(2022-08-22). Zaporizhzhia: On the Brink. dissidentvoice.org The threat of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine intensifies with each day. At Zaporizhzhia, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, six nuclear reactors sit side by side. The nukes are smack in the midst of heavy fighting in the southeast of Ukraine. Since early August, the plant site has been shelled over a dozen …
(2022-08-22). UK army troops preparing for war against Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — Warrant Officer Paul Carney said soldiers should prepare their families for the possibility of being sent to Ukraine to fight Russia.
(2022-08-22). Ukrainian government uses war to enforce privatization, passes new anti-Russian laws. wsws.org The Zelensky government is using the war to push through long-standing privatization plans while whipping up anti-Russian hatred to divide the working class.
(2022-08-22). The assassination of Daria Dugina and the US-NATO war in Ukraine. wsws.org The assassination of Daria Dugina carries the stench of the Ukrainian secret police and their CIA handlers, with the intention of provoking a response that will be used to escalate the US-NATO war against Russia.
(2022-08-22). An Interview with Bruce Gagnon. dissidentvoice.org 
Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Bruce Gagnon for his most current thoughts. Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and was a co-founder of the Global Network when it was created in …
(2022-08-22). Zawahiri's killing alters Kabul chessboard. tribune.com.pk 
When the Afghan Taliban returned to power in Kabul in August last year, Pakistan was one of the leading countries urging the US to unfreeze roughly $7 billion foreign assets of the conflict-hit neighbouring country's central bank withheld in different American banks. | Soon others including China, Russia, Iran, Qatar and even the UN representatives joined the campaign and agreed that the interim Afghan government should have access to those frozen funds given the precarious humanitarian and economic situation in their country. | The administration of US President Joe Biden, however, remained adamant that the f…
(2022-08-22). Daughter of Putin Ally Killed in Car Blast Outside Moscow. news.antiwar.com A large car-bomb explosion tore apart a Toyota Land Cruiser outside Moscow Saturday night, the only person inside was the driver, journalist and political scientist Darya Dugina, the 30 year old daughter of Alexander Dugin, the nationalist Russian philosopher. The blast took place approximately at 9: 35 PM local time on the Mozhaisk highway roughly 20 …
(2022-08-22). 15 dead in Russia road accident. ecns.cn At least 15 people have been killed and five others injured when a minibus collided with two heavy trucks in western Russia's Ulyanovsk region on Sunday.
(2022-08-22). Russian FSB detains ISIL force plotting attack in India. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — News sources on Monday reported that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a suicide bomber, a member of the ISIL terrorist organization.
(2022-08-22). 16 dead in Russia road accident. ecns.cn At least 16 people have been killed and five others injured when a minibus collided with two heavy trucks in western Russia's Ulyanovsk region on Sunday.
(2022-08-22). Countdown to the New Iranian Nuclear Deal. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-21). Russia starts mass production of Zircon missiles: Shoigu. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — Russia's Defense Ministry begins mass production of hypersonic Zircon (Tsirkon) cruise missile, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Saturday.
(2022-08-21). Quality Of Ukraine Reporting Continues To Deteriorate. popularresistance.org Nikopol is too close to the plant for sirens to be of use — there's no time to switch them on. Instead residents on the other side send warnings if they see artillery batteries being rolled out. | The well protected six reactor blocks of ZNPP can be seen in the upper left of the picture. The next civilian settlement is on the right side, some 2+ kilometers away from the plant with several big buildings between the two. | How anyone would see "artillery batteries being rolled out" at the plant is beyond me. The Russian side of course insists that there is no artillery at the ZNPP and that the Ukrainians are…
(2022-08-21). Military Situation In Ukraine On August 21, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russia struck the AFU 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade near Gulyai Polye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 28th Mechanized Brigade near Novogrigorovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 35th Marines Brigade near Tokarevo with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 66th Mechanized Brigade near Novomikhailovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Majorskoye with high-precision missile…
(2022-08-21). Russian Ambassador Says We 'Simply Have No Contact' With Western Diplomats. news.antiwar.com In an interview with the Financial Times, a top Russian diplomat says there is no communication with Western diplomats at the UN. The complete freeze in contact led the Kremin to assess there is no possibility of a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine. Gennady Gatilov, Russia's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, …
(2022-08-21). Russian Kalibr Missiles Destroyed Depot Of US-Supplied HIMARS Rockets In Ukraine's Odessa (Video). southfront.org 
U.S. Army Sgt. Jacob Ramirez, a multiple launch rocket system crewmember, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment , raises a M142 HIMARS, to simulate accuracy of live rounds, at Fort A.P. Hill Landing Zone, Virginia, July 20, 2020. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Daniel J. Alkana, 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) (Pfc. Daniel Alkana) | The Russian military has destroyed with Kalibr cruise missiles an ammunition depot in Ukraine's Odessa region, where rockets for US-suppled M142 HIMARS systems were…
(2022-08-21). US says Russia trying to bypass Western sanctions via Turkey. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told Turkey's Deputy Finance Minister Yunus Elitas that Russian entities and individuals were attempting to use Turkey to bypass Western sanctions imposed over the Ukraine war.
(2022-08-21). Western powers stress importance of nuclear safety in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the leaders of the United States, France and Germany on Sunday stressed the importance of ensuring the safety of nuclear sites in Ukraine in a call, Johnson's office said.
(2022-08-21). Moscow reacts to Daria Dugina's suspicious death. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — If suspicions that Ukraine was involved in Daria Dugina's death are confirmed, then it will point at Kyiv's policy of state terrorism, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
(2022-08-21). Russia destroys HIMARS ammunition depot in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — Russia's defense ministry said on Sunday that sea-based Kalibr missiles had destroyed an ammunition depot containing missiles for US-made HIMARS rocket systems and other Western-made anti-aircraft systems in Odesa.
(2022-08-21). FUORI L'ITALIA DALLA GUERRA! | Grandangolo— PANGEA. globalresearch.ca La rassegna stampa internazionale di Byoblu | 60 ∞ puntata: | Sempre più evidente è il fatto che la guerra in corso non è solo tra Russia e Ucraina, ma tra Russia e NATO. Lo conferma la notizia data dal New York …
(2022-08-21). China Forgives 23 Loans For 17 African Countries. popularresistance.org The Chinese government has announced that it is forgiving 23 interest-free loans for 17 African nations, while pledging to deepen its collaboration with the continent. | This is in addition to China's cancellation of more than $3.4 billion in debt and restructuring of around $15 billion of debt in Africa between 2000 and 2019. | While Beijing has a repeated history of forgiving loans like this, Western governments have made baseless, politically motivated accusations that China uses "debt-trap diplomacy" in the Global South. | The United States has turned Africa into a battleground in its new cold war on China an…
(2022-08-21). Russia's Military-Industrial Chief Is Right: The US' S-400 Waiver To India Is A Sign Of Weakness. oneworld.press Although State Department spokesman Ned Price reaffirmed his declining unipolar hegemon's continued commitment to meddle in India's foreign policy just last week, it's clearly incapable of imposing its zero-sum will onto that rising multipolar Great Power.
(2022-08-21). Military Situation In Syria On August 21, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 20, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 5 times: 1 in Aleppo province, 2 in Idlib province, 2 in Latakia province; | On August 21, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Fatirah area; | On August 21, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Kansafra area; | On August 21, an SAA serviceman was killed in IED explosion in Daraa city; | On August 20, t…
(2022-08-21). Study finds 96 pc of COVID-19 patients have antibodies year after recovery. aninews.in Moscow [Russia], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A study by Japan's Yokohama City University showed that 96 per cent of people previously infected with COVID-19 still had antibodies a year after recovery, Kyodo News Agency reported.
(2022-08-21). Starbucks successor opens in Russia. ecns.cn A restaurateur and rapper duo unveiled Stars Coffee on Thursday, reopening the chain of coffee shops in Russia formerly owned by Starbucks Corp, the latest major company rebranding after a months-long Western corporate exodus from the country.
(2022-08-21). Daughter of Putin ally Dugin killed in car bomb in Moscow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — The daughter of a close ally to Russia's President Vladimir Putin has reportedly been killed near Moscow.
(2022-08-21). Russia to shut Nord Stream gas pipeline for 3 days. ecns.cn Russian gas giant Gazprom announced on Friday that it will suspend natural gas delivery to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 due to maintenance.
(2022-08-21). Daughter of Russian public figure Dugin died in car explosion. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — Darya Dugina, the daughter of Russian public figure Alexander Dugin, died as a result of a car explosion in the Moscow Region.
(2022-08-21). Nuclear fuel cycle has nothing to do with building bomb. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — Criticizing the West's allegations against Iran, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that the nuclear fuel cycle is a power-generating one, and has nothing to do with building a bomb.
(2022-08-21). DPRK slams S. Korean new assistance plan. ecns.cn A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed South Korea's proposal of economic assistance in exchange for denuclearization, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Friday.
(2022-08-21). EU troika hold phone talks with US Biden on Iran nuclear deal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — The heads of three European countries including France, Germany and UK held joint telephone conversations with the US President Joe Biden over Iran's nuclear deal.
(2022-08-20). Putin Warns Macron of 'Large-Scale Catastrophe' at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant. news.antiwar.com With rising tensions and continued shelling at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and nearby areas, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have discussed the need to send UN monitors to assess the besieged facility. Both Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of planning provocations and false flags at the …