Headlines for August 14, 2026

CIA Carried Out Drone Strikes, Disappearances and Torture Near Ecuador’s Coast, Rights Groups Say Israel Is Covering Up War Crimes Evidence as It Clears Gaza’s Rubble, Israeli Settlers’ Siege of Palestinian Homes Draws Rare Rebuke from U.S. Ambassador, Lebanon Condemns Home Demolitions by Israel as a “Serious Violation of International Law”, Pentagon Sends New Aircraft Carrier to Relieve USS Abraham Lincoln Following Attempted Suicides, DHS Targeted Left-Leaning Groups in Minnesota with Mass Surveillance Program, ICE Confirms Death of Third Immigrant at Privately Run ICE Jail in New Jersey, 140 Immigrants Hold Hunger Strike at For-Profit ICE Jail in Tacoma, Washington, Activists Try to Halt Border Wall Construction as Contractors Bulldoze Landmarks, Russian and Ukrainian Attacks in Black Sea Raise Fears of Skyrocketing Global Food Prices, Japan Rejects Putin Visit to Disputed Islands as Poland Says It Thwarted Russian Assassination Plot, Indiana Declares Statewide Disaster Emergency Amid Historic Flooding, Federal Judge Tosses Trump Administration’s “Antisemitism” Lawsuit Against Harvard, Congressional Black Caucus Calls for Federal Probe into Death of Nolan Wells, Kennedy Center Board Orders Trump’s Name Restored to Performing Arts Center, Flouting Court Order