Islamic resistance in Iraq delays response to US-Saudi strikes following restraint call The IRI announced that in response to Hadi al-Ameri’s call and “in alignment with the honorable positions of some honorable political leaders, it has been decided to postpone the response that was scheduled for today, the twenty-third of the blessed month of Safar (Auguest 7).” The Umberella group affirmed “that the pure blood of the martyrs has not been and will never be a commodity in the market of political calculations,” calling upon politicians “whom the chair [power] has blinded from protecting blood and violated sovereignty to review themselves and return to their senses.”
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1078720Nigerian security forces free more than 300 hostages in ‘largest single-day recovery’Among those who regained freedom were 163 people abducted in February during a deadly raid on the village of Woro in Kwara state, and 145 others seized primarily from the neighbouring Niger state. Both states are flanked to the west by Benin, where militant attacks have been surging in recent times. Officials confirmed the survivors are receiving medical evaluations at an army installation before being reunited with their families.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/nigerian-security-forces-free-hostages-abducted-by-militantsVenezuelan government and opposition open US-backed talksThe meeting was held behind closed doors at the La Carlota Convention Center, in the Sucre municipality, with no press access. In an identical statement issued by both sides, the teams announced they would remain in permanent session until Wednesday, August 12, when they will decide whether the plenary continues.
https://en.mercopress.com/2026/08/07/venezuelan-government-and-opposition-open-us-backed-talksCIA launches Cuba task force amid new sanctions and UN warnings of a “silent Gaza”They came one day after the
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