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August 18, 2025 2:49 PM

Pilgrimage route cut as Spanish wildfires spread to Picos de Europa mountains

Raging wildfires in Spain spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountain range on Monday and authorities closed part of the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. About 20 wildfires, fuelled by a severe 16-day heatwave, have dev...

August 18, 2025 2:43 PM

Iran says it will continue talks with IAEA after curbing access

Iran will continue talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog and the two sides will probably have another round of negotiations in the coming days, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told state media on Monday. International Atomic Ene...

August 18, 2025 4:56 PM

Zelenskiy, flanked by Europe, heads to Washington as Trump presses for Russia deal

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders will meet Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to map out a peace deal amid fears the U.S. president could try to pressure Kyiv into accepting a settlement favourable to Moscow. The leaders of Brita...

August 18, 2025 12:38 PM

Myanmar to hold first phase of general election on December 28, state television reports

Myanmar will hold the initial phase of its general election on December 28, state television said on Monday, outlining a roadmap for the first polls in the war-torn country in nearly five years that have already been derided by critics as a sham. Th...

August 18, 2025 11:18 AM

Nationwide strike and protests sweep Israel over Gaza War and hostage crisis

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis staged nationwide protests and a general strike on Sunday, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by Hamas. The demonstrations, among the largest since the war began nearly two years ago, brou...

August 18, 2025 11:01 AM

Bolivia’s left in historic defeat as presidential vote set for October runoff

Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz was leading Bolivia's presidential election late on Sunday, according to early official results, which showed the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) on track for its worst election defeat in a generation. Paz of the Chr...

August 18, 2025 10:25 AM

Russia strikes on Kharkiv kill three, injure 17, Ukraine says

A Russian air attack overnight on a residential area in Kharkiv killed three people, including a toddler, and injured 17, Ukrainian authorities said on Monday, as the United States presses Kyiv to take a quick deal to end a war Moscow started. A dro...

August 18, 2025 10:37 AM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to arrive in India today for key talks with EAM Jaishankar, NSA Doval amid Trump tariffs

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive in New Delhi on Monday for a two-day visit, during which he is scheduled to hold a crucial bilateral meeting with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar and engage in boundary talks with National Se...

August 18, 2025 8:46 AM

Europeans to back Zelenskiy in Washington as Trump presses Ukraine deal

European leaders will join Volodymyr Zelenskiy to meet Donald Trump in Washington, they said on Sunday, seeking to shore up Zelenskiy's position as the U.S. president presses Ukraine to accept a quick peace deal to end Europe's deadliest war in 80 ye...

August 17, 2025 5:50 PM

Hamas rejects Israel’s Gaza relocation plan

Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Sunday that Israel's plan to relocate residents from Gaza City constitutes a "new wave of genocide and displacement" for hundreds of thousands of residents in the area. The group said the planned deployment o...

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