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August 21, 2025 3:59 PM

Israel maintains military pressure on Gaza City ahead of planned offensive

The Israeli military maintained its pressure on Gaza City with heavy bombardments overnight, residents said, ahead of a Thursday meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers on plans to seize the enclave's largest city. The mi...

August 21, 2025 4:54 PM

Tibet marks anniversary with songs, dances, reminders of Communist rule

Tibet marked its 60th year as a Chinese autonomous region on Thursday with songs, dances and a parade in its capital Lhasa with thousands cheering, holding little red flags, amid placards telling all to heed the Communist Party's leadership. The fes...

August 21, 2025 1:44 PM

Fiji PM Rabuka to visit India from August 24–26

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka will visit India from August 24 to 26, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Thursday. Rabuka, accompanied by his wife Sulueti Rabuka, Health Minister Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu and ...

August 21, 2025 2:37 PM

Thailand’s Shinawatra dynasty faces triple court test that could upend politics

Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged trouble for the country's stuttering econom...

August 21, 2025 2:37 PM

Talk of boots on the ground in Ukraine sparks unease in Germany

Allied talk of sending European peacekeeping forces to protect Ukraine as part of a possible peace deal with Russia has sparked a backlash in Germany, a country still scarred by its militaristic Nazi past, even if the prospect remains remote. Chance...

August 21, 2025 10:39 AM

Protests swamp Pakistan over forcible disappearances, killings of Baloch people

Pakistan has been swamped with protests over enforced disappearances and killings of Baloch people, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee shared the details on Wednesday. "From Quetta to Islamabad to Karachi, Baloch families are sitting on roads, in heat, i...

August 21, 2025 10:14 AM

Yemen’s leader meets UN envoy on peace process revival

Chief of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi met with United Nations (UN) Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to discuss efforts to revive the stalled peace process. According to Yemen's ...

August 21, 2025 12:21 PM

Nikki Haley cautions Trump on tariff move, says don’t derail India-US ties

Former US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has warned that the Trump administration’s tariff escalation against India risks damaging ties with a key partner at a time when Washington needs New Delhi to counter China’s rise. In an opinion piece...

August 21, 2025 9:40 AM

UN chief urges immediate Gaza ceasefire, warns of casualties from Israeli operation

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, after Israel announced the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City. "It is vital to reach immediately a ceasefire in Gaza," that was ...

August 20, 2025 5:10 PM

Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi hit by torrential rain and flooding

Pakistan declared a public holiday in Karachi as the financial capital braced for more rain on Wednesday, after the arrival of the annual monsoon season left at least seven people dead and caused widespread flooding, officials said. The monsoon has ...

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