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Interfax Ukraine: 75 Ukrainian children tortured by Russian forces, prosecutor says

Swedish cities hit by four residential explosions in an hour

Putin's colonel killed in drone strike while mowing lawn at his Russian residence

Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan join India in rejecting China's new map

Ukraine breaks through major Russian defense lines as counteroffensive picks up pace

Police receive over 93,000 reports of sexual violence committed by Russians

US commerce secretary says companies see China as ‘uninvestable’

Japan PM eats fish from Fukushima nuclear plant waters

Outcry in French town after woman prosecuted for walking topless

Documents show Putin’s order to move superyacht before Ukraine invasion

Hungary's 1956 revolutionaries were fascists, new Russian history textbook claims

Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Threaten to Abandon Posts Over Landfill in Hometown

US knew of Saudi forces killing migrants, but kept quiet — report

Pope says 'backward' U.S. conservatives have replaced faith with ideology

Migrants Reportedly Being Forced To Sign Contracts With Defense Ministry To Obtain Russian Citizenship

S.Korea president eats Korean seafood lunch amid concern over Japan water release

‘What’s not dug up is mined’: Ukrainian troops face more tough challenges as they try to push south

Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day

Wagner chief Prigozhin confirmed dead by Russian authorities after genetic tests

Ukrainian Security Service's drones attack planes at Kursk airfield | On the night of 26-27 August, the military counterintelligence service of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck Russian Su-30 and MiG-29 aircraft, as well as S-300s and Pantsirs, at the Kursk airfield with 16 drones.

Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance after Prigozhin’s death

Norway plans to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

Russia extends U.S. reporter Gershkovich's detention by three months

Belarusian president says he warned Wagner boss Prigozhin twice to watch out

Scientific journal retracts article that claimed no evidence of climate crisis

Air Force flies with sustainable fuel for the first time

Dutch brewer Heineken completes its withdrawal from Russia, takes $325m hit

Ukraine says it landed troops on the shores of Russian-occupied Crimea

'Catastrophic loss’: Huge colonies of emperor penguins saw no chicks survive last year as sea ice disappears.

US intelligence assessment shows intentionally caused explosion crashed Wagner chief's plane

Ukraine claims amphibious Crimea landing on Independence Day

Czech court refuses legal gender change without surgery

Wagner fighters are furious and vowing vengeance after their leader Prigozhin's presumed death in a plane crash

Russia’s air chief sacked over links to mutiny

White House says 'no one should be surprised' if Prigozhin actually died in a plane crash in Russia

The world's largest floating offshore wind farm is officially online

Chinese Ships Chase, Block Philippine Boats in Disputed Sea

Researchers in Denmark extract ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick, revealing a time capsule of plant life

Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falter

Angelina Jolie urges support for jailed Afghan man who championed higher ed for girls

Putin says Russia faces big economic challenges, must keep inflation in check

Saudi Arabia: Mass Killings of Migrants at Yemen Border

Domino's Pizza signals closure of Russian business

US citizens urged to leave Belarus immediately

Meta putting profit ahead of safety over wildfire news, says Trudeau

Four arrested for “acts of homosexuality” in Uganda

Hebron terror attack: Mother shot dead in front of daughter

US to impose tariffs on tin mill steel from Canada, China, Germany

Ukraine to bar entry for Israel’s Rosh Hoshana pilgrims if Israel keeps deporting Ukrainian citizens

11 nations of West Africa commit to a military deployment to restore the ousted president of Niger

Seven dead including six-year-old girl as Russian missile hits center of Ukraine's Chernihiv city | CNN

Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing

Israeli father and son gunned down and killed in terror shooting at Huwara carwash

EU Foreign Affairs chief: Russia akin to gas station with nuclear weapons

Ukraine's Zelenskiy asks Sweden for Gripen jets in first visit since Russian invasion

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft suffers technical glitch, space agency says

US sanctions Russian operatives accused in the poisoning of Putin critic Alexei Navalny

Hundreds of water voles reintroduced to England Lake District - after near wipe-out due to habitat loss, pollution and invasive mink

Russia shuts down human rights group that preserved the legacy of Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov

Cops accused of beating Palestinian detainee, branding him with Star of David

New York Times sources claim that total losses of Ukraine and Russia are approaching 500,000

Russia’s Elite Split Into Squabbling Factions Over the Ruble

The Airbnb effect: why second homes have become so divisive

Paris bans pony rides for children following animal rights campaign

Taiwan pledges US$600,000 in aid for Ukrainian city

US to impose tariffs on tin mill steel from Canada, China, Germany

Canada mulling 'game plan' if U.S. takes far-right, authoritarian shift: Joly

Bolsonaro Wanted to Breach Brazil’s Voting System, Hacker Testifies

Washington Post Received Evidence of Iran-Russia Collaboration in Manufacturing Shahed Drones

British Museum worker sacked over missing items

South Korea superconductor stocks fall after a US university research centre rebutted claims of a breakthrough in the technology

$1b in cash, assets seized and frozen in one of Singapore’s biggest anti-money laundering operations

Denmark: Majority supports government plan to ban Quran burnings, new poll suggests

Shenzhen Hardware Hacker Naomi Wu Silenced on Twitter by Chinese Police, Forced to Sign "Confession"

Taiwan Air Force apologizes to Coast Guard over errant bomb drop

Talk of Ukraine Joining NATO in Exchange for Territorial Concessions Is Unacceptable – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry

Talk of Ukraine joining NATO in exchange for territorial concessions is unacceptable – Ukraine's Foreign Ministry

Russia's central bank raises interest rates to 12% after the ruble plunges | CNN Business

‘Barbie’ triggers heated discussions over patriarchy and feminism in China

Russia loses 40th Ka-52 Alligator, which the Kremlin calls the world's 'best helicopter gunship'

Foreign investment in China falls to lowest level on record

Miss Universe Organisation cuts Indonesia ties over sex abuse claims

Authorities in Indonesia's ultra-conservative Aceh province have ordered men and women not immediately related or married to stay apart in vehicles and public places

Up to five mines per square metre – Ukraine’s Defence Minister on Russian minefields

Ecuador: Thousands of soldiers move gang leader Fito

Swiss president joins ravers at Zurich’s Street Parade | Alain Berset was among the 900,000 people attending the 30th Street Parade in Zurich on Saturday, the world's largest techno party.

Ukraine war: Crimea bridge targeted by missiles, Russia says

A Ukrainian arms dealer accused of corruption is now one of the country's top weapons suppliers

Ukraine fires military conscription officials for taking bribes

Zelenskyy fires all regional military recruitment chiefs amid corruption concerns

ECOWAS Vows To Hold Russia Responsible If Wagner Violates Human Rights In Region

North Korea developing nuclear weapons, evading sanctions in 2023 - UN report

Volodymyr Zelensky launches military anti-corruption purge

Iran set to free 5 U.S. citizens in exchange for access to billions of dollars in blocked funds

Twelve Still Missing As Debris Cleared After Deadly, Unexplained Blast Outside Moscow

Climate-friendly cows being bred to belch less methane

Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas

India succeeds in reducing emissions rate by 33% over 14 years - sources | Reuters

Germany arrests military aide suspected of spying for Russia

Sweden dumps renewable energy target, invests in new nuclear reactors

Germany Announces Arrest Of Suspected Spy For Russia

Top tanks worth millions and other expensive heavy armor are being hunted in Ukraine by cheap exploding drones worth only a few hundred bucks

Drought in Spain empties reservoirs, forces limits on water use

Australia will refer to West Bank as ‘occupied Palestinian territories'

Jews remain the primary target of hate crimes in Canada. While other religiously motivated hate crimes decreased in 2022, antisemitic attacks increased.

Russia’s largest known military equipment storage facility has been stripped of nearly half of the Soviet-era tanks and armored vehicles that were stored on its grounds before Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Russia to evacuate entire town due to danger of falling rocket

Indigenous leaders from across South America called Monday for bold steps to protect the Amazon and their ancestral lands ahead of a summit on saving the world's biggest rainforest

An Indigenous leader has inspired an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river

US approves transfer of first batch of Abrams tanks to Ukraine

Thousands of US troops arrive in Red Sea amid ratcheting Iran tensions: More than 3,000 US sailors and marines aboard two warships have reached the Red Sea, US Navy says.

Russia blasts Saudi Arabia talks on ending war in Ukraine after Moscow gets no invitation to attend

Polish Border Guard asks for 1,000 more soldiers on Belarus frontier

Danish PM says that a potential ban on setting fire to religious texts would not limit freedom of expression

Fifty-seven swimmers fall sick and get diarrhoea at world triathlon championship in Sunderland

Authorities in Iran are trying to enforce laws obligating women to cover their hair by sending them into psychological treatment. While healthcare organizations warn the country’s judiciary is hijacking psychiatric medicine for its own purposes

Slovenia has suffered its worst-ever floods. Damage could top 500 million euros, its leader says

U.S. Navy destroyers dispatched to Aleutians after Chinese, Russian vessels spotted nearby

Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports

Air-raid warning was announced all over Ukraine due to launch of missiles including cruise missiles from belarus

France backs ECOWAS push to reverse Niger military coup

Almost all Russian helicopters have left Belarus, says Belarusian Hajun monitoring group

U.S. defence secretary expresses support for Poland's response to incursion by Belarusian helicopters

China to attend talks on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia that exclude Russia

Lithuania has declared more than a thousand citizens of Russia and Belarus living in the country to be threats to national security and said it is stripping them of their permanent residency permits

New Ukraine stamp shows F-16 jets 'rubbing out' Kremlin

Killing of American biologist in Mexico adds to rising violence against scientists there: 3rd fatal incident involving researchers studying the environment in different parts of Mexico in recent years

Erdoğan: We will transport the grains coming from the Black Sea corridor to African countries

Two U.S. Navy Servicemembers Arrested for Transmitting Military Information to the People’s Republic of China

More than six million people 'one step away from famine' in Sudan, the UN warned on

Romania to clear 30 ships from Ukrainian river ports by Friday

Travis King: North Korea confirms custody of US soldier

Beijing 2nd Airport, opened in 2019, is the world's largest airport. Built on a Flood Plain, it flooded and grounded all flights.

Mexican city will fine anyone performing misogynistic songs

Scientists discover massive ancient whale

Georgia: Russian cruise ship Astoria Grande has left the Black Sea port of Batumi after anti-war demonstrators threw eggs and called for its passengers to leave.

JPMorgan, Citi named among top financiers of Amazon oil and gas projects

Poland marked 79th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising

Iran shuts down for two days because of 'unprecedented heat'

Quakers pledge to stand by trans Brits: ‘A gold-standard for other faiths to follow’