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CIA head, Vatican diplomacy chief visited Russia to talk — foreign minister
Sergey Lavrov briefly commented on the visit by John Ratcliffe and Paul Richard Gallagher "on the very same day"
Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’
Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley councilFollow our Australia news live blog fo…
Judge says Pentagon's measures against Anthropic were 'illegal and baseless'
A judge issued a written order Thursday night that the Pentagon acted illegally by punishing the AI company for its criticism of the Department of Defense's views on AI use. The g…
‘Confluence of errors’ led to Belgian tourist Celine Cremer’s death in Tasmanian wilderness, coroner finds
Coronor finds 31-year-old deviated from a walking track as dusk fell, four days before the winter solsticeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking ne…
Four wounded in drone attack on Sevastopol — governor
According to Mikhail Razvozhayev, two of them sustained minor injuries and declined hospitalization
What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the NetherlandsIn October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a …
‘Behind every case, a person’: the man leading DRC’s Ebola fight on the human cost hidden behind the numbers
Prof Pierre Akilimali, who heads DR Congo’s response to an outbreak that has so far killed more than 2,700 people, says tackling the disease requires trust and respectThe statisti…
Best of 2026…so far: ‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab – podcast
Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to expla…
Tel Aviv-based firm helps uncover Russian-speaking hackers’ use of SpaceX’s AI tool
Gambit says the cybercrooks, who it discovered due to a server that was inadvertently shared online, were able to persuade Cursor's agents that the hacking of at least 7 companies…
Retired US rear admiral claims he possibly found Atlantis
Tim Gallaudet added that he would not go into details because he does not want the location to be revealed
US fully cleared Strait of Hormuz of mines — CENTCOM head
Bradley Cooper said that mines in the strait’s international shipping lanes were laid by IRGC
Domestic Politics Is Making an India Visit Difficult for Bangladeshi PM Tarique Rahman
The Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party are objecting to Rahman visiting Delhi.
Group of Japanese students visited St. Petersburg on August 12-20 — Foreign Ministry
A Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that the visit took place in the framework of the first exchange on the governmental level in seven years
South Korea to re-examine 310,000 missing person cases after fake record scandal
Renewed scrutiny comes after police officer accused of falsifying records in order to close the cases of people who were later found deadSouth Korean police will re-examine about …
Death toll in Nepalese floods rises to 469 — police
1,545 people have been wounded and rescued
Nepal-Tibet flash flood live updates: death toll rises to 469, police say; debris-clogged river at risk of flooding again
The catastrophic flash flood has left 1,300 missing, with hundreds of tourists unaccounted for as rescuers race to find survivorsNearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, and hundred…
Period of early parliamentary vote begins in several Russian regions
Donbass, Novorossia, and eight other border regions will have the option of holding an early vote on their territory for security reasons
Haredi extremists riot against Jerusalem Light Rail construction; at least 2 arrested
One suspect detained for setting fire to part of construction site; TV report says several of the demonstrators were investigated over June riot at deputy Supreme Court chief's ho…
Woman seriously wounded during drone attack on Sevastopol — governor
According to Mikhail Razvozhayev, a drone struck a section of a five-story residential building
Lake Ontario got its name before US independence and will keep it — Canadian PM
Mark Carney said Canadians know "that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario"
A new documentary finds orchestrating hands behind online hate after October 7
'The Campaign,' based on Warren Kinsella's 'The Hidden Hand,' weaves in-depth interviews with investigative reporting to reveal a social media movement that spread anti-Israel mes…
Trump personally dispatched CIA chief to Russia — WSJ
According to sources cited by the newspaper, John Ratcliffe's mission was "so sensitive" that even some White House officials had no prior knowledge of it
Tate brothers blast US jail conditions as they seek bail in UK extradition fight
Andrew and Tristan Tate's legal team argued in a Miami court that the two were not a flight risk.
Former British-Israeli Hamas hostage married in Tel Aviv
Emily Damari, who was held for 15 months, married partner Dani Amit in a ceremony attended by other ex-hostages.