and nephew, instead of rescuing them
August 12, 2026, 4:32 pm
The Jerusalem Post
Israel construction chief: Industry better off without Palestinian workers
Conservative
August 11, 2026, 12:02 pm
Al Jazeera
Autism and war: Gaza families grapple with destruction and loss
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 1:27 am
ynetglobal
‘The most combat-exposed in the world’: how Israel trains its paramedics
Liberal
August 12, 2026, 6:00 am
# iran • hormuz • blockade • sanctions • war • pakistan
www.timesofisrael.com
Iran digs in on demands over Hormuz as mediators assert progress made toward deal
Liberal
Iranian official says strait won't reopen unless US ends Gaza and Lebanon wars and releases frozen Iranian assets; Pakistan says sides 'close to some sort of an arrangement'
August 11, 2026, 1:09 pm
The Irish Times
Pakistan says US and Iran are close to ‘some sort’ of deal
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 12:17 pm
The Jerusalem Post
US blockade would be 'worse than war' for Islamic Republic, trade official says
Conservative
August 11, 2026, 11:03 am
The Independent
Iran-US war latest: Trump claims total control of Hormuz as he demands Iran pay for US soldiers’ deaths
Liberal
August 10, 2026, 10:48 pm






