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U.S. designates U.K.-based Palestine Action as foreign ‘terrorist group’

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U.S. designates U.K.-based Palestine Action as foreign ‘terrorist group’

Demonstrators gather outside the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, on July 30, 2026, as a plea hearing for 25 people accused of showing support for Palestine Action takes place. | Photo Credit: AP The United States on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) named the U.K.-based Palestine Action group, which has been banned by the British government,…

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HRW slams ‘ruthless’ Taliban government as new law bans protest

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HRW slams ‘ruthless’ Taliban government as new law bans protest

Afghan burqa-clad women hold placards as they protest for their right to education, in Mazar-i-Sharif on August 12, 2023. Human Rights Watch slammed on August 27, 2026, the “ruthless effort to suppress all dissent” by the Taliban government, after a new police law banned demonstrations across Afghanistan. | Photo Credit: AFP Human Rights Watch slammed…

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U.S. sounds out NATO allies over Europe force review

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U.S. sounds out NATO allies over Europe force review

Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby shakes hands with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte, at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on August 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A senior Pentagon official pressed NATO allies Thursday (August 27, 2026) to explain how they were stepping up to meet U.S. demands to take responsibility for Europe’s…

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Russia bombards nine Ukrainian cities, calling the strikes ’massive’

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Russia bombards nine Ukrainian cities, calling the strikes ’massive’

Russia bombarded cities across Ukraine with missiles and drones in an overnight onslaught that ran into the daylight hours of Thursday (August 27, 2026), when explosions echoed around Kyiv through the morning. Ukraine is desperately short of U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles that can counter Russia’s ballistic missiles, and Moscow’s fast-flying jet-powered drones have brought…

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PM Modi to undertake 4-day visit to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan

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PM Modi to undertake 4-day visit to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Bishkek on a two-day visit to attend the SCO summit that is expected to deliberate extensively on the evolving security scenario in the region. File | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a four-day trip on Saturday (August 27, 2026) to strengthen ties with Uzbekistan…

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‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic dead: Serbian state media

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‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic dead: Serbian state media

Ratko Mladic was found guilty of orchestrating a wider campaign of ethnic cleansing to drive Muslims and Bosnians out of key areas to create a so-called Greater Serbia. File. | Photo Credit: AP Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has…

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Explained | Who’s a war criminal, and who gets to decide?

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Explained | Who’s a war criminal, and who gets to decide?

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday flatly called Russia’s Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for the unfolding onslaught in Ukraine, where hospitals and maternity wards have been bombed. But declaring someone a war criminal is not as simple as just saying the words. There are set definitions and processes for determining who’s a war criminal…

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Fresh flood risk persists downstream of Nepal’s Bhote Koshi as new lake forms

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Fresh flood risk persists downstream of Nepal’s Bhote Koshi as new lake forms

An area covered in mud and silt washed along the devastating flash flood near Trishuli Dam, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI A fresh flood risk persists in downstream areas of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal’s Rasuwa district after a new barrier lake formed near the river’s source,…

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Iran, Qatar hold Hormuz talks as U.S. blockade chokes Iran oil imports

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Iran, Qatar hold Hormuz talks as U.S. blockade chokes Iran oil imports

Iran’s top diplomat met his Qatari counterpart on Thursday (August 27, 2026) in Tehran for talks on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as a U.S. naval blockade squeezes oil supplies to Iran amid a domestic shortfall. The visit by Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani follows a week of intense diplomacy in…

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