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U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday offered an 18-month “safe haven” to thousands of Hong Kong residents to remain living in the U.S. rather than to face repression by being deported to the Chinese-controlled territory. …

Ebrahim Raisi took his oath before parliament on August 5 to complete his inauguration making him Iran’s new president.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on August 5 that his country is prepared to “take military action against Iran.”

The Biden administration’s first arms sales to the island of Taiwan has received US State Department approval, which observers said was “not surprising” as Biden administration is doggedly playing the “Taiwan card” despite the already straining ties. …

Japan has abandoned plans to purchase US-made anti-ship missiles for its F-15 fighter jets over skyrocketing prices, the Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday. …

Hermeus, the aerospace company developing Mach 5 aircraft, announced the signing of a $60 million U.S. Air Force partnership for flight testing its first aircraft, Quarterhorse. Quarterhorse will validate the company’s proprietary turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine, based around the GE J85 turbojet engine, and is the first in a line of autonomous high-speed aircraft. …

The Justice Department announced that it has repatriated an additional $452 million in misappropriated 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds to the people of Malaysia, bringing the total returned to over $1.2 billion. …

The Afghan Air Force on August 5 resumed air strikes against Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan as militants made additional gains in the country’s north. …

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