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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A highly unusual trip by the CIA director to Moscow this week was to warn Russia against any attack on NATO member states, U.S. media reported on Wednesday (August 26, 2026), after U.S. President Donald Trump sought to downplay the visit. The Wall…
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.S. panel on religious freedom has expressed concern over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s visit to the U.S. and urged sanctions against members of the organisation, which it described as the ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Mohan Bhagwat, chief…
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A drone view shows mud covering properties following a flash flood in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A glacial collapse caused seismic activity and “catastrophic” downstream impacts in Nepal and Tibet, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday (August 27, 2026). The agency said seismic activity initially reported…
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Rescue workers searched for hundreds of people still missing on Thursday (August 27) after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China’s Tibet a day earlier, triggering catastrophic flooding that swept through mountain towns and valleys, killing scores of people. Officials at Nepal’s Tourism Ministry…
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Forest fires killed 12 people and injured dozens in northeastern Algeria on Wednesday (August 27, 2026), the Interior Minister and Civil Protection authorities said. The tolls rose from earlier local media reports of two deaths and an unspecified number of injuries in coastal Bejaia province, around…
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan, March 1, 2003. File | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. military judge on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) set a summer 2028 trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the September 11,…
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A resident walks along a street covered in mud following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Thirty-four Australians are missing following flash flooding through the Nepal-Tibet border region, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday (August 27, 2026). “At this point,…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) over foreign-made equipment inside the country’s electric grid, saying the growing need for power has made the system a target for hostile governments. The executive order blocks companies from buying, importing or installing…
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U.S. President Donald Trump says his country does not need Canada. But every day, roughly 4 million barrels of Canadian crude oil flow south, helping fuel American cars, trucks and airplanes and supply U.S. industry. And oil is only the beginning. Canada also supplies aluminum, potash to U.S. farms and parts for an auto industry…
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Following Tuesday’s talks between the Special Representatives (SRs) on the boundary question, India and China have agreed to substantial outcomes on managing the disputed border. According to an eight-point consensus released on Wednesday, both countries have agreed to advance discussions on “an early and substantial harvest of boundary delimitation”. They have agreed to hold next…
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