Ukraine 822 drones, Kushner-Hamas Gaza, Microsoft patches, TSMC hits record

Ukraine fires 822 drones at Russia in war's largest single aerial barrage

Kushner meets Hamas chief in Egypt on Gaza disarmament; Netanyahu confrontation Monday

Jared Kushner met face-to-face with Hamas negotiating chief Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt Sunday in a session lasting over two hours — the Trump administration's most direct high-level Hamas contact to date.

Spain's F/A-18 shoots down Russian drone over Romania in NATO's first active airspace intercept

A Spanish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet on NATO air-policing patrol shot down a Russian military drone that entered Romanian airspace near Galați on Sunday, after the drone crossed from the Moldovan direction.

Microsoft patches 398 CVEs; North Korea's Lazarus exploits WinSock zero-day in live campaign

Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 398 CVEs — 42 Critical, 355 Important, one Moderate.

Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Max, 2.4 trillion parameters, priced below US frontier models

Alibaba released Qwen3. 8-Max — a 2.

TSMC July revenue up 45% to $14.5B; semiconductors cross $1 trillion for the first time

TSMC reported July 2026 revenue of approximately $14. 5 billion — up roughly 45% year-over-year — confirming the AI-driven semiconductor supercycle remains intact.

Liberals push Supreme Court expansion to 13 seats, term limits after 15-ruling conservative streak

Liberal groups and Democratic lawmakers pushed a Supreme Court reform package Sunday per Washington Post reporting: expand the bench from 9 to 13 justices, impose 18-year term limits on new appointments, and create an enforceable judicial ethics code.

AG Blanche pledges DOJ integrity but refuses White House independence commitment

Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche — Trump's former personal defense attorney — pledged in his first public statement that the Justice Department would operate with integrity.

Michigan August sentiment 51 misses forecast; July retail sales post 2024-worst monthly drop

The University of Michigan's preliminary August 2026 consumer sentiment index fell to 51 — four points below the 55 consensus forecast and 5 points below July's final reading.

Ebola DRC: 4,665 confirmed, 46.8% fatality rate, spreads across five new provinces

The 2026 Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in the DRC has reached 4,665 confirmed cases and 2,184 deaths — a case fatality ratio of 46. 8% — as of August 13, per WHO.

Libya intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri assassinated by Benghazi car bomb

Fawzi al-Mansouri, head of military intelligence for the Libyan National Army (LNA), was assassinated Sunday in Benghazi when a bomb exploded inside his car.

Colombia earthquake toll climbs to 265 dead, 11,000 buildings damaged, villages unreachable

The magnitude 7. 4 earthquake that struck Chocó Department, Colombia on August 10 has killed at least 265 people, injured 2,754, and left 189 missing — Colombia's deadliest earthquake since the 1990s.