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Aug 18, 2026
Moscow [Russia], August 18: Russia's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a decision barring the anti-war Yabloko party from parliamentary elections in September. The court, presided over by Vladimir Saizev, rejected the liberal opposition party's appeal against last week's ruling.
UAE shifts healthcare from traditional prevention to early risk detection
Aug 17, 2026
Shifting winds hamper efforts to contain wildfire in eastern Belgium
Qatari Prime Minister, Syrian Foreign Minister discuss regional developments
Morocco arrests 111 migrants headed for Spain's Ceuta
Aug 16, 2026
Earthquake hits Spanish city of Granada
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Israeli strikes in south of the country kill at least 11
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 16: At least 11 people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said, some of the...
Funeral held for Australian Indigenous girl whose death sparked outback riots
Sydney [Australia], August 16: Mourners gathered in Australia's Northern Territory capital Alice Springs on Saturday to bid farewell to a five-year-old Indigenous girl whose death...
Australia gun buyback to start in November
Sydney [Australia], August 16: Australia's New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, part of the national...
GCC Secretary General condemns repeated hostile Iranian attacks on ADNOC tankers
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 16: Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), has condemned the repeated hostile Iranian attacks targeting two...
MBZUAI develops landmark benchmark to bridge cultural, dialect gap in Arabic AI
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is pioneering research to refine artificial intelligence so that systems can genuinely...
UAE Team Emirates targets podium finish at Cyclassics Hamburg
Hamburg [Germany], August 16: Mexican cyclist Isaac Del Toro will lead UAE Team Emirates XRG at the 29th edition of the Bemer Cyclassics in Hamburg...
UN warns Ebola claiming one life every 30 minutes in DRC
Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: The United Nations and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have issued a urgent warning over the accelerating Ebola outbreak in...
Meta tests AI scam alert feature on WhatsApp
Washington [US], August 16: Meta has launched a new optional AI-powered scam alert feature on WhatsApp, currently rolled out as a limited test version to...
Mexico races to clear record seaweed surge from Caribbean beaches
Aug 15, 2026
Mexico City [Mexico], August 15: Mexico is scrambling to contain a record surge of foul-smelling sargassum along its Caribbean coast, as the brown seaweed swamps...
Belgium records hottest day of 2026 amid ongoing heat wave
Brussels [Belgium], August 15: Belgium recorded its hottest 13 August since measurements began on Thursday, with 32,2 °C measured in Uccle, according to Royal Meteorological Institute forecaster David Dehenauw.
French taxpayers' data stolen in cyber attack, French Finance Ministry says
Indonesia targets 30 GW of solar power in 2026
UK government issues severe alert to warn of high risk of wildfires
Arab League, GCC affirm need for unifying efforts to address current regional challenges
Aug 14, 2026
UAE strongly condemns targeting of two ADNOC vessels while transiting Strait of Hormuz
Three dead, 17 injured in Cairo mall helium cylinder explosion
Google unveils Gemini 3.7 Flash AI model for coding, agent workflows
Germany records 12,500 heat-related deaths in 2026
Amlak Finance announces its H1 2026 financial results
Aug 12, 2026
Lebanon's Parliament approves abolition of death penalty
