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Iran’s navy captured one of the U.S. military’s underwater drones at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday (September 8, 2026), Iranian state television reported, saying the unmanned vessel had been “seized as a prize”. Asked about the report, U.S. Central Command spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said that an Anduril Dive-LD drone malfunctioned…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Tibet on Tuesday (September 8, 2026), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 35 km (21.75 miles), EMSC said. Earlier, an earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude hit Mustang district in northwest Nepal on Tuesday (September 8, 2026)….
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The costs of war are multidimensional. Be it the loss of life, the direct and indirect economic implications or the displacement of families, the list is endless. However, when we usually talk about the effects of war, we primarily do so from the perspective of the generation living through it, or from a historical perspective….
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Officials stand as North Korea and Russia open their first road bridge on September 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia and North Korea opened the first road bridge across their shared border on Monday (September 8, 2026), a development Russian officials hailed as boosting the nations’ deepening ties. The bridge over the Tumen River…
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Britain’s National Air Traffic Services said earlier September 8 afternoon that engineers were urgently working on the issue, which was affecting departing flights. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nearly 300 flights were cancelled Tuesday (September 8, 2026) because of a technical issue in the U.K. air traffic control system, the flight monitoring website Flightradar24 reported. Britain’s…
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Nepalese ministers, lawmakers, civil society activists and citizens gathered on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) at the old Parliament building in Kathmandu to pay tribute to the victims of last year’s violence, marking the first anniversary of the Gen Z movement against corruption that toppled Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s government. The government declared a public…
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The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Krishna Swaminathan will undertake an official visit to Australia and New Zealand beginning September 9, 2026, aimed at further strengthening India’s bilateral naval cooperation with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). According to the Indian Navy, during his visit to Australia,…
A photograph shows the British consulate in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on September 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Israel on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) ordered the closure of Britain’s consulate in Jerusalem as retaliation after London led Western sanctions over violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Israel said it would…
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Landslides in eastern China have killed 13 people with three others still missing, state media said on Tuesday (September 8, 2026), days after heavy rains unleashed by Typhoon Saudel. A mudslide, which hit Mingkeng village in Jiangxi province on Saturday (September 5, 2026), left 12 dead and one missing, state news agency Xinhua said, citing…
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Bangladesh President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) called for quickly resolving the outstanding issues with India through discussions to further strengthen bilateral relations as Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi paid a courtesy call on him. Mr. Alamgir, the longest-serving secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party of Prime Minister Tarique…