Month: August 2026

Russia hits Ukraine’s Izmail and Odesa ports in overnight strikes

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Russia hits Ukraine’s Izmail and Odesa ports in overnight strikes

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian strike. | Photo Credit: AFP A ‌Russian attack targeted port infrastructure in ​Ukraine’s Izmail ⁠district in the southern region of Odesa overnight, Ukrainian authorities said ‌on Monday. Fires caused by the attack have ‌been extinguished, the authorities ‌added ⁠on the Telegram ⁠messaging app. Russia’s Defence Ministry…

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Houthis say they attacked Saudi vessels off Yemen’s Mocha

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Houthis say they attacked Saudi vessels off Yemen’s Mocha

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked what ​they described as a ⁠Saudi military ship and four escort vessels in the Red Sea with missiles, according to ‌the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree on Telegram on Monday (August 17, 2026). There was ‌no immediate confirmation from Saudi ‌authorities. Mocha ⁠is a Red Sea port ⁠near the Bab el-Mandeb…

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Drones target office of Iraqi Kurdistan’s PM, no casualties reported

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Drones target office of Iraqi Kurdistan’s PM, no casualties reported

Two drones targeted the office of the Kurdistan ​Regional Government’s Prime Minister in northern Iraq on ‌Monday (August 17, 2026) but there were no reports of ​any casualties, the KRG security agency ⁠said. The attack was launched from Iranian territory, it said in a statement, without clarifying whether the ‌drones had hit their target. There…

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Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes country’s worst with over 2,300 dead

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Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes country’s worst with over 2,300 dead

A health worker sprays disinfectant at the Ebola treatment centre in Bunia General Hospital Ituri, eastern Congo. | Photo Credit: AP Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation. The outbreak unfolding in one of Congo’s most vulnerable…

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Myanmar confirms nearly 3,09,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh, says security issues delaying repatriation

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Myanmar confirms nearly 3,09,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh, says security issues delaying repatriation

Rohingya refugee children carry banners during a visit by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at the Ukhiya camp in Cox’s Bazar, in Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s military-backed government has verified that nearly ​3,09,000 displaced people in camps in Bangladesh are ‌former residents of the troubled Rakhine ​State, but repatriation will proceed ⁠only after security…

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T.N. to file review petition against eviction of people from Megamalai region

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T.N. to file review petition against eviction of people from Megamalai region

Tamil Nadu Law Minister R Nirmalkumar on Monday said the State government, as per the direction of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, had taken steps to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against its order directing the eviction of people and farmers from the Megamalai region in Theni district. “We have filed a…

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Sun Pharma gets favourable verdict in antitrust-litigation in U.S.

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Sun Pharma gets favourable verdict in antitrust-litigation in U.S.

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Monday (August 17, 2026) said an appellate court in the United States has passed a judgment in favour of the company and its subsidiaries in the antitrust litigation, in the U.S., relating to a 2008 patent litigation settlement agreement with Pfizer concerning…

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India set for record soyoil imports as Russia-Ukraine war disrupts sunflower shipments

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India set for record soyoil imports as Russia-Ukraine war disrupts sunflower shipments

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s soyoil imports are set to hit a record high in August as competitive prices prompt refiners to boost purchases for festive ​demand, while disruptions to sunflower oil shipments due to the Russia-Ukraine war push buyers to switch oils, ‌dealers said. Soyoil imports in August…

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TN to file review petition against eviction of people from Megamalai region

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T.N. to file review petition against eviction of people from Megamalai region

Tamil Nadu Law Minister R. Nirmalkumar on Monday said the State government, as per the direction of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, had taken steps to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against its order directing the eviction of people and farmers from the Megamalai region in Theni district. “We have filed a…

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