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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...

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...

Huge fire breaks out at Libya’s Zawiya refinery after drone attack 

11 August 2026

Firefighters in Libya are battling a massive blaze at the Zawiya refinery following a drone attack, with the country’s...

Trump’s media company reports $238m loss 

11 August 2026

US President Donald Trump’s media conglomerate has reported a net loss of $238m in the second quarter of 2026, against...