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Aug 28, 2025
Shanghai [China], August 28: China successfully launched the Tong Jun and Jun Guang - Asia's largest trailing suction hopper dredgers, independently designed and built - in Qidong, Jiangsu Province.
SpaceX launches 10th Starship rocket test flight successfully
Thirty-four soldiers kidnapped in Colombia
Typhoon Kajiki claims several lives, causes damage in Vietnam and Thailand
France to take streaming platform Kick to court
More explosions at Germany's Port of Hamburg after major fire extinguished
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Syria condemns Israeli drone attack killing six soldiers near Damascus
Damascus [Syria], August 28: Six soldiers were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Syria, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, condemning the attack...
Gunman attacks Minneapolis school children in chapel
Washington DC [US], August 28: A black-clad gunman killed two children and wounded 17 other people at a Minneapolis Catholic school on Wednesday when he...
South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts
Washington DC [US], August 28: On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several nonprofit clinics...
Turkey, Gulf states or European nations could host talks with Putin
Ankara [Turkey], August 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Turkey, the Gulf States or European countries could host any talks he may...
Lebanon to present Hezbollah disarmament plan: US envoy
Aug 27, 2025
Beirut [Lebanon], August 27: Lebanon has agreed to present a plan aimed at persuading Hezbollah to disarm, and Israel will submit a corresponding framework for...
German minister slams Israeli settler violence on visit to West Bank
Berlin [Germany], August 27: German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan on Tuesday visited Arab-majority areas in the West Bank under threat from Israeli settlement and...
Flight alert level lowered as Mount Etna quietens
Rome [Italy], August 27: Mount Etna, the infamous and highly volatile volcano on the Mediterranean island of Sicily, has calmed again after a recent eruption,...
Russian forces advance into new Ukrainian region
Moscow [Russia], August 27: Russian troops have pushed into the Dnipropetrovsk region of central Ukraine, Ukrainian military analysts said on Tuesday.
I look forward to meeting North Korea's Kim, Trump tells South Korea's Lee
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 27: United States President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have expressed their willingness to engage with North Korea's...
France formally returns slain king's skull to Madagascar
Paris [France], August 27: The head of a Malagasy king killed by French troops during a colonial-era war has been formally returned to Madagascar.
Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads guilty in US court
Israelis demand end to war, release of hostages in protest
150 workers trapped in eastern Ukrainian mine after Russian attack
Rioting in Swiss city of Lausanne after fatal crash during police pursuit
French govt likely to collapse as Bayrou calls confidence vote
Daily life on a remote Amazon island goes on despite diplomatic dispute
HSBC fined $4.2 million by Hong Kong regulators over disclosure failure
Meta's planned Louisiana AI data center to cost $50 billion, Trump says
Reuters and AP journalists killed in Gaza strike were not 'a target
Fed Governor Cook will sue to keep her job as Trump mulls replacement
