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Aug 26, 2026
Dubai [UAE], August 26: The Arab Media Summit Organising Committee has announced that Dr. Ghassan Salame, Minister of Culture of Lebanon, will deliver the keynote address at this year's Summit, taking place from 15th to 17th September.
Abdullah bin Zayed receives phone call from Lebanese Prime Minister
South Korea says US cancelled upcoming joint marine exercises over Iran war
Aug 25, 2026
Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives
Eight, including 2 children, killed in Gaza strikes
Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions
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US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list
Damascus [Syria], August 25: The United States removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, lifting what Damascus says was the...
Tornado in southern France injures 26 people, damages 100 homes
Paris [France], August 25: A tornado in the Aude department, southern France, injured at least 26 people and damaged around 100 homes in Pomas, near...
Hungary keeps 7.5% deficit goal while drought, energy costs bite
Budapest [Hungary], August 25: Hungary's new government promised to clean up the budget. The weather and the energy market are not cooperating.
S. Korea to develop environmental, ocean observation satellite
Seoul [South Korea], August 25: South Korea will develop a next-generation environmental and ocean observation satellite by 2033 to succeed the current geostationary satellite, the...
UN reports 47 killed, 22 injured in overnight gang attack near Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], August 25: At least 47 people were killed and 22 more injured in an overnight gang raid on a neighborhood overlooking Haiti's of...
Landfill collapse in Guinea kills at least 30
Aug 24, 2026
Conakry [Guinea], August 24: A mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea's capital, Conakry, killing at least 30 people, according...
Spanish villagers return home after wildfires and floods
Madrid [Spain], August 24: Spanish villagers on part of the Mediterranean coast hit by wildfires and flooding were returning home on Sunday, though in some...
Two people dead as Latvia, Lithuania battered by severe summer storms
Riga [Latvia], August 24: Two people have been killed and power supplies were partially disrupted in the Baltics after the region was hit by heavy...
Kazakhstan holds parliamentary polls expected to cement president's grip
Almaty [Kazakhstan], August 24: Voters were heading to the polls in Kazakhstan's snap parliamentary election, which critics say will strengthen the power of the president.
Wartime elections a 'huge risk', could 'destroy' Ukraine: Zelensky
Drones hit two industrial sites in Russia's Orenburg region
Syria foreign minister sees Israel security talks resuming despite no trust
Australia confirms first H5N1 bird flu case in local mammal
'Jeel 71' Programme builds life skills, national values in Emirati children
Thousands evacuated in Nevada as wildfire threatens Reno outskirts
Over 100 ex-diplomats urge France, UK to sanction Israel over Palestine
Aug 23, 2026
Iran grants Iraqi tankers safe Hormuz passage
Laptop catches fire on US flight; passenger treated at airport
Indonesia bolsters troop numbers to combat Borneo wildfires
