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Lockerbie bombing trial postponed days before it was due to start
The trial of a Libyan man is delayed for a third time, after new evidence on the 37-year-old case came to light three days ago.
Beyond China's humanoid robots, a quieter machine revolution is unfolding
There are more than two million robots working in China's factories - and they are scaling up fast.
Russians are pulling cash out of banks. How likely is the deposit freeze they fear?
Russians are rattled by a new wave of rumors about a possible freeze on bank deposits. Last week, The Washington Post reported on that risk. The paper linked the scenario to the g…
European countries arm Ukraine, encourage rejection of Minsk accords — envoy to UN
Vasily Nebenzya noted that these countries "watched with delight and eager anticipation," looking forward to Russia's "strategic defeat"
Supreme Court pauses lower court ruling on Trump's mail voting order as hurdles loom
The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that blocked key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail for the midterms. But U.S. Postal Service work on the order remains…
Ozon was the big winner from Wildberries’ ruin. Five weeks later, it’s the target of Ukraine’s drone attacks.
For a third straight night, Ukraine’s military has struck warehouses belonging to the Russian online marketplace Ozon. The first drone strike, overnight on August 22, targeted the…
Russian planes drops almost 800 tons of water of wildfire hotspots in Serbia in four days
Serbian emergency specialists noted the high efficiency of Russian aerial operations
US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months
US Southern Command has struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two accused of trafficking drugsAfter a pause of more than two months, the US military announced Mond…
Iran was prepared for US sanctions, has plan to address them — minister
The country's government had planned in advance how to counter US sanctions
NYT: A fully autonomous Russian AI drone run by an Nvidia minicomputer killed 3 civilians in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia
A Russian drone guided entirely by an experimental artificial intelligence system killed three civilians in Zaporizhzhia, according to an article in The New York Times (NYT).
'Absolutely ridiculous': Canadians react to new tariff tensions with the US
Many voiced frustration at the escalating trade war, warning it risks damaging the deep economic and cultural ties between the two neighbours.
Syria court sentences Assad-era grand mufti to life in prison
Ahmed Hassoun was convicted of crimes including inciting civil war and complicity in intentional killing.
Iranian parliament speaker dismisses US threats to Iran’s trading partners
"Americans know that no one buys their bombast," Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said
Some half of Russian POWs interviewed by UN report torture in Ukraine
All prisoners of war must be treated humanely, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said
Manga-inspired theme park to be built near Paris
The construction of three new parks was given the green light after a €6bn investment from Saudi Arabia.
US should comply with bilateral memo in practice — Iran’s national security council
Iran has no trust in the United States, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei said
UN states 119% growth in casualties among civilians in Russia
In total, from January to July 2026, Russian authorities reported 329 civilians killed and 2,197 injured in the Russian Federation, Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said
Russia has been steering ninth-graders toward vocational college instead of regular high school. The country’s top court just ruled that one school went too far by outright refusing a student.
Russia’s Supreme Court — the country’s highest court of general jurisdiction — has ruled that a school unlawfully refused to let a student continue his education after ninth grade…
Watch: Doug Ford's blunt warning to Trump over Canada tariffs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford lists the ways Canada could hurt the US economy - and uses blunt language to taunt the US president.
The Mecca Pact: What Do We Actually Know?
There are few concrete details available about the joint defense agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye.
Senior programmer at Russia’s internet regulator is sentenced for donation to Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation
A Moscow court handed a four-year suspended sentence to Leonid Stepanov, an employee of Russia’s federal communications regulator Roskomnadzor, on charges of financing extremism, …
Putin extends Alexander Bastrykin’s term as Investigative Committee chief through 2027, using a 2024 law that lets him personally extend that term past age 70
Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended Alexander Bastrykin’s term as head of the Investigative Committee, Russia’s top investigative agency, until August 27, 2027, accordin…
China’s Strategic Plan for Space Superiority
China defines space superiority as achieving space logistics and infrastructure, and then using them for the kind of war it might fight.
Reuters: Ukrainian drones knocked out a major Russian oil refinery in Perm for the second time this year
The oil refinery in Perm has halted operations following a Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources told Reuters. The sources said repairs could take up to two weeks.