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PM Modi’s SCO visit is loaded with expectations on BRICS Summit and UNSC election

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PM Modi’s SCO visit is loaded with expectations on BRICS Summit and UNSC election

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s four-day visit to Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic is more than just an outreach to two important states in Central Asia or the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The agenda will include engagements aimed at three additional multilateral platforms — the upcoming BRICS Summit in September, the two-year UN Security Council term…

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Russian strike on warehouse in Ukraine’s Kyiv region causes detonation, killing at least 27

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Russian strike on warehouse in Ukraine’s Kyiv region causes detonation, killing at least 27

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on August 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 27 people were ​killed after a Russian drone strike on ‌a Kyiv-area warehouse sparked a detonation, ​officials said on Saturday (August 27, 2026), ⁠prompting calls by President…

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Nepal’s PM Disaster Relief Fund receives over ₹2 billion in three days since flash floods

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Nepal’s PM Disaster Relief Fund receives over ₹2 billion in three days since flash floods

Rescuers search for the bodies in a building along the river Trishuli following flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on August 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP More than ₹2.295 billion has been donated to Nepal Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund since massive flash floods wreaked havoc in the Himalayan nation. The death toll from…

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Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal disaster site wanes

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Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal disaster site wanes

The threat of a lake formed ​after a glacier collapse bursting near the China-Nepal border, where a devastating flood struck earlier this week, has ⁠eased, Chinese authorities said on Saturday (August 29, 2026), as it appears to have shrunk. Satellite images from Thursday (August 27, 2026) to Saturday (August 29, 2026) morning suggest that water…

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Gunfire, explosions reported in Niger’s capital, local media and witness say

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Gunfire, explosions reported in Niger’s capital, local media and witness say

A drone photo shows a suburb in Niamey, Niger. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard overnight into Saturday (August 29, 2026) morning in Niger’s capital of Niamey, including near the main airport and in an area housing the Presidential palace, according to an Associated Press witness and local media. Sustained…

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Zimbabwe minibus taxi carrying church members crashes, killing 27

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Zimbabwe minibus taxi carrying church members crashes, killing 27

This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A collision between a minibus taxi carrying church members and a haulage truck killed 27 people on Friday (August 28, 2026) in Zimbabwe, a police spokesperson said, in the latest road disaster to hit the southern African country. Paul Nyathi, the police…

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Army chief Munir visits Pakistan’s largest defence industrial complex

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Army chief Munir visits Pakistan’s largest defence industrial complex

Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir on Saturday (August 29, 2026) visited the country’s largest defence industrial complex to see its production and export capabilities. Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) in Wah is located about 41 km west of…

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Watch: Nepal floods: Families search for loved ones amid hope and despair at Kathmandu hospitals

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Watch: Nepal floods: Families search for loved ones amid hope and despair at Kathmandu hospitals

The death toll in the Nepal flash floods continues to rise, as search efforts continue for over 2,400 missing people, three days after the disaster struck. Inside Kathmandu’s National Trauma Centre, the atmosphere is heavy with confusion, raw hope, and growing dread. Exhausted families clustered around hospital pillars, desperately searching lists of rescued survivors for…

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War weighs on Iran’s economy as U.S. intensifies sanctions

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War weighs on Iran’s economy as U.S. intensifies sanctions

Motorcyclists pass a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump underwater amid explosions, with the words “Great Victory! Strait of Hormuz,” in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the United States, with ‌the supreme leader calling on the government to address the…

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