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Lebanon has abolished the death penalty, becoming the first Middle Eastern country to formally end capital punishment as executions remain prevalent across the region.

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Heatwaves are reshaping French real estate as buyers look for summer comfort, shuttered facades, and homes protected against extreme heat.

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India isn't alone on August 15. Learn how South Korea, North Korea, Congo, Bahrain, and Liechtenstein share this historic date for their independence.

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Iran-backed Houthis escalated attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb, particularly targeting Saudi-linked ships. The Tihamah attack that killed three crew members is a major turning point, as it involves Pakistani casualties, amid the wider Iran-US-Israel war.

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Typhoon Dolphin threatens Beijing with more than 150mm of rain in 24 hours. See China flood alerts, evacuations, closures and Japan's storm threat

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India also firmly rejected China’s objections to the naming of 27 places in Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the state is an integral part of India and stressing that peace and tranquillity along the border remain vital to bilateral ties.

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UN investigators report an escalation of deliberate aerial attacks, torture, and war crimes by Myanmar's military against civilian communities.

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Donald Trump's executive order shifting the US childhood immunisation schedule away from universal recommendations to parental choice sparked intense online backlash, with critics warning of reduced public disease protection.

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Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death in absentia by a Syrian court. Thisis a moment of reckoning for the former president whose 24-year rule ended with his 2024 overthrow and exile in Russia. Here is a political profile

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Australian PM Anthony Albanese refuses to apologise for podcast comments regarding a gift from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. 

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A 26-year-old software engineer from Andhra Pradesh died in a head-on crash in Ohio after a pickup truck crossed the median and hit his car. Dileep Kumar Bungatavula, a Kent State University graduate, died at the scene. His family is arranging to bring his remains to India.

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A Syrian court has sentenced the country's ousted president, Bashar Al-Assad, to death on Tuesday (Aug 11) for committing crimes against the Syrian people.



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Russia hit several Ukrainian regions overnight and Tuesday morning, including Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia, killing 12 and injuring 20. Zelensky said the weapons included "North Korean ballistic missiles" and “Shahed drones.”

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At least 14 illegal miners have died and scores were injured at a disused mine shaft in Nkaneng, near Rustenburg, South African police confirm.

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Trump's latest White House video uses Game of Thrones-style imagery to portray his Washington makeover, ending with the Oval Office transformed into a medieval throne room. The post has renewed criticism over the president's repeated embrace of "king" imagery.

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Iran’s hardline Kayhan newspaper condemned a new Saudi Arabia-Turkey-Pakistan defense pact signed in Mecca, accusing Muslim leaders of betraying Palestinians and targeting Tehran-backed armed groups instead of confronting Israel.



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A major corruption scandal is in the limelight in Colombia, where former mayors and governors will be investigated for the embezzlement of COP3 trillion or Rs 8,976 crores. Prosecutors have already arrested 13 suspects.

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Colombia's new government has recognised Israel's claim over the disputed Golan Heights, breaking with the long-standing international position that the territory remains Syrian. The move marks a sharp shift in Bogota's foreign policy under President Abelardo de la Espriella.

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After a credible threat from Iran during a NATO summit in Turkey, US President Donald Trump was secretly moved via an airport catering truck to a smaller C-32A aircraft, using Air Force One as a decoy flight.



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Colombia earthquake: Videos on social media show a building crumbling and the Pereira airport shaking violently. Severe structural damage can be seen at the airport after the 7.4-magnitude earthquake. A passenger shared the moment the Pereira airport shook from the tremors.

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Donald Trump has ordered a major rethink of childhood vaccination policy in the US, including the widely used MMR shot and school vaccine requirements. The move comes as measles cases surge across the country and has already triggered a sharp backlash from doctors.

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With five months left in 2026, Baba Vanga's alleged predictions have resurfaced, with followers claiming two have already come true. Three more supposedly await humanity. What horrors can we expect next?

A powerful earthquake has left Colombia scrambling to rescue survivors from collapsed buildings, with the death toll already reaching 111. As the scale of the devastation emerges, the United States has announced a major emergency aid package for the quake-hit country.

US announces $15.5 million emergency aid for Colombia after deadly earthquake kills 111

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the earthquake was of 7.4 magnitude and occurred at a depth of approximately 115 kilometres. Colombia’s Geological Service issued a lower preliminary estimate, measuring the earthquake at magnitude 6.7 and a depth of 82 kilometres.

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