Breaking: China to halt issue of individual travel visas for Taiwan for those in 47 mainland cities starting Aug 1 amid escalating tensions.

🇵🇭🇨🇳 @AJEnglish @AJENews Report The #Philippines has lodged strong protests regarding 'swarming' of more than 100 Chinese vessels near its Pag-asa/ Thitu island Images via @sentinel_hub @CopernicusEU spot a possible build up of vessels near the island

🇵🇭🇨🇳 @AJEnglish @AJENews Report The #Philippines has lodged strong protests regarding 'swarming' of more than 100 Chinese vessels near its Pag-asa/ Thitu island Images via @sentinel_hub @CopernicusEU spot a possible build up of vessels near the island

🇺🇸 ✈ #USAF United States Air Force Boeing C-40B (01-0015, AE115D) as SAM519 Special Air Mission. Spotted in flight over TelAviv from Amman 🇯🇴

[Jul31 #Donbas thread] 01:45 #Horlivka: Gunfire in the west https://t.co/YOuZmATOJu

Though flight path looks like drone ground speed shows 312 kts that I think is too fast for Turkish drones. More like a Global Hawk that I think only US, Japan and South Korea operate. So I think that's our bird. And, if it is, it's likely running Gorgon…

Incredibly proud to see some of my work on Channel/Keshet 12 news in #Israel [David] https://t.co/vt1mkKY483

🇹🇼#Taiwan's military is in the final day of a two-day live-fire drill in southern Taiwan that is being held at a time when 🇨🇳#China is also holding military exercises along its east coast. https://t.co/IAac0cCX0a

The last two months have been "relatively" quiet in southern #Israel, but the #IDF is not optimistic it will stay quiet and are prepared to deal a massive blow to #Hamas & #Palestinian Islamic Jihad if any war were to break out with #Gaza https://t.co/fcDeDas6PY

Today we published the third episode of our MH17 podcast, "The Murder Weapon", where we talk about how our team traced the Buk missile launcher that downed MH17 back to a Russian air defense brigade based out of Kursk. https://t.co/dHS0s1uoJ4

U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE BACKS BILL TO SLAP SANCTIONS ON COMPANIES INVOLVED IN RUSSIA-TO-GERMANY NORD STREAM 2 GAS PIPELINE #OOTT

#BREAKING: German Foreign Minister confirms that his country will not participate in the US initiative to protect navigation in the Strait of Hormuz #Iran

#Iran is “ready for dialogue” with #Saudi Arabia, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said. “If Saudi Arabia is ready for dialogue, we are always ready for talks with our neighbors,” Zarif said.

[Confirmed] A US-led air strike today targeted a Syrian army base south of al-Qamishli with a thermal missile in Northern syria, killing one #NDF soldier in the village "Al-Rashidiyah. The reason of the air-strike is unknown. #SAA #Syria #Rojava #Twitterkurds…

#UPDATE: Official statement from Exxon Mobile Baytown 👇 https://t.co/2d82KdSOVE

Big Breaking on LOC Firing. 2 gates of Nauseri Dam in Muzafarabad are partially damaged due to intense Indian Army retaliation after unprovoked ceasefire violation by terrorist Pakistan Army. The nearest area is being evacuated by local authorities & Pakistan…

#Breaking: just in - Reports of a explosion and followed with a huge Fire at a #Exxon plant in #Baytown in #Texas. Local fire department says there is no shelter in place. https://t.co/kbliuoln9C

#Update: Just in - Local fire department says now that the Exxon plant produces the material known as polypropylene material. And is asking people that a Shelter to be in Place west of it's plant and south of 330 in #Baytown in #Texas.

#Update: Just in - Here is the local map of where the shelter has been placed in west and south of the 330 in #Baytown in #Texas

Watch again: Cargo craft blasts off to International Space Station https://t.co/uT5Y8Z7YBG

Trump expected to keep key Iran nuclear deal part in place — for now https://t.co/Ek5hcf6EkF via @voxdotcom