(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING WITH INTERRUPTIONS FOR PERSONAL COMMITMENTS)

THE LATEST DEADLY US ATTACKS ON ALLEGED DRUG BOATS, UKRAINE WAR ATTACKS ON RUSSIA TONIGHT AND MORE DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA BUT FIRST...

LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

FOUR KILLED IN THE LATEST US ATTACK ON AN ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKING BOAT. THIS LATEST ATTACK IN THE CARRIBEAN SEA.

TWO KILLED IN ANOTHER US ATTACK ON A BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN TWO DAYS AGO.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS'S ATTACKS ON THOSE ALLEGED DRUG BOATS HAVE NOW KILLED 227 CREW MEMBERS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

(Updated) In the Ukraine War late tonight two killed in Russia's Lipetsk Region in a Ukrainian drone attack. A house set on fire in the deadly attack...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...

At least one wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on a "Wildberries" online retail warehouse in Russia's Tambov Region...Tass Russia

(UPDATED) US POLITICS TONIGHT DARLENE GRAHAM NORDONE DECLARED THE WINNER OF THE SPECIAL REPUBLICAN US SENATE RUNOFF ELECTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA OVER RALPH NORMAN.

THE VOTE TOTALS SHOWING A CLOSE CONTEST WITH NORMAN RUNNING GAINING NEARLY 48 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE AGAINST THE SISTER OF THE LATE GOP SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP...NBC NEWS USA...

MEANWHILE THE REPUBLICAN RUNOFF ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR IN OKLAHOMA A CLOSE CONTEST BETWEEN MIKE MAZZEI ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND GENTNER DRUMMOND.

MAZZEI DELCARED THE WINNER LATE THIS EVENING...NBC NEWS USA

"generally based on speculation, distortions and/or outright falsehoods"

US DISTRICT JUDGE PAUL ENGELMAYER REJECTING KEY JEFFREY EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE GHISLAINE MAXWELL'S APPEAL OF HER FIVE FELONY CONVICTIONS RELATED TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN.

JUDGE ENGELMAYER SAYING MAXWELL'S PETITION WAS 'DEMONSTRABLY MERITLESS'...UPI USA

Seven killed in the latest Israeli attacks in Gaza.

All of the attacks in spite of a ceasefire proclaimed last October by US President Donald Trump.

Last night an Israeli attack in Gaza destroyed a warehouse containing humanitarian aid...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)-Al Jazeera Qatar...

The Gaza "Board of Peace" issuing a rare message to Israel urging it to limit attacks in Gaza.

The message asking Israel to only attack in case of 'genuine' threats...Times of Israel

LEGENDARY COUNTRY MUSIC STAR DOLLY PARTON HAS PASSED AT THE AGE OF 80.

PARTON WAS BORN IN EAST TENNESSEE MOVING TO NASHVILLE IN THE MID 1960'S AND DEVELOPING HER MUSICAL SKILLS ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED COUNTRY MUSIC STAR PORTER WAGONER.

BY THE MID 1970'S SHE BRANCHED OUT ON HER OWN AND THEN VENTURED INTO OTHER ENDEAVORS INCLUDING FILMS AND THE THEME PARK 'DOLLYWOOD'...

ASSOCIATED PRESS-NASHVILLE BANNER

NOS NETHERLANDS (VIDEO EMBED)

"COAT OF MANY COLORS"-DOLLY PARTON (LIVE-INTO PORTER WAGONER-1970)

American politics Michigan Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers attending multiple fundraising events in the Los Angeles area Sunday and Monday.

The four fundraisers linked to the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)...OSINTdefender "X"

(News, Comment, Analysis)

AUTHORITIES IN GERMANY NOW SPEAK OF A THIRD DRONE FOUND NEAR THE LEIPZIG AIRPORT.

THIS FOLLOWS TWO OTHER DRONE INCIDENTS IN THE AREA EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO REVEAL WHO IT BELIEVES IS BEHIND THE DRONE INCIDENTS IN THE COMING DAYS AHEAD OF A CRUCIAL STATE ELECTION.

THE SEPTEMBER 6TH STATE ELECTION IN SAXONY-ANHALT WHERE LEIPZIG AIRPORT IS LOCATED MAY RESULT IN GOVERNANCE BY THE OPPOSITION ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (AfD) PARTY.

PRE-ELECTION MESSAGING IN GERMANY SUGGESTS RUSSIA IS TRYING TO INFLUENCE GERMAN ELECTIONS IN FAVOR OF THE AfD.

SPECULATION ABOUT THE DRONE INCIDENTS ALREADY POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF RUSSIA SINCE FREIGHT FOR UKRAINE'S WAR EFFORT MOVES THROUGH THE LEIPZIG AIRPORT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

US Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe visiting Moscow. Ratcliffe holding talks with Russian leaders.

It is the first visit to Russia by a CIA Director since 2021...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN ISRAEL AN ACT OF PRE-ELECTION PROVOCATION.

A NATIONALIST MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DESTROYING A PALESTINIAN MONUMENT TO 'MARTYRS'.

ZVI SUKKOT'S ATTACK UNDER ISRAELI MILITARY ESCORT WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO AND HAS POTENTIAL TO IGNITE PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE...TIMES OF ISRAEL

In the African nation of South Sudan two UN peacekeeping soldiers killed in an ambush.

Seven others wounded including UN peacekeepers, police officers and civil servants.

There is an ongoing conflict in South Sudan between government forces and those of former vice-president Riek Machar.

Tens of thousands have died in the conflict. Mr. Machar was arrested by government forces last fall...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...

Israel was among the first countries to recognize South Sudan's independence in 2011.

Its foreign minister visited Israel in June with Israel pledging deeper cooperation.

South Sudan this year honored an Israeli officer who led a Mossad spy agency mission in support of the fighting with Sudan's government that led to South Sudan's independence...Radio Tamazuj

(UPDATE) PAKISTAN MESSAGING THE NOTION OF 'SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS' IN TALKS WITH IRAN...AL JAZEERA QATAR

IN TEHRAN MONDAY NIGHT IRAN'S PRESIDENT MEETING A LEADER WHO HAS MET US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

PAKISTAN'S MILITARY CHIEF FIELD MARSHAL ASIM MUNIR THE POWER BEHIND CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT TALKING WITH IRAN'S PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN.

PEZESHKIAN SAYING THE US 'MUST CORRECT ITS TONE AND APPROACH' TO IRAN. HE SAID 'COERCION AND BULLYING' WILL ONLY COMPLICATE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SETTLEMENT OF THE IRAN WAR...PRESS TV IRAN

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 160.24 points or .3 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 171.11 points or .66 percent.

At 424 pm New York Time the price of oil 80 dollars 50 cents a barrel down four dollars 51 cents or 5.31 percent...Marketwatch

In Auckland, New Zealand police making 12 arrests conducting 19 raids and seizing 1.25 million dollars (745,125 US dollars) worth of cannabis cultivation equipment plus tens of thousands of dollars in cash.

The operation supported by Immigration NZ and customs agents aimed at an alleged cannabis (marijuana) operation operated by Vietnamese people...One News New Zealand

THREE NEW AMUSEMENT PARKS FINANCED BY SAUDI ARABIA ARE PLANNED AROUND PARIS.

A DEAL SIGNED BETWEEN FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND VISITING SAUDI CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN.

THE SIX BILLION EURO (6.997 BILLION US DOLLAR) DEAL ENVISIONS THREE NEW 'THEME' PARKS IN AN AREA 35 KILOMETERS (22 MILES) NORTHWEST OF PARIS.

THEY WOULD BE ON THE SITE OF AN AMUSEMENT PARK THAT CLOSED 35 YEARS AGO.

THE PARKS WOULD THEMED AROUND THE JAPANESE ANIME SERIES 'DRAGON BALL Z' FOR WHICH BOTH EMMANUEL MACRON AND MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN HAVE A PASSION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING WITH INTERRUPTIONS FOR PERSONAL COMMITMENTS)

THE LATEST DEADLY US ATTACKS ON ALLEGED DRUG BOATS, UKRAINE WAR ATTACKS ON RUSSIA TONIGHT AND MORE DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA BUT FIRST...

LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

FOUR KILLED IN THE LATEST US ATTACK ON AN ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKING BOAT. THIS LATEST ATTACK IN THE CARRIBEAN SEA.

TWO KILLED IN ANOTHER US ATTACK ON A BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN TWO DAYS AGO.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS'S ATTACKS ON THOSE ALLEGED DRUG BOATS HAVE NOW KILLED 227 CREW MEMBERS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

(Updated) In the Ukraine War late tonight two killed in Russia's Lipetsk Region in a Ukrainian drone attack. A house set on fire in the deadly attack...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...

At least one wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on a "Wildberries" online retail warehouse in Russia's Tambov Region...Tass Russia

(UPDATED) US POLITICS TONIGHT DARLENE GRAHAM NORDONE DECLARED THE WINNER OF THE SPECIAL REPUBLICAN US SENATE RUNOFF ELECTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA OVER RALPH NORMAN.

THE VOTE TOTALS SHOWING A CLOSE CONTEST WITH NORMAN RUNNING GAINING NEARLY 48 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE AGAINST THE SISTER OF THE LATE GOP SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP...NBC NEWS USA...

MEANWHILE THE REPUBLICAN RUNOFF ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR IN OKLAHOMA A CLOSE CONTEST BETWEEN MIKE MAZZEI ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND GENTNER DRUMMOND.

MAZZEI DELCARED THE WINNER LATE THIS EVENING...NBC NEWS USA

"generally based on speculation, distortions and/or outright falsehoods"

US DISTRICT JUDGE PAUL ENGELMAYER REJECTING KEY JEFFREY EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE GHISLAINE MAXWELL'S APPEAL OF HER FIVE FELONY CONVICTIONS RELATED TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN.

JUDGE ENGELMAYER SAYING MAXWELL'S PETITION WAS 'DEMONSTRABLY MERITLESS'...UPI USA

Seven killed in the latest Israeli attacks in Gaza.

All of the attacks in spite of a ceasefire proclaimed last October by US President Donald Trump.

Last night an Israeli attack in Gaza destroyed a warehouse containing humanitarian aid...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)-Al Jazeera Qatar...

The Gaza "Board of Peace" issuing a rare message to Israel urging it to limit attacks in Gaza.

The message asking Israel to only attack in case of 'genuine' threats...Times of Israel

LEGENDARY COUNTRY MUSIC STAR DOLLY PARTON HAS PASSED AT THE AGE OF 80.

PARTON WAS BORN IN EAST TENNESSEE MOVING TO NASHVILLE IN THE MID 1960'S AND DEVELOPING HER MUSICAL SKILLS ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED COUNTRY MUSIC STAR PORTER WAGONER.

BY THE MID 1970'S SHE BRANCHED OUT ON HER OWN AND THEN VENTURED INTO OTHER ENDEAVORS INCLUDING FILMS AND THE THEME PARK 'DOLLYWOOD'...

ASSOCIATED PRESS-NASHVILLE BANNER

NOS NETHERLANDS (VIDEO EMBED)

American politics Michigan Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers attending multiple fundraising events in the Los Angeles area Sunday and Monday.

The four fundraisers linked to the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)...OSINTdefender "X"

(News, Comment, Analysis)

AUTHORITIES IN GERMANY NOW SPEAK OF A THIRD DRONE FOUND NEAR THE LEIPZIG AIRPORT.

THIS FOLLOWS TWO OTHER DRONE INCIDENTS IN THE AREA EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO REVEAL WHO IT BELIEVES IS BEHIND THE DRONE INCIDENTS IN THE COMING DAYS AHEAD OF A CRUCIAL STATE ELECTION.

THE SEPTEMBER 6TH STATE ELECTION IN SAXONY-ANHALT WHERE LEIPZIG AIRPORT IS LOCATED MAY RESULT IN GOVERNANCE BY THE OPPOSITION ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (AfD) PARTY.

PRE-ELECTION MESSAGING IN GERMANY SUGGESTS RUSSIA IS TRYING TO INFLUENCE GERMAN ELECTIONS IN FAVOR OF THE AfD.

SPECULATION ABOUT THE DRONE INCIDENTS ALREADY POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF RUSSIA SINCE FREIGHT FOR UKRAINE'S WAR EFFORT MOVES THROUGH THE LEIPZIG AIRPORT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

US Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe visiting Moscow. Ratcliffe holding talks with Russian leaders.

It is the first visit to Russia by a CIA Director since 2021...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN ISRAEL AN ACT OF PRE-ELECTION PROVOCATION.

A NATIONALIST MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DESTROYING A PALESTINIAN MONUMENT TO 'MARTYRS'.

ZVI SUKKOT'S ATTACK UNDER ISRAELI MILITARY ESCORT WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO AND HAS POTENTIAL TO IGNITE PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE...TIMES OF ISRAEL

In the African nation of South Sudan two UN peacekeeping soldiers killed in an ambush.

Seven others wounded including UN peacekeepers, police officers and civil servants.

There is an ongoing conflict in South Sudan between government forces and those of former vice-president Riek Machar.

Tens of thousands have died in the conflict. Mr. Machar was arrested by government forces last fall...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...

Israel was among the first countries to recognize South Sudan's independence in 2011.

Its foreign minister visited Israel in June with Israel pledging deeper cooperation.

South Sudan this year honored an Israeli officer who led a Mossad spy agency mission in support of the fighting with Sudan's government that led to South Sudan's independence...Radio Tamazuj

(UPDATE) PAKISTAN MESSAGING THE NOTION OF 'SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS' IN TALKS WITH IRAN...AL JAZEERA QATAR

IN TEHRAN MONDAY NIGHT IRAN'S PRESIDENT MEETING A LEADER WHO HAS MET US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

PAKISTAN'S MILITARY CHIEF FIELD MARSHAL ASIM MUNIR THE POWER BEHIND CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT TALKING WITH IRAN'S PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN.

PEZESHKIAN SAYING THE US 'MUST CORRECT ITS TONE AND APPROACH' TO IRAN. HE SAID 'COERCION AND BULLYING' WILL ONLY COMPLICATE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SETTLEMENT OF THE IRAN WAR...PRESS TV IRAN

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 160.24 points or .3 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 171.11 points or .66 percent.

At 424 pm New York Time the price of oil 80 dollars 50 cents a barrel down four dollars 51 cents or 5.31 percent...Marketwatch

In Auckland, New Zealand police making 12 arrests conducting 19 raids and seizing 1.25 million dollars (745,125 US dollars) worth of cannabis cultivation equipment plus tens of thousands of dollars in cash.

The operation supported by Immigration NZ and customs agents aimed at an alleged cannabis (marijuana) operation operated by Vietnamese people...One News New Zealand

THREE NEW AMUSEMENT PARKS FINANCED BY SAUDI ARABIA ARE PLANNED AROUND PARIS.

A DEAL SIGNED BETWEEN FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND VISITING SAUDI CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN.

THE SIX BILLION EURO (6.997 BILLION US DOLLAR) DEAL ENVISIONS THREE NEW 'THEME' PARKS IN AN AREA 35 KILOMETERS (22 MILES) NORTHWEST OF PARIS.

THEY WOULD BE ON THE SITE OF AN AMUSEMENT PARK THAT CLOSED 35 YEARS AGO.

THE PARKS WOULD THEMED AROUND THE JAPANESE ANIME SERIES 'DRAGON BALL Z' FOR WHICH BOTH EMMANUEL MACRON AND MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN HAVE A PASSION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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