Ilham Aliyev is earning €250,000 from the state budget simply for displaying the name of an administrative district in #Karabakh on a poster consisting of just five letters.
An individual who allegedly extracts this much money from the state budget simply for placing a five-letter sign, “Lachin,” at the entrance to a district raises an obvious question: how many hundreds of billions of dollars could have been stolen from the #Azerbaijani people over these decades?
For 23 years, Ilham Aliyev has exploited the Azerbaijani people’s patriotic sentiments in this way while plundering their wealth.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy faces call for wartime election from former defense chief cnbc.com/2026/08/19/ukraine-…
— @CNBC Aug 19, 2026
Ukraine’s sacked defence minister Fedorov calls for wartime presidential elections
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The Kremlin accused Britain of ‘seeking to contain Russia and inflict maximum damage on it by proxy’ and warned the deeper its involvement becomes, ‘the higher the price it will pay’
⚡️Russia supplying Iran with drone components, ammunition amid war with US, NBC reports.
Russia is supplying Iran with ammunition, drone components, and TNT via the Caspian Sea, NBC News reported Aug. 17, citing a European government document.
— @KyivIndependent Aug 19, 2026
Breaking:
Turkey,Syria and Egypt say they will start full scale war with Israel
— @_MegaPolitics Aug 19, 2026
📍🇺🇸🇮🇷 NEW:
USS Lincoln wasn’t resupplied because Hegseth ‘hid’ that Iran destroyed the main U.S. base in the Gulf.
— @jacksonhinkle Aug 18, 2026
Trump is pushing aides to set up a meeting with Kim Jong Un, hoping to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear-weapons program. on.wsj.com/4c0MM0W
— @WSJ Aug 18, 2026
🇺🇸 USS Lincoln wasn’t resupplied because Hegseth ‘hid’ that Iran destroyed main U.S. base in the Gulf – per MS NOW
— @Megatron_ron Aug 18, 2026
August 18, 2026 News Roundup
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Here is a roundup of top news headlines as of late afternoon on August 18, 2026:Financial Markets
US Stock Indexes Slide: Wall Street pulled further away from its all-time highs today, with AI and tech stocks leading the decline. The S&P 500 fell 0.7%, marking its third consecutive modest loss since setting a record high last Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.3%. Heavyweight tech companies, including Nvidia, Micron Technology, and Broadcom, saw drops amid concerns that their prices had climbed too high during the recent AI boom.
National & Regional News
Tragic Crash in Texas: Three people were killed in a wrong-way crash in Fort Worth. Additionally, local officials reported the tragic loss of a woman and two children in a North Texas house fire.
New Jersey Health Update: The New Jersey Department of Health released a statement regarding recent federal changes to childhood vaccine recommendations.
Alaska State Troopers Report: Authorities in Alaska reported several incidents today, including an ongoing investigation into the death of a 37-year-old woman in Anchor Point and a high-profile arrest in Juneau of a 65-year-old man on an outstanding warrant.Sports
New York Jets Training Camp: The Jets are deep into the “dog days” of training camp. Head Coach Aaron Glenn pushed the team through a rigorous two-hour practice today, with the first-team offense and defense seeing at least 40 snaps to build endurance for the upcoming season. Wide receiver Garrett Wilson returned to practice after recovering from an illness.
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Aug 18, 2026