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August 21, 2023
Iranian Delegation Arrives In Moscow To Discuss Ground Forces Cooperation

An Iranian military delegation has arrived in Moscow to discuss cooperation between Iranian and Russian ground forces, the state news agency TASS reported on August 21.
August 21, 2023
Iran Says Prisoner Exchange Process With U.S. Will Take Up To Two Months

The process of releasing U.S. prisoners held in Iran will take up to two months, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on August 21 during a press conference.
August 21, 2023
Frozen Iranian Assets Reportedly Transferred To Swiss Central Bank

Iranian assets that had been frozen in South Korea were transferred to Switzerland's central bank last week for exchange and transfer to Iran, South Korean media reported on August 21.
August 20, 2023
Russian Attack On Ukraine's Chernihiv Leaves Seven Dead, Scores Wounded

Ukrainians rescuers rushed to help the survivors of a Russian missile attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on August 19. According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, at least seven people were killed, including a child, and more than 148 were wounded.
August 20, 2023
Explosive Device Kills 11 In Northwestern Pakistan

An attack by unidentified militants in northwestern Pakistan has killed 11 construction workers, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar announced on social media on August 20.
August 18, 2023
Russia Puts International Criminal Court Prosecutor On Entry Ban List

Russia has banned entry to 54 British nationals, including Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and journalists from the BBC and other media outlets in response to U.K. sanctions against its citizens and enterprises, the Foreign Ministry said on August 18.
August 18, 2023
Canada Imposes Sanctions On Russian Individuals, Entities Over Human Rights Violations

Canada is imposing sanctions on 15 Russian individuals and three entities in what Ottawa said was a response to rising levels of human rights violations and violence faced by political opponents and critics in Russia.
August 18, 2023
Lithuania Closes Two Border Crossings With Belarus

Lithuania closed two of its six border checkpoints with Belarus on August 18 in a move it announced earlier this month citing the security risk posed by Russia's Wagner mercenary group. Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland have increased border security since Wagner fighters from Russia arrived in Belarus.
August 18, 2023
Pakistani Police Arrest Two Christians Accused Of Blasphemy

Police have arrested two Christians accused of blasphemy in eastern Pakistan, a spokesperson said on August 18, two days after a Muslim mob burned churches and houses in a Christian settlement, accusing the two men of desecrating the Koran.
August 18, 2023
Saudi Crown Prince Meets Iran's Foreign Minister As Relations Thaw

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman met Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Jeddah in the highest level talks since the countries reconciled after years of bitter rivalry that destabilized the region.
August 18, 2023
U.S. Approves Sending F-16s To Ukraine From Denmark, Netherlands

The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a U.S. official said on August 17.
August 17, 2023
Putin, Raisi Hold Call, Discuss Possible Iranian Membership Of BRICS

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi have discussed Iran's possible future membership in the BRICS grouping of emerging economies.
August 17, 2023
No Change Seen In Russia's Nuclear Posture, NATO Chief Says

NATO has not detected any changes to Russia's nuclear forces and the Western alliance has seen no reason to reconsider its own corresponding setup, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said.
August 17, 2023
Russia Fines Google For Not Deleting 'Fake Information' About War In Ukraine

Russia on August 17 fined Alphabet's Google 3 million rubles ($31,845) for not deleting what it said was fake information about what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported.
August 15, 2023
Deadly Explosion Rips Through Gasoline Station In Russia's North Caucasus

At least 33 people have been killed in a powerful explosion that rocked a gasoline station in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan, late on August 14. Daghestan's leader, Sergei Melikov, declared August 15 to be a day of mourning across the republic.
August 15, 2023
No Casualties Reported After Huge Fire At Tehran's Grand Bazaar

A large fire broke out at the grand bazaar in Iran's capital of Tehran, though it did not cause any casualties, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on August 15.
August 14, 2023
U.S. Ambassador To Russia Visits WSJ Journalist Gershkovich In Jail

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy met with jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on August 14, a State Department spokesperson said, in her third such visit since his March detention on espionage charges he denies.
August 14, 2023
Chinese Defense Minister To Visit Russia, Belarus This Week

China's defense minister, Li Shangfu, will visit Russia and Belarus from August 14 to August 19, the ministry said in a statement on August 14.
August 11, 2023
Russia Launches Lunar Lander In Race To Find Water On Moon

Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on August 11 in a bid to be the first country to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, a region believed to hold coveted pockets of water ice.
August 10, 2023
Montenegrin President Nominates Pro-Western Party Leader To Form Government

Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic on August 10 nominated Milojko Spajic, a leader of a pro-Western party that won parliamentary elections in June, as the prime minister-designate tasked to form a government.

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