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Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region suffers as US-Iran war drags on 

11 August 2026

Erbil, Iraq – For the last five months or so, Iraq’s Kurdistan region has suffered the impact and ramifications of t...

Indonesian officials race to contain wildfires as dozens of schools shut 

11 August 2026

Authorities in Indonesia are scrambling to contain wildfires that have burned through more than 100,000 hectares (247,00...

Iran threat prompted secret Trump flight from Turkiye: Reports 

11 August 2026

News|Donald Trump An Iranian assassination threat prompted United States President Donald Trump to secretly switch plane...

Bashar al-Assad, Atef Najib sentenced to death in landmark Syria trial 

11 August 2026

Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad and Atef Najib, the former head of political security in southern Syria’s Deraa...

‘My father is in RSS’: India’s Gen Z confronts Modi-loving parents at home 

11 August 2026

New Delhi, India – When Kunal Choudhary left Punjab’s Ludhiana city on July 14 to join the Gen Z-led protests in New...

What to know about the US primaries in Connecticut, Vermont, and Alabama 

11 August 2026

The United States midterm primaries continue, with voters in several states heading to the polls to choose the Republica...

Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns 

11 August 2026

Search and rescue teams are racing against time across western Colombia after a powerful earthquake killed at least 132 ...

Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia 

11 August 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Overnight Russian attacks have killed six people in southeastern Ukraine and struck a children�...

Mass grave with 25 bodies found in Sudan’s Kurmuk after army retakes town 

11 August 2026

News|Sudan war Sudanese armed forces have discovered at least 25 bodies in a mass grave in the southeastern Blue Nile St...

Yemen’s Houthis launch ballistic missile attacks on al-Makha and Marib 

11 August 2026

News|Houthis The armed forces of Yemen’s internationally recognised government have accused the Houthis of launching a...