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Israeli airstrikes hit Syrian airbase, US envoy concerned over escalation

News August 18, 2026

Eight Israeli airstrikes hit an airbase in northwestern Syria early on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, in what the US envoy for the region called an “unnecessary escalation”. Syria’s state-run...

Karachi Kings captain David Warner convicted, fined by Australian court for drink-driving

Sports August 18, 2026

Former Australia batsman and Karachi Kings captain David Warner was convicted and fined A$1,500 ($1,065) for drink-driving by a Sydney court on Tuesday after being arrested in April. Warner, one of Au...

2 students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say

News August 18, 2026

Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, and the situation was now under control, officials said, in the second such inci...

Pakistan's largest refiner expands US crude imports amid Hormuz disruption

Business August 17, 2026

The country’s largest refiner Cnergyico is buying more US crude as Islamabad seeks to diversify the country’s energy supplies after disruption caused by the Iran war exposed its dependence on Gulf...

Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military exercises with South Korea, citing costs and lack of help with Iran

News August 17, 2026

US President Donald Trump on Sunday instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” 10 days of joint military exercises with South Korea as they were about to get underway, citing the cost of th...

Cristiano Ronaldo hints at retirement, says upcoming year could be his last

News August 16, 2026

Cristiano Ronaldo has fuelled speculation about his retirement plans after saying the upcoming year will probably be the ​last of his playing career. The 41-year-old Portugal captain is ‌one of th...

Morocco arrests 111 migrants headed for Spain's Ceuta in security crackdown

News August 15, 2026

Moroccan police arrested at least 111 people on Saturday as they tried to enter Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, amid tightened security on both sides of the border after social media posts c...

Taliban mark 5 years in power as aid groups warn of crisis

News August 15, 2026

The Taliban marked five years in power on Saturday, seeking to portray their government as in control even as aid and rights groups warned of escalating crises. Outside the former US embassy in Kabul,...

China's Z.ai says new model nears Anthropic's Mythos 5 in cyber-defence tests

News August 14, 2026

Chinese AI startup Z.ai said on Friday its open-source GLM-5.3 model had neared Anthropic’s restricted Mythos 5 in identifying software vulnerabilities, bolstering the credentials of a Chinese AI ch...

Nigel Farage regains UK parliamentary seat, fights off Count Binface challenge

Crypto August 14, 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat on Friday in an election he triggered to bolster his position against allegations of financial impropriety, a strategy that was undermined...