A Russian Defense Ministry service member died from injuries sustained in an explosion in Sevastopol. The FSB said it detained a Russian woman born in 1994 who allegedly carried out the bombing on instructions from Ukraine’s special services; a criminal case has not yet been decided. Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev credited residents and FSB officers with the swift detention.

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The FSB says a Russian Defense Ministry serviceman died after a bombing in Sevastopol. A Russian citizen born in 1994 was detained and allegedly carried out the blast on instructions from Ukrainian special services. Operational and investigative measures are underway as authorities consider opening a criminal case.

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Astra, an independent Russian Telegram channel, reported that an explosive device killed a man in Russian-occupied Sevastopol on Aug. 13. The pro-Kremlin Mash channel said it was placed in a trash can and killed him instantly. Unconfirmed reports identified him as Robert Shageev, a former Ukrainian Navy officer who defected to Russia. Ukraine has not commented.

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A local resident was killed in an explosion in occupied Sevastopol, according to Telegram channels Mash and Baza, which are close to Russian security services. An unverified claim identified the victim as Russian Navy officer Robert Shageev; another channel said a first-rank captain died. The device was reportedly placed in a trash bin in a park on Stoletovsky Avenue.

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Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesman for Iran’s armed forces headquarters, said Iran has full control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian television quoted him as saying that no commercial ship or tanker can safely pass without permission and supervision from Iran’s armed forces. Donald Trump said the previous day that the US had “total control” of the strait.

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President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the United States controls the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says it will not fully reopen the strait until Washington meets its conditions, while experts say the situation is much more complicated than Trump’s proclamation suggests.

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Israel’s military said on Thursday that it had deployed additional troops to a West Bank village where Jewish settlers have confined Palestinian families to their homes. Palestinians say the siege is intended to force them off their land.

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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee denounced Israeli settlers’ siege of Palestinians in the West Bank village of Qusra as a “horrific act of terror.” He said Israeli troops intervened on Wednesday after a US request but failed to remove the settlers.

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Israeli settlers have encircled three Palestinian homes in Qusra, cutting families off from food, water, electricity and other supplies. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the days-long action an “act of terror”. Israel’s military said it dismantled two nearby illegal outposts and detained one Israeli.

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Israel’s military says it will deploy more troops to Qusra in the occupied West Bank after failing to remove settlers who have trapped two Palestinian families in their homes since Sunday. The families say their water and electricity were cut off and food supplies are running low. The incident has renewed scrutiny of settler violence and the military’s response.

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Three Palestinian families in Qusra in the occupied West Bank are trapped inside their homes as Israeli settlers block roads and cut off water and electricity. Settlers returned within hours after the Israeli army evacuated a nearby outpost following a two-day standoff.

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Romania’s state-owned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica said it has begun disconnecting its only operating reactor from the grid because the Danube River has reached record-low levels.

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Romania has paused operations at its only nuclear plant after record-low Danube water levels threatened the cooling supply. Nuclearelectrica began a controlled shutdown of the second reactor at Cernavoda after the first was closed last month. The plant normally produces about a fifth of the country’s electricity, while drought has pushed flows across much of the Danube to their lowest level in more than 30 years.

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Ukraine has received 261 bodies that Russia says belonged to Ukrainian service members, according to Kyiv’s POW Coordination Headquarters. Ukrainian investigators and forensic experts will identify the remains. Kyiv thanked the International Committee of the Red Cross, while officials alleged that Russia had previously returned its own soldiers’ bodies to avoid compensation or due to negligence.

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Russia transferred 261 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers to Ukraine during an exchange, while 24 bodies of Russian soldiers were returned to Russia, war correspondent Alexander Kots reported.

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US applications for unemployment benefits increased last week, while layoffs remained at historically healthy levels.

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Confederation of African Football chief Patrice Motsepe says Gianni Infantino’s future should be decided only through elections, after Ireland became the latest federation to withdraw its support for the embattled FIFA president.

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