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Dozens injured after quake rocks central Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 18: At least 29 people were injured - including two who are in a critical condition -...

Iraq excavates mass grave of 4,000 people executed...
Baghdad [Iraq], August 18: The Iraqi government has begun excavating a mass grave near the city of Mosul where thousands...

Egypt rejects Israeli plans to displace Palestinians, warns...
Cairo [Egypt], August 18: Egypt has firmly renewed its rejection of any Israeli plans to displace Palestinians from their historical...

Belgium meets EU target for winter with gas...
Brussels [Belgium], August 18: The Belgian gas supply is currently 92.1% full. Brussels, along with Portugal, has already met the...

Hamas rejects Israel's Gaza relocation plan
Gaza [Palestine], August 18: Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Sunday that Israel's plan to relocate residents from Gaza City...

Oil markets seen bearish after Trump-Putin Alaska meeting
Alaska [US], August 18: Oil markets are set for a muted price reaction when they open on Sunday after U.S....

Spain battles 20 major wildfires amid scorching heat
Madrid [Spain], August 18: Scorching heat hampered efforts to contain 20 major wildfires across Spain on Sunday, prompting the government...

PM's approval up, support for statehood split: polls
London [UK], August 18: The percentage of voters happy with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's performance outnumbers those dissatisfied for the...

Zelensky to bring European leaders to White House
Berlin [Germany] / Paris [France], August 18: European leaders, including France's Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich...

Russia agrees to US, European security guarantees: Witkoff
Moscow [Russia], August 18: Russia has agreed to allow the United States and European allies to provide NATO-like security guarantees...

Amidst diplomatic efforts, war fronts remain active, says...
Kiev [Ukraine], August 18: In the shadow of the activities on the diplomatic and political fronts, Russian and Ukrainian troops...

More than 200 still missing in flood-hit district...
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 18: More than 200 people remain missing in one district of north-west Pakistan as a result of...

Israeli military carries out attacks on power plant...
Sanaa [Yemen], August 18: The Israeli navy has carried out attacks on a power plant near the Yemeni capital Sanaa,...

Israelis hold nationwide protest to end Gaza war,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 18: Thousands of protesters in Israel have taken to the streets demanding an end to the...

Erin downgraded to Category 3 hurricane, says US...
Washington [US], August 18: Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of this year's Atlantic season, is a Category 3, the United...

Bolivia heads to polls as 20 years of...
Sucre [Bolivia], August 18: People in Bolivia were headed to the polls to elect the next president as well as...

Serbia ruling party offices set on fire in...
Belgrade [Serbia], August 18: The offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) have been set on fire during a...

France says Mali's arrest of embassy worker on...
Paris [France], August 18: France's Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has said that a French man recently arrested in...

German diplomat criticises China ahead of Japan, Indonesia...
Hamburg [Germany], August 18: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, just ahead of a trip to Japan and Indonesia, criticized China...

UN regrets lack of consensus on plastic pollution...
New York [US], August 17: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed regret that international negotiations on a legally binding instrument...

European leaders welcome President Trump's efforts to end...
Brussels [Belgium], August 17: European leaders today welcomed US President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine, following...

Netanyahu 'has become a problem,' says Danish PM...
Brussels [Belgium], August 17: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become a "problem," his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen said Saturday,...

Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern...
Gaza [Palestine], August 17: Gaza residents will be provided with tents and other shelter equipment starting from Sunday ahead of...

Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his...
Moscow [Russia], August 17: Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern...

Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting...
New York [US], August 17: Pro-democracy activists and labor groups held hundreds of rallies and other events across the United...

Trump tells Zelenskiy that Putin wants more of...
New York [US], August 17: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should make a deal to end...

Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi,...
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 17: Dozens of people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Sulawesi, Indonesia, early on...