Headlines for August 17, 2026

Trump Threatens to “Bomb the S— Out of Oman,” Downplays Concerns About USS Abraham Lincoln, Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 11 People in Lebanon, Jared Kushner Meets with Hamas’s Political Chief in Cairo, Israel Announces Plans to Hand Over Policing of Settlers to an Israeli Civilian Police Force, Ukrainian Drones Kill at Least Nine People in Russia, Taliban Marks Five Years in Power Since U.S. Withdrawal, Migrants Protest in Spain’s North African Enclave of Ceuta, Survivors Go Hungry After Earthquakes Kill Dozens in Indonesia, Mass Shooting Erupts at Virginia State University Hours After Freshmen Orientation Events, Attorney General Todd Blanche Won’t Pledge to Operate Independently from White House, Federal Judge Blocks Idaho from Prosecuting Doctors Who Provide Health-Saving Abortions, South Carolina to Vote First in Democrats’ Revamped 2028 Presidential Primary Calendar