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Trump says he will observe the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at Pentagon

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Trump says he will observe the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at Pentagon

U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump will mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon. Mr. Trump confirmed his plans on Friday (August 28, 2026). Vice President J.D. Vance will attend the New York observance, and other administration officials will go to the ceremony in…

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U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves, says Trump

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U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves, says Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump on Friday (August 28, 2026) said the U.S. has entered into an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves. Mr. Trump, in a social media post, announced the agreement he said was negotiated…

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A shared disaster, beyond borders and geopolitics

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A shared disaster, beyond borders and geopolitics

On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at approximately 8.44 a.m. Nepal time, what initially appeared to be a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the Nepal-China border. It triggered the collapse of an enormous glacial slab, which plunged a kilometre below to the valley floor, resulting in devastating flash floods. The United States Geological Survey later confirmed that…

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U.S. civil rights march targets Trump voting changes

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U.S. civil rights march targets Trump voting changes

President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP Civil rights activists gathered in Washington on Friday (August 28, 2026) in a major show of opposition to Republican redistricting and restrictions on voting being pushed by President Donald Trump ahead of November’s U.S. midterm elections. The “Defend the Vote” march brought protesters to the National Mall…

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China removes high-ranking officers from key military body

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China removes high-ranking officers from key military body

Former Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission Gen. Zhang Youxia. File | Photo Credit: AP China removed two high-ranking officers from the country’s main military body on Friday (August 28, 2026), state media reported, seven months after it was announced that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were being investigated for “serious violations of the…

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Syria’s President appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as his adviser

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Syria’s President appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as his adviser

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a Presidential adviser, state media said on Friday (August 28, 2026), days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish forces under an integration deal with Damascus. The Education Ministry also published a decision authorising Kurdish-language…

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Russian drones batter Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting apartments and warehouses for a second day

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Russian drones batter Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting apartments and warehouses for a second day

Russian forces on Friday (August 28, 2026) resumed their drone barrage of Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting more than a dozen apartment buildings and storage depots in a second straight day of aerial attacks, officials said. Prolonged air raids in Kyiv on Thursday (August 27) essentially locked down the Ukrainian capital for 15 hours, the Foreign…

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PML-N’s Iftikhar Gillani elected as PoK ‘prime minister’

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PML-N’s Iftikhar Gillani elected as PoK ‘prime minister’

Barrister Iftikhar Ali Gillani was on Friday (August 28, 2026) elected to the so-called post of ‘prime minister’ of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following recent elections marred by violent protests and allegations of massive rigging. Mr. Gillani, of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), secured 30 of the 44 votes in the so-called legislative assembly…

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Fresh glacial lakes form at source of Nepal’s ice-rock avalanche

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Fresh glacial lakes form at source of Nepal’s ice-rock avalanche

A satellite image shows one of two lakes at the site of the glacial collapse in the border area between Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on August 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two more glacial lakes have formed in Nepal, near the apparent source of the ice-rock avalanche that triggered flooding in Nepal’s…

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