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<p>A satellite image shows a strategic bridge over the Seym River that was destroyed in Zvannoe over the weekend </p>
Europe

Ukraine strikes third bridge in Kursk as part of cross-border attack

Ukrainian war analysts suggest Kyiv’s troops could look to take hundreds more square miles of the Kursk region

<p>US secretary of state Antony Blinken greets Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of talks </p>
Middle East

Ceasefire talks ‘may be the last opportunity’ to free hostages in Gaza

The yacht sank in a stretch of sea near Palermo (Vigili del Fuoco via AP)
UK

Body found after luxury yacht ‘carrying British passengers’ sinks off Sicily

<p>TV grab from Al Jazeera shows Osama bin Laden in an ‘undetermined mountain area’ in 2003 </p>
South Asia

How al-Qaeda found a foothold again in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

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<p>File: A Japan Airlines aircraft departs from the Chitose airport on 5 February 2020</p>
News & Advice

Missing pair of scissors leads to dozens of flights being cancelled

<p>File: A South Korean soldier looks at North Korea at a border guard post</p>
East Asia

North Korean soldier defects to South through militarised border

<p>Burger King vs Burger King: Pune outlet wins 13-year battle against global giant</p>
India

Burger King loses 13-year suit against India restaurant with same name

<p>Gold medallist Alice D'Amato of Italy, silver medallist Yaqin Zhou of China and bronze medallist Manila Esposito of Italy</p>
China

Chinese Olympic medallist returns to wait tables at family restaurant

<p>A health worker walks past a mpox treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo</p>
Southeast Asia

Philippines reports first mpox case after global health warning

<p>Narendra Modi with Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 summit in Japan </p>
India

India’s Modi likely to meet Zelensky in Ukraine after Russia trip

<p>Medical professionals light candles as they pay tribute to a young doctor raped and murdered in Kolkata</p>
India

Father of murdered Kolkata doctor says ‘she went to serve people’

<p>File. An Air India plane at Begumpet airport in Hyderabad on 18 January 2024</p>
India

Indian Air hostess assaulted by intruder in London hotel room

<p>Emergency services carry a body bag after the sailboat sank in the early hours of Monday off the coast of Porticello near the Sicilian city of Palermo in Italy</p>
LiveEurope

Britons join search for Mike Lynch and Jonathan Bloomer- live

LiveEurope

Britons join search for Mike Lynch and Jonathan Bloomer- live

<p>Emergency services carry a body bag after the sailboat sank in the early hours of Monday off the coast of Porticello near the Sicilian city of Palermo in Italy</p>
<p>A waterspout sweeps across the Mediterranean Sea near an Italian island</p>
Europe

The deadly waterspouts thought to have sunk Sicily boat

<p>Italian firefighters and scubadivers prepare to sail toward the area where the yacht sunk </p>
Europe

Everything we know about the sunk luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily

Europe

British tycoon Mike Lynch among missing after yacht sinks in Italy

<p>Italy Boaters Missing</p>
Europe

Live: Rescue efforts continue after yacht capsized off coast of Sicily

<p>Italy Boaters Missing</p>
Europe

Live: Rescue efforts continue after yacht capsized off coast of Sicily

<p>Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank on a road near the border with Russia in the Sumy region of Ukraine</p>
LiveEurope

Zelensky says Kursk incursion called Putin’s bluff as third bridge hit

<p>Mike Lynch pictured earlier this year </p>
Europe

Who is Mike Lynch? The billionaire missing after sailing yacht sinks

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Middle East

<p>Nadav Popplewell was taken hostage in the October 7 Hamas attacks (family handout/PA)</p>
Middle East

Body of British Israeli hostage among six recovered from Gaza

<p>Antony Blinken, left, greets Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of talks on Monday</p>
Middle East

Israel accepts ‘bridging proposal’ for Gaza ceasefire deal - Blinken

<p>Civilians and firefighters try to put out a fire caused by an Israeli army attack in Gaza</p>
Middle East

Quintuplets in Gaza killed suspected Israeli airstrike

<p>Palestinians search for bodies and survivors among the rubble of the destroyed building after the airstrike </p>
Middle East

Israel negotiators express ‘cautious optimism’ on Gaza hostage deal

<p>Palestinians search for bodies and survivors among the rubble of the destroyed building after the airstrike </p>
Middle East

At least 18 members of same family ‘killed in Israeli airstrike’

<p>Foreign ministers David Lammy, left, and Stephane Sejourne of France, right, are welcomed by their counterpart Israel Katz in Jerusalem</p>
UK Politics

‘The time for a deal is now’: Lammy pushes for ceasefire in Gaza

<p>Palestinians search for bodies and survivors among the rubble of the destroyed building after the airstrike </p>
Middle East

Israel negotiators express ‘cautious optimism’ on Gaza hostage deal

<p>Palestinians search for bodies and survivors among the rubble of the destroyed building after the airstrike </p>
Middle East

At least 18 members of same family ‘killed in Israeli airstrike’

<p>Foreign ministers David Lammy, left, and Stephane Sejourne of France, right, are welcomed by their counterpart Israel Katz in Jerusalem</p>
UK Politics

‘The time for a deal is now’: Lammy pushes for ceasefire in Gaza

<p>Yulie Ben Ami, whose parents Ohad, 55 and mother Raz, 57 were kidnapped by Hamas</p>
Middle East

Gaza hostage families beg Netanyahu to agree truce deal: ‘Last chance’

Middle East

Gaza hostage families beg Netanyahu to agree truce deal: ‘Last chance’

<p>Yulie Ben Ami, whose parents Ohad, 55 and mother Raz, 57 were kidnapped by Hamas</p>
<p>Israeli settlers attacked the West Bank village of Jit and set fire to homes and cars</p>
Middle East

Palestinian man killed as Israeli settlers attack West Bank village

<p>Displaced Palestinians shelter in a cemetery in Khan Younis in southern Gaza</p>
Middle East

Gaza death toll passes 40,000 as fresh ceasefire talks begin

<p>Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan buries his wife and newborn twins killed by Israeli forces in Gaza </p>
Middle East

Baby twins killed in Gaza airstrike as father registered births

<p>Palestinians inspect the damage done to a school after an Israeli strike left scores dead last week </p>
Middle East

40,000 killed in Gaza since 7 October, Hamas health ministry says

<p>Palestinians inspect the damage done to a school after an Israeli strike left scores dead last week </p>
Middle East

40,000 killed in Gaza since 7 October, Hamas health ministry says

<p>File. A policeman stands guard outside a polling station during voting in Tehran for the Islamic republic’s presidential election on 28 June 2024</p>
Middle East

Iranian woman paralysed after being shot over ‘violation of hijab law’

<p>The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left</p>
Middle East

Israel preparing for large-scale attack from Iran

US

<p>Ella Emhoff appears at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night to support her stepmom Kamala Harris, wearing the now-popular ‘midwest princess’ camouflage hat</p>
US politics

Ella Emhoff seen at DNC in camo hat supporting stepmom Kamala Harris

<p>Joe Biden and Kamala Harris </p>
LiveUS politics

Barack, Michelle Obama to speak at DNC after emotional Biden farewell

<p>Donald Trump posted several AI-geenrated pictures of the poster and her fans on Sunday </p>
US politics

Trump reposts deepfake of Taylor Swift appearing to endorse him

<p>President Joe Biden greets First Daughter Ashley Biden as he takes the stage. Ashley Biden delivered a speech saying her father was the original ‘girl dad’ as he delivered his speech saying he would not seek re-election</p>
US politics

‘He is the OG girl dad’: Ashley and Jill Biden pay tribute to Joe

<p>Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia, (pictured) has been accused of negligence after a ‘bone flap’ was removed from a patient’s head and misplaced</p>
Americas

Hospital accused of losing part of patient’s skull after brain surgery

<p>Hollywood actors demand ‘Justice for Johnny’ </p>
US Crime News

Teenagers charged with murder of General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor

<p>Food Allergy Death Lawsuit Disney</p>
US Crime News

Disney update after arguing man couldn’t sue because of Disney+

<p>APTOPIX Election 2024 DNC</p>
News

Joe Biden teary-eyed as he shares touching moment with daughter Ashley

<p>Dale Warner, 56, has been charged in connection with the murder of his wife, Dee Warner, 52. On Friday, authorities said that they found a body in a tank on the man’s property </p>
US Crime News

Remains found in missing woman case - on her husband’s property

US Crime News

Remains found in missing woman case - on her husband’s property

<p>Dale Warner, 56, has been charged in connection with the murder of his wife, Dee Warner, 52. On Friday, authorities said that they found a body in a tank on the man’s property </p>
<p>This photo provided by Sara Tirrell shows her daughter Parker Tirrell, a transgender teen, who's family along with another family, filed a lawsuit Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, challenging a New Hampshire state law that bans them from playing on girls' sports teams at their public high schools</p>
Americas

Judge allows transgender girl to play soccer as lawsuit challenges ban

<p>Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson appears on Fox Business on August 19</p>
US politics

Senator slams Walz for getting married on Tiananmen Square anniversary

News

DNC plays montage of Donald Trump botching his response to Covid

<p>United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks to the Democratic National Convention on August 19</p>
US politics

UAW president has Hulk Hogan moment at DNC with ‘Trump scab’ t-shirt

<p>United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks to the Democratic National Convention on August 19</p>
US politics

UAW president has Hulk Hogan moment at DNC with ‘Trump scab’ t-shirt

News

Biden described as ‘OG girl dad’ by daughter Ashley in DNC speech

<p>Dana Jackson, 51, died after going to Haiti in July to participate in Vodou rituals </p>
Americas

Son seeks answers after mom mysteriously dies at Haitian Vodou retreat

Europe

<p>Smoke billows in . what is said to show the destruction of a key bridge in Russia's Kursk region</p>
Europe

Why is Ukraine destroying bridges in Russia’s Kursk?

Europe

Watch as supermoon rises behind Greece’s ancient temple

<p>Ukrainian service members ride an armoured personnel carrier in Sumy, near the Russian border</p>
Europe

Ukraine’s soldiers seek revenge against Putin’s forces in Kursk

<p>The stretch of sea near Palermo where the yacht sank</p>
Europe

Six missing and 15 rescued after British yacht sinks off Sicily

News

Captain describes moment luxury yacht started to sink off Sicily coast

Europe

Watch: Searches after British-flagged superyacht sinks in Italy

News

CCTV shows intensity of storm which sank superyacht off Italy coast

<p>A baby is among the survivors after the superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily </p>
Europe

British mother’s baby rescued from waters after superyacht capsizes

<p>A burned roadside shrine stands in Nea Penteli suburb of Athens, on Tuesday</p>
Europe

Suspected cause of deadly wildfires that threatened Athens identified

Europe

Suspected cause of deadly wildfires that threatened Athens identified

<p>A burned roadside shrine stands in Nea Penteli suburb of Athens, on Tuesday</p>
News

Watch: Ukrainian troops strike second bridge in Russia’s Kursk

News

Chechen warlord shows off Tesla Cybertruck ‘from Elon Musk’

<p>FILE - Army Forces of Croatia walk during the rehearsal of the French Bastille Day parade at the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, Tuesday, July 9, 2013</p>
Europe

European country to reintroduce military draft as tensions soar

<p>Ukraine’s forces on the border with Russia and, inset, a British Challenger 2 tank </p>
Europe

British tanks used during Ukraine’s audacious incursion into Russia

<p>Ukraine’s forces on the border with Russia and, inset, a British Challenger 2 tank </p>
Europe

British tanks used during Ukraine’s audacious incursion into Russia

<p>Representative: A police officer at work in Spain</p>
Europe

Spanish police searching for man suspected of killing 11-year-old boy

<p>Ukrainian servicemen operate an armoured military vehicle on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine</p>
Europe

Mapped: Ukraine’s incursion into the Russian Kursk region explained

Africa

<p>Children at risk as mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps</p>
Health

What is mpox and what does the WHO emergency declaration mean?

Health

What is mpox and what does the WHO emergency declaration mean?

<p>Children at risk as mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps</p>
<p>Scientists are alarmed by the speed at which a new strain of the highly infectious illness has been spreading</p>
Africa

Mpox declared public health emergency in Africa

Zimbabwe Wildlife Children
Africa

In Zimbabwe, schoolchildren face threats from animals

<p>Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that spark-off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo </p>
Africa

Africa mpox outbreak sparks health emergency warning

<p>Literacy initiatives target people in rural areas </p>
Africa

The women fighting adult illiteracy in Morocco

<p>Literacy initiatives target people in rural areas </p>
Africa

The women fighting adult illiteracy in Morocco

Russia Mali Wagner Deaths
Africa

Russia’s Wagner group hit by largest battleground loss in years

Mugabe led Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017, when he was ousted in a military coup
Africa

After leading Zimbabwe to freedom, Robert Mugabe then tore it apart

<p>Frontline services supporting victims heard reports of women and girls being held by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in circumstances that could constitute sexual slavery</p>
Africa

Paramilitaries gang rape girls as young as nine in Sudan, report warns

<p>Foreign Secretary David Lammy is being urged to recognise Somaliland (Jonathan Brady/PA)</p>
UK Politics

Lammy urged to heed cross party support for Somaliland recognition

<p>Hundreds of people gather at the site of a mudslide in Gofa, southern Ethiopia</p>
Africa

Children among 229 killed in Ethiopia mudslide

<p>A Tunisian woman, Selma Jridi, stands near her prickly pear plantation infested with cochineal insects, in Sfax, Tunisia July 19, 2024</p>
Africa

The tiny insect threatening to ravage this African country’s economy

<p>A health worker administers the malaria vaccine Oxford-Serum R21 to a child in Abidjan</p>
Africa

‘New era’ in malaria control begins with Ivory Coast vaccinations

<p>Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, right, confers with his lawyer, JonMaina Ndegwa, left, in court in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 </p>
Africa

Police say killer confessed to 42 murders as dismembered bodies foundd

<p>Sacks contaning human remains found at a dumpsite in Nairobi, Kenya, on 13 July 2024</p>
Africa

Kenyan police arrest suspected serial killer for murder of nine women

<p>Paul Kagame </p>
Africa

Paul Kagame set to win flawed Rwanda election with 99% of vote

Asia

<p>Protests demanding justice for Kolkata rape and murder case </p>
India

Indian doctors demand justice after colleague’s rape and murder

<p>Former president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai speaks at an event in New Delhi</p>
South Asia

Hamid Karzai asks Taliban to provide education to girls and women

<p>Imran Khan’s supporters read from the Quran to mark anniversary of his imprisonment, in Karachi, Pakistan, on 5 August 2024</p>
South Asia

Imran Khan running for chancellor of Oxford University from prison

<p>Philippines and Chinese coastguard ships collide in South China Sea</p>
China

China and Philippines trade blame as vessels collide in disputed water

<p>New Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra</p>
Southeast Asia

Thailand’s youngest ever prime minister sworn in by king

<p>People wait for their turn at a government hospital during doctors’ nationwide strike against the rape and murder of their colleague in India’s West Bengal state, in Chennai on 17 August 2024</p>
India

One million doctors strike in India over trainee’s rape and murder

<p>Philippines and Chinese coastguard ships collide in South China Sea</p>
China

China and Philippines trade blame as vessels collide in disputed water

<p>New Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra</p>
Southeast Asia

Thailand’s youngest ever prime minister sworn in by king

<p>People wait for their turn at a government hospital during doctors’ nationwide strike against the rape and murder of their colleague in India’s West Bengal state, in Chennai on 17 August 2024</p>
India

One million doctors strike in India over trainee’s rape and murder

Southeast Asia

Monkeys at ‘hellhole’ zoo risk infecting tourists with TB, critics say

<p>A man riding a vehicle moves past the National Institute of Health (NIH), a Pakistani research institute mainly responsible for biomedical and health-related research, in Islamabad on 16 August 2024</p>
South Asia

Pakistan says it cannot find mpox patient as its ups airport screening

<p>Resident doctors hold posters and shout slogans during the protest against condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, at a Medical college in Ahmedabad</p>
India

Watch: Protests in India after trainee doctor raped and murdered

<p>Paetongtarn Shinawatra – known by her nickname ‘Ung Ing’ – speaks after being appointed PM of Thailand</p>
Southeast Asia

‘I hope I can do my best’: Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s youngest PM

<p>File. Roads are flooded after storm Maria makes landfall in Iwate prefecture of Japan </p>
Japan

Typhoon Ampil: Thousands evacuated and hundreds of flights cancelled

<p>People hold posters during a vigil condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government hospital in Kolkata, on a street in Mumbai, India, on 14 August 2024</p>
South Asia

Why millions of doctors are striking work in India

<p>Resident doctors hold posters and shout slogans during the protest against condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, at a Medical college in Ahmedabad</p>
LiveIndia

Doctors call for nationwide strike over Kolkata rape and murder case

News & Advice

Woman kicked off China flight for refusing to stow handbag under seat

Australasia

<p>Jayson Gillham</p>
Australasia

Melbourne orchestra admits ‘error’ at cancelling show over Gaza

Australasia

Melbourne orchestra admits ‘error’ at cancelling show over Gaza

<p>Jayson Gillham</p>
<p>File: Young Humpback Whale breaches into air during migratory frolic off Fraser Island, north of Brisbane</p>
Australasia

Australian fisherman knocked out by whale’s tail whack while on boat

<p>New Zealand says US’s request to extradite Kim Dotcom has been granted </p>
Australasia

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to be extradited to US

<p>Representative: Voting cards are seen at the Gordon counting centre in Sydney, Australia</p>
Australasia

Party’s error rules out 100 candidates from Australian election

<p>Nate Byrne</p>
Australasia

Weatherman opens up about having panic attack live on air

<p>Nate Byrne</p>
Australasia

Weatherman opens up about having panic attack live on air

<p>People ride a rental e-scooter in Melbourne on 13 August 2024</p>
Australasia

Melbourne bans rental e-scooters for posing ‘unacceptable’ safety risk

News

Homeless charity unknowingly distributes sweets laced with drugs

<p>Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancels Queensland pianist Jayson Gilham’s recital after his remarks on Gaza journalists</p>
Australasia

Pianist’s recital cancelled after comments on Gaza journalists

<p>The amount of methamphetamine in each Rinda candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take and could be lethal</p>
Australasia

Food bank distributes candy made from lethal amount of meth

News

Suspected arsonist sets themselves on fire during barbershop attack

Australasia

Man who died in hotel helicopter crash hadn’t flown in Australia

<p>A fire burns at the Double Tree Hotel after a helicopter crashed into the roof in Cairns</p>
Australasia

Hundreds evacuated as helicopter crashes into roof of Hilton hotel

<p>File: Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese and ASIO chief Mike Burgess at a press conference on Monday 5 August </p>
Australasia

Australia’s ‘friends’ among nations interfering in diaspora community

<p>Democracy Manifest </p>
Australasia

Man behind iconic ‘succulent Chinese meal’ meme dies aged 82

<p>Popular zoologist Britton worked with the BBC and National Geographic</p>
Australasia

British zoologist Adam Britton jailed for sexually abusing dogs

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