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U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Marine One to a vehicle at the Ellipse near the White House, in Washington, D.C. | Photo Credit: Reuters Oil prices fell on Monday (August 24, 2026) as investors braced for details of a U.S. plan to isolate the Iranian economy that President Donald Trump billed…
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Debris from an Ukrainian drone attack fell onto a childcare facility in southern Russia, killing two youngsters and wounding nine others, Russian regional authorities said early Monday (August 24, 2026). The latest attacks came as Ukraine prepared to mark the 35th anniversary of its independence and to host a meeting of the Coalition of the…
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File picture of a drone view of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman. Overall traffic volumes remained suppressed in the week to August 21, as vessels aborted transit plans or switched routes through the strait’s north after attacks, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said in a report….
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A man covering his face walks through thick smoke while helping to battle a wildfire on Golak Mountain near Delcevo, North Macedonia, August 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A fast-moving wildfire that jumped over fire trucks and made it difficult for crews to reach hot spots destroyed homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Sunday…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File. | Photo Credit: AP Israel warned Hamas on Sunday (August 23, 2026) that it would step up operations in Gaza if launches of kites, drones and balloons towards Israel continued, after a recent increase in such incidents, while Hamas denied responsibility. Israeli media reported that four kites were found…
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Chang’e-7 lunar probe. File photo: Xinhua via AP China said on Sunday (August 23, 2026) it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon. The Chang’e-7 spacecraft was originally set to lift off in the coming days from the Wenchang…
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A file image of Syria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. | Photo Credit: AFP Syria’s Foreign Minister met the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency in Jordan on Sunday (August 23, 2026), two sources told AFP, a move aiming to ease tensions after an Israeli attack on an airbase in Syria’s northwest. The talks, which…
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Residents and rescuers use an excavator to search for bodies after a landslipe struck the Dar es Salaam dumpsite overnight in Conakry on August 23, 2026. Thirty people died, and six were seriously wounded, on August 23, 2026, on the outskirts of Conakry, Guinea’s capital, after a mound of rubbish in a landfill collapsed onto…
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Indonesianpolice on Sunday (August 23, 2026) arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country triggered a harmful cloud known as a choking haze. Indonesia has been battling fires driven by an intensifying El Nino pattern and a prolonged…
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A retired Hindu school teacher, along with his wife and two children were allegedly killed at their residence in Bangladesh’s Rangpur city, according to a media report. The deceased were identified as Ganapati Chakraborty, 65, Pritilata Chakraborty, 50, Agami Chakraborty Prarthi, 23, and Priyam Chakraborty, 12, the Daily Star newspaper reported. The police have detained…
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