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International body votes to convene emergency meeting over Nicaragua 

19 August 2026

The Organization of American States (OAS), a regional human rights body, has voted to convene an urgent meeting of forei...

Moderna, Merck unveil mRNA-based cancer vaccine that cuts spread 

19 August 2026

News|Health Moderna and Merck have announced that a personalised mRNA cancer vaccine called Intismeran reduced the risk ...

USS Lincoln woes highlight US Navy limits in prolonged Iran war: Experts 

19 August 2026

Washington, DC – Poor planning or the harsh reality of war? Reported conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft ca...

Seven people, mostly foreign tourists, killed in helicopter crash in Kenya 

19 August 2026

A helicopter taking tourists on a safari has crashed in a remote part of northern Kenya, killing all seven people on boa...

Spain plans transfer of 500 migrant children from Ceuta to mainland 

19 August 2026

Spain plans to transfer about 500 unaccompanied children from its North African enclave of Ceuta to the mainland, after ...

NATO ‘prepared’ to defend allies amid report of Iranian strike plans 

19 August 2026

News|US-Israel war on Iran NATO says it is prepared to address threats over possible Iranian attacks on United States mi...

Brazil bus crash kills at least 23 and injures five in Parana state 

19 August 2026

At least 23 people have been killed and five others injured after a bus carrying patients and healthcare workers to hosp...

Kennedy Center board says it won’t try to immediately restore Trump’s name 

19 August 2026

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the United States has announced it will not attempt to immediately reinscr...

Canada pledges $50m aid to Lebanon and condemns Israeli ‘unlawful invasion’ 

19 August 2026

News|Politics Canada’s secretary of state for international development, Randeep Sarai, visited Lebanon to announce ne...

Iran’s hardline parliament raises concerns with ‘foreign infiltration’ plan 

19 August 2026

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s hardline-dominated parliament has approved the broad outlines of a plan presented as a means o...