BRAVE NEW WORLD

• Children Who Identify as Transgender Likely Going Through a ‘Phase’, Says UK Health Service

Kim vows North Korea to have world’s most powerful nuclear force

SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country aimed to have the world’s most powerful nuclear force as he celebrated the launch of its newest intercontinental ballistic missile at a ceremony with […]

Israel to participate in large scale naval exercise led by the US 5th fleet

The Jerusalem Post reports: “The Israeli Navy is for the first time ever, taking part in one of the largest American-led naval drills alongside dozens of other countries in the Red Sea. ‘The Israeli Navy […]

China builds mockups of US Navy ships in area used for missile target practice

The Jerusalem Post reports: “China’s military has built mockups in the shape of a US Navy aircraft carrier and other US warships, possibly as training targets, in the desert of Xinjiang, satellite images by Maxar […]

THE IRANIAN THREAT

• Report: Biden seeking direct contacts with Iran
• Experts: Iran Eyes Reuniting Its ‘Axis of Resistance’
• Israel army chief orders plans to counter Iran
• Report: IDF drawing up plans to strike Iran’s nuclear program

State Department official reveals extent of Hezbollah terrorism in Europe

Israel National News reports: “Ambassador Nathan Sales, the US State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism, announced during an American Jewish Committee (AJC) Advocacy Anywhere program on Thursday that Hezbollah weapons caches, including significant stores of ammonium […]

Multiple nations plan military exercise in South China Sea

SpaceWar.com reports: “China’s two aircraft carriers will be deployed in August near Taiwanese waters for military exercises, according to reports. The aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong will be deployed together in the Yellow Sea’s Bohai […]

PA threatens lawsuits against US for supporting sovereignty

Israel National News reports: “The Palestinian Authority (PA) ‘justice minister’ announced that the PA intends to file lawsuits against the United States for supporting Israel’s plans to apply sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria. […]

Iran says ‘took and concluded proportionate’ self-defence

SpaceDaily.com reports: “Iran on Wednesday said it had carried out and ‘concluded’ its reprisal over the killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani when it targeted US forces in Iraq with a missile strike. ‘Iran […]

North Korea ‘no longer interested’ in summits with U.S.

SpaceDaily.com reports: “North Korea is ‘no longer interested’ in summits with the US unless Washington offers new concessions in their nuclear negotiations, Pyongyang said Monday, hours after Donald Trump hinted at the prospect. ‘You should […]

U.S. says up to 1,000 troops to withdraw from Syria

Israel National News reports: “The Pentagon said on Sunday that US President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria, almost the entire ground force in the war-torn country, […]

Russians killed in missile test blast were working on ‘new weapons’

SpaceDaily.com reports: “Russia’s nuclear agency chief on Monday confirmed that five scientists killed last week were developing ‘new weapons’ and vowed to continue testing despite the explosion. The accident took place at an Arctic military […]