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Two people died and several others were wounded in a Ukrainian strike near Simferopol on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, prompting power restrictions in Sevastopol due to … Read more
Nancy Kissinger, widow of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and a trusted confidante throughout his career in government, died Thursday, August 20, 2026, at … Read more
The United States has deported nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala this year and sent at least dozens more to Honduras, according to official data, a shift … Read more
The United States carried out its first deportation flight on Thursday under an agreement sending up to 1,200 non-Liberian nationals to Liberia, landing 20 deportees primarily … Read more
Low-value packages shipped to Lithuania from Asian e-commerce platforms like Temu, AliExpress, and Shein dropped by 30 to 70 percent in July. The plunge follows the … Read more
Ethiopia is advancing engineering plans for three additional hydropower dams on the Blue Nile—specifically identified as Karadobi, Mandaya, and Beko Abo—reopening a long-standing geopolitical dispute in … Read more
Two prominent Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were found guilty of inciting subversion under the city’s national security … Read more
Two prominent Hong Kong activists who organized annual vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found guilty of inciting others to subvert state … Read more
Four railway workers were struck and killed by a limited-express train on August 20, 2026, while clearing vegetation along the tracks at Shin-Kanuma Station in Tochigi … Read more
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook Peru’s central region and southern Andes on Thursday, August 20, 2026, triggering brief evacuations and minor structural damage. The United States … Read more
Henry Kissinger, the influential diplomat who shaped American foreign policy under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, died Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at his home in … Read more
President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to launch what he termed the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country, targeting Iran with unprecedented economic … Read more