The Rest of the World Report | August 14, 2026 — Evening Edition

A quarter of everyone wounded in Gaza since 2023 now lives with a permanently life-altering injury, and the territory has no pediatric rehabilitation care at all. Meanwhile, the president spent Friday boasting about beautiful young women thanking him at the White House, and told the families of suicidal sailors that nine months at sea isn't nearly long enough.A UN report details a West Bank raid that detained roughly 150 people in a single refugee camp, a new road gate isolating families in Qusra, and a Gaza rehabilitation crisis leaving a quarter of the wounded with permanent, life-altering injuries. Trump claimed he'll declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory, told grieving Navy families a nine-month deployment "isn't nearly long enough," and boasted about young women thanking him at the White House, all at the same event."Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 Get full access to The Rest of the World Report at www.restoftheworldreport.com/subscribe