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Aid workers faced record number of attacks in 2025, UN says 

19 August 2026

A record number of aid workers faced violent attacks last year, partly driven by the increased use of armed drones, the ...

At least five killed in Russian air attacks on Ukraine 

19 August 2026

At least five people have been killed and 11 others injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine, authorities said. A Russian d...

South Africa to Australia: Why coal profits are surging during Iran war 

19 August 2026

Crude oil and natural gas supplies have been disrupted worldwide by the United States-Israel war on Iran, but one energy...

Ukraine’s ousted defence minister calls for elections during war 

19 August 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Ukraine’s former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for wartime elections in the big...

US unions sue over new visa rule for foreign students, journalists 

19 August 2026

News|Politics A coalition of unions and advocacy groups in the United States has sued the federal government, seeking to...

South Korea, US scale back annual military drills after Trump’s order 

19 August 2026

South Korea and the United States have shortened the duration of their joint military drills and scaled back field train...

UAE imposes indefinite trade embargo on Iran over alleged missile attacks 

19 August 2026

The United Arab Emirates has imposed an indefinite trade embargo on Iran after accusing Iranian forces of firing two bal...

US refineries taking in half of Venezuela’s oil output, official says 

18 August 2026

Venezuela is exporting about half of its oil output to the United States, according to a senior US official, seven month...

How Ebola became the deadliest outbreak in DR Congo’s history 

18 August 2026

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo – When three members of his hospital team died within days of treating the sam...

Democrats call for USS Lincoln probe, question US Navy’s readiness 

18 August 2026

Lawmakers in the United States have renewed calls for answers about conditions on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, suggest...