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Syria’s former grand mufti under ousted President Bashar Assad, Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, stands as a court sentences him to life in prison at the Palace of Justice in Damascus, Syria, on August 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP A former Islamic religious leader was sentenced to life in prison on Monday (August 24, 2026) in…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Yemen’s Houthis said on Monday (August 24, 2026) that their forces hit a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile, as the Iran-backed rebels pursue a maritime blockade of the kingdom. Also read | ‘Economic D-Day’: U.S. threatens Iran with new…
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Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech next to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky during the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday (August 24, 2026) that the U.K. will help Ukraine make its own long-range missiles by sharing…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday (August 24, 2026) threatened to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian automobiles, car parts, and steel starting next year as the trade rift with Ottawa continued to deepen. The announcement comes after trade talks between otherwise allies and reliable trading partners collapsed…
President Donald Trump’s administration, on August 24, released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more than $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. Mr. Trump first imposed this last year but was blocked by the courts. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday (August 24,…
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United Nations Peacekeepers. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP Two peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in Jonglei state of South Sudan on Monday (August 24, 2026), the United Nations said. Jonglei state, in the east of the highly unstable east African country, has been a focus of recent conflict between…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar shake hands during their meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday (August 24, 2026) called on Russian President Vladimir Putin, as the two sides discussed bilateral…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Iran’s currency hit a record low Monday (August 24, 2026) as Washington prepared to announce new sanctions it said would add further pressure on an economy already battered by previous sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade. The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the…
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India’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia meets with the Secretary General of the six-nation bloc, Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, in Riyadh on August 24, 2026. Photo: X/@IndianEmbRiyadh India has reviewed the negotiations on a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Vipul, held wide-ranging talks with the secretary…
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned Iran of an economic D-Day, as it prepared to roll out economic sanctions that target Iran’s trade partners. The remarks followed shortly after Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war. Iran in turn…
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