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Bangladesh elects Alamgir as new president

Bangladesh elects Alamgir as new president

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 21: Senior politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, 78, has been overwhelmingly elected president of Bangladesh, the country's...

UK rebukes Israel for West Bank settlement tender offer

UK rebukes Israel for West Bank settlement tender...

London [UK], August 21: UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has issued a rebuke to Israel after it published a tender...

Russian missile barrage kills 16 people in Ukraine's Kiev

Russian missile barrage kills 16 people in Ukraine's...

Kiev [Ukraine], August 21: Russian forces have launched ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine's capital Kiev, killing at least 16 people...

First group of US deportees, out of an expected 1,200, arrive in Liberia

First group of US deportees, out of an...

Monrovia [Liberia], August 21: A first group of deportees, out of an expected total of 1,200, has landed at the...

Gaza holds mass funeral for 50 Palestinians killed by Israel

Gaza holds mass funeral for 50 Palestinians killed...

Gaza [Palestine], August 21: At least 50 Palestinians whose bodies were retrieved recently from the rubble have been laid to...

Six tourists, pilot killed in Kenya helicopter crash

Six tourists, pilot killed in Kenya helicopter crash

Nairobi [Kenya], August 21: Six tourists and a pilot have been killed in a helicopter crash in Kenya, the operator...

USS Washington arrives in Arabian Sea after aircraft carrier outcry

USS Washington arrives in Arabian Sea after aircraft...

Washington [US], August 21: An aircraft carrier previously deployed to the Western Pacific has arrived in the Middle East, following...

Syria detains policeman over death of White Helmets rescuer

Syria detains policeman over death of White Helmets...

Damascus [Syria], August 21: A Syrian police officer has been arrested and may be criminally prosecuted after an investigation found...

Austria asylum applications drop to 10-year low

Austria asylum applications drop to 10-year low

Vienna [Austria], August 20: The number of new asylum applications in Austria dropped to its lowest level in 10 years,...

Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows

Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data...

Kinshasa [DRC], August 20: The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the ​Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds 5,000, government...

Rescue mission called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope

Rescue mission called off for NASA's aging Swift...

Washington [US], August 20: The mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to...

Moderna shares double after experimental mRNA cancer treatment passes key test

Moderna shares double after experimental mRNA cancer treatment...

Washington [US], August 20: Moderna shares more than doubled Wednesday after it announced initial results from a study of an...

SpaceX launches its 100th mission of the year, sends Starlink satellites to orbit

SpaceX launches its 100th mission of the year,...

New York [US], August 20: In a feat that feels more like science fiction than modern reality, SpaceX has officially...

Apple releases urgent security update for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Apple releases urgent security update for iPhone, iPad...

Washington [US], August 19: Apple released iOS 26.6.1 on August 17, patching 29 security vulnerabilities, including a critical ImageIO flaw...

UAE condemns Israeli raids on military airbase in Idlib, reaffirms rejection of any infringement on Syria's sovereignty

UAE condemns Israeli raids on military airbase in...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 19: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli raids on Abu...

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for teens in new safety update

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for teens in new safety...

Washington [US], August 19: US company OpenAI has announced the launch of a specialised version of its popular app-dubbed "ChatGPT...

Indonesia: Death toll from magnitude 7.7 earthquake rises to 70

Indonesia: Death toll from magnitude 7.7 earthquake rises...

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 19: The death toll from the powerful 7.7-magnitude quake that struck Indonesia last Saturday has risen to...

Climate change drives record heat in Europe's seas, scientists say

Climate change drives record heat in Europe's seas,...

Brussels [Belgium], August 19: Human-caused climate change was the main driver of recent record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe, scientists said...

Kushner meets Netanyahu to push Gaza plan

Kushner meets Netanyahu to push Gaza plan

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 18: US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Iran says ready for US ground operations as MoU expires

Iran says ready for US ground operations as...

Tehran [Iran], August 18: Iranian authorities have signalled they could shift to a more offensive approach to the war with...

Trump demands Iran to 'put up the white flag'

Trump demands Iran to 'put up the white...

Washington [US], August 18: President Donald Trump has demanded that Iran surrender, as the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the...

Thousands await aid after Indonesia quake

Thousands await aid after Indonesia quake

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 18: Thousands of people are waiting for aid in the eastern Indonesia region hit by a powerful...

Thieves steal Renaissance artworks in Italy

Thieves steal Renaissance artworks in Italy

Messina [Italy], August 18: Thieves have stolen four Renaissance masterworks by Antonello da Messina valued at up to 80 million...

Democrats rebuke Trump over scaling back military drills with South Korea

Democrats rebuke Trump over scaling back military drills...

Washington [US], August 18: President Donald Trump is facing pushback over his decision to reduce joint military exercises between the...

Boat sets sail from Bristol to break Israel's siege of Gaza

Boat sets sail from Bristol to break Israel's...

Bristol [UK], August 18: A boat has set sail from southern England as part of a flotilla's efforts to break...

Zambia's president extends election lead as contested vote count continues

Zambia's president extends election lead as contested vote...

Lusaka [Zambia], August 18: Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has extended his lead in the country's general election as vote counting...

Four European countries help Belgium contain wildfire near German border

Four European countries help Belgium contain wildfire near...

Brussels [Belgium], August 18: Efforts to tackle the wildfire in the High Fens nature reserve in Belgium, close to the...