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UNSC to wind down UNIFIL mission in Lebanon after 2026

UNSC to wind down UNIFIL mission in Lebanon...

New York [US], August 29: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has voted to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in...

At least 60 killed as Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza

At least 60 killed as Israel intensifies attacks...

Gaza City [Gaza], August 29: At least 60 people were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn on Thursday,...

Italian women targeted in online scandal

Italian women targeted in online scandal

Rome [Italy], August 29: Italians have reacted with outrage after an online platform with hundreds of thousands of users was...

Iran slams European sanctions move as 'baseless, unlawful'

Iran slams European sanctions move as 'baseless, unlawful'

New York [US], August 29: Iran has sharply criticised Germany, France and the United Kingdom over the move to reintroduce...

Argentine President Milei attacked with stones at campaign rally

Argentine President Milei attacked with stones at campaign...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 29: Argentine President Javier Milei was left unharmed after stones were thrown at him during a...

Harry to return to UK on Queen Elizabeth's anniversary

Harry to return to UK on Queen Elizabeth's...

London [UK], August 29: Britain's Prince Harry will return to the UK on the third anniversary of the death of...

UK summons Russian envoy over 'senseless' attack

UK summons Russian envoy over 'senseless' attack

London [UK], August 29: The British Foreign Office has summoned the Russian ambassador to the UK over strikes on Kiev...

EU chief calls Zelensky and Trump after attack on Kiev

EU chief calls Zelensky and Trump after attack...

Kiev [Ukraine], August 29: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has spoken with the leaders of Ukraine and the...

Hungary bans Ukrainian drone chief from entry after attack

Hungary bans Ukrainian drone chief from entry after...

Budapest [Hungary], August 29: Hungary has imposed a three-year entry ban on Robert Brovdi, the head of Ukraine's drone forces,...

Russia missiles pound Ukraine

Russia missiles pound Ukraine

Moscow [Russia], August 29: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for more sanctions on Moscow on Thursday after a fresh wave...

Cambodia, Thailand sign 11 agreements at extraordinary meeting

Cambodia, Thailand sign 11 agreements at extraordinary meeting

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 28: The extraordinary meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand Regional Border Committee (RBC) ended with an 11-point joint...

E3 states threaten sanctions on Tehran as IAEA team returns to Iran

E3 states threaten sanctions on Tehran as IAEA...

Vienna [Austria], August 28: Germany, France and Britain could reintroduce UN sanctions on Iran as soon as Thursday if Tehran...

More Palestinians flee Israel's fierce bombing of Gaza City

More Palestinians flee Israel's fierce bombing of Gaza...

Gaza [Palestine], August 28: More Palestinian families are fleeing as the Israeli military pushes deeper into Gaza City, destroying entire...

German, French and Polish leaders show support for Moldova on visit

German, French and Polish leaders show support for...

Berlin [Germany], August 28: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited Moldova...

South Korea bans mobile phones and smart devices in classrooms

South Korea bans mobile phones and smart devices...

Seoul [South Korea], August 28: South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices...

Passenger bus crash in Afghan capital kills 25, injures 27: Media reports

Passenger bus crash in Afghan capital kills 25,...

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28: At least 25 people have died in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, after a passenger bus veered off...

Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland influence reports

Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland influence reports

Copenhagen [Denmark], August 28: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Wednesday said he had summoned the senior US diplomat...

Asia's largest dredgers take to water in China

Asia's largest dredgers take to water in China

Shanghai [China], August 28: China successfully launched the Tong Jun and Jun Guang - Asia's largest trailing suction hopper dredgers,...

SpaceX launches 10th Starship rocket test flight successfully

SpaceX launches 10th Starship rocket test flight successfully

New York [US], August 28: SpaceX announced on Tuesday the successful completion of the tenth test flight of its Starship...

6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Russia

6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Russia

Moscow [Russia], August 28: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off the eastern coast of Russia's Kamchatka...

Thirty-four soldiers kidnapped in Colombia

Thirty-four soldiers kidnapped in Colombia

Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 28: Thirty-four soldiers have been kidnapped in southern Colombia following fighting between government forces and a...

Typhoon Kajiki claims several lives, causes damage in Vietnam and Thailand

Typhoon Kajiki claims several lives, causes damage in...

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 28: Torrential rain and landslides triggered by Typhoon Kajiki have claimed several lives and caused severe damage...

France to take streaming platform Kick to court

France to take streaming platform Kick to court

Paris [France], August 28: Over a week after the on-camera death of a popular video game streamer, the French government...

More explosions at Germany's Port of Hamburg after major fire extinguished

More explosions at Germany's Port of Hamburg after...

Berlin [Germany], August 28: Fresh explosions were reported at the Port of Hamburg overnight after a huge fire that raged...

Syria condemns Israeli drone attack killing six soldiers near Damascus

Syria condemns Israeli drone attack killing six soldiers...

Damascus [Syria], August 28: Six soldiers were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Syria, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said...

Gunman attacks Minneapolis school children in chapel

Gunman attacks Minneapolis school children in chapel

Washington DC [US], August 28: A black-clad gunman killed two children and wounded 17 other people at a Minneapolis Catholic...

South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts

South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV...

Washington DC [US], August 28: On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within...