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US says has no planned talks with Iran https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/no-talks-with-iran-says-trump-as-us-president-stews-over-hormuz-deal
Venezuela sending about half of oil to US refineries according to a US official https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/venezuela-oil-exports-surge-with-us-refineries-taking-in-half-of-output
Canada, US paused tariffs saying there was a last minute deal https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-trump-canada-usmca-trade-aae597c22617bec7a99f670a2c787ef9
Peru archaeologists uncovered skeleton remains for ritual offering https://apnews.com/article/peru-lima-huaca-pucllana-pyramid-discovery-archaeology-ac44172ab29425029ca7b3ecf5819691
Liberia to take 1,200 third country deportees from the United States https://apnews.com/article/liberia-us-deportees-trump-migration-fc41b96abc6f26a9b780ce871b269951
US wants meeting with north Korea this year https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/trump-pushes-for-kim-jong-un-meeting-this-year-2a9f9ae0?mod=mhp
US to open 45m acres of national forests to roads and logging https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/climate/trump-ends-roadless-rule-forests.html?edge_reader_page
UAE applied embargo to Iran https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/uae-imposes-indefinite-trade-embargo-on-iran-over-alleged-missile-attacks
Iran says anyone wheeling the US is just as responsible https://aje.news/uli7jj?update=4865446
Syria, Israeli forces stormed homes, abducted 2 https://aje.news/uli7jj?update=4865401
Japan criticized US sanctions on ICC https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-says-us-sanctions-icc-president-akane-very-unfortunate-2026-08-19/?edge_reader_page
South Korea says the US cut drills to push them into joining Iran war https://aje.news/uli7jj?update=4865218
Sudan thousands fleeing south east regions https://sudantribune.com/article/317605
Japan, 2 wildcats at zoo die, cause unknown https://topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp/article/yomiuri/nation/20260819-567-GYT1T00200?fm=topics&fm_topics_id=2890540792d03367419a158b30625475
Mexico angry US deporting citizens to other countries when it is fully accepting of them https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-deportations-mexican-migrants-guatemala-honduras/
Japan, someone tried to remove a wasp nest from vacant houses, spreads to neighbors https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/1097349
