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How Florida is rebuilding for a stormy, costly...
Florida [US], August 25: "The road was a raging river. It was like the ocean," recalled Maria Blancett. "There were...

Trump's plan to send troops to Chicago is...
New York [US], August 25: President Donald Trump's plan to deploy troops to Chicago is an abuse of power, the...

Asylum protests in UK as govt plans new...
London [UK], August 25: Protests continued in the UK on Sunday over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers...

Over 500,000 to be evacuated as typhoon nears...
Hanoi [Vietnam], August 25: More than 150,000 households are set to be evacuated as Vietnam braces for the landfall from...

UN's OCHA warns of man-made Gaza famine, calls...
Gaza [Palestine], August 25: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that famine in Gaza...

Israel launches massive strikes on Yemen
Sana'a [Yemen], August 25: Two people were killed and 35 injured as Israel launched massive airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sana'a...

Iran will stand up to US demands to...
Tehran [Iran], August 25: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the United States wants Tehran "to be...

N Korea's Kim oversees test-firing of new air...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 25: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the firing of two new air defence missiles,...

Seven drown near popular Egyptian summer resort: Local...
Cairo [Egypt], August 25: Rescuers pulled another dead body from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Egyptian city...

Allies express support for Ukraine as Zelensky marks...
Kiev [Ukraine], August 25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated his compatriots on Independence Day on Sunday, exactly three and a...

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...