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Over 1,700 schools temporarily closed due to severe...
Yangon [Myanmar], August 2: Over 1,700 schools in nine regions and states across Myanmar have temporarily closed due to severe...
Trump loses appeal of gag order in hush...
New York [US], August 2: A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's challenge to a gag...
Brazil, Mexico and Colombia call for Venezuela to...
Caracas [Venezuela], August 2: The presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia called for Venezuela to release detailed voting tallies on...
North Korea wants to restart nuclear talks if...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 2: North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is...
Japan warns of weak yen impact on households...
Tokyo [Japan], August 2: A weak yen is hurting Japanese households' sentiment and could erode their purchasing power, the government...
Bangladesh bans largest Islamic party
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 2: The Bangladeshi government has issued an order outlawing the country's largest Islamic party and all its...
Germany, Poland mark uprising anniversary
Warsaw [Poland], August 2: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Polish President Andrzej Duda laid wreaths together to commemorate the victims...
Philippines delays oil siphoning
Manila [Philippines], August 2: The Philippine Coastguard said on Thursday that operations to drain 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel...
Iran's Khamenei leads funeral prayers for Hamas chief...
Tehran [Iran], August 2: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led funeral prayers at a memorial event for Hamas...
UN Security Council members fear all-out war
Washington [US], August 2: Countries of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have condemned the assassination of Hamas's political chief...
Response to Israeli assassination inevitable: Hezbollah
Beirut [Lebanon], August 2: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said the war with Israel has "entered a new phase" as...
China launches new high-orbit internet-services satellite
Xichang [China], August 2: China sent a new high-orbit internet-services satellite into space on Thursday from the Xichang Satellite Launch...
Bank of England lowers its main interest rate...
London [UK], August 2: The Bank of England has cut interest rates for the first time since the onset of...
Earthquake shakes southern Italy, no initial reports of...
Rome [Italy], August 2: An earthquake of around magnitude 5.0 shook southern Italy on Thursday, Reuters reported, and was felt...
Tadweer Group promotes sustainability engaging 158,000 community members...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 2: Tadweer Group's Community Engagement team conducted clean-up campaigns in public areas, engaged with 49 schools,...
Iran leader orders direct attack on Israel after...
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 1: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered a direct attack on Israel following the...
Ukraine attacks Russian forces in Syria after Putin...
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 1: Kyiv Post reported on July 31 that it had obtained exclusive videos and images showing that...
Canadian warship passes through Taiwan Strait, China reacts
Canada says the HMCS Montreal's transit through the Taiwan Strait reaffirms Canada's commitment to a free and open Indo- Pacific...
Ceremony to welcome the President of Timor-Leste on...
On the morning of August 1, at the Presidential Palace, President To Lam chaired the official welcoming ceremony for President...
UK charges 17-year-old with murder in Southport killings...
London [UK], August 1: A 17-year-old male already in custody has been charged with murder for the deaths of three...
Trump questions Harris' identity at black journalists' convention
Washington [US], August 1: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely suggested to the country's largest annual gathering of...
Ukraine receives first F-16 jets, officials say
Kiev [Ukraine], August 1: The first batch of long-awaited F-16 jets have arrived in Ukraine, Lithuania's foreign minister and a...
Ex-BBC news presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to...
Washington [US], August 1: Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC's flagship news programme, pleaded...
Ukraine says it repelled one of Russia's largest...
Kiev [Ukraine], August 1: Ukraine's air force said on yesterday it repelled one of Russia's largest long-range drone attacks of...
Killing of Hamas chief in Iran stirs fears...
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 1: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning,...
Myanmar armed groups take advantage of rainy season...
Yangon [Myanmar], August 1: The Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, is taking advantage of the monsoon...
Billionaire Elon Musk accepts to 'fight' with Venezuelan...
Washington [US], August 1: Forbes reported on July 31 that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro challenged billionaire Elon Musk to...