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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a muddy river bank with debris is seen near Gyirong Port in southwestern China’s Tibetan Autonomous Region on Wednesday (August 26, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP A glacier collapse in Tibet caused catastrophic flash flooding in a border area of China and Nepal. Authorities in both countries…
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At least two persons, including a police officer, were killed and three others injured in two separate hand-grenade incidents in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday (August 27, 2026), police said. In the first incident, unidentified assailants attacked a vehicle with a hand grenade in the Sararogha area of South Waziristan district, killing a…
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A small plane carrying four people crashed into shallow waters next to a remote coastal town in Alaska on Wednesday (August 26, 2026), killing everyone on board, according to officials. The Piper PA-24 was heading for the airport in the small town of Seldovia after taking off from Anchorage, according to a statement from the…
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s Foreign Minister said his country and the United States should overcome obstacles between the nations ahead of an expected summit next month between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Wang Yi met with U.S. ambassador…
A still image from undated archive footage released by Iranian media on August 24, 2026, shows Mojtaba Khamenei attending a meeting. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (August 27, 2026) said he believes Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since taking over after his father’s…
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Damaged houses following devastating floods, in Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border unleashed waves of water and debris that have killed at least 160 people and left hundreds more missing. The exact sequence of events is still unclear, but on Wednesday (August…
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Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob leaves the Kuala Lumpur court complex after being released on bail following his charge with failure to declare assets, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was charged on Thursday (August 27, 2026) with failure to…
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Visitors queue outside the Louvre museum, one week after the robbery, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025 in Paris. T | Photo Credit: AP Thefts in museums, especially in Europe which houses several famous and infamous collections of objects from around the world, both part of a rich history and the residue of colonialism, are showing a…
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. File | Photo Credit: AFP Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known as the “polka dot queen”, has died aged 97, a statement from her company said on Thursday (August 27, 2026). “It is with profound sorrow that the passing of Yayoi Kusama at a hospital in Tokyo on August 14, 2026,…
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