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UAE Defence Ministry says two ballistic missiles, originating from Iran, 'were targeting maritime navigation' 18 Aug 2026 - 11:09 pm
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Bangladesh launches women-only "Pink Bus" 18 Aug 2026 - 09:40 pm
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Most Chinese mainland firms eye entrance into ASEAN market: survey 18 Aug 2026 - 08:57 pm
Tourists walk out of a store after buying jasmine tea-flavored gelato at the Shangxiahang historical and cultural block in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi). Representational purposes only.
UAE says two ballistic missiles from Iran fall into sea 18 Aug 2026 - 07:34 pm
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UAE air defence detects missile threat directed towards country 18 Aug 2026 - 06:42 pm
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Denmark sends conscripts to Greenland for first time in recent history 18 Aug 2026 - 05:47 pm
Greenlandic flags fixed on a building in Nuuk, Greenland. AFP file photo.
Egypt: Sailors detained in Iran's Bandar Abbas Port since January released 18 Aug 2026 - 05:34 pm
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'far from being under control': WHO chief 18 Aug 2026 - 05:34 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva on May 20, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
Germany opens new drone research centre as security threats mount 18 Aug 2026 - 03:54 pm
(L-R) German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Saxony-Anhalt's State Premier Sven Schulze and the Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla take part in the opening of the new Drone Safety Technology Center at the Cochstedt site of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), eastern Germany on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
Three lightly injured as new quake hits Spain's Granada 18 Aug 2026 - 02:50 pm
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Pakistan Supreme Court orders ex-PM Khan moved from jail to hospital 18 Aug 2026 - 01:02 pm
In this picture taken on November 4, 2022, Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan addresses the media representatives at a hospital in Lahore. Photo by Arif ALI / AFP
6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia's North Sumatra 18 Aug 2026 - 12:29 pm
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ISS to host first spacewalk by Frenchwoman 18 Aug 2026 - 11:38 am
(FILES) French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot addresses a press conference and plants a tree at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, western Germany on January 5, 2026.  (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP)
Philippine student killed in livestreamed school shooting 18 Aug 2026 - 10:37 am
Philippine police gather at a school following a shooting in Zamboanga on August 18, 2026. A student was shot dead at a high school in the southern Philippines on August 18 before the alleged killer took his own life, police said. (Photo by Roel Parreno / AFP)
Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought 18 Aug 2026 - 10:29 am
This aerial photo taken on August 6, 2026, shows low water levels in Lake Mead in Nevada. In mid-July, the combined water levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the United States and both fed by the Colorado River, reached their lowest levels in over 60 years. The Colorado River provides drinking water for more than 40 million people and fuels hydropower across seven states. (Photo by Eva Claire HAMBACH / AFP)
Japan to test hypersonic missiles in Australia under new deal 18 Aug 2026 - 09:59 am
Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) stands with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles (L) during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on August 18, 2026. (Photo by HILARY WARDAUGH / AFP)
Make it rain: Indonesia chases clouds to stem El Nino fires 18 Aug 2026 - 08:21 am
This picture taken on August 6, 2026 shows I Putu Santikayasa, hydroclimatology lecturer at IPB University, explaining the impact of El Nino in Indonesia, in Bogor, West Java. Indonesia believes cloud seeding can help it tackle a wildfire season that experts say is on track to be among the worst in years, driven by a strong El Nino. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
Saudi Foreign Minister meets Sudanese counterpart 17 Aug 2026 - 11:38 pm
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