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Two bodies recovered, about 12 missing after migrant boat capsized off Tunisian coast

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Two bodies recovered, about 12 missing after migrant boat capsized off Tunisian coast

A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of southern Tunisia, killing at least two people and leaving 12 missing, Tunisia’s national guard said on Saturday (August 22, 2026). One survivor was rescued. Guard spokesperson Houssem Eddine Jebabli told the state news agency TAP that authorities recovered two bodies and transferred them to a hospital…

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At least 5 injured as 5.9 magnitude earthquake shakes northeast Japan; no danger of tsunami

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At least 5 injured as 5.9 magnitude earthquake shakes northeast Japan; no danger of tsunami

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early on Sunday (August 23, 2026), injuring at least five people, officials said. There was no danger of a tsunami. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake occurred in…

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Canada retaliates as trade war with U.S. escalates

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Canada retaliates as trade war with U.S. escalates

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on the United States on Saturday (August 22, 2026), after walking away from a “bad deal” on trade in a deepening rift between the longtime allies. Negotiations between the neighbouring countries broke down on Friday (August 21, 2026) in Washington, putting into force new 50% U.S. tariffs…

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What are the U.S.’s latest allegations against India? | Explained

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What are the U.S.’s latest allegations against India? | Explained

The story so far: Last week, the U.S. accused India of violating what it considers fair trade practices. The White House published a report titled ‘The Great Transhipment Scam’ in which it accused about 40 countries, including India, of helping China evade U.S. tariffs. What is the Great Transhipment Scam? Over the last nearly three…

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What did Trump say about India’s voting system? | Explained

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What did Trump say about India’s voting system? | Explained

The story so far: President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, that India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had asked his administration how elections are held in the U.S. without a valid photo identity card. He also pointed out that just 1% of India’s 64.64 crore electors who voted in the…

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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94

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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94. Kassebaum Baker died Friday (August 22, 2026) of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum. “She loved Kansas. She loved people from Kansas and represented Kansas…

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Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir | The man who steadied the ship

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Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir | The man who steadied the ship

In 1961, General Ayub Khan’s military government of Pakistan wanted to further entrench its control over East Pakistan and made the celebration of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth centenary illegal. The crackdown had the opposite outcome, as colleges and universities in East Pakistan erupted. The protests shaped a generation of leaders who would take important positions subsequently…

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Mohsen Rezaee | The Islamic apparatchik

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Mohsen Rezaee | The Islamic apparatchik

Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar Some in Iran call him the “eternal candidate”. Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaee, now 71, ran for President of Iran three times — 2009, 2013 and 2021. The former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has always remained an institutional insider and an ideologically committed apparatchik of the Islamic Republic,…

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Gunmen abduct over 60 worshippers from Nigeria mosque, police say

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Gunmen abduct over 60 worshippers from Nigeria mosque, police say

Armed men abducted over 60 worshippers from ​a mosque in Nigeria’s ‌north-central Niger state during Friday (August 21, 2026) prayers, ​police said on ⁠Saturday (August 22, 2026), in the latest mass kidnapping in a region plagued by ‌violent gangs. Police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said the ‌attackers stormed Kpenya Mosque in ‌the ⁠Dekara district of the…

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