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Ceasefire holds in south Syria, but humanitarian crisis...
Damascus [Syria], August 1: While a fragile ceasefire has largely calmed fighting in southern Syria's Sweida province, the humanitarian situation...

Heatwave hits south-west Iran as temperatures soar above...
Tehran [Iran], August 1: Temperatures in the south-western Iranian city of Omidiyeh have soared to 51 degrees Celsius as the...

Turkey prays for rain amid drought, fires
Ankara [Turkey], August 1: Amid worsening drought, wildfires and record-shattering temperatures, Turkey is turning to both faith and water tanks...

Tax revenue surges, Trump says America is getting...
Washington [US], August 1: US import tax revenue in the first half of 2025 is more than in all of...

Mr. Yoon Suk Yeol may be subject to...
Seoul [South Korea], August 1: The Seoul Central District Court, South Korea on July 31 issued a new arrest warrant...

Online fraud alarm in Southeast Asia
Geneva [Switzerland], August 1: As several Southeast Asian countries continue to crack down on online scams, the United Nations warns...

Myanmar ends state of emergency, announces election date
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], August 1: Myanmar's military government announced on July 31 that it was ending the state of emergency imposed...

President Trump builds gold-plated ballroom at the White...
Washington [US], August 1: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed that the US will soon start construction on a...

Mr. Trump signed an executive order imposing a...
Washington [US], August 1: On the morning of August 1 (Vietnam time), US President Donald Trump signed an executive order...

Trump says it is 'disgusting' what Russia doing...
Washington [US], August 1: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday sharply criticized Russia's "disgusting" behavior against Ukraine and said he...

Texas mayor calls for flash flood warning system
Texas [US], August 1: The mayor of a Texas city at the center of flash flooding that killed over 130...

US baby born from 30-year-old frozen embryo breaks...
Washington [US], August 1: A baby boy has been born to an Ohio couple from an embryo that was frozen...

More than 30 killed in nursing home hit
Beijing [China], August 1: Footage showed emergency teams wading through chest-high water trying to rescue those trapped in the home...

Microsoft becomes second company to reach $4 trillion...
New York [US], August 1: Microsoft has become the second company in history to surpass a market capitalisation of US$4...

Famine in Gaza threatens thousands with starvation, WHO...
Gaza [Israel], August 1: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Gaza is facing the most severe stage of...

Hamdan bin Mohammed witnesses display of skills of...
Dubai [UAE], August 1: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister,...

Palestinian state key to Middle East stability: Egyptian...
Cairo [Egypt], August 1: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has reiterated Egypt's support for remarks made by UK Prime Minister...

Abdullah bin Zayed welcomes intent of several countries...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 1: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

War monitor reports Israeli airstrikes in Syria's Sweida...
Damascus [Syria], July 31: Despite a ceasefire agreement, Israel attacked targets in Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province on Tuesday, a British-based...

Russia and China to hold joint naval drills...
Moscow [Russia], July 31: Russia and China will begin several days of joint military exercises in the Sea of Japan...

More than 100 Gazans killed in past 24...
Gaza border [Israel], July 31: More than 100 people have been killed in Gaza due to Israeli attacks in the...

Pacific states breathe easier after huge quake triggers...
Moscow [Russia], July 31: A massive earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula sent tsunami waves in the paths of millions of...

UK flights disrupted by ATC tech glitch
London [UK], July 31: Flights across the UK are being disrupted after air traffic control (ATC) provider Nats suffered a...

Pressure mounts on Israel over Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 31: UN agencies have warned that the Gaza Strip is facing a large-scale famine and urgently...

On Gaza malnutrition ward, a child's arm is...
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 31: On the pink walls of Nasser hospital's child malnutrition ward, cartoon drawings show children running,...

Huge quake in Russia triggers tsunami warnings around...
Moscow [Russia], July 31: A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Wednesday triggered tsunami...

As China prepares for escalating tensions with the...
Beijing [China], July 31: Despite sending out signals of goodwill, the US and China failed to make any breakthroughs after...