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World

Worst drought in 40 years puts Brazil’s major crops at risk 30 Aug 2024 - 08:09 pm
Destroyed crops at a sugarcane farm following wildfires in Riberaio Preto, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on August 27, 2024. (Photo by Victor Moriyama/Bloomberg)
Palestinian prisoners' institutions: Thousands of Gaza detainees subjected to crime of enforced disappearance 30 Aug 2024 - 07:58 pm
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Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says 30 Aug 2024 - 06:50 pm
A nurse adjusts his gloves in a mpox ward at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP.
Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the first since the Taliban takeover in 2021 30 Aug 2024 - 04:16 pm
A supporter wears a hat in the colors of the German national flag on August 29, 2024 in the historic center of Dresden, eastern Germany during a campaign event of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) for the upcoming Saxony state elections. Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP.
Venezuela reports power failure across country 30 Aug 2024 - 04:06 pm
People walk in front of an entrance to a metro station in Caracas on August 30, 2024. Photo by JUAN BARRETO / AFP.
Sri Lanka inflation dips to lowest point since crisis 30 Aug 2024 - 03:58 pm
Supporters of Sri Lanka's president and United National Party presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe, wave the country's national flag during an election rally ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in Colombo on August 28, 2024. Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP.
UN to deploy team to Bangladesh to probe rights abuses, violations during mass uprising 30 Aug 2024 - 02:12 pm
Relatives hold portraits of forcibly disappeared people, as they form a human chain to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, in Dhaka on August 30, 2024. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
British hospitality eyes big bucks ahead of Oasis tour 30 Aug 2024 - 12:45 pm
Gem (L), Noel Gallagher (2L), Andy Bell (2R) and Liam Gallagher, members of the British rock band
Israeli entity launches new airstrikes on Southern Lebanon 30 Aug 2024 - 12:29 pm
Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh near the border with Israel on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
Namibia to cull elephants, zebras for their meat during major drought 30 Aug 2024 - 12:07 am
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Muslim World League condemns Israeli occupation aggression on West Bank 29 Aug 2024 - 11:58 pm
Peninsula
War-damaged souks reopen in Syria's Aleppo 29 Aug 2024 - 10:48 pm
People walk along an alley during the reopening of restored historic bazaars that were damaged during the Syrian conflict in the northern city of Aleppo on August 28, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Over 100 tons of dead fish collect at Greek port after climate-related mass die-off 29 Aug 2024 - 05:59 pm
A worker loads dead fish on a continer attached to a mobile crane to remove dead fish floating from the Xiria River near Volos, central Greece, on August 28, 2024.  (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP)
Eight martyred in Israeli occupation bombing of south Gaza 29 Aug 2024 - 05:35 pm
Peninsula
Stop using our songs, ABBA tells Trump 29 Aug 2024 - 03:41 pm
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives remarks at the National Guard Association of the United States' 146th General Conference & Exhibition Michigan in Detroit, Michigan, on August 26, 2024. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
Quarter of China's energy now comes from non-carbon sources: white paper 29 Aug 2024 - 02:22 pm
People cross a street in Beijing on August 29, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
Philippines says US offered to escort supply ships in disputed sea 29 Aug 2024 - 02:00 pm
Philippines' Military Chief General Romeo Brawner (R) shakes hands with US Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo during a joint press conference after the Philippines-US Mutual Defence Board meeting at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio on August 29, 2024. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP
Kremlin warns France against 'political persecution' of Telegram founder 29 Aug 2024 - 01:53 pm
 Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 in San Francisco, California on September 21, 2015. (Photo by Steve Jennings / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP