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'Deranged monster' probed after deadly Minnesota church shooting
Washington [US], August 29: US investigators were searching for a motive on Thursday after a shooting at a Catholic church...

Industry concerned about brain drain from Austria
Vienna [Austria], August 29: A recent study commissioned by the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) has highlighted an alarming issue,...

UN chief renews call for immediate ceasefire in...
New York [US], August 29: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday reiterated his call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire...

WFP chief visits Palestine, Israel; calls for immediate...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 29: Safe, unfettered humanitarian access to reach the most vulnerable families is the top priority right now,...

Security Council: UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended...
New York [US], August 29: The UN peacekeeping mission which patrols the so-called Blue Line of separation between Israel and...

Mt. Shinmoe in southwestern Japan erupts, spews plume...
Tokyo [Japan], August 29: Mt. Shinmoe on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu erupted on Thursday, spewing a plume...

Nepal: Birgunj cholera outbreak kills 3, over 300...
Birgunj [Nepal], August 29: The Parsa district of Nepal bordering India has seen an upsurge in cases of cholera in...

EU delegation building "severely" damaged in Russian missile...
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 29: Russia's latest missile attack on Kyiv "severely" damaged the delegation building of the European Union (EU),...

Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza City
Gaza [Palestine], August 29: Israeli forces killed at least 16 Palestinians across Gaza on Thursday and wounded dozens in the...

UNSC to wind down UNIFIL mission in Lebanon...
New York [US], August 29: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has voted to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in...

At least 60 killed as Israel intensifies attacks...
Gaza City [Gaza], August 29: At least 60 people were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn on Thursday,...

Italian women targeted in online scandal
Rome [Italy], August 29: Italians have reacted with outrage after an online platform with hundreds of thousands of users was...

Iran slams European sanctions move as 'baseless, unlawful'
New York [US], August 29: Iran has sharply criticised Germany, France and the United Kingdom over the move to reintroduce...

Argentine President Milei attacked with stones at campaign...
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 29: Argentine President Javier Milei was left unharmed after stones were thrown at him during a...

Harry to return to UK on Queen Elizabeth's...
London [UK], August 29: Britain's Prince Harry will return to the UK on the third anniversary of the death of...

UK summons Russian envoy over 'senseless' attack
London [UK], August 29: The British Foreign Office has summoned the Russian ambassador to the UK over strikes on Kiev...

EU chief calls Zelensky and Trump after attack...
Kiev [Ukraine], August 29: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has spoken with the leaders of Ukraine and the...

Hungary bans Ukrainian drone chief from entry after...
Budapest [Hungary], August 29: Hungary has imposed a three-year entry ban on Robert Brovdi, the head of Ukraine's drone forces,...

Russia missiles pound Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], August 29: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for more sanctions on Moscow on Thursday after a fresh wave...

Cambodia, Thailand sign 11 agreements at extraordinary meeting
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 28: The extraordinary meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand Regional Border Committee (RBC) ended with an 11-point joint...

E3 states threaten sanctions on Tehran as IAEA...
Vienna [Austria], August 28: Germany, France and Britain could reintroduce UN sanctions on Iran as soon as Thursday if Tehran...

More Palestinians flee Israel's fierce bombing of Gaza...
Gaza [Palestine], August 28: More Palestinian families are fleeing as the Israeli military pushes deeper into Gaza City, destroying entire...

German, French and Polish leaders show support for...
Berlin [Germany], August 28: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited Moldova...

South Korea bans mobile phones and smart devices...
Seoul [South Korea], August 28: South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices...

Passenger bus crash in Afghan capital kills 25,...
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28: At least 25 people have died in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, after a passenger bus veered off...

Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland influence reports
Copenhagen [Denmark], August 28: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Wednesday said he had summoned the senior US diplomat...

Asia's largest dredgers take to water in China
Shanghai [China], August 28: China successfully launched the Tong Jun and Jun Guang - Asia's largest trailing suction hopper dredgers,...