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Elon Musk is facing tension with Ukraine officials after refusing to turn on Starlink satellites over Crimea, preventing a drone attack.

Musk denied Starlink request Ukraine needed to sink Russian ships, Kyiv reacts

As Cuba announced arrests in a human trafficking ring, the CIA renewed its push to turn some Russians into spies against their own government.

Cuba makes Russian human trafficking arrests; CIA recruits Russian spies

North Korea unveiled its first nuclear submarine and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan.

North Korea unveils tactical nuclear submarine, effectiveness in question

Ukrainians are literally mining Russian minefields and giving the TM-62 anti-tank mines back to their former owners via drone delivery.

Ukraine’s drones dropping Russian mines on Russian soldiers

A lawsuit accuses Saudi Arabia of using Twitter to prosecute people expressing their dissent over the government.

Lawsuit: Twitter helped Saudi Arabia crack down on dissent

Russia was accused of coercing Cubans help fight against Ukraine in what Cuba's foreign ministry described as a human trafficking network.

Cuba: Russia trafficking Cubans to help fight against Ukraine in war

Gas prices in the U.S. rose to historic highs the same day Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to extend their voluntary oil production cuts.

Gas prices at historic highs as Russia, Saudi Arabia extend oil cuts

Secretary of State Blinken arrived in Kyiv Wednesday as part of an unannounced visit to meet with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Blinken’s unannounced Ukraine visit: The Morning Rundown Sept. 6, 2023

Pakistan officials are warning that terrorist group TTP has long distance weapons that were left behind in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

US military equipment left in Afghanistan now in hands of Pakistani militants

There have been dozens of instances of Chinese nationals accessing sensitive sites in the United States in recent years.

Chinese nationals accessing sensitive US sites, raising spying fears: report

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un plans to visit Russia later in September of 2023, according to U.S. officials.

Kim Jong Un to visit Russia to negotiate weapons sales, US officials say

Critics of Ukraine’s counteroffensive agains’t Russia say it's moving to slow. Ukraine is telling those critics they can help, or shut up.

Ukraine tells critics come help with Russia or ‘shut up’

Officially designated 2K12M2 Kub-M2, an image of the "Three Fingers of Death" was posted online showing the launcher is now in Ukraine.

Ukraine using ‘Three Fingers of Death’ to swat Russia

Florida begins to assess the damage after Hurricane Idalia slammed its Gulf Coast.

Florida begins cleanup after Hurricane Idalia: The Morning Rundown Aug. 31, 2023

Reports are swirling Ukraine used cardboard kamikaze drones to attack the Kursk airfield in Russia. But did it really happen?

Little evidence showing Ukraine attacked Russian airfield with ‘cardboard’ drones

The U.S. Marines is expanding the reach of the Iron Dome by equipping its new littoral regiments with the short-range air defense system.

US Marines taking Iron Dome from the desert to the sea

Eight of the 20 Marines who survived a helicopter crash in Australia on Sunday were still in the hospital as of early Monday morning.

3 US Marines die in Australia helicopter crash; 8 still in hospital

Ukraine made a deal with Sweden to produce CV90s domestically. The CV90 is lauded by many as the finest infantry fighting vehicle available.

Ukraine wants more ‘cool’ CV90s on the front lines

Yevgeny Prigozhin may be dead, but August 23rd was a good day for Ukraine, whose armed forces took out a missile installation in Crimea.

Prigozhin aside, Aug. 23 was good to Ukraine

Donald Trump's mug shot was released by Fulton County Jail on Aug. 24, soon after the former president turned himself in on charges

Donald Trump’s mug shot released: The Morning Rundown Aug. 25, 2023

China's population has peaked, its workforce is aging and the Chinese Communist Party can't convince its people to have more kids.

China’s population problem: Aging people, fewer babies, ‘lying flat’ youth

A shopping mall in Russia will be used to make suicide drones. At the same time, teenagers are being forced to build the weapons of war.

Russia converts mall, forces teens to build kamikaze drones

According to a study, less than half of people who have suffered a heart attack or stroke reported taking aspirin to help prevent a second one.

Study: Less than half of heart attack/stroke survivors take aspirin

A video of Yevgeny Prigozhin shows Wagner's head mercenary recruiting in Africa, while other mercs continue training troops in Belarus.

Prigozhin pops up in Africa, Wagner mercs educate in Belarus