Thursday, August 20, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 8/20/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*WALMART'S SLUGGISH SALES*ISRAELI NATIONALIST ANIMAL CRUELTY, ASSAULT CHARGES*STOCK DECLINES, OIL RISING*NEW UKRAINE CORRUPTION SCANDAL*NK DISMISSES TRUMP OVERTURES*RUSSIA ATTACKS KIEV AFTER WAREHOUSE ATTACKS*TRUMP TALKS ECONOMIC WAR IRAN*DRONES SUDAN WAR*

 

                                 (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)



                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



THE CIVIL WAR IN YEMEN HEATING UP WITH GOVERNMENT FORCES ATTACKING HOUTHI POSITIONS.


THE GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN CLAIMING 'NEUTRALIZATION' OF HOUTHI FIGHTERS AND THEIR COMMANDERS.


THE HOUTHIS SAY THEY CARRIED OUT TWO DRONE ATTACKS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S KEY ALLY SAUDI ARABIA TODAY HITTING AN AIRPORT AND AN ARAMCO OIL REFINERY...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar



Retail giant Walmart promising to pass tariff cuts back to consumers with lower prices.


Walmart reporting 6.4 billion dollars in net income for the last quarter that ended July 31st including 2.9 billion dollars in tariff rebates following the US Supreme Court ruling against tariffs imposed by President Trump.


Higher gasoline prices resulting from the Iran War giving consumers less money to spend at stores driving a 2.6 percent growth in sales last quarter it's the lowest rate recorded in six years.


Online sales and lower prices for weight-loss drugs now covered by government insurance programs also linked to slower sales growth.


A tough day for Walmart on Wall Street its stock declined more than nine percent...CNN-MSN USA




A TERRORISM CHARGE AGAINST A WOMAN ACCUSED OF INVOLVEMENT IN A PLOT TO BOMB THE NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL BUILDINGS IN ALBANY.

SUSPECT JESSICA BOWIE LINKED TO THE ISLAMIC STATE (ISIS, ISIL, DAESH) GROUP.

THE CHARGE AGAINST BOWIE FOLLOWS A CONVERSATION WITH AN FBI INFORMANT...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24




(Updated) More US economic sanctions against Cuba.  The latest sanctions target metal, mining and construction companies owned by the state.

The US engaging in a maximum pressure campaign against the Communist ruled nation that has strained the Cuban power grid...Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar



AT LEAST 47 KILLED WHEN A BOAT CAPSIZED IN NIGERIA.   MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE BOAT INCLUDING MANY CHILDREN.


THE BOAT MAY HAVE BEEN CARRYING TOO MANY PEOPLE.  NUMEROUS PASSENGERS WERE WORKERS USING THE BOAT TO REACH JOBS ON FARMS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Two killed, four wounded in Ukrainian attacks on Crimea...Tass Russia



THE JERUSALEM DISTRICT COURT LEVELING ASSUALT, ANIMAL CRUELTY, TRESPASSING AND RACIALLY MOTIVATED ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST AN ISRAELI NATIONALIST.


SETTLER 21-YEAR-OLD YEDIDIA KAUFMAN ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH INCIDENTS BACK IN MAY THAT INVOLVED ATTACKS ON A PALESTINIAN SHEPHERD AND LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS TRYING TO PROTECT THE SHEPHERD'S PROPERTY.


KAUFMAN IS ALSO ACCUSED OF USING AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE PROVIDED TO SETTLERS BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO RUN OVER TWO PREGNANT SHEEP KILLING ONE OF THEM ALONG WITH THE EMBRYO.


THE OTHER SHEEP SUFFERING A MISCARRIAGE AFTER BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED...TIMES OF ISRAEL



More NATO military activity in Poland near the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.


For another day NATO warplanes in the air over Poland.   Ground forces of the Polish military also said to be involved.


The messaging from Pro-Ukraine Pro-NATO sources in recent days points to a Russian threat to attack a NATO member country.


Russia concerned that NATO will escalate in the region blockading shipping in the Baltic Sea and cutting off supplies to the landlocked Russian territory of Kaliningrad that borders both Poland and Lithuania...OSINTdefender "X"




(Updated) Another corruption scandal in Ukraine.  Deputy Chief of Staff to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Irina Moedra and other top officials arrested.

The prominent individuals accused of being part of a criminal organization...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S NEW UNLIMITED ECONOMIC WARFARE ON HIS COUNTRY WILL FAIL.


ABBAS ARAGHCHI PREDICTING 'FURTHER DEFEAT' FOR THE UNITED STATES.



HE SAID THAT MR. TRUMP ECONOMIC WARFARE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS DESIGNED TO DISTRACT ATTENTION FROM US ECONOMIC PROBLEMS INCLUDING ITS 40 TRILLION-DOLLAR DEBT AND THE COST OF MAINTAINING IT...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)



North Korea firing a volley of missiles eastwards into the sea late this afternoon.  The number of missiles estimated to be a dozen.

It's another sign that North Korea is not responding in a positive way to overtures from US President Donald Trump seeking a meeting with ruler Kim Jong-Un.

As reported later in this summary Kim's sister Kim Yo-Jong dismissing Mr. Trump's downsizing of US-South Korea military maneuvers...Yonhap News Agency South Korea 



IN IRELAND A MEDIA REGULATOR ASKING 'TikTok' QUESTIONS AFTER FIVE TEENAGERS DIED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR.   

THE FOUR OCCUPANTS OF THE OTHER CAR SERIOUSLY INJURED.


THREE OF THE DEAD TEENS SAID TO HAVE SHARED VIDEOS OF DRIVING AGAINST OTHER TRAFFIC OR DRIVING AWAY FROM POLICE WHILE SPEEDING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



AT LEAST 13 KILLED IN RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON KIEV LAST NIGHT.  33 OTHERS WOUNDED.


BUILDINGS COLLAPSED AND FIRES IGNITED IN THREE SEPARATE PARTS OF THE CITY.


RUSSIAN REPORTING ON LAST NIGHT'S ATTACKS NOTES WAREHOUSE EXPLOSIONS.



WAREHOUSES OF RUSSIA'S 'WILDBERRIES' ONLINE RETAILER HIT IN UKRAINIAN ATTACKS IN RECENT WEEKS.


RUSSIA SHOOTING DOWN 726 ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR


                   "no interest whatsoever"



The sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un reacting to the announcement by US President Donald Trump of reduced joint military maneuvers between the US and South Korea.


Kim Yo-Jong saying North Korea is paying more attention to the fact that the maneuvers continue calling them an 'unmistakable expression of hostility'...Yonhap News Agency South Korea



The markets today recording sharp declines.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 703.84 points or 1.32 percent.

The NASDAQ falling 263.92 points or 1 percent.

The oil price continuing a steady rise closing in New York today 88 dollars 15 cents a barrel up two dollars 32 cents or 2.7 percent...Marketwatch






'MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!"

THE SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REGARDING IRAN.


TRUMP SAYING THAT ANY NATION ALLOWING ITS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, BUSINSSES AIRPORTS OR GOVERNMENT ENTTITIES TO HELP IRAN WILL FACE 'TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES'...OSINTdefender "X"



The United Nations reporting 880 deaths in Sudan's civil war in the first four months of this year linked to drone attacks.


The Rapid Support Forces opposing the government supported by the United Arab Emirates a nation identified as an ally of Israel in the Iran War this year.


The UAE buying Chinese produced drones to supply the RSF.



The Sudanese Army was using Iranian drones early in the conflict and is now relying more on Turkish made drones...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



BRITISH MEDIA REPORTING THE RETURN OF PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE, THE DUCHESSS OF SUSSEX, TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.


THE COUPLE WILL LIVE IN A PRIVATE HOME OUSIDE OF LONDON NOT A ROYAL RESIDENCE.


THEIR TWO CHILDREN, PRINCE ARCHIE AND PRINCESS LILIBET, EXPECTED TO ATTEND A BRITISH SCHOOL BEGINNING NEXT MONTH.


THE COUPLE HAD BEEN LIVING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.  THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PLANS FOR THEM TO RESUME ANY ROYAL DUTIES...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)



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