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At least 46 people have been killed and more than 200 others are missing in flash flooding caused by a sudden downpour in India-controlled Kashmir. Officials said the incident occurred in Chasoti town of Kishtwar district, a stopover point on … Read More

ROME (AP) — A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people and leaving about a dozen missing, the Italian coast guard and U.N. agencies said. Sixty … Read More

WARSAW (Reuters) -A large Polish city could have had its water supply cut off on Wednesday as a result of a cyberattack, a deputy prime minister said after the intrusion was foiled. In an interview with news portal Onet on … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has ordered the deployment of U.S. air and naval forces to the Southern Caribbean Sea to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources briefed on the decision told Reuters on Thursday. The sources … Read More

US president will propose money-making opportunities to encourage Russia to end Ukraine war Donald Trump is preparing to offer Vladimir Putin access to rare earth minerals to incentivise him to end the war in Ukraine. The US president will arrive … Read More

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that Gaza ceasefire efforts are now focused on a comprehensive deal to release all the remaining hostages at once. The plan previously being pushed was for an initial 60-day truce and partial release … Read More

Between Alternative for Germany and France’s National Rally, populists continue to rise in Europe’s most powerful countries. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the most popular party in the country, according to a striking new poll published Tuesday. … Read More

The move marks the second time Mexico extradites cartel members to the US, in an effort to curb the threat of US tariffs on its imports. Mexico extradited 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States as part of a … Read More

Russian forces have made a push toward the Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway in Donetsk Oblast, seizing positions in nearby settlements to support further offensive operations, the Ukrainian battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported on Aug. 11. The updated map, compiled by DeepState through … Read More

The U.S. and China have extended their tariff truce for another 90 days, President Trump confirmed Monday. Why it matters: The extension comes hours before the truce was set to expire. It pushes off a huge, open question for U.S. … Read More

AI has moved on from answering questions. It’s now slipping coded messages to its friends about glue-eating and human extinction. A study released July 20 on arXiv by Anthropic and Truthful AI shows that large language models can slip subliminal … Read More

South Korea’s military has shrunk to about 450,000 people – a decline of 20% over the last six years, according to a defence ministry report released by a ruling party lawmaker on Sunday. Authorities say the main reason behind the … Read More

The geopolitics of the Middle East is shifting quickly, and not for the better. What began as a solo act of French diplomatic theatre has now become a chorus of ill-considered posturing. Within weeks of Emmanuel Macron’s declaration that France … Read More

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his intent to nominate Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Miran would temporarily fill the seat left vacant by Biden appointee Adriana … Read More

White House says bilateral meeting suggested first, followed by three-way talks with Ukrainian president President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next Friday, August 15, for the first in-person meeting between leaders of the U.S. and Russia … Read More