World — Timeline

Friday, Aug 28, 2026

• 10:45 PM UTC WATCH huge blasts rock ‘missile warehouse’ near Kiev rt.com
• 10:45 PM UTC CENTCOM says Strait of Hormuz is open, shipping companies not convinced as Iran war hits 6 months cbsnews.com
• 10:13 PM UTC H. R. McMaster says economic pressure on Iran will "make a big difference" as war hits 6-month mark cbsnews.com
• 10:11 PM UTC What has the Iran war done to the U.S. and its position in the world after 6 months? cbsnews.com
• 9:36 PM UTC London doubles down, Meta hides the evidence, surprise visitors in Moscow: RT stories that shaped the week rt.com
• 9:07 PM UTC Iceland’s EU Ambitions foreignpolicy.com
• 8:57 PM UTC US diplomats and family members slowly begin to return to the Mideast embassies abcnews.go.com
• 8:09 PM UTC Iran Returns to ‘Diplomacy’ Talk as Economy Collapses breitbart.com
• 7:59 PM UTC Deal, warning or spy swap? What Russian media are saying about the CIA chief’s Moscow visit — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union rt.com
• 7:52 PM UTC Merz lays into Germany’s most popular party ahead of regional vote — RT World News rt.com
• 7:40 PM UTC Judge axes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s confession in long-delayed 9/11 terror case — in major blow to feds nypost.com
• 6:53 PM UTC Nat'l Security Experts Warn Chinese Bots Targeting U.S. Data Center Debate breitbart.com
• 6:53 PM UTC Alaska approves New Amalga mine access road after major opposition apnews.com
• 6:45 PM UTC Warsaw wants nuclear deterrence, but without nukes — RT World News rt.com
• 6:40 PM UTC Notes From Russia’s Literary Underground foreignpolicy.com
• 6:20 PM UTC Jared Kushner Is the Face of American Oligarchy foreignpolicy.com
• 6:15 PM UTC Chinese hackers target NASA and key US agencies, DOJ alleges foxnews.com
• 6:04 PM UTC Iran may be the key to the Mecca Pact’s future rt.com
• 6:00 PM UTC Getting Confucius Wrong foreignpolicy.com
• 5:42 PM UTC Cuba Begins School Year with Severe Shortages of Teachers, Electricity breitbart.com
• 5:33 PM UTC US Treasury threatens to cut off $1.8B in Iranian shadow banking networks through UAE nypost.com
• 5:23 PM UTC What in the World? foreignpolicy.com
• 5:07 PM UTC Latest details on Iran war after 6 months of conflict and no end in sight cbsnews.com
• 4:27 PM UTC Sovereignty on the ballot in Iceland’s EU referendum — RT World News rt.com
• 3:53 PM UTC US targets Egyptian bank’s UAE branches under new push for Iran’s economic isolation apnews.com
• 3:53 PM UTC UN agency warns of 17,000 children in urgent need of assistance as aid reaches some Nepal survivors apnews.com
• 3:31 PM UTC Six months of US-Israeli war with Iran: Rattansi, Sweeney, Dubenskij, Hilal, Maloof on conflict takeaways (VIDEOS) Exclusive — RT World News rt.com
• 3:20 PM UTC France seeks to cash in on weapons for Ukraine (VIDEO) — RT World News rt.com
• 2:57 PM UTC Trump has ‘Hormuz schizophrenia’ – Iran — RT World News rt.com
• 2:24 PM UTC US seeking a deal to make Venezuela its gas pump – media — RT World News rt.com
• 2:23 PM UTC ‘War benefits no one’: Taliban official on India-Pakistan tensions — RT India rt.com
• 2:18 PM UTC ‘Deception is the foundation of Western diplomacy’ – Lavrov — RT World News rt.com
• 2:18 PM UTC India to Host Anti-American BRICS Summit September 12, Focused on ‘Cooperation’ breitbart.com
• 1:44 PM UTC Russia and North Korea Are Scrambling Trump’s Alliance Strategy foreignpolicy.com
• 1:30 PM UTC Russian drones batter Ukraine's Kyiv region for a second day abcnews.go.com
• 12:59 PM UTC Japan’s Narrowing Path to Permanent Residency foreignpolicy.com
• 12:49 PM UTC Trump said war on Iran would take 6 weeks. Why has it lasted 6 months? cbsnews.com
• 12:32 PM UTC US marks 6 months of war with Iran. Here's what it means for Americans and what's ahead abcnews.go.com
• 12:12 PM UTC Hindu nationalist leader spurs protests and calls for sanctions ahead of New York City speech abcnews.go.com
• 12:00 PM UTC Western Hemisphere Progressives Plot a Comeback foreignpolicy.com
• 12:00 PM UTC Headlines for August 28, 2026 democracynow.org
• 11:41 AM UTC Kellogg: Iran ‘Being Supplied’ Weapons by China, But Iran Doesn’t Have Anything Worrying breitbart.com
• 11:34 AM UTC Trump Orders 'Lake America' Renaming; Iran War Hits 6 Months nbcnews.com
• 11:32 AM UTC Afghanistan ‘undoubtedly’ better off without US – Taliban spokesman (VIDEO) — RT World News rt.com
• 11:30 AM UTC NATO needs to learn from Ukraine without copying its acts of desperation, commander says businessinsider.com
• 11:29 AM UTC Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry abcnews.go.com
• 11:08 AM UTC Americans remain sour on Iran war and judge questions Kennedy Center renovations: Morning Rundown nbcnews.com
• 10:30 AM UTC The rise of GB News theweek.com
• 9:19 AM UTC The return of the Sussexes: a ‘metaphorical hand grenade’ theweek.com