For today, a link to a report from the Los Angeles Times; others may be accessed by clicking on its name below. (MEDIA 8-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA, UKRAINE and COVID ETC. entry for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM
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FROM AUG. 27 NPR’s ‘All Things Considered ‘ names Scott Detrow as new full-time host, by Cerys Davies | Los Angeles Times NPR’s “All Things Considered” is getting a new weekday voice. READ MORE . . .
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For today, links to reports from Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, Reuters, and Consortium News; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA 8-26-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for today are HERE and HERE or scroll down.) — MCM
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U.S. contractors in Gaza pursued MEE journalist before his killing, by Khaled Shalaby, Daniel Hilton and Nadav Rapaport | Middle East Eye TEL AVIV — U.S. contractors at a Gaza aid centre interrogated a source of Middle East Eye journalist Mohamed Salama seeking information about his identity and whereabouts before he was killed — alongside MEE reporter Ahmed Abu Aziz and three other journalists on Monday morning. READ MORE . . .
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Israel calls Gaza City evacuation ‘inevitable’ as U.S. hosts talks on post-war Gaza, by Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz and Sally Abou Aljoud | AP GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli and U.S. officials will meet in Washington today to discuss post-war Gaza, even as Israel’s military calls the evacuation of Gaza City “inevitable” ahead of a military offensive and with no sign of a ceasefire in sight. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire in Gaza. From Reuters. Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, reported on the war’s civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 19, 2025, and OCT. 4, 2011 Why Palestine is already a state, by Joe Lauria | Special to Consortium News A combination of mistakes, whether through ignorance or design, and significant omissions of fact have left the American public misinformed about why the Palestinians have gone to the United Nations and what . . . READ MORE . . .
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For today, links to six reports: from Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Associated Press, Tass, Reuters, and the Moscow Times; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 8-26-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA and MEDIA entries for today are HERE, and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Donbas water woes worsen, supply cuts to 6 more cities, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Authorities in the Russia-occupied sections of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region today announced water supplies to six cities would be drastically reduced or cut off completely, worsening a water crisis that has already left tens thousands of homes and businesses with bone-dry faucets for months. READ MORE . . .
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Across occupied Ukraine, Russia has caused a devastating water crisis it cannot fix, by Yuliia Taradiuk | The Kyiv Independent Years of neglect and war damage have left Russian-occupied areas of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts with barely functioning infrastructure, while in . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces break into another region of Ukraine with peace efforts stuck, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Russia’s invading forces have broken into an eighth region of Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said today, seeking to capture more ground in their three-year war of attrition as U.S.-led peace efforts struggle to gain traction. READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops liberate Pervoye Maya community in Donetsk region over past day — top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops liberated the community of Pervoye Maya in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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Kremlin says it doesn’t like European proposals on security guarantees for Ukraine. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russia takes a negative view of European proposals on security guarantees for Ukraine and will not accept any presence of NATO troops on its neighbour’s territory, the Kremlin said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Moscow Times.
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For today, links to reports from Middle East Eye, Reuters, National Public Radio, and the Associated Press, Reuters, and Consortium News; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (MEDIA 8-25-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM
NOTE: All of the links below also appear on other entries.
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U.S. contractors in Gaza pursued MEE journalist before his killing, by Khaled Shalaby, Daniel Hilton and Nadav Rapaport | Middle East Eye TEL AVIV — U.S. contractors at a Gaza aid centre interrogated a source of Middle East Eye journalist Mohamed Salama seeking information about his identity and whereabouts before he was killed — alongside MEE reporter Ahmed Abu Aziz and three other journalists on Monday morning. READ MORE . . .
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Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire in Gaza. From Reuters. Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, reported on the war’s civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 26 Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital kill 22 people, including 5 journalists. Reported by A Martínez, Aya Batrawy, Anas Baba and Willem Marx | NPR KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces killed 22 people, including five journalists, in two consecutive strikes on Gaza’s largest functioning hospital, drawing global condemnation and prompting a rare admission of regret by the Israeli government. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for Aug. 25 NPR report.
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FROM AUG. 25 Mariam Dagga, AP freelance journalist in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli strike, by Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy | AP Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who freelanced for the Associated Press and other news organizations and produced harrowing images of the war in Gaza, was killed Monday by an Israeli strike on a hospital. She was 33. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for a selection of Dagga’s photographs for AP.
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FROM AUG. 26 Israel kills Middle East Eye journalists in double-tap strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital. Middle East Eye. Israeli forces killed Middle East Eyejournalists Mohamed Salama and Ahmed Abu Aziz on Monday, in a double-tap strike on the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 26 Reuters, AP demand ‘urgent and transparent accountability’ into Israel’s killing of journalists at Gaza hospital. Middle East Eye. Reuters and the Associated Press have sent a joint letter to Israeli officials demanding a “clear explanation” for double-tap air strikes that killed five journalists at a hospital in Gaza on Monday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Anadolu Ajansi.
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NOTE: In the last 48 hours certain routine computer capabilities have been disabled, seemingly by external actors, occasioning time-consuming workarounds in the production of this service at https://x-ma911truthwalk.com.
For today, links to eight reports: from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, and Anadolu Ajansi; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 8-25-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE entry for today is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital kill 22 people, including 5 journalists. Reported by A Martínez, Aya Batrawy, Anas Baba and Willem Marx | NPR KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces killed 22 people, including five journalists, in two consecutive strikes on Gaza’s largest functioning hospital, drawing global condemnation and prompting a rare admission of regret by the Israeli government. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for Aug. 25 NPR report.
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FROM AUG. 25 Mariam Dagga, AP freelance journalist in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli strike, by Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy | AP Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who freelanced for the Associated Press and other news organizations and produced harrowing images of the war in Gaza, was killed Monday by an Israeli strike on a hospital. She was 33. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for a selection of Dagga’s photographs for AP.
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Israel kills Middle East Eye journalists in double-tap strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital. Middle East Eye. Israeli forces killed Middle East Eyejournalists Mohamed Salama and Ahmed Abu Aziz on Monday, in a double-tap strike on the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .
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Reuters, AP demand ‘urgent and transparent accountability’ into Israel’s killing of journalists at Gaza hospital. Middle East Eye. Reuters and the Associated Press have sent a joint letter to Israeli officials demanding a “clear explanation” for double-tap air strikes that killed five journalists at a hospital in Gaza on Monday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Anadolu Ajansi.
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FROM AUG. 25 Israeli military launches strikes as part of major offensive to capture Gaza City. Reported by Jackie Northam and Steve Inskeep | NPR Israeli aircraft and tanks are pounding the region around Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians over the weekend, as part of a new, major offensive to capture Gaza City. Click HERE to listen and read.
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NOTE: In the last 48 hours certain routine computer capabilities have been disabled, seemingly by external actors, occasioning time-consuming workarounds in the production of this service at https://x-ma911truthwalk.com.
For today, links to six reports: from the Moscow Times, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, National Public Radio and the Cradle — the Cradle is back! — and to two articles of commentary from ScheerPost and Consortium News, both by the same person; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. below. (UKRAINE 8-25-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA entry for today is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Trump says he spoke to Putin again after White House summit. From the Moscow Times. U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he has spoken again with Russia’s Vladimir Putin following last week’s multilateral talks in Washington with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian conterattacks eliminated dangerous salient near Pokrovsk, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Ukrainian combined arms counterattacks have defeated a Russian offensive in the strategic Pokrovsk sector, recapturing lost ground and taking prisoners, sources reviewed today by this newpaper found. READ MORE . . .
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Monitors claim Russia captured 2 Dnipropetrovk Oblast villages for first time, by Martin Fornusek and news desk | The Kyiv Independent Russian forces occupied the villages of Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, DeepState monitoring group reported on Aug. 26. READ MORE . . .
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Kiev loses 1,220 troops along engagement line in past day – Russia’s top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,220 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released today by Russia’s Defense Ministry. READ MORE . . .
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Where things stand on peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Reported by Charles Maynes and Steve Inskeep | NPR After President Trump’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, where do things stand when it comes to Russia-Ukraine peace talks? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM AUG. 25 Zelensky wants EU to provide $1 billion monthly allowance to fuel war against Russia. From the Cradle. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Monday that Kiev plans to secure at least $1 billion monthly from European nations to purchase U.S. weapons to continue his war against Russia. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 19 That big, beautiful summit in Alaska, by Patrick Lawrence | Original to ScheerPost History is essential to understanding how things turned out in Anchorage. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 25 Trump & the Russophobes, by Patrick Lawrence | Special to Consortium News Animosity toward Russia, from the Czarist Empire to the Soviet Union and now to the Russian Federation, is a sort of basso ostinato in the history of U.S.–Russian relations. READ MORE . . .
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For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Middle East Eye, and to an article of commentary via Middle East Eye; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 8-24-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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NEWER Israel strikes a Gaza hospital twice, killing at least 20, including journalists and rescuers, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Sam Metz | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel struck southern Gaza’s main hospital with a missile and then fired another as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people, local health workers said today. READ MORE . . .
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Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 15 people, including journalists, by Nidal Al Mughrabi | Reuters Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza today killed at least 15 people, including four journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from AP and Middle East Eye.
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Turkey says Israel should be suspended from UN General Assembly, by Ragip Soylu | Middle East Eye Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan today urged Islamic nations to work toward suspending Israel from participating in United Nations General Assembly meetings and activities, saying Palestinians needed collective action to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza and settler violence in the occupied West Bank. READ MORE . . .
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Zionism’s modern atrocities echo the horrors of Nazism, by Aayesha J Soni | Middle East Eye Zionism, founded in the late 19th century by the secular nationalist Theodor Herzl, emerged as a political project rather than a purely religious one. Cloaked in the language . . . READ MORE . . .
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For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, and Kyiv Post; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 8-24-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Trump envoy says officials working ‘very, very hard’ on ending Russia-Ukraine war, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV– U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg said today in Kyiv that officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine, as a lack of progress fuels doubts . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia-backed head of Donetsk says Moscow must capture canal from Ukraine to solve water crisis, by Pavel Klimov | Reuters DONETSK, Russian-controlled Ukraine — The head of the Russian-held Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine said a water crisis that is forcing people to queue at water trucks can only be fixed if Russia takes full control of the region, including a vital canal. READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops liberate Zaporozhskoye community in Dnepropetrovsk Region over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops liberated the community of Zaporozhskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian drones smash and torch Russia’s main natural gas export facility, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Ukraine’s campaign to cripple Kremlin oil and gas production with relentless drone strikes chalked up another processing plant set ablaze on Sunday, with long-range . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Aug. 24 report from AP.
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For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, the Cradle via ScheerPost, PressTV (an Iranian website), and Consortium News; other reports from the Cradle are no longer accessible here — even those included in previous entries on this site are now whited out — but published material from ScheerPost is accessible, and published material from CN will be, by clicking on their names below. (MEDIA 8-24-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM
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NEWER AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Melanie Lidman | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, including Mariam Dagga, 33, a freelancer who worked for the Associated Press, according to health officials. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 19 Meta permanently bans the Cradle in latest attack on free speech. From the Cradle / ScheerPost On Aug. 16, Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta permanently banned The Cradle from its social media platforms for allegedly violating community guidelines by “praising terrorist organizations” and engaging in “incitement to violence.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 18 The Cradle’s Instagram page ‘permanently banned’ over pro-Palestine content. From PressTV. In yet another instance of censorship targeting alternative media outlets, Instagram has blocked the page of The Cradle, a journalist-driven news website covering West Asia. Owned by Meta Platforms Inc., formerly Facebook Inc., Instagram claimed . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 20 Note to Consortium News readers: A pause in publishing. From Consortium News. Because of technical issues, Consortium News will undergo a renovation that will prevent us from publishing from today [Wednesday] over the weekend until early next week. We should be back better than ever. Thank you for your patience. Please check back on Monday [Aug. 25].
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For today, links to 10 reports: from the Cradle, Haaretz, Anadolu Ajansi, the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 8-23-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Israeli army warns demolishing Gaza City could take ‘over a year’: report. From the Cradle. The Israeli army has warned the government that implementing Tel Aviv’s order to demolish Gaza City could possibly take “over a year,” Hebrew media reported today. The warnings come after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Haaretz.
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FROM AUG. 23 Gaza famine claims 8 more lives in 24 hours, including 2 children, by Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Ajansi ANKARA — Eight more Palestinians, including two children, died from malnutrition caused by the Israeli blockade in Gaza over the past 24 hours, raising the total death toll to 281 since the onset of the humanitarian crisis, local sources said on Saturday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 23 Doctors in Gaza say patients’ protruding ribs and bony limbs offer evidence of malnutrition, by Wafaa Shurafa and Adam Geller | AP GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — One of every 6 children in Gaza under 5 is now affected by accute malnutrition, said a report by the U.S. nonprofit MedGlobal, which warned that all children in Gaza are at risk of starving without intervention. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Aug. 22 report from Reuters.
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Israel pounds Gaza City suburbs, vows to press on with offensive, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Lili Bayer | Reuters CAIRO / JERUSALEM — Residents of the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City said Israeli planes and tanks destroyed buildings and homes there overnight Saturday into today — specifically mentioning the areas of Zeitoun and Shejaia, the nearby Sabra neighbourhood, and . . . READ MORE . . .
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4 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while seeking aid near Gaza City, witnesses say, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Sam Metz | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian aid-seekers traveling today through a military zone south of Gaza City that is regularly used to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said. Gaza City is in famine . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli quadcopters harass and attack Gaza City residents, by Maha Hussaini | Middle East Eye GAZA CITY, occupied Palestine — As Israel threatens the reoccupation of Gaza, residents of Gaza City report a rise in Israeli quadcopter harassment and attacks, a tactic many believe is aimed at . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 23 The looming battle for Gaza City. Reported by Jackie Northam and Scott Detrow | NPR As Israel prepares for another major military offensive in Gaza, a new report says Gaza is in the grip of a full-blown famine. Will Israel accept a ceasefire deal or attack Gaza’s biggest urban hub? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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‘Besiege them, let them die of hunger,’ Israeli far-right ministers order army chief on Gaza operation. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli far-right ministers openly advocated starving Gaza’s population during a Cabinet meeting, sparking a fierce confrontation with military chief Eyal Zamir over Israel’s ongoing war strategy, according to Israeli media reports today, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .
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