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Aug. 4, 2026

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Iran Says No Talks With the US on Hormuz Strait

The Wall Street Journal

Iran said Aug 3 that there weren’t any talks underway with the U.S. nor were any meetings planned, after President Trump said he had called off a major strike on the country to provide more time for negotiations on freeing up traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

Ukraine’s Fire Point CEO On How It’s Making Missiles and Drones to ‘Destroy The Russian Empire’

The War Zone

As a keen reminder of the threats Ukraine is facing, Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh had to stop a recent interview with The War Zone to scramble to a shelter as Russian ballistic missiles were approaching. A 35-year-old architect by training, Terekh helped turn Fire Point from a Ukrainian start-up making weapons in a garage into a leading producer of indigenously made long-range strike drones and missiles.