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“We are taking the first step on a thousand-kilometre road. We are taking a step towards democracy for everyone,” Abdullah Ocalan said in early August. The remarks by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader, who has been in prison since 1999, came at an important moment as Turkiye attempts to end its long-running conflict with…
Colombian security forces captured a suspected senior leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the U.S. Southern Command announced on Friday (August 28, 2026), hailing the arrest as a result of stronger military cooperation between the historically close allies. The capture on Thursday (August 27) of Luis Saúl Pérez Nieto, who Colombian authorities described…
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The French far right on Saturday (August 29, 2026) accused the left of seeking to “undermine civil peace” should Marine Le Pen win the Presidential election next spring, underscoring the increasingly confrontational tone of the campaign. With less than eight months until the vote, far-right leader Le Pen, 58, remains the front-runner in the polls….
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India had on Friday, August 28, 2026 sent a recce team for tunnel rescue operations that are urgently required to help people who are trapped in multiple under-construction hydropower project sites. Photo credit: X/DrSJaishankar A tunnel rescue team from India has reached Nepal on Saturday (August 29, 2026) to help the ongoing search-and-rescue operations in…
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Luay Bayrudi, the owner of a house that came under settler attack, outside of the medical Centre in Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday (August 29, 2026), residents and the…
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) has raised concerns over hate speech, hate crimes, citizenship policies, and the treatment of minorities in India. The committee made several recommendations, while the Indian government rejected what it called “sweeping generalisations” in the findings. Source link
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Thick slush swallowing houses, roads turned treacherous, the stench of decomposing bodies of people and animals hanging in the air, and army camps transformed into makeshift mortuaries where ambulances arrive carrying the dead — these are scenes from Nepal’s flood-ravaged valleys, as described by Khalsa Aid volunteers working in the worst-hit areas. For these volunteers…
Construction crews work to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. The bridge collapsed in March 2024 after the cargo ship Dali struck a support pier, killing six construction workers. | Photo Credit: AFP A U.S. federal judge has dismissed the bulk of the remaining civil claims arising…
Residents return to their houses to assess the damage following the flash floods in Nuwakot district in Nepal, on August 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Flash floods in Nepal, caused by a glacial collapse along the Nepal-Tibet border, have ravaged several districts, with bodies being recovered from eight districts as of August 29, 2026….
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