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Trump 'riding a lion' to campaign
Washington [US], August 25: The Independent newspaper reported on August 25 that former US President Donald Trump shared on the...

Hezbollah begins retaliatory attacks, Israel declares emergency
Jerusalem [Israel], August 25: Hezbollah has just announced the start of a large-scale attack on Israel in response...

Canada rail shutdown: Union challenges government move
Ottawa [Canada], August 25: The union representing over 9,000 Canadian rail workers vowed on Friday to challenge the federal government's...

Floods, landslides in India's Tripura displace tens of...
Tripura (Assam) [India], August 25: Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety in India's northeastern state of Tripura after heavy...

Three stab victims after car crash in southern...
Sydney [Australia], August 25: A police officer and two people have been stabbed at the scene of a two-car crash...

Germany attack: Police arrest suspected knifeman
Berlin [Germany], August 25: German police have arrested a man suspected of killing three people and injuring another eight in...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
Paris [France], August 25: Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov has been arrested by French police at an airport north of...

Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo...
Brasilia [Brazil], August 25: Brazil's Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of...

Zelenskiy touts new 'drone missile', calls Putin 'sick...
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 25: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy touted a newly developed Ukrainian "drone missile" on Saturday that he said would...

Uganda confirms two more cases of mpox
Kampala [Uganda], August 25: Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the east...

Sharjah Charity International disbursed AED84.3M in UAE in...
Sharjah [UAE], August 25: The Sharjah Charity International (SCI) spent AED84.3 million on aid programmes within the country during the...

Madeira's wildfire finally under control
Lisbon [Portugal], August 25: The fire that raged on several fronts in Madeira for 11 days is finally under control...

King Salman International Complex, UNA to hold symposium...
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], August 25: The King Salman International Academy for the Arabic Language and the Union of News Agencies...

NASA decides to keep 2 stranded astronauts in...
Washington [US], August 25: Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing's (BA.N), opens...

Kuwait welcomes ALPS joint statement after Sudan talks...
Kuwait City [Kuwait], August 25: Kuwait welcomed Saturday the joint statement issued by the Aligned for Advancing Lifesaving and Peace...

Turkish lira hits record low against USD
Istanbul [Turkey], August 24: The Turkish lira plummeted to a historic low against the U.S. dollar on Friday, with the...

Mexican president dismisses criticism of proposed judicial reforms
Mexico City [Mexico], August 24: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday dismissed criticism by some global financial firms...

Egyptian, U.S. presidents discuss Gaza ceasefire talks
Cairo [Egypt], August 24: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Joe Biden discussed the Gaza ceasefire negotiations on Friday...

Yemeni gov't says intercepts Houthi drones targeting oil...
Aden [Yemen], August 24: The Yemeni army intercepted three Houthi drones carrying explosives targeting the Safer oil facility in Marib...

Deadly fire at South Korea battery maker due...
Seoul [South Korea], August 24: A fire at a South Korean lithium battery maker in June that killed 23 people...

Indonesia court finds drugmakers at fault over toxic...
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 24: An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to...

Gabon records first mpox case
Libreville [Gabon], August 24: Gabon has registered its first case of mpox, the health ministry said in a statement that...

UN expresses concern over increasing tensions, armed mobilisation...
Tripoli [Libya], August 24: The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed grave concerns about reports of mobilisation of...

WHO warns of new wave of cholera epidemic...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of the consequences of a new wave of cholera...

Nepal: 14 dead after Indian pilgrim bus plunges...
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 24: Fourteen people died and 16 were injured after a bus carrying dozens of pilgrims from India...

Israeli attacks kill at least 42 in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], August 24: Medical sources on Thursday said at least 42 people were killed since dawn in Gaza as...

British Prime Minister Wants to Be Straight About...
London [UK], August 24: Reuters on August 23 quoted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as telling Chinese President Xi Jinping...