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US scales down contested military presence in Iraq,...
Baghdad [Iraq], August 25: US troops have begun withdrawing from bases in Iraq, where their presence as part of an...

Moscow and Kiev swap 146 POWs
Moscow [Russia], August 25: Russia and Ukraine have carried out another exchange of prisoners of war, the Defence Ministry in...

UN special rapporteur Albanese to contribute to 'Gaza...
London [UK], August 24: Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese will contribute to...

Ukraine marks Flag Day as Russians claim advances
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 24: Ukraine marked its National Flag Day on Saturday with a ceremony attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky...

Venezuela launches call-up for militia as tensions with...
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 24: Venezuela's authoritarian regime is planning to recruit further people for the militia branch of the...

'Restaurant fire in London like a Halloween scene'
London [UK], August 24: A fire at a restaurant in north-east London was like a "Halloween scene", a local businessman...

President Trump's Controversial Crime Crackdown Program
Washington [US], August 24: US President Donald Trump appears to be taking the federal government's crackdown on crime to a...

North Korea claims to have tested a new...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 24: KCNA news agency reported today, August 24, that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised the...

WSJ: Pentagon prevents Ukraine from attacking Russian territory
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 24: The Pentagon is said to have prevented Ukraine from using US missiles to attack targets inside...

China is about to put its most modern...
Beijing [China], August 24: A video released by CCTV suggests that China's third and most modern aircraft carrier, the Fujian,...

Germany admits its economy is in structural crisis
Berlin [Germany], August 24: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted that addressing the country's challenges was more difficult than expected.

China urgently responds to typhoon Kajiki
Beijing [China], August 24: China has increased its storm and flood response level and activated a series of precautionary measures...

Sri Lanka ex-President Wickremesinghe hospitalised after arrest
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 24: Sri Lanka's jailed former president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was hospitalised on Saturday, local media reported, a...

Taiwan, China, battle it out in competing World...
Taipei [Taiwan], August 24: Veteran Pan Cheng-fa says he clearly remembers fighting for China against the Japanese in World War...

Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest...
Washington [US], August 24: Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed...

Taiwan nuclear plant re-opening vote fails as approval...
Taipei [Taiwan], August 24: A referendum to push for the re-opening of Taiwan's last nuclear plant failed on Saturday to...

Syria delays parliamentary vote in Sweida after sectarian...
Damascus [Syria], August 24: Syria's first parliamentary election under its new Islamist administration, scheduled for September, will not include the...

Emirati humanitarian aid convoy arrives in Gaza as...
Gaza border [Israel], August 24: A new convoy of humanitarian aid has arrived in the Gaza Strip as part of...

UAE President to begin state visit to Angola...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 24: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will begin a state visit to...

Mexico anticipates $3 billion in gains from hosting...
Mexico City [Mexico], August 24: The Mexican Football Association expects the country to achieve economic gains exceeding $3 billion by...

New casualties mount in Gaza
Gaza border [Israel], August 24: Palestinian medical sources announced on Saturday evening that the total number of people martyred in...

France's La Poste halts goods parcel service to...
Paris [France], August 23: France's national postal service, La Poste, announced Friday that it will suspend goods parcel service to...

Technical failures cause flight delays at Athens International...
Athens [Greece], August 23: A series of technical malfunctions at Athens International Airport earlier this week disrupted air traffic operations...

Dutch FM resigns over blocked measures against Israel...
The Hague [Netherlands], August 23: Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on Friday, saying he could not push through tougher...

Intel, Trump administration reach agreement on stake investment
San Francisco [US], August 23: Intel Corporation on Friday announced an agreement with the Trump Administration under which the U.S....

Boeing confirms X-37B spaceplane functioning normally after launch
San Francisco [US], August 23: Boeing announced Friday that its X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is healthy in orbit and proceeding...

5 dead in tour bus crash in U.S....
New York [US], August 23: Five people were confirmed dead as a tour bus crashed in the U.S. state of...