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US aircraft carrier arrives in the Middle East,...
Washington [US], August 22: The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its escort warships have arrived in the Middle East...

Philippines cancels passport, works with Interpol on mayor...
Manila [Philippines], August 22: The Philippines has provided the passport of a former mayor suspected of being Chinese to Interpol...

Iranian parliament approves new Cabinet
Tehran [Iran], August 22: Iran's parliament approved the new Cabinet of President Masoud Pezeshkian, with representatives agreeing to all 19...

Russia destroys 45 Ukrainian drones headed towards Moscow
Moscow [Russia], August 22: Russian air defences shot down 45 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, with 11 of them destroyed...

Kamala Harris' husband woos Chicago
Chicago [US], August 22: He met Kamala Harris on a blind date, and on Tuesday her husband Doug Emhoff tried...

RFK Jr. to withdraw from Presidential race
Washington [US], August 22: Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race by...

At least 24 killed as Congolese boat overturns
Mai-Ndombe [Congo], August 22: At least 24 people died after an overloaded boat capsized on a river in Congo's Mai-Ndombe...

Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due...
Tehran [Iran], August 22: The helicopter crash in which Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused...

Iran: Bus crash kills at least 28 Pakistani...
Tehran [Iran], August 22: A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed in central Iran killing at least 28 people on board,...

U.S. crude oil production projected to grow to...
Washington [US], August 22: Crude oil production in the United States will grow to an average of 13.7 million barrels...

3.5-magnitutde quake hits northern Kuwait
Kuwait City [Kuwait], August 22: The Kuwait National Seismic Network (KNSN), affilaited to Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), said...

Croatia re-nominates Dubravka Suica for European Commission
Zagreb [Croatia], August 21: The Croatian government has re-nominated Dubravka Suica, the current vice president of the European Commission, as...

EU approves Germany's 5-bln-euro subsidy for semiconductor plant
Brussels [Belgium], August 21: The European Union (EU) has approved a 5-billion-euro (5.56 billion U.S. dollars) state subsidy from Germany...

Musk says 'willing to serve' in US govt
New York [US], August 21: US entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he was ready to have a role...

Tunisian election will be a 'mere formality': Human...
Cairo [Egypt], August 21: Tunisian authorities have intensified their crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, just over six weeks...

German court upholds conviction of 99-year-old ex-Nazi camp...
Leipzig [Germany], August 21: Germany's Federal Court of Justice on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a 99-year-old former secretary at...

Convention spotlight shines on Biden - with speech...
Chicago [US], August 21: It was not the speech Joe Biden wanted to give. At least, not this year, under...

Russia urges Kursk residents and soldiers to boost...
Moscow [Russia], August 21: The Russian Interior Ministry urged residents on Tuesday in three border regions near Ukraine to deactivate...

For black Britons, UK riots leave lasting scars
London [UK], August 21: "Please do not go out until this blows over," Sarah Akinterinwa, messaged a friend on August...

Putin visits Chechnya for first time since 2011
Moscow [Russia], August 21: RT reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Chechnya on the evening of August 20...

Russia shoots down Ukrainian UAV heading towards Moscow
Moscow [Russia], August 21: Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on Moscow and the provinces of Bryansk, Tula and Rostov,...

Blinken in Egypt seeking progress towards Gaza ceasefire...
Cairo [Egypt], August 21: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed for progress towards a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release...

Mpox is not the new COVID, says WHO...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 21: A World Health Organization official stressed that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or...

US criticises Israeli PM's 'maximalist' ceasefire stance
Washington [US], August 21: A senior US administration official has pushed back at reported comments by Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing the...

Barack Obama headlines DNC, Republicans endorse Harris
Washington [US], August 21: Former U.S. President Barack Obama returns to the national stage on Tuesday night to boost his...

Gaza ceasefire must initiate broader international recognition for...
Cairo [Egypt], August 21: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stressed on Tuesday that a ceasefire in Gaza must mark the...

Numerous wildfires currently engulfing forests across Canada
Ottawa [Canada], August 21: Numerous wildfires are presently blazing across Canada, as declared by the responsible organisation, Canadian Interagency Forest...